71st Prime Minister of France

René Mayer (French pronunciation::​; 4 May 1895:– 13 December 1972) 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).

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 Berg*e – 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 *t – 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 Pe* succeeds Ribeyre as Minister of Commerce.

References

External links

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