# Social Security system created (1945)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1945-social-security-system-created
Location: France
Categories: main-event

Postwar ordinances established a broad system of social insurance. Within the broader Occupation, Liberation & Fourth Republic period, Defeat in 1940 divided France between Vichy, occupation and resistance. Liberation restored republican government, followed by reconstruction, welfare-state building, European integration and violent decolonization under the Fourth Republic. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Charles de Gaulle (Leader of Free France / Provisional Government). Social Security system created is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Social Security system created is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France.

Ruler at the time: [Charles de Gaulle](https://history-france.com/rulers/charles-de-gaulle-1940)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Social Security system created](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Social+Security+system+created&go=Go)
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- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)