Answer: charlesdegaulle

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CHARLESDEGAULLELeader of the Free French
CHARLESDEGAULLEHe left France for England in 1940 and returned in 1944
CHARLESDEGAULLEOrly neighbor
CHARLESDEGAULLEA Paris airport is named for him
CHARLESDEGAULLEControversial public figure in France.
CHARLESDEGAULLEPompidou's predecessor
CHARLESDEGAULLEParis airport
CHARLESDEGAULLEFrench soldier-statesman: 1890-1970
CHARLESDEGAULLEFrench President: 1959-69
CHARLESDEGAULLEHe said "How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 kinds of cheese?"
CHARLESDEGAULLEPresident with a bridge in Montreal named after him
CHARLESDEGAULLEHis death prompted Georges Pompidou to say "France is a widow"