National Council of the Resistance

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The National Council of the Resistance was the coordinating body that unified the various French Resistance movements during World War II and helped shape post-liberation political and social reforms in France.

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instanceOf French Resistance organization
political coordination body
abbreviation CNR
chairperson Jean Moulin
conflict French Resistance
World War II
country France
dissolved after the Liberation of France
documentAuthored CNR Programme
Programme du Conseil national de la Résistance
foundedBy Charles de Gaulle
Jean Moulin
hasPart representatives of main political parties
representatives of major Resistance movements
representatives of major trade unions
headquarters Paris
ideology Christian democracy
French communism
French republicanism
Gaullism
anti-fascism
social democracy
inception 27 May 1943
influenced Fourth French Republic institutions
creation of French Social Security system
nationalization of key French industries after World War II
post-war French welfare state
language French
locationOfFormation Paris
nativeName Conseil national de la Résistance
notableMember André Le Troquer
André Mercier
Charles Laurent
Claude Bourdet
Daniel Mayer
Emmanuel d’Astier de La Vigerie
Eugène Claudius-Petit
François de Menthon
Georges Bidault
Henri Frenay
Jacques Debû-Bridel
Jacques-Henri Simon
Jean Moulin
Louis Saillant
Pierre Brossolette
Pierre Villon
operatingArea occupied France
opposedTo Nazi Germany
Vichy regime
collaborationism
parentOrganization Free French Forces
French Committee of National Liberation
linked to: Free France
politicalPosition broad anti-fascist coalition
purpose coordination of French Resistance movements
preparation of post-liberation political reforms
preparation of post-liberation social reforms
representation of the Resistance to the Free French government
significantEvent adoption of the CNR Programme in March 1944
first plenary meeting on 27 May 1943 in Paris

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Félix Gouin memberOf National Council of the Resistance
Mouvements unis de la Résistance parentOrganization Conseil national de la Résistance
linked to: National Council of the Resistance
Forces françaises de l'intérieur coordinatedBy Conseil national de la Résistance
linked to: National Council of the Resistance
National Council of the Resistance nativeName Conseil national de la Résistance
linked to: National Council of the Resistance