Joseph Laniel

Joseph Laniel
Prime Minister of France
In office
28 June 1953 – 18 June 1954
PresidentRené Coty
Preceded byRené Mayer
Succeeded byPierre Mendès France
Personal details
Born12 October 1889
Vimoutiers, France[1]
Died8 April 1975(1975-04-08) (aged 85)
Paris, France
Political partyCNIP

Joseph Laniel (French: [ʒozɛf lanjɛl]; 12 October 1889 – 8 April 1975) was a French conservative politician of the French Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty.

Biography

Laniel was born at Vimoutiers in Normandy to a family that ran a successful textile factory.[2]

On 10 July 1940, he voted in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France. However, he later joined the French Resistance and was one of the founders of the National Council of the Resistance (CNR).

Co-founder of the Republican Party of Liberty (PRL), then of the National Center of Independents and Peasants (CNIP), Laniel's cabinet was overturned after the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in Indochina in 1954. He was succeeded by Pierre Mendès France.

During the First Indochina War, France under the Leadership of Laniel seek an armistice that was supported by United Kingdom and other countries.[3]

Laniel's Ministry, 28 June 1953 – 19 June 1954

Changes

References

  1. ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2011). "Laniel, Joseph". The encyclopedia of the Vietnam War : a political, social, and military history (2nd ed.). ABC-CLIO. p. 626. ISBN 9781851099610.
  2. ^ Tucker, Spencer (2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. p. 626. ISBN 9781851099610.
  3. ^ Waite 2005.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Posts
1951 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State
1951–1952 		Succeeded by
(none)
Preceded by Prime Minister of France
1953–1954 		Succeeded by


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