Georges Leygues

Georges Leygues
Prime Minister of France
In office
24 September 1920 – 16 January 1921
PresidentAlexandre Millerand
Preceded byAlexandre Millerand
Succeeded byAristide Briand
Minister of Foreign Affairs of France
In office
24 September 1920 – 16 January 1921
PresidentAlexandre Millerand
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byAlexandre Millerand
Succeeded byAristide Briand
Minister of the Interior of France
In office
26 January – 1 November 1895
PresidentFélix Faure
Prime MinisterAlexandre Ribot
Preceded byCharles Dupuy
Succeeded byLéon Bourgeois
In office
13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931
PresidentGaston Doumergue
Prime MinisterThéodore Steeg
Preceded byAndré Tardieu
Succeeded byPierre Laval
Minister of Public Instruction of France
In office
30 May 1894 – 26 January 1895
PresidentSadi Carnot
Charles Dupuy (as interim)
Jean Casimir-Perier
Félix Faure
Prime MinisterCharles Dupuy
Preceded byEugène Spuller
Succeeded byRaymond Poincaré
In office
1 November 1898 – 7 June 1902
PresidentFélix Faure
Charles Dupuy (as interim)
Émile Loubet
Prime MinisterCharles Dupuy
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
Preceded byLéon Bourgeois
Succeeded byJoseph Chaumié
Minister of the Colonies of France
In office
14 March – 25 October 1906
PresidentArmand Fallières
Prime MinisterFerdinand Sarrien
Preceded byÉtienne Clémentel
Succeeded byRaphaël Milliès-Lacroix
Minister of the Navy of France
In office
16 November 1917 – 20 January 1920
PresidentRaymond Poincaré
Prime MinisterGeorges Clemenceau
Preceded byCharles Chaumet
Succeeded byAdolphe Landry
In office
28 November 1925 – 19 July 1926
PresidentGaston Doumergue
Prime MinisterAristide Briand
Preceded byÉmile Borel
Succeeded byRené Renoult
In office
23 July 1926 – 21 February 1930
PresidentGaston Doumergue
Prime MinisterRaymond Poincaré
Aristide Briand
André Tardieu
Preceded byRené Renoult
Succeeded byAlbert Sarraut
In office
3 June 1932 – 2 September 1933
PresidentPaul Doumer
Andre Tardieu (as interim)
Albert Lebrun
Prime MinisterÉdouard Herriot
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Édouard Daladier
Preceded byCharles Dumont
Succeeded byAlbert Sarraut
Personal details
Born29 October 1856
Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Died2 September 1933(1933-09-02) (aged 76)
Saint-Cloud
PartyDemocratic Republican Alliance

Georges Leygues (French: [ʒɔʁʒ lɛjɡ]; 29 October 1856 – 2 September 1933) was a French politician of the Third Republic.[1][2] 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.[1]

Life

He was born in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in 1856.[3]

From 1885 until his death, he served as representative of the Lot-et-Garonne region in the Chamber of Deputies.[4]

In January 1895, he was appointed as Minister of the Interior in the government of Alexandre Ribot serving in this role until November 1895.[5]

From 1899 to 1902, he served as Minister of Education in the government of Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau.[6]

On 24 September 1920, he was appointed as Prime Minister by President Alexandre Millerand.[7][8] He served as Prime Minister until 12 January 1921.[8]

In November 1928, he became Minister of Marine.[9] 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.[2]

Leygues's Ministry, 24 September 1920 – 16 January 1921

Changes

Legacy

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

References

  1. ^ a b National Assembly, France. "Jean, Claude, Georges Leygues". Official website of the French National Assembly.
  2. ^ a b Guillaume, Sylvie; Lachaise, Bernard (1998). Dictionnaire des parlementaires d'Aquitaine sous la Troisième République (in French). Presses Univ de Bordeaux. p. 482. ISBN 978-2-86781-231-6. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  3. ^ Bertrand, Alphonse (1899). La chambre des députés: 1898-1902 : biographie des 581 députés (in French). May. p. 267. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  4. ^ députés, France Assemblée nationale (1871-1942) Chambre des (1893). Annales de la Chambre des députés: débats parlementaires (in French). Impr. du Journal Officiel. p. 342. Retrieved 26 November 2025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Whyte, G. (12 October 2005). The Dreyfus Affair: A Chronological History. Springer. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-230-58450-1. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  6. ^ National and English Review. 1899. p. 697. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  7. ^ Brogan, Denis William (1966). The Development of Modern France, 1870-1939: The shadow of war. World War I. Between the two wars. Harper & Row. p. 569. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  8. ^ a b Steiner, Zara S.; Steiner, Zara (2005). The Lights that Failed: European International History, 1919-1933. Oxford University Press. p. 828. ISBN 978-0-19-822114-2. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  9. ^ Epstein, M. (23 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book. Springer. p. 842. ISBN 978-0-230-27058-9. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  10. ^ Moulin, Jean; Jordan, John (4 March 2013). French Cruisers, 1922–1956. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-1445-5. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  11. ^ Grove, Eric (1990). NATO Major Warships - Europe. Tri-Service. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-85488-006-2. Retrieved 26 November 2025.


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