Government Pierre Mendès France

See also: Mendès France (homonymy)

France - Fourth Republic - Presidency Rene Coty (1954-1959)

Chronology

1954

  • June 12th: Fall of the Gouvernement Joseph Laniel (2).
  • June 18th: Beginning of the government Pierre Mendès France president of the Council.
  • July 20th: Peace agreement of fine Geneva putting at the war in Indo-China.
  • August 13rd: Vote special capacities with the government as regards economy to conclude the economic expansion.
  • August 30th: Rejection of the CED by the National Assembly.
  • November 30th: Vote of a constitutional “réformette”.

1955

Composition

  • President of the Council and (until January 20th, 1955) Foreign Minister: Pierre Mendès France (PRS)
    • Secretary of State to the Presidency of the Council: Andre Bettencourt (CNIP)
    • Secretary of State to the Presidency of the Council and the Public office (starting from June 30th, 1954): Jean Masson (PRS) (until September 3rd, 1954, then by interim until November 12th, 1954)
    • Secretary of State to the Presidency of the Council, the Relations with the Assemblies and the Public office (starting from November 12th, 1954): Rene Billières (PRS)
    • Secretary of State to the Presidency of the Council (starting from November 12th, 1954): Andre Moynet (CNIP)
    • Secretary of State to the Scientific research and Technological advance: Henri Longchambon (PRS)
    • Secretary of State to Information (starting from January 20th, 1955): Georges Galy-Gasparrou (PRS)
  • Minister of state (starting from January 20th, 1955): Jean-Michel Guerin de Beaumont (CNIP)
  • Foreign Minister (starting from January 20th, 1955): Edgar Faure (PRS)
    • Secretary of foreign affairs: Jean-Michel Guerin de Beaumont (until September 3rd, 1954), then Roland de Moustier (CNIP)
  • Minister for Justice: Emile Hugues (PRS) (until September 3rd, 1954, resigner), then Jean-Michel Guerin de Beaumont (until January 20th, 1955), then Emmanuel Temple (CNIP)
  • Minister of Interior Department: François Mitterrand (UDSR)
    • Secretary of State inside (starting from September 4th, 1954): Joseph Conombo (until January 20th, 1955), then Henri Caillavet (PRS) (until January 25th, 1955)
    • Secretary of State inside (starting from January 20th, 1955): Raymond Mondon (ARS)
  • Minister for National defense and the Armed forces (until January 20th, 1955): Pierre Koenig (URAS) (until August 14th, 1954, resigner), then Emmanuel Temple (by interim until September 3rd, 1954), then (until January 20th, 1955)
    • Secretary of State to the War: Jacques Knight (URAS) (until January 20th, 1955)
    • Secretary of State to the Navy: Andre Monteil (MRP) (until September 3rd, 1954), then Henri Caillavet (until January 20th, 1955)
    • Secretary of State to the Air: Diomède Catroux (URAS) (until January 20th, 1955)
  • Minister for National defense (starting from January 20th, 1955): Jacques Knight
  • Minister for the Armed forces (starting from January 20th, 1955): Maurice Bourges-Maunoury (PRS)
    • Secretary of State to the Armament (starting from January 20th, 1955): Diomène Catroux
  • public Minister for Labor, Transport and Tourism: Jacques Chaban-Delmas (URAS) (until August 14th, 1954, resigner) then Maurice Bourges-Maunoury (by interim until September 3rd, 1954), then (again) Jacques Chaban-Delmas
    • Secretary of State at the postal and telecommunications authorities: Andre Bardon (ARS)
    • Secretary of State to the Civil aviation (starting from January 20th, 1955): Henri Fouquès-Duparc (URAS)
  • Minister for the Merchant navy (starting from January 20th, 1955): Raymond Schmittlein (URAS)
  • Minister for Finance, Economic affairs and Plan: Edgar Faure (PRS) (until January 20th, 1955), then Robert Buron (MRP)
    • Secretary of State to the Budget (until September 3rd, 1954): Henri Ulver (URAS)
    • Secretary of State to the Economic affairs and the Plan (until September 3rd, 1954): Henri Caillavet
    • Secretary of State to Finances and the Economic affairs (starting from September 3rd, 1954): Jean Gilbert-Jules (PRS)
    • Secretary of State to the Economic affairs, French Union (starting from January 20th, 1955): Joseph Conombo
  • Minister for State education: Jean Berthoin (PRS)
  • Minister of Industry and Trade: Maurice Bourges-Maunoury (until September 3rd, 1954), then Henri Ulver
    • Secretary of State to the Trade (starting from November 12th, 1954): Philippe Monin (CNIP)
  • Minister for Agriculture: Roger Houdet (URAS)
  • Minister of France of Overseas: Robert Buron (until January 20th, 1955), then Jean-Jacques Juglas (MRP)
    • Secretary of State in France of Overseas: Roger Duveau (UDSR)
  • Minister for Labor and Social security: Claudius-Small Eugene (UDSR) (until September 3rd, 1954), then Louis Aujoulat (MRP)
  • Minister for Housing and the Rebuilding: Maurice Lemaire (URAS) (until August 14th, 1954, resigner), then Claudius-Small Eugene (by interim until September 3rd, 1954), then Jacques Chaban-Delmas (until November 12th, 1954), then (again) Maurice Lemaire
  • Minister for the War veterans and the War victims: Emmanuel Temple (until September 3rd, 1954), then Jean Masson
  • Minister for the Public health and the Population: Louis Aujoulat (until September 3rd, 1954), then Andre Monteil
  • Minister, then (starting from September 2nd, 1954) Minister of state in charge of the Relations with the associated States: Guy the Room (PRS)
  • Minister for the Moroccan and Tunisian Businesses: Christian Fouchet (URAS)

See too

Historical of the governments of France

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