Mai-Krise 1958 (Frankreich)
For other uses, see Algiers putsch (disambiguation)
The Algiers putsch of 1958 (or the coup of May 13) led at Algiers (French Algeria) on May 13 1958 by a coalition of Algiers deputy and reserve airborne officer Pierre Lagaillarde, French Generals Raoul Salan, Edmond Jouhaud, Jean Gracieux, Admiral Auboyneau supported by General Jacques Massu's 10th Airborne Division and Jacques Soustelle's activist allies.
The instability and ineffectiveness of the Fourth Republic came to a head in this crisis, when the current government suggested that it would negotiate with the Algerian nationalists. Right-wing elements in the French Army, led by General Jacques Massu seized power in Algiers and threatened to conduct a parachute assault on Paris unless Charles de Gaulle was placed in charge of the Republic.Vorlage:Fact De Gaulle did so under the precondition that a new constitution would be introduced creating a powerful presidency in which a sole executive, the first of which was to be De Gaulle, ruled for seven-year periods. These changes were introduced and the Fifth Republic was born.