René Mayer

71st Prime Minister of France

René Mayer


Prime Minister of France
In office 8 January 1953 – 28 June 1953
President	Vincent Auriol
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	(1895-05-04)4 May 1895 Paris, France
Died	13 December 1972(1972-12-13) (aged 77) Paris, France
Political party	Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party

René Mayer (French: [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.^[2]

Mayer was born and died in Paris. He led the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958. He was France's third Prime Minister of Jewish descent (after Léon Blum and Alexandre Millerand).

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
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	Succeeded by Paul Reynaud
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
Preceded by Maurice Petsche	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. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
^ The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1953. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 2016. p. 961. ISBN 9780230270824.

External links

Newspaper clippings about René Mayer in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

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