Mollet's cabinet
The Mollet cabinet was formed on February 1, 1956 in France by Prime Minister Guy Mollet and replaced the Faure II cabinet . It was in office for 1 year and 109 days until May 21, 1957, when it was replaced by the Bourgès-Maunoury cabinet . The cabinet included ministers from the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière (SFIO), Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste (PRS), Union démocratique et socialiste de la Résistance (UDSR) and the Center national des républicains sociaux (CNRS).
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The Cabinet consisted of the following ministers:
Office | Surname | Political party | annotation |
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prime minister | Guy Mollet | SFIO | |
Minister of State | Pierre Mendès France | PRS | Resignation on May 23, 1956 |
Minister of State, Minister of Justice | François Mitterrand | UDSR | |
Minister of State | Jacques Chaban-Delmas | CNRS | Appointed on February 21, 1956 |
Minister of State | René Billères | PRS | Appointed on June 22, 1956 |
Foreign minister | Christian Pineau | SFIO | |
Interior minister | Jean Gilbert-Jules | PRS | |
Minister for National Defense and the Armed Forces | Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury | PRS | |
Minister of Economy and Finance |
Robert Lacoste Paul Ramadier |
SFIO SFIO |
Term of office ends on February 9, 1956. Term of office begins on February 14, 1956 |
Minister for National Education, Youth and Sport | René Billières | SFIO | From June 22, 1956 he was also Minister of State |
Minister for the Overseas Territories | Gaston Defferre | SFIO | |
Minister of Social Affairs | Albert Gazier | SFIO | |
Minister for Veterans and War Victims | François Tanguy-Prigent | SFIO | |
Prime Minister in Algeria |
Georges Catroux Robert Lacoste |
Term of office ended on February 7, 1956. Term of office began on February 9, 1956 |
Deputy Ministers, State Secretaries and Undersecretaries of State
The Cabinet also includes the following Associate Ministers, State Secretaries and Undersecretaries of State:
Office | Surname | Political party | annotation |
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Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister | Félix Houphouët-Boigny | RDA | |
State Secretary to the Prime Minister for Scientific Research and Atomic Energy |
Georges Guille | SFIO | On March 17, 1956, the office was renamed State Secretary to the Prime Minister for Relations with Parliament and Atomic Energy |
State Secretary to the Prime Minister for Information |
Gérard Jaquet | SFIO | |
State Secretary to the Prime Minister for Public Service |
Pierre Métayer | SFIO | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Maurice Faure | PRS | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Morocco and Tunisia |
Alain Savary | SFIO | Resignation on November 3, 1956 |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Pierre de Félice | PRS | Beginning of the term of office on February 22, 1957 |
State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior | Maurice Pic | SFIO | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior for Algeria |
Marcel Champeix | SFIO | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense for Land Forces and Algeria Affairs |
Max Lejeune | SFIO | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense for the Navy |
Paul Anxionnaz | PRS | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense for the Air Force |
Henri Laforest | PRS | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance for the budget |
Jean Filippi | PRS | |
State Secretary of the Economy and Finance of Economics |
Jean Masson | PRS | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance for Public Works, Transport and Tourism |
Auguste Pinton | PRS | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy and Finance for Agriculture |
André Dulin | PRS | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance for Reconstruction and Housing |
Bernard Chochoy | SFIO | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Economics and Finance for Industry and Trade |
Bernard Chochoy Maurice Lemaire |
SFIO CNRS |
Term expires on February 21, 1956 Term begins on February 21, 1956 |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Economics and Finance for Post and Telecommunications |
Eugène Thomas | SFIO | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Education for the Arts and Human Sciences |
Jacques Bordeneuve | PRS | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs for Labor and Social Security |
Jean Minjoz | SFIO | |
State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs for Public Health and Population |
André Maroselli | PRS | |
Undersecretary of State to the Prime Minister | Hammadoun Dicko | SFIO | Beginning of the term of office on March 17, 1956 |
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance for the Merchant Navy |
Roger Duveau | UDSR | |
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Economy and Finance for Agriculture |
Kléber Loustau | SFIO | |
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Economy and Finance for Reconstruction and Housing |
Pierre de Félice | Term expires on February 22, 1957 | |
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Economy and Finance for Industry and Trade |
Hammadoun Dicko | SFIO | Term expires on March 17, 1956 |
Undersecretary of State in the Department for Veterans and War Victims | Jean Le Coutaller | SFIO | Beginning of the term of office on May 2, 1956 |