Joseph Laniel

Joseph Laniel ([ʒɔzɛf lanjɛl]; 12 October 1889, Vimoutiers, Orne – 8 April 1975, Paris) was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister 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 René Coty. Laniel was born in Vimoutiers, Orne, and died in Paris, France.

Co-founder of the Republican Party of Liberty (PRL), then of the National Center of Independents and Peasants (CNIP), Laniel's cabinet was overturned after the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in Indochina in 1954. He was succeeded by Pierre Mendès France.

• Joseph Laniel – President of the Council
• Henri Queuille – Vice President of the Council
• Paul Reynaud – Vice President of the Council
• Pierre-Henri Teitgen – Vice President of the Council
• Georges Bidault – Minister of Foreign Affairs
• René Pleven – Minister of National Defense and Armed Forces
• Léon Martinaud-Déplat – Minister of the Interior
• Edgar Faure – Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
• Jean-Marie Louvel – Minister of Commerce and Industry
• Paul Bacon – Minister of Labour and Social Security
• Paul Ribeyre – Minister of Justice
• André Marie – Minister of National Education
• André Mutter – Minister of Veterans and War Victims
• Louis Jacquinot – 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
• Pierre Ferri – Minister of Posts
• Edmond Barrachin – Minister of Constitutional Reform
• Édouard Corniglion-Molinier – Minister of State

Changes

• 3 June 1954 – Édouard Frédéric-Dupont enters the ministry as Minister of Relations with Partner States.