historical geographic location France French Fourth Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:French_Fourth_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69829 The republican government of France from 27 October 1946 to 4 October 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic that was in place from 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War to 1940 during World War II, and suffered many of the same problems. France adopted the constitution of the Fourth Republic on 13 October 1946.