French Fifth Republic voted in the referendum of 28 September 1958. The new constitution was signed into law on 4 October 1958. Since each new constitution established a new republic, France moved from the Fourth to the Fifth Republic. The new constitution contained transitional clauses (articles 90–92) extending the period of rule by decree until the new institutions were operating. René Coty remained President of the Republic until the new president was proclaimed. On 21 December 1958, Charles de Gaulle was elected President of France by an electoral college. The provisional constitutional commission, acting in lieu of the Constitutional Council, proclaimed the results
President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic The President of the Chamber of Deputies is the presiding officer of the Chamber of Deputies. The office of President of the Chamber was established in 1844, although the name is not officially mentioned in the first Dominican constitution, Manuel Maria Valencia served as President of the Congress of Deputies who drafted the constitution He or she is simultaneously the Chamber's presiding officer, but not the leader of the body's majority party, and the institution's administrative head. Presidents also perform various other administrative and procedural functions, and represent their electoral