Joseph Laniel (; 12 October 18898 April 1975) was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as
Prime Minister
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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
Indochina
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in 1954. He was succeeded by
Pierre Mendès France
Pierre Isaac Isidore Mendès France (; 11 January 190718 October 1982) was a French politician who served as prime minister of France for eight months from 1954 to 1955. As a member of the Radical Party, he headed a government supported by a co ...
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Laniel's Ministry, 28 June 1953 – 19 June 1954
*Joseph Laniel – President of the Council
* Henri Queuille – Vice President of the Council
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Paul Reynaud
Paul Reynaud (; 15 October 1878 – 21 September 1966) was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Germany.
Reynaud opposed the Munich Agreement of ...
– Vice President of the Council
* Pierre-Henri Teitgen – Vice President of the Council
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Georges Bidault
Georges-Augustin Bidault (; 5 October 189927 January 1983) was a French politician. During World War II, he was active in the French Resistance. After the war, he served as foreign minister and prime minister on several occasions. He joined the ...
Edgar Faure
Edgar Jean Faure (; 18 August 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a French politician, lawyer, essayist, historian and memoirist who served as Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again between 1955 and 1956.Jean-Marie Louvel – Minister of Commerce and Industry
* Paul Bacon – Minister of Labour and Social Security
* Paul Ribeyre – Minister of Justice
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– 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
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Pierre Ferri
Pierre Ferri (3 September 1904 – 23 November 1993) was a French stockbroker and conservative politician who was Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones in 1953–54.
Early years (1904–45)
Pierre Ferri was born in Paris on 3 September 1 ...
– Minister of Posts
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Edmond Barrachin
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* Edmond Canaple (1797–1876), French politician
* Edmond Chehade (born 1993), Lebanese footballer
* Edmond Conn (1914–1998), American farmer, businessman, and politician
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– Minister of Constitutional Reform
* Édouard Corniglion-Molinier – Minister of State
Changes
*3 June 1954 –