Commissioner of the Republic

Commissioners of the Republic (commissaires de la République) or Regional Commissioners of the Republic (CRR) were tasked with the restoration of republican legality during the Liberation of France from 1944 until March 22, 1946. Also referred to as Regional Commissaires of the Republic (CRR), they represented General de Gaulle, the leader of the Provisional Government of the French Republic (GPRF). Most of them came from the Free France movement, with some from the French Resistance. They held a rank equivalent to that of a minister (like other commissioners of the GPRF) within the GPRF and reported only to General de Gaulle.