Joseph_Laniel

Joseph Laniel

Joseph Laniel

French politician

Joseph Laniel (French pronunciation: [ʒɔzɛf lanjɛl]; 12 October 1889 – 8 April 1975) was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty.

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Laniel was born at Vimoutiers in Normandy to a family that ran a successful textile factory.[2]

On 10 July 1940, he voted in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France. However, he later joined the French Resistance and was one of the founders of the National Council of the Resistance (CNR).

Co-founder of the Republican Party of Liberty (PRL), then of the National Center of Independents and Peasants (CNIP), Laniel's cabinet was overturned after the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in Indochina in 1954. He was succeeded by Pierre Mendès France.

Laniel's Ministry, 28 June 1953 – 19 June 1954

Changes

  • 3 June 1954 – Édouard Frédéric-Dupont enters the ministry as Minister of Relations with Partner States.

References

  1. [1]
    Tucker, Spencer C. (2011). "Laniel, Joseph". The encyclopedia of the Vietnam War : a political, social, and military history (2nd ed.). ABC-CLIO. p. 626. ISBN 9781851099610.
  2. [2]
    Tucker, Spencer (2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. p. 626. ISBN 9781851099610.
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