Georges Leygues

Georges Leygues ([ʒɔʁʒ lɛjɡ]; 26 October 1857 – 2 September 1933) was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line.

Contents

• Service armes georges leygues
• En mer bord de la fr gate georges leygues
• Leyguess Ministry 24 September 1920 16 January 1921
• Memory
• References

Leygues's Ministry, 24 September 1920 – 16 January 1921

Georges Leygues – President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs

André Joseph Lefèvre – Minister of War

Théodore Steeg – Minister of the Interior

Frédéric François-Marsal – Minister of Finance

Paul Jourdain – Minister of Labour

Gustave L'Hopiteau – Minister of Justice

Adolphe Landry – Minister of Marine

André Honnorat – Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts

André Maginot – Minister of War Pensions, Grants, and Allowances

Joseph Ricard – Minister of Agriculture

Albert Sarraut – Minister of Colonies

Yves Le Trocquer – Minister of Public Works

Auguste Isaac – Minister of Commerce and Industry

Émile Ogier – Minister of Liberated Regions

Changes

16 December 1920 – Flaminius Raiberti succeeds Lefèvre as Minister of War.

Memory

Two French warships have been named for Georges Leygues:

a light cruiser Georges Leygues that served in World War II

an F70-type frigate Georges Leygues in current service