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Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury

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Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
Prime Minister of France
In office
13 June 1957 – 6 November 1957
PresidentRené Coty
Preceded byGuy Mollet
Succeeded byFélix Gaillard
Personal details
Born
Maurice Jean Marie Bourgès-Maunoury

19 August 1914
Luisant, Eure-et-Loir
Died10 February 1993(1993-02-10) (aged 78)
Paris
Political partyRadical
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (L) meeting Israeli Finance Minister Levi Eshkol during a visit to Israel in 1958

Maurice Jean Marie Bourgès-Maunoury (French: [mɔʁis buʁʒɛs monuʁi, moʁ-]; 19 August 1914 – 10 February 1993) was a French Radical politician who served as the Prime Minister in the Fourth Republic during 1957.[1]

Bourgès-Maunoury was born in Luisant, Eure-et-Loir. He is best known for fulfilling a prominent ministerial role in the government during the 1956 Suez Crisis.[2]: 49–50 

Prime minister

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He became Prime Minister in June 1957. While he was Prime Minister, the French Government achieved Parliamentary ratification of the Treaty of Rome, which led to the creation of the European Economic Community. He was succeeded as Prime Minister in November 1957 by Félix Gaillard.[3]

Controversy

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As minister of Interior, he nominated the controversial Maurice Papon at the head of the Prefecture of Police in 1958, functions which he kept during the 1961 Paris massacre.

Death

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He died in Paris in 1993.[3][citation needed]

Bourgès-Maunoury's Ministry, 13 June – 6 November 1957

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References

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  1. ^ Heisler, Mark E. (29 June 1959). "Ex French Premier Predicts Arabs, Israel to Live in Peace". Press of Atlantic City. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ Crosbie, Sylvia Kowitt (8 March 2015). A Tacit Alliance: France and Israel from Suez to the Six Day War. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-6795-0.
  3. ^ a b Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 291–292. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Public Works, Transport and Tourism
1950
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Armaments
1952
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Preceded by Minister of Finance
1953
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Preceded by Minister of Commerce and Industry
1954
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Preceded by interim Minister of Public Works, Transport and Tourism
1954
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Preceded by Minister of the Armed Forces
1955
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Preceded by Minister of the Interior
1955
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Preceded by Minister of National Defence
1956–1957
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of France
1957
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Preceded by Minister of the Interior
1957–1958
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