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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Prime Minister of France
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Male
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Birth:
26 October 1857(Villeneuve-sur-Lot)
Death:
2 September 1933(Saint-Cloud)
The details
Biography
Introduction
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 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs 1920–1921 | ||
| 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 |