Yvonne de gaulle biography of barack obama

Wife of Charles de Gaulle (1900–1979)

Yvonne Charlotte Anne-Marie de Gaulle (French pronunciation:[ivɔnʃaʁlɔtanmaʁidəɡol]; néeVendroux[vɑ̃dʁu]; 22 May 1900 – 8 November 1979) was the wife of Charles de Gaulle.

The couple had three children: Philippe (1921–2024), Élisabeth (1924–2013), and Anne (1928–1948), who was born with Down syndrome. Yvonne de Gaulle, along with her husband, set up a charity, La fondation Anne-de-Gaulle, to help children with disabilities.

Yvonne and Charles were married on 6 April 1921.^[1] She is known for the quote, "The presidency is temporary—but the family is permanent."^[2] She and her husband narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on 22 August 1962, when their Citroën DS was targeted by machine gun fire arranged by Jean Bastien-Thiry at the Petit-Clamart.^[3]

Like her husband, Yvonne de Gaulle was a conservativeCatholic, and campaigned against prostitution, the sale of p