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Prime Minister of France (1857–1933)

Georges Leygues


Prime Minister of France
In office 24 September 1920 – 16 January 1921
President	Alexandre Millerand
Preceded by	Alexandre Millerand
Succeeded by	Aristide Briand

Personal details
Born	29 October 1856 Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Died	2 September 1933(1933-09-02) (aged 76) Saint-Cloud
Political party	Democratic Republican Alliance

Georges Leygues (French: [ʒɔʁʒ lɛjɡ]; 29 October 1856 – 2 September 1933) was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line.

Leygues's Ministry, 24 September 1920 – 16 January 1921

Georges Leygues – President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs
André Joseph Lefèvre – Minister of War
Théodore Steeg – Minister of the Interior
Frédéric François-Marsal – Minister of Finance
Paul Jourdain – Minister of Labour
Gustave L'Hopiteau – Minister of Justice
Adolphe Landry – Minister of Marine
André Honnorat – Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
André Maginot – Minister of War Pensions, Grants, and Allowances
Joseph Ricard – Minister of Agriculture
Albert Sarraut – Minister of Colonies
Yves Le Trocquer – Minister of Public Works
Auguste Isaac – Minister of Commerce and Industry
Émile Ogier – Minister of Liberated Regions

Changes

16 December 1920 – Flaminius Raiberti succeeds Lefèvre as Minister of War.

Memory

Two French warships have been named for Georges Leygues:

a light cruiser Georges Leygues that served in World War II
an F70-type frigate Georges Leygues, which was decommissioned in 2014

References

National Assembly, France. "Jean, Claude, Georges Leygues". Official website of the French National Assembly.

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External links

Newspaper clippings about Georges Leygues in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

Political offices
Preceded byEugène Spuller	Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts 1894–1895	Succeeded byRaymond Poincaré
Preceded byCharles Dupuy	Minister of the Interior 1895	Succeeded byLéon Bourgeois
Preceded byLéon Bourgeois	Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts 1898–1902	Succeeded byJoseph Chaumié
Preceded byÉtienne Clémentel	Minister of Colonies 1906	Succeeded byRaphaël Milliès-Lacroix
Preceded byCharles Chaumet	Minister of Marine 1917–1920	Succeeded byAdolphe Landry
Preceded byAlexandre Millerand	Prime Minister of France 1920–1921	Succeeded byAristide Briand
Preceded byAlexandre Millerand	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1920–1921	Succeeded byAristide Briand
Preceded byÉmile Borel	Minister of Marine 1925–1926	Succeeded byRené Renoult
Preceded byRené Renoult	Minister of Marine 1926–1930	Succeeded byAlbert Sarraut
Preceded byAndré Tardieu	Minister of the Interior 1930–1931	Succeeded byPierre Laval
Preceded byCharles Dumont	Minister of Marine 1932–1933	Succeeded byAlbert Sarraut

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