Pierre Pflimlin

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Pierre Pflimlin (February 5, 1907 in Roubaix - June 27, 2000 in Strasbourg) was a French Christian Democratic politician who served as the penultimate Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic for a few weeks in 1958, before being replaced by Charles de Gaulle during the crisis of that year.

Contents 1 Career 2 Pflimlin's Ministry, 14 May - 1 June 1958 3 Honors 4 Service

[edit] Career

Lawyer, member of the Christian Democratic party MRP, he was elected deputy of Bas Rhin département in 1945. He held some governmental offices during the Fourth Republic notably as Minister of Agricuture (1947-1949 and 1950-1951) and as Minister of Economy and Finance (1955-1956 and 1957-1958).

In 13 May 1958, the French National Assembly approved his nomination as Prime Minister. But the same day, riots took place in Alger. The French generals in Algeria suspected him to search for a negociated solution with the Algerian nationalists. They refused to recognized his cabinet. The crisis brought Charles de Gaulle at the head of the cabinet, in 1st June.

Minister of State until 1959, Minister of Cooperation in 1962, he resigned with the other MRP ministers in order to protest against the euro-scepticism of De Gaulle.

Mayor of Strasbourg from 1959 to 1983, he later served as President of the European Parliament, from 1984 to 1987.

[edit] Pflimlin's Ministry, 14 May - 1 June 1958

• Pierre Pflimlin - President of the Council
• Guy Mollet - Vice President of the Council
• René Pleven - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Maurice Faure - Minister of the Interior
• Pierre de Chevigné - Minister of Armed Forces
• Edgar Faure - 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
• Jacques Bordeneuve - Minister of National Education
• Vincent Badie - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
• Roland Boscary-Monsservin - Minister of Agriculture
• André Colin - Minister of Overseas France
• Édouard Bonnefous - Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
• André Maroselli - Minister of Public Health and Population
• Pierre Garet - Minister of Reconstruction and Housing
• Édouard Corniglion-Molinier - Minister for the Sahara
• Félix Houphouët-Boigny - Minister of State

Changes

• 17 May 1958 - Maurice Faure becomes Minister of European Institutions. Jules Moch succeeds Faure as Minister of the Interior. Albert Gazier enters the ministry as Minister of Information. Max Lejeune succeeds Houphouët-Boigny as Minister of State.

[edit] Honors

The Pierre Pflimlin bridge over the Rhine south of Strasbourg, connecting France to Germany, is named after him and was opened in 2002.

[edit] Service

Preceded by Marcel Roclore	Minister of Agriculture 1947–1949	Succeeded by Gabriel Valay
Preceded by Gabriel Valay	Minister of Agriculture 1950–1951	Succeeded by Paul Antier
Preceded by Jean-Marie Louvel	Minister of Commerce and External Commercial Relations 1951–1952	Succeeded by Édouard Bonnefous
Preceded by —	Minister for the Council of Europe 1952	Succeeded by —
Preceded by Louis Jacquinot	Minister of Overseas France 1952–1953	Succeeded by Louis Jacquinot
Preceded by Robert Buron	Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Planning 1955–1956	Succeeded by Robert Lacoste
Preceded by Félix Gaillard	Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs 1957–1958	Succeeded by Edgar Faure
Preceded by Félix Gaillard	Prime Minister of France 1958	Succeeded by Charles de Gaulle
Preceded by —	Minister of State 1958–1959	Succeeded by —
Preceded by Jean Foyer	Minister of Cooperation 1962	Succeeded by Georges Gorse
Preceded by Piet Dankert	President of the European Parliament 1984–1987	Succeeded by The Lord Plumb

Heads of Government of France since 1871

Third Republic: Dufaure • de Broglie • de Cissey • Buffet • Dufaure • Simon • de Broglie • de Rochebouët • Dufaure • Waddington • de Freycinet • Ferry • Gambetta • de Freycinet • Duclerc • Fallières • Ferry • Brisson • de Freycinet • Goblet • Rouvier • Tirard • Floquet • Tirard • de Freycinet • Loubet • Ribot • Dupuy • Casimir-Perier • Dupuy • Ribot • Bourgeois • Méline • Brisson • Dupuy • Waldeck-Rousseau • Combes • Rouvier • Sarrien • Clemenceau • Briand • Monis • Caillaux • Poincaré • Briand • Barthou • Doumergue • Ribot • Viviani • Briand • Ribot • Painlevé • Clemenceau • Millerand • Leygues • Briand • Poincaré • François-Marsal • Herriot • Painlevé • Briand • Herriot • Poincaré • Briand • Tardieu • Chautemps • Tardieu • Steeg • Laval • Tardieu • Herriot • Paul-Boncour • Daladier • Sarraut • Chautemps • Daladier • Doumergue • Flandin • Bouisson • Laval • Sarraut • Blum • Chautemps • Blum • Daladier • Reynaud • Pétain Vichy France: Pétain • Laval Provisional Government: de Gaulle • Gouin • Bidault • Blum Fourth Republic: Ramadier • Schuman • Marie • Schuman • Queuille • Bidault • Queuille • Pleven • Queuille • Pleven • Faure • Pinay • Mayer • Laniel • Mendès-France • Faure • Mollet • Bourgès-Maunoury • Gaillard • Pflimlin • de Gaulle Fifth Republic: Debré • Pompidou • Couve de Murville • Chaban-Delmas • Messmer • Chirac • Barre • Mauroy • Fabius • Chirac • Rocard • Cresson • Bérégovoy • Balladur • Juppé • Jospin • Raffarin • de Villepin

Presidents of the European Parliament

Presidents of the Common Assembly (1952-1958): Paul-Henri Spaak • Alcide De Gasperi • Giuseppe Pella • Hans Furler Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly (1958-1962): Robert Schuman • Hans Furler Presidents of the appointed Parliament (1962-1979): Gaetano Martino • Jean Duvieusart • Victor Leemans • Alain Poher • Mario Scelba • Walter Behrendt • Cornelis Berkhouwer • Georges Spénale • Emilio Colombo Presidents of the directly elected Parliament (1979-present): Simone Veil • Piet Dankert • Pierre Pflimlin • Henry Plumb • Enrique Barón • Egon Klepsch • Klaus Hänsch • José María Gil-Robles • Nicole Fontaine • Pat Cox • Josep Borrell • Hans-Gert Pöttering