René Mayer

This article is about the French Prime Minister René Mayer. For the British child actress, see Renée Mayer.

René Mayer
Prime Minister of France
In office
8 January 1953 – 28 June 1953
PresidentVincent Auriol
Preceded byAntoine Pinay
Succeeded byJoseph Laniel
President of the High Authority of the ECSC
In office
3 June 1955 – 13 January 1958
Preceded byJean Monnet
Succeeded byPaul Finet
Personal details
Born(1895-05-04)4 May 1895
Paris, France
Died13 December 1972(1972-12-13) (aged 77)
Paris, France
Political partyRepublican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party

René Mayer (French: [ʁəne majɛʁ]; 4 May 1895 – 13 December 1972)[1] was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953.[2]

Mayer was born and died in Paris. In 1939-1940 he was an associate of Jean Monnet in London and later succeeded Monnet as head of the European Coal and Steel Community in Luxembourg, leading the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958.

He was France's third Prime Minister of Jewish descent, after Alexandre Millerand and Léon Blum.[citation needed]

Mayer's Ministry, 8 January – 28 June 1953

Changes

  • 11 February 1953 – Guy Petit succeeds Ribeyre as Minister of Commerce.
Political offices
New office Minister of Public Works and Transport
1944–1945 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Finance
1947–1948 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Economic Affairs
1947–1948
Preceded by Minister of National Defence
1948 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice
1949–1951 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister of France
1951–1952 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Finance
1951–1952 		Succeeded by
Minister of Economic Affairs
1951–1952 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of France
1953 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. 1974. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-8242-0543-0. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. ^ The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1953. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 2016. p. 961. ISBN 9780230270824.


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