René Pleven

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René Pleven (April 1901 - January 13, 1993) was a notable French politician of the Fourth Republic. A member of the Free French, he helped found the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (UDSR), a political party that was meant to be a successor to the wartime Resistance movement. He served as prime minister several times in the early 1950s, where his most notable contribution was the introduction of the Pleven Plan, which called for a European Defense Community between France, Italy, West Germany, and the Benelux countries.

[edit] Pleven's First Ministry, 12 July 1950 - 10 March 1951

René Pleven - President of the Council
Robert Schuman - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Guy Mollet - Minister for the Council of Europe
Jules Moch - Minister of National Defense
Henri Queuille - Minister of the Interior
Maurice Petsche - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
Edgar Faure - Minister of Budget
Jean-Marie Louvel - Minister of Commerce and Industry
Paul Bacon - Minister of Labour and Social Security
René Mayer - Minister of Justice
Gaston Defferre - Minister of Merchant Marine
Pierre-Olivier Lapie - Minister of National Education
Louis Jacquinot - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
Pierre Pflimlin - Minister of Agriculture
François Mitterrand - Minister of Overseas France
Antoine Pinay - Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
Pierre Schneiter - Minister of Public Health and Population
Eugène Claudius-Petit - Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning
Charles Brune - Minister of Posts
Albert Gazier - Minister of Information
Jean Letourneau - Minister of Relations with Partner States
Paul Giacobbi - Minister without Portfolio

[edit] Pleven's Second Ministry, 11 August 1951 - 20 January 1952

René Pleven - President of the Council
Georges Bidault - Vice President of the Council and Minister of National Defense
René Mayer - Vice President of the Council and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
Robert Schuman - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Charles Brune - Minister of the Interior
Pierre Courant - Minister of Budget
Jean-Marie Louvel - Minister of Industry
Paul Bacon - Minister of Labour and Social Security
Edgar Faure - Minister of Justice
André Morice - Minister of Merchant Marine
André Marie - Minister of National Education
Emmanuel Temple - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
Paul Antier - Minister of Agriculture
Louis Jacquinot - Minister of Overseas France
Antoine Pinay - Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
Paul Ribeyre - Minister of Public Health and Population
Eugène Claudius-Petit - Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning
Joseph Laniel - Minister of Posts
Robert Buron - Minister of Information
Pierre Pflimlin - Minister of Commerce and External Economic Relations
Jean Letourneau - Minister of State
Maurice Petsche - Minister of State
Henri Queuille - Minister of State

Changes

16 September 1951 - Minister of State Maurice Petsche dies.
4 October 1951 - Joseph Laniel becomes a Minister of State. Roger Duchet succeeds Laniel as Minister of Posts.
21 November 1951 - Camille Laurens succeeds Antier as Minister of Agriculture.

Preceded by: —	Free French Commissioner on Economy and Finances 1941–1942	Succeeded by: André Diethelm
Preceded by: —	Free French Commissioner on the Colonies 1941-1942	Succeeded by: Hervé Alphand
Preceded by: —	Vice President of the National Committee of the Free French 1942—1943	Succeeded by: —
Preceded by: Maurice Dejean	Free French Commissioner for Foreign Affairs 1942–1943	Succeeded by: René Massigli
Preceded by: Hervé Alphand	Free French Commissioner on the Colonies 1942–1944	Succeeded by: —
Preceded by: Henri Bléhaut	Minister of Colonies 1944	Succeeded by: Paul Giacobbi
Preceded by: Aimé Lepercq	Minister of Finance 1944–1946	Succeeded by: André Philipp
Preceded by: Pierre Mendès-France	Minister of National Economy 1945	Succeeded by: François Billoux
Preceded by: Paul Ramadier	Minister of National Defense 1949–1950	Succeeded by: Jules Moch
Preceded by: Henri Queuille	Prime Minister of France 1950–1951	Succeeded by: Henri Queuille
Preceded by: —	Vice President of the Council with Guy Mollet and Georges Bidault 1951	Succeeded by: —
Preceded by: Henri Queuille	Prime Minister of France 1951–1952	Succeeded by: Edgar Faure
Preceded by: Georges Bidault	Minister of National Defense 1952–1954	Succeeded by: Pierre Koenig
Preceded by: Christian Pineau	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1958	Succeeded by: Maurice Couve de Murville
Preceded by: Jean-Marcel Jeanneney	Minister of Justice 1969–1973	Succeeded by: Pierre Messmer