Félix Gaillard

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Félix Gaillard, French politician
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Félix Gaillard, French politician

Félix Gaillard (1919-1970) was a French Radical politician who served as Prime Minister under the Fourth Republic from 1957 to 1958. He was the youngest head of a French government since Napoleon. His end was tragic: in July 1970 he perished in a yachting accident.

[edit] Gaillard's Ministry, 6 November 1957 - 14 May 1958

  • Félix Gaillard - President of the Council
  • Christian Pineau - Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Jacques Chaban-Delmas - Minister of National Defense and Armed Forces
  • Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury - Minister of the Interior
  • Pierre Pflimlin - Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, and Planning
  • Paul Ribeyre - Minister of Commerce and Industry
  • Paul Bacon - Minister of Labour and Social Security
  • Robert Lecourt - Minister of Justice
  • René Billères - Minister of National Education, Youth, and Sports
  • Antoine Quinson - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
  • Roland Boscary-Monsservin - Minister of Agriculture
  • Gérard Jaquet - Minister of Overseas France
  • Édouard Bonnefous - Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
  • Félix Houphouët-Boigny - Minister of Public Health and Population
  • Pierre Garet - Minister of Reconstruction and Housing
  • Max Lejeune - Minister for the Sahara
Preceded by
Paul Ramadier
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
1957
Succeeded by
Pierre Pflimlin
Preceded by
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
Prime Minister of France
1957–1958
Succeeded by
Pierre Pflimlin
Preceded by
Édouard Daladier
President of the Radical Party
1958–1961
Succeeded by
Maurice Faure