Pierre Messmer

Pierre Messmer (born Vincennes March 20, 1916) is a French Gaullist politician. A veteran of the Free French Forces, he fought at the Battle of Bir Hakeim. He was minister of Armies under Charles De Gaulle's presidency, then he became prime minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974.

[edit] Messmer's First Ministry, 6 July 1972 - 2 April 1973

Pierre Messmer - Prime Minister
Maurice Schumann - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Michel Debré - Minister of National Defense
Raymond Marcellin - Minister of the Interior
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Minister of Economy and Finance
Jean Charbonnel - Minister of Industrial and Scientific Development
Joseph Fontanet - Minister of National Education, Labour, Employment, and Population
René Pleven - Minister of Justice
André Bord - Minister of Veterans
Jacques Duhamel - Minister of Cultural Affairs
Jacques Chirac - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Olivier Guichard - Minister of Housing, Tourism, Equipment, and Regional Planning
Robert Galley - Minister of Transport
Jean Foyer - Minister of Public Health
Hubert Germain - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Yvon Bourges - Minister of Commerce
Roger Frey - Minister of Administrative Reforms
Edgar Faure - Minister of Social Affairs

Changes

15 March 1973 - André Bettencourt succeeds Schumann as interim Minister of Foreign Affairs.
16 March 1973 - Pierre Messmer succeeds Pleven as interim Minister of Justice.

Pierre Messmer - Prime Minister
Michel Jobert - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Robert Galley - Minister of Armies
Raymond Marcellin - Minister of the Interior
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Minister of Economy and Finance
Jean Charbonnel - Minister of Industrial and Scientific Development
Georges Gorse - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population
Jean Taittinger - Minister of Justice
Joseph Fontanet - Minister of National Education
André Bord - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
Maurice Druon - Minister of Cultural Affairs
Jacques Chirac - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Robert Poujade - Minister of Natural Protection and Environment
Bernard Stasi - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
Olivier Guichard - Minister of Housing, Tourism, Regional Planning, and Equipment
Yves Guéna - Minister of Transport
Joseph Comiti - Minister of Relations with Parliament
Michel Poniatowski - Minister of Public Health
Hubert Germain - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Philippe Malaud - Minister of Information
Jean Royer - Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry
Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of Administrative Reforms

Changes

23 October 1973 - Philippe Malaud becomes Minister of Civil Service. Jean-Philippe Lecat succeeds Malaud as Minister of Information

Changes

11 April 1974 - Hubert Germain succeeds Royer as interim Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.

1939 Le Régime administratif des emprunts coloniaux. Thesis for his Doctorate of Laws (Librairie juridique et administrative)

1985 Les Écrits militaires du général de Gaulle, in collaboration with Professor Alain Larcan (PUF)
1992 Après tant de batailles, Mémoires (Albin Michel)

Preceded by: Pierre Guillaumat	Minister of the Armies 1960–1969	Succeeded by: Michel Debré
Preceded by: —	Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories 1971–1972	Succeeded by: —
Preceded by: Jacques Chaban-Delmas	Prime Minister of France 1972–1974	Succeeded by: Jacques Chirac
Preceded by: René Pleven	interim Minister of Justice 1973	Succeeded by: Jean Taittinger

Preceded by: Maurice Schumann	Seat 13 Académie française 1999–present	Succeeded by: Incumbent

Prime Ministers of the French Fifth Republic <td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 1px" rowspan="2"> Image:Flag of France.svg </td>
Michel Debré • Georges Pompidou • Maurice Couve de Murville • Jacques Chaban-Delmas • Pierre Messmer • Jacques Chirac • Raymond Barre • Pierre Mauroy • Laurent Fabius • Jacques Chirac • Michel Rocard • Édith Cresson • Pierre Bérégovoy • Édouard Balladur • Alain Juppé • Lionel Jospin • Jean-Pierre Raffarin • Dominique de Villepin