Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury

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Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury


Prime Minister of France
In office 13 June 1957 – 6 November 1957
President	René Coty
Preceded by	Guy Mollet
Succeeded by	Félix Gaillard

Personal details
Born	Maurice Jean Marie Bourgès-Maunoury 19 August 1914 Luisant, Eure-et-Loir
Died	10 February 1993(1993-02-10) (aged 78) Paris
Political party	Radical

Maurice Jean Marie Bourgès-Maunoury (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis buʁʒɛs monuʁi, moʁ-]; 19 August 1914 – 10 February 1993) was a French Radical politician who served as the Prime Minister in the Fourth Republic during 1957.^[1]

Bourgès-Maunoury was born in Luisant, Eure-et-Loir. He is best known for fulfilling a prominent ministerial role in the government during the 1956 Suez Crisis.^[2]^: 49–50

Prime minister

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He became Prime Minister in June 1957. While he was Prime Minister, the French Government achieved Parliamentary ratification of the Treaty of Rome, which led to the creation of the European Economic Community. He was succeeded as Prime Minister in November 1957 by Félix Gaillard.^[3]

Controversy

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As minister of Interior, he nominated the controversial Maurice Papon at the head of the Prefecture of Police in 1958, functions which he kept during the 1961 Paris massacre.

Death

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He died in Paris in 1993.^[3]^{[citation needed]}

Bourgès-Maunoury's Ministry, 13 June – 6 November 1957

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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

References

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^ Heisler, Mark E. (29 June 1959). "Ex French Premier Predicts Arabs, Israel to Live in Peace". Press of Atlantic City. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ Crosbie, Sylvia Kowitt (8 March 2015). A Tacit Alliance: France and Israel from Suez to the Six Day War. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-6795-0.
^ ^a ^b Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 291–292. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.

Political offices
Preceded by Jacques Chastellain	Minister of Public Works, Transport and Tourism 1950	Succeeded by Antoine Pinay
Preceded by —	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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