Joseph Laniel
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Joseph Laniel | |
142nd Prime Minister of France
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In office June 27, 1953 – June 18, 1954 |
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Preceded by | René Mayer |
Succeeded by | Pierre Mendès-France |
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Born | October 12, 1889 |
Died | April 8, 1975 |
Political party | CNIP |
Joseph Laniel (October 12, 1889 - April 8, 1975) was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. Laniel was born in Vimoutiers, Orne, and died in Paris, France.
Co-founder of the Republican Party of Liberty (PRL), then of the National Center of Independents and Peasants (CNIP), his cabinet was overturned after the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in Indochina in 1954. He was succeeded by Pierre Mendès-France.
[edit] Laniel's Ministry, 28 June 1953 - 19 June 1954
- Joseph Laniel - President of the Council
- Henri Queuille - Vice President of the Council
- Paul Reynaud - Vice President of the Council
- Pierre-Henri Teitgen - Vice President of the Council
- Georges Bidault - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- René Pleven - Minister of National Defense and Armed Forces
- Léon Martinaud-Deplat - Minister of the Interior
- Edgar Faure - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
- Jean-Marie Louvel - Minister of Commerce and Industry
- Paul Bacon - Minister of Labour and Social Security
- Paul Ribeyre - Minister of Justice
- André Marie - Minister of National Education
- André Mutter - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- Louis Jacquinot - Minister of Overseas France
- Jacques Chastellain - Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
- Paule Coste-Floret - Minister of Public Health and Population
- Maurice Lemaire - Minister of Reconstruction and Housing
- Pierre Ferri - Minister of Posts
- Edmond Barrachin - Minister of Constitutional Reform
- Édouard Corniglion-Molinier - Minister of State
Changes
- 3 June 1954 - Édouard Frédéric-Dupont enters the ministry as Minister of Relations with Partner States.
Preceded by Charles Brune |
Minister of Posts 1951 |
Succeeded by Roger Duchet |
Preceded by Maurice Petsche |
Minister of State 1951–1952 |
Succeeded by (none) |
Preceded by René Mayer |
Prime Minister of France 1953–1954 |
Succeeded by Pierre Mendès-France |