Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
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146th Prime Minister of France
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| In office June 12, 1957 – November 6, 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Guy Mollet |
| Succeeded by | Félix Gaillard |
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| Born | August 19, 1914 |
| Died | February 10, 1993 |
| Political party | Radical |
Maurice Jean Marie Bourgès-Maunoury (August 19, 1914 - February 10, 1993) was a French Radical politician who served as Prime Minister in the Fourth Republic during 1957.
He is famous, especially, in heading the government during the Suez Crisis.[citation needed] He died in Paris.
[edit] Controversy
As minister of Interior, he nominated the controversed Maurice Papon at the head of the Prefecture of Police in 1958, functions which he kept during the 1961 Paris massacre.[citation needed]
[edit] Bourgès-Maunoury's Ministry, 13 June - 6 November 1957
- Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury - President of the Council
- Christian Pineau - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- André Morice - Minister of National Defense and Armed Forces
- Jean Gilbert-Jules - Minister of the Interior
- Félix Gaillard - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
- Édouard Corniglion-Molinier - Minister of Justice
- René Billères - Minister of National Education, Youth, and Sports
- André Dulin - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- Gérard Jaquet - Minister of Overseas France
- Édouard Bonnefous - Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
- Albert Gazier - Minister of Social Affairs
- Max Lejeune - Minister of Sahara
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny - Minister of State
| Preceded by Jacques Chastellain |
Minister of Public Works, Transport and Tourism 1950 |
Succeeded by Antoine Pinay |
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Minister of Armaments 1952 |
Succeeded by — |
| Preceded by Antoine Pinay |
Minister of Finance 1953 |
Succeeded by Edgar Faure |
| Preceded by Jean-Marie Louvel |
Minister of Commerce and Industry 1954 |
Succeeded by Henri Ulver |
| Preceded by Jacques Chaban-Delmas |
interim Minister of Public Works, Transport and Tourism 1954 |
Succeeded by Jacques Chaban-Delmas |
| Preceded by Emmanuel Temple |
Minister of the Armed Forces 1955 |
Succeeded by Marie Pierre Koenig |
| Preceded by François Mitterrand |
Minister of the Interior 1955 |
Succeeded by Edgar Faure |
| Preceded by Pierre Billotte |
Minister of National Defence 1956–1957 |
Succeeded by André Morice |
| Preceded by Guy Mollet |
Prime Minister of France 1957 |
Succeeded by Félix Gaillard |
| Preceded by Jean Gilbert-Jules |
Minister of the Interior 1957–1958 |
Succeeded by Maurice Faure |
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