Joseph Laniel

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Joseph Laniel

Joseph Laniel (born October 12, 1889 in Vimoutiers , Orne , † April 8, 1975 in Paris ) was a French politician ( AD , PRL , CNIP ).

biography

From 1932 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1958 he was a member of the Calvados Department in the National Assembly . He held his first government office in 1940 in the government of Paul Reynaud as Undersecretary of State in the Treasury.

In July 1940 he agreed to the transfer of extraordinary powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain . Nevertheless, he later became a member of the Resistance and was one of the founders of the Conseil National de la Resistance . On August 26, 1944, he took part in the liberation of Paris on the side of Charles de Gaulle and Georges Bidault . In 1945 he founded a party of the moderate right, the Parti républicain de la liberté (PRL), which in 1951 merged with the "Indépendants" to form the Center national des indépendants et paysans (CNIP).

Government offices

  • State Secretary for Finance and Economics in the André Marie Government (July 26, 1948– September 5, 1948)
  • Minister for Post and Telecommunications in the René Pleven government (August 11, 1951– October 4, 1951)
  • Minister of State in the René Pleven government (October 4, 1951– January 20, 1952)
  • Minister of State in the Edgar Faure Government (January 20, 1952– March 8, 1952)
  • Prime Minister (June 27, 1953– June 12, 1954)

Reign

With a term of almost a year in office, the government of Joseph Laniel was one of the more stable governments of the IV Republic .

It was confronted with social conflicts, the deep division of public opinion on the question of the European Defense Community (EDC) and the intensification of the Indochina conflict.

Dien Bien Phu's military defeat led to the overthrow of the government of Joseph Laniel and the end of his political career. 1956 published Laniel under the title Le Drame indochinois. De Dien Bien Phu en pari de Genève a book for his personal justification.

During his tenure, Laniel was elected President in 1953, who was elected by both chambers of parliament in the IV Republic. After the 11th ballot, however, he withdrew his candidacy; René Coty , who, like Laniel, belonged to the CNIP, was elected in the 13th ballot .

literature

Joseph Laniel is the author of Le drame indochinois , Paris, Plon, 1957.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jacques Dalloz: Dictionnaire de la Guerre d'Indochine 1945-1954. Paris 2006, p. 132
predecessor Office successor
René Mayer Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic
June 27, 1953 - June 12, 1954 		Pierre Mendès France
personal data
SURNAME Laniel, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician (AD, PRL), member of the National Assembly
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Vimoutiers
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1975
Place of death Paris