René Mayer

René Mayer
Prime Minister of France
In office 8 January 1953 – 28 June 1953
Preceded by	Antoine Pinay
Succeeded by	Joseph Laniel
President of the High Authority of the ECSC
In office 3 June 1955 – 13 January 1958
Preceded by	Jean Monnet
Succeeded by	Paul Finet
Personal details
Born	4 May 1895
Died
Political party	Radical

René Mayer (French pronunciation: ​[ʁəne majɛʁ]; 4 May 1895, Paris – 13 December 1972, Paris) was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953. He led the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958.

Mayer's Ministry, 8 January – 28 June 1953

• René Mayer – President of the Council
• Henri Queuille – Vice President of the Council
• Georges Bidault – Minister of Foreign Affairs
• René Pleven – Minister of National Defense and Armed Forces
• Charles Brune – Minister of the Interior
• Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury – Minister of Finance
• Robert Buron – Minister of Economic Affairs
• Jean Moreau – Minister of Budget
• Jean-Marie Louvel – Minister of Industry and Energy
• Paul Bacon – Minister of Labour and Social Security
• Léon Martinaud-Déplat – Minister of Justice
• André Marie – Minister of National Education
• Henri Bergasse – Minister of Veterans and War Victims
• Camille Laurens – Minister of Agriculture
• Louis Jacquinot – Minister of Overseas France
• André Morice – Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
• Paul Ribeyre – Minister of Public Health and Population
• Pierre Courant – Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning
• Roger Duchet – Minister of Posts
• Paul Ribeyre – Minister of Commerce
• Jean Letourneau – Minister of Relations with Partner States
• Édouard Bonnefous – Minister of State
• Paul Coste-Floret – Minister of State

Changes

• 11 February 1953 – Guy Petit succeeds Ribeyre as Minister of Commerce.

Political offices
New office	Minister of Public Works and Transport 1944–1945	Succeeded by Jules Moch
Preceded by Robert Schuman	Minister of Finance 1947–1948	Succeeded by Paul Reynaud
Preceded by Jules Moch	Minister of Economic Affairs 1947–1948
Preceded by Pierre-Henri Teitgen	Minister of National Defence 1948	Succeeded by Paul Ramadier
Preceded by Robert Lecourt	Minister of Justice 1949–1951	Succeeded by Edgar Faure
Preceded by Guy Mollet and René Pleven	Deputy Prime Minister of France 1951–1952	Succeeded by Henri Queuille
Preceded by Maurice Petsche	Minister of Finance 1951–1952	Succeeded by Edgar Faure
	Minister of Economic Affairs 1951–1952	Succeeded by Robert Buron
Preceded by Antoine Pinay	Prime Minister of France 1953	Succeeded by Joseph Laniel