Georges Leygues

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French politician Georges Leygues

Georges Leygues (October 26, 1857 - September 2, 1933) was a French politician of the Third Republic.

He was born in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France.

[edit] Leygues's Ministry, 24 September 1920 - 16 January 1921

  • Georges Leygues - President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • André Lefèvre - Minister of War
  • Théodore Steeg - Minister of the Interior
  • Frédéric François-Marsal - Minister of Finance
  • Paul Jourdain - Minister of Labour
  • Gustave L'Hopiteau - Minister of Justice
  • Adolphe Landry - Minister of Marine
  • André Honnorat - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
  • André Maginot - Minister of War Pensions, Grants, and Allowances
  • Joseph Ricard - Minister of Agriculture
  • Albert Sarraut - Minister of Colonies
  • Yves Le Trocquer - Minister of Public Works
  • Auguste Isaac - Minister of Commerce and Industry
  • Émile Ogier - Minister of Liberated Regions

Changes

  • 16 December 1920 - Flaminius Raiberti succeeds Lefèvre as Minister of War.

[edit] Memory

Two French warships have been named for Georges Leygues:

Preceded by
Eugène Spuller
Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
1894–1895
Succeeded by
Raymond Poincaré
Preceded by
Charles Dupuy
Minister of the Interior
1895
Succeeded by
Léon Bourgeois
Preceded by
Léon Bourgeois
Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
1898–1902
Succeeded by
Joseph Chaumié
Preceded by
Étienne Clémentel
Minister of Colonies
1906
Succeeded by
Raphaël Milliès-Lacroix
Preceded by
Charles Chaumet
Minister of Marine
1917–1920
Succeeded by
Adolphe Landry
Preceded by
Alexandre Millerand
Prime Minister of France
1920–1921
Succeeded by
Aristide Briand
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1920–1921
Preceded by
Émile Borel
Minister of Marine
1925–1926
Succeeded by
René Renoult
Preceded by
René Renoult
Minister of Marine
1926–1930
Succeeded by
Albert Sarraut
Preceded by
André Tardieu
Minister of the Interior
1930–1931
Succeeded by
Pierre Laval
Preceded by
Charles Dumont
Minister of Marine
1932–1933
Succeeded by
Albert Sarraut
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