Government Paul Ramadier (1)

France - Fourth Republic - Presidency Vincent Auriol (1947-1954)

Chronology

1947

January 16th:

Election of Vincent Auriol with the presidency of IVe Republic until in 1954. Beginning of the IV republic in France (end in 1958).
Resignation of the president of the council of the Government Leon Blum (3).

January 22nd: Beginning of the government Paul Ramadier (1) president of the Council. It is the first government of the IV {{E}} République and it gathers the centrists (MRP), the Socialists (SFIO) and the Communists (PCF) (three-party government).
In January: Adoption of the plan “of modernization and equipment”, plane Monnet.
April 7th: The general Charles de Gaulle founds the Rassemblement of French people (RPF).
April 25th: Beginning of the strike of the factories “Renault”.
May 5th: The communist ministers are returned government. End of the three-party government and creation of the third force (SFIO + radical + MRP).
October 19th: Victoire of the RPF (gaullists) to the municipal elections (Oct. 19-26).
October 21st: End of the government Paul Ramadier (1) .
October 22nd: Beginning of new the Government Paul Ramadier (2)

Composition

President of the Council: Paul Ramadier (SFIO)

Secretary of State to the Presidency of the Council: Paul Béchard (SFIO), starting from May 9th, 1947
High-Commissioner with the distribution (starting from March 14th, 1947): Georges Rastel (UDSR) (until June 14th, 1947)
General secretary with the Supply: Jean Baylot (until June 14th, 1947)

Minister of state, Vice-president of the Council: Maurice Thorez (PCF)
Minister of state, Vice-president of the Council: Pierre-Henri Teitgen (MRP)
Minister of state, President of the Council of the Plan: Felix Gouin (SFIO)
Minister of state: Yvon Delbos (PRS)
Minister of state: Marcel Roclore (IH)
Minister of Justice: Andre Marie (PRS)
Foreign Minister: Georges Bidault (MRP)
Minister of Interior Department: Edouard Depreux (SFIO)
Minister for National defense: François Billoux (PCF) until May 4th, 1947, then Yvon Delbos by interim.
Minister for the War: Paul Coste-Floret (MRP)
Minister for the Navy: Louis Jacquinot (IH)
Minister for the Air: Andre Maroselli (PRS)
Minister for Finance: Robert Schuman (MRP)
Minister for the Nation's economy: Andre Philip (SFIO)
Minister for Agriculture: François Tanguy-Prigent (SFIO)
Minister for the Industrial production (until August 11th, 1947): Robert Lacoste (SFIO)
Minister for the Rebuilding and Town planning: Charles Tillon (PCF) (until May 4th, 1947), then Jules Moch (SFIO) by interim until May 9th, 1947, then Jean Letourneau (MRP).
Minister Commercial (until August 11th, 1947): Jean Letourneau
Minister of Industry and Trade (starting from August 11th, 1947): Robert Lacoste
Minister for State education: Marcel-Edmond Naegelen (SFIO)
Minister for Transport and Public works: Jules Moch
Minister of France of Overseas: Marius Moutet (SFIO)
Minister for Labor and Social security: Ambroise Croizat (PCF) (until May 4th, 1947), then Robert Lacoste by interim (until May 9th, 1947), then Daniel Mayer (SFIO).
Minister for the Public health and the Population: Georges Marrane (PCF) (until May 5th, 1947), then Marcel Roclore by interim (until May 9th, 1947), then Robert Prigent (MRP).
Minister for Youth, Arts and the Letters: Pierre Bourdan (UDSR)
Minister for the War veterans and the Victims of the war: François Mitterrand (UDSR)
Minister for the Stations, Telegraphs and Telephones (starting from May 9th, 1947): Eugene Thomas (SFIO)

See too

Historical of the governments of France

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