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Pierre Messmer
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Pierre Messmer (born Vincennes, March 20, 1916) is a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974.
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Senior civil servant in the colonial administration, he listened Charles de Gaulle's call and joined the Free French Forces in July 1940. He fought at the Battle of Bir Hakeim. After the World War II, he returned in the colonies and was a prisoner during the Indochina War. In the 1950s, he pursued his career in Africa. He came back in Paris in 1956, in the staff of Gaston Defferre, Minister of Overseas.
From 1959 to 1969, under Charles De Gaulle's presidency, he was Minister of Armies. He became a personality of the Gaullist Party and conquered a parliamentary seat in 1968 as representing of Moselle département. Belonging to the conservative wing of the Gaullist movement, he criticized the "New Society" plan of Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas.
However, he returned in the cabinet as Minister of Overseas in 1971, then as Prime Minister in 1972. In due to President Pompidou's illness, he dealt with the everyday administration of the country. In 1974, when Pompidou died, those close to the defunct president encouraged him to run for president, but he declined.
- Pierre Messmer - Prime Minister
- Maurice Schumann - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Michel Debré - Minister of National Defense
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of the Interior
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Minister of Economy and Finance
- Jean Charbonnel - Minister of Industrial and Scientific Development
- Joseph Fontanet - Minister of National Education, Labour, Employment, and Population
- René Pleven - Minister of Justice
- André Bord - Minister of Veterans
- Jacques Duhamel - Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Jacques Chirac - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Olivier Guichard - Minister of Housing, Tourism, Equipment, and Regional Planning
- Robert Galley - Minister of Transport
- Jean Foyer - Minister of Public Health
- Hubert Germain - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Yvon Bourges - Minister of Commerce
- Roger Frey - Minister of Administrative Reforms
- Edgar Faure - Minister of Social Affairs
Changes
- 15 March 1973 - André Bettencourt succeeds Schumann as interim Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- 16 March 1973 - Pierre Messmer succeeds Pleven as interim Minister of Justice.
- Pierre Messmer - Prime Minister
- Michel Jobert - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Robert Galley - Minister of Armies
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of the Interior
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Minister of Economy and Finance
- Jean Charbonnel - Minister of Industrial and Scientific Development
- Georges Gorse - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population
- Jean Taittinger - Minister of Justice
- Joseph Fontanet - Minister of National Education
- André Bord - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- Maurice Druon - Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Jacques Chirac - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Robert Poujade - Minister of Natural Protection and Environment
- Bernard Stasi - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
- Olivier Guichard - Minister of Housing, Tourism, Regional Planning, and Equipment
- Yves Guéna - Minister of Transport
- Joseph Comiti - Minister of Relations with Parliament
- Michel Poniatowski - Minister of Public Health
- Hubert Germain - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Philippe Malaud - Minister of Information
- Jean Royer - Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry
- Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of Administrative Reforms
Changes
- 23 October 1973 - Philippe Malaud becomes Minister of Civil Service. Jean-Philippe Lecat succeeds Malaud as Minister of Information
- Pierre Messmer - Prime Minister
- Michel Jobert - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Robert Galley - Minister of Armies
- Jacques Chirac - Minister of the Interior
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Minister of Economy and Finance
- Yves Guéna - Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Craft Industry
- Georges Gorse - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population
- Jean Taittinger - Minister of Justice
- Joseph Fontanet - Minister of National Education
- Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of Cultural Affairs and Environment
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Olivier Guichard - Minister of Regional Planning and Equipment
- Hubert Germain - Minister of Relations with Parliament
- Michel Poniatowski - Minister of Public Health
- Jean Royer - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Jean-Philippe Lecat - Minister of Information
Changes
- 1939 Le Régime administratif des emprunts coloniaux. Thesis for his Doctorate of Laws (Librairie juridique et administrative)
- 1977 Le Service militaire. Débat avec Jean-Pierre Chevènement (Balland)
- 1985 Les Écrits militaires du général de Gaulle, in collaboration with Professor Alain Larcan (PUF)
- 1992 Après tant de batailles, Mémoires (Albin Michel)
- 1998 Les Blancs s’en vont. Récits de décolonisation (Albin Michel)
- 2002 La Patrouille perdue (Albin Michel)
- 2003 Ma part de France (Xavier de Guibert)
- (French) L'Académie française
- (French) ordredelaliberation.fr
| Preceded by Pierre Guillaumat |
Minister of the Armies 1960–1969 |
Succeeded by Michel Debré |
| Preceded by — |
Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories 1971–1972 |
Succeeded by — |
| Preceded by Jacques Chaban-Delmas |
Prime Minister of France 1972–1974 |
Succeeded by Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by René Pleven |
interim Minister of Justice 1973 |
Succeeded by Jean Taittinger |
| Preceded by Maurice Schumann |
Seat 13 Académie française 1999–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
