Deputy Prime Minister of France

The Deputy Prime Minister of France, more properly known as the Vice President of the Council of Ministers, was a sinecure position that existed during the Third and Fourth Republics, as well as the Vichy regime during World War II. It was reserved for the leaders of junior parties during coalition governments.

During the Vichy regime, the title was in fact bestowed on the de facto prime minister.

Its first holder was Eugène Penancier, who served under Édouard Daladier in 1932, and its last was Guy Mollet, who served under Pierre Pflimlin in 1958.

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of France (during World War II)
# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office notes
Camille Chautemps
(1885–1963)		 • 11 March 1940 18 May 1940 Paris evacuated.
Philippe Pétain
(1856–1951)		 • 18 May 1940 16 June 1940 Entered cabinet as Minister of State.
Camille Chautemps
(1885–1963)		 • 16 June 1940 11 July 1940 End of 3rd Republic. Defected to the United States.
1 Pierre Laval
(1883–1945)		 5 11 July 1940 13 December 1940 First to take on duties of a de facto Prime Minister.
2 Pierre-Étienne Flandin
(1889–1958)		 2 13 December 1940 9 February 1941 Georges Pernot was Deputy Vice President.
3 François Darlan
(1881–1942)		 • 9 February 1941 18 April 1942
(Died in office)		 Collaborated with Allies in North Africa. Assassinated.


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