Georges Leygues

Georges Leygues (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}French: [ʒɔʁʒ lɛjɡ]; 29 October 1856 – 2 September 1933) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He held several key ministerial positions, including Minister of the Colonies, Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Navy (Marine), and ultimately served as President of the Council (Prime Minister) from 1920 to 1921.

He was born in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in 1856.

From 1885 until his death, he served as representative of the Lot-et-Garonne region in the Chamber of Deputies.

In January 1895, he was appointed as Minister of the Interior in the government of Alexandre Ribot serving in this role until November 1895.

From 1899 to 1902, he served as Minister of Education in the government of Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau.

On 24 September 1920, he was appointed as Prime Minister by President Alexandre Millerand. He served as Prime Minister until 12 January 1921.

In November 1928, he became Minister of Marine. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line.

He died in 1933.

• Georges Leygues – President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• André Joseph Lefèvre – Minister of War
• Théodore Steeg – Minister of the Interior
• Frédéric François-Marsal – Minister of Finance
• Paul Jourdain – Minister of Labour
• Gustave L'Hopiteau – Minister of Justice
• Adolphe Landry – Minister of Marine
• André Honnorat – Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
• André Maginot – Minister of War Pensions, Grants, and Allowances
• Joseph Ricard – Minister of Agriculture
• Albert Sarraut – Minister of Colonies
• Yves Le Trocquer – Minister of Public Works
• Auguste Isaac – Minister of Commerce and Industry
• Émile Ogier – Minister of Liberated Regions

Changes

• 16 December 1920 – Flaminius Raiberti succeeds Lefèvre as Minister of War.

Besides the Îles Leygues, in the Kerguelens, two French warships have been named for Georges Leygues:

• a light cruiser Georges Leygues that served in the Second World War

• an F70-type frigate Georges Leygues. The ship was decommissioned in 2014.

• Newspaper clippings about Georges Leygues in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW