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	13 December 1972(1972-12-13) (aged 77)
Political party	Radical

René Mayer (French pronunciation: [ʁəne majɛʁ]; 4 May 1895, in Paris – 13 December 1972, in 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.