Georges Leygues

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Prime Minister of France

From

France

was

Politician Poet

Work field

Literature Politics

Gender

Male

Birth

26 October 1857 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Villeneuve-sur-Lot

Death

2 September 1933 (aged 75 years) People who died on this day

Place of death

Saint-Cloud

Age

75 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Georges Leygues (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ lɛjɡ]; 26 October 1857 – 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 in current service

Political offices
Preceded by Eugène Spuller	Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts 1894–1895	Succeeded by Raymond Poincaré
Preceded by Charles Dupuy	Minister of the Interior 1895	Succeeded by Léon Bourgeois
Preceded by Léon Bourgeois	Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts 1898–1902	Succeeded by Joseph Chaumié
Preceded by Étienne Clémentel	Minister of Colonies 1906	Succeeded by Raphaël Milliès-Lacroix
Preceded by Charles Chaumet	Minister of Marine 1917–1920	Succeeded by Adolphe Landry
Preceded by Alexandre Millerand	Prime Minister of France 1920–1921	Succeeded by Aristide Briand
Preceded by Alexandre Millerand	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1920–1921	Succeeded by Aristide Briand
Preceded by Émile Borel	Minister of Marine 1925–1926	Succeeded by René Renoult
Preceded by René Renoult	Minister of Marine 1926–1930	Succeeded by Albert Sarraut
Preceded by André Tardieu	Minister of the Interior 1930–1931	Succeeded by Pierre Laval
Preceded by Charles Dumont	Minister of Marine 1932–1933	Succeeded by Albert Sarraut