Félix Gouin
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| In office January 26, 1946 – June 24, 1946 |
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| Preceded by | Charles de Gaulle |
| Succeeded by | Georges Bidault |
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| Born | October 4, 1884 Peypin, France |
| Died | October 25, 1977 Nice, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Socialist |
Félix Gouin (October 4, 1884 - October 25, 1977) was a French Socialist politician, member of the SFIO. In 1940 he was among the minority of parliamentarians refusing to grant full powers to Marshall Philippe Pétain. He was part of the central committee which reconstituted the Human Rights League (LDH) during the war, and also co-founded the Brutus Network Resistant Socialist group. He then succeeded Charles de Gaulle as head of the French Provisional Government in 1946.
Félix Gouin was born in Peypin, Bouches-du-Rhône, the son of school teachers. He studied law in Aix-en-Provence.
[edit] Gouin's Government, 26 January - 24 June 1946
- Félix Gouin - Chairman of the Provisional Government
- Francisque Gay - Vice Chairman of the Provisional Government
- Maurice Thorez - Vice Chairman of the Provisional Government
- Georges Bidault - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Edmond Michelet - Minister of Armies
- André Le Troquer - Minister of the Interior
- André Philip - Minister of Finance and National Economy
- Marcel Paul - Minister of Industrial Production
- Ambroise Croizat - Minister of Labour and Social Security
- Pierre-Henri Teitgen - Minister of Justice
- Marcel Edmond Naegelen - Minister of National Education
- Laurent Casanova - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- François Tanguy-Prigent - Minister of Agriculture
- Henri Longchambon - Minister of Supply
- Marius Moutet - Minister of Overseas France
- Jules Moch - Minister of Public Works and Transport
- Robert Prigent - Minister of Public Health and Population
- François Billoux - Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning
- Jean Letourneau - Minister of Posts
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| Preceded by Charles de Gaulle |
Chairman of the Provisional Government of France 1946 |
Succeeded by Georges Bidault |
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