The Republican Party of Liberty (french: Parti républicain de la liberté, PRL) was a centre-right to

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French political party founded after the Liberation of France on 22 December 1945 by Joseph Laniel, André Mutter,

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and Jules Ramarony. It was the only significant right-wing conservative political party in the late 1940s. Key elements in this program were enacted, including the exclusion of the Communist Party from power, closer relations with the United States, and amnesty for Marshal Philippe Pétain's supporters. It was absorbed by the National Centre of Independents and Peasants (CNI) in 1951.Vinen, 1993, The PRL's aim was to unite French conservatives, who had been totally discredited in 1944 due to the numbers of Vichy collaborators in their ranks, and the role they played during the

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. Bernard Frank mocked "this right which suddenly discovered in itself a love for the Republic and liberty." The PRL's tentative approach failed, most conservative leaders trying to conserve their autonomy or to recreate parties of the Third Republic such as the Democratic Alliance, the

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or the

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(''Parti républicain social de la réconciliation française''). The PRL campaigned for a "no" vote in the May 1946 referendum on the Constitution. It obtained 38 seats in the November 1946 legislative elections. The party was presided over by

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(son of Georges), who obtained 60 votes out of 883 during the 1947 presidential election — under the Fourth Republic, the President was elected by members of the two chambers of Parliament, not by universal suffrage. The PRL then obtained 11 Senators in the indirect elections for the Council of the Republic of 1948. After numerous internal dissensions, the PRL merged into the CNI in 1951, while some members joined the Gaullist Rally of the French People.

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, President. * Robert Bertolaud * Édouard Barrachin *

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François Brigneau François Brigneau (30 April 1919 - 9 April 2012) was a French far-right journalist and author who was a leading figure in '' Ordre Nouveau'', the National Front and the Party of New Forces. Early years Brigneau was born in Concarneau;Philip R ...

* Robert Bruyneel * Jean Crouzier *

* Henri Giraud *

Louis Jacquinot Louis Jacquinot (16 September 1898 – 14 June 1993) was a French lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré's office. Jacquinot was born in Gondrecourt-le-Château (Meuse) in 1898. Entering parliament in 1932, he lat ...

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* Joseph Laniel * Joseph Lecacheux * Jean Legendre * Pierre Montel * André Mutter *

Georges Pernot Auguste Alain Georges Pernot (6 November 1879 – 14 September 1962) was a conservative French lawyer and politician. He was a deputy and then a senator before and during World War II (1939–45). He was Minister of Public Works (France), Minister ...

* Jules Ramarony * Paul Reynaud

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