René Mayer

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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: ; 4 May 1895 – 13 December 1972) was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953.

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.

References

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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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