René Mayer
René Mayer (French pronunciation: [ʁəne majɛʁ]; 4 May 1895 – 13 December 1972)[1] was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953. He was born and died in Paris. He led the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958. He was France's second Prime Minister of Jewish descent (after Léon Blum).[2]
René Mayer | |
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Prime Minister of France | |
In office 8 January 1953 – 28 June 1953 | |
Preceded by | Antoine Pinay |
Succeeded by | Joseph Laniel |
President of the High Authority of the ECSC | |
In office 3 June 1955 – 13 January 1958 | |
Preceded by | Jean Monnet |
Succeeded by | Paul Finet |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 May 1895 |
Died | 13 December 1972 77) | (aged
Political party | Radical |
Mayer's Ministry, 8 January – 28 June 1953
- René Mayer – President of the Council
- Henri Queuille – Vice President of the Council
- Georges Bidault – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- René Pleven – Minister of National Defense and Armed Forces
- Charles Brune – Minister of the Interior
- Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury – Minister of Finance
- Robert Buron – Minister of Economic Affairs
- Jean Moreau – Minister of Budget
- Jean-Marie Louvel – Minister of Industry and Energy
- Paul Bacon – Minister of Labour and Social Security
- Léon Martinaud-Déplat – Minister of Justice
- André Marie – Minister of National Education
- Henry Bergasse – Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- Camille Laurens – Minister of Agriculture
- Louis Jacquinot – Minister of Overseas France
- André Morice – Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
- Paul Ribeyre – Minister of Public Health and Population
- Pierre Courant – Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning
- Roger Duchet – Minister of Posts
- Paul Ribeyre – Minister of Commerce
- Jean Letourneau – Minister of Relations with Partner States
- Édouard Bonnefous – Minister of State
- Paul Coste-Floret – Minister of State
Changes
- 11 February 1953 – Guy Petit succeeds Ribeyre as Minister of Commerce.
Political offices | ||
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New office | Minister of Public Works and Transport 1944–1945 |
Succeeded by Jules Moch |
Preceded by Robert Schuman |
Minister of Finance 1947–1948 |
Succeeded by Paul Reynaud |
Preceded by Jules Moch |
Minister of Economic Affairs 1947–1948 | |
Preceded by Pierre-Henri Teitgen |
Minister of National Defence 1948 |
Succeeded by Paul Ramadier |
Preceded by Robert Lecourt |
Minister of Justice 1949–1951 |
Succeeded by Edgar Faure |
Preceded by Guy Mollet and René Pleven |
Deputy Prime Minister of France 1951–1952 |
Succeeded by Henri Queuille |
Preceded by Maurice Petsche |
Minister of Finance 1951–1952 |
Succeeded by Edgar Faure |
Minister of Economic Affairs 1951–1952 |
Succeeded by Robert Buron | |
Preceded by Antoine Pinay |
Prime Minister of France 1953 |
Succeeded by Joseph Laniel |
References
- Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. 1974. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-8242-0543-0.
- Raul Hilberg, La Destruction des Juifs d'Europe, Gallimard, Folio, 2006, p. 1162-1163 & p. 2060
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