Republican Federation
Political party in the French Third Republic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Republican Federation (French: Fédération républicaine, FR) was the largest conservative party during the French Third Republic, gathering together the progressive Orléanists rallied to the Republic.
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Republican Federation Fédération républicaine | |
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President | Philippe Henriot (last) |
Founder | Jules Méline |
Founded | 1 November 1903; 120 years ago (1903-11-01) |
Dissolved | 1945; 79 years ago (1945) |
Merger of | National Republican Association Liberal Republican Union |
Succeeded by | Republican Party of Liberty (not legal successor) |
Headquarters | Paris |
Membership (1926) | 30,000 |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
National affiliation | National Bloc (1919–1924) Freedom Front (1937–1940) |
Colours | Blue |
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Founded in November 1903, the party competed with the more secular and centrist Alliance démocratique (Democratic Alliance). Later, most deputies of the Fédération républicaine and of Action libérale (which included Catholics rallied to the Republic) joined the Entente républicaine démocratique right-wing parliamentary group.[1]