Georges Leygues

Georges Leygues
Prime Minister of France
In office 24 September 1920 – 16 January 1921
President	Alexandre Millerand
Preceded by	Alexandre Millerand
Succeeded by	Aristide Briand
Personal details
Born	29 October 1856 Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Died	2 September 1933(1933-09-02) (aged 76) Saint-Cloud
Political party	Democratic Republican Alliance

Georges Leygues (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ lɛjɡ]; 29 October 1856^[1] – 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, which was decommissioned in 2014

References

External links

• Newspaper clippings about Georges Leygues in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW