Paul Ramadier

Paul Ramadier
Paul Ramadier
Prime Minister of France
	In office; 22 January 1947 – 24 November 1947
Preceded by	Léon Blum
Succeeded by	Robert Schuman
Personal details
Born	17 March 1888; La Rochelle, France
Died	14 October 1961 (aged 73); Rodez, France
Political party	SFIO

Paul Ramadier (17 March 1888 in La Rochelle – 14 October 1961 in Rodez) was a politician and a French statesman.

Biography[]

Son of a Psychiatrist Paul Ramadier graduated in law from the university of Toulouse and started his profession as a lawyer in Paris. Then, in 1911, he gained his doctorate in Roman Law. Mayor of Decazeville, starting in 1919, he served as the first Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic in 1947. He adhered to the socialist party with 16 years.^[1] On 10 July 1940, he voted against the granting of the full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain, who installed the Vichy regime the next day.

Ramadier took part in the Resistance where he used the nom de guerre Violette.^[2] His name was included in the Yad Vashem Jewish memorial after the war. Under the government of General De Gaulle (1944–1945), he was Minister for Provisions, earning a reputation as a hardworker, pragmatic and conciliatory politician.^[3] It was during his first ministry that the Communists were forced out of the government in May 1947, ending the "tripartisme" coalition between the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), Popular Republican Movement and Communists. He voted for the Marshall Plan.

From 1956 until 1957, Ramadier was Minister of Finance under Guy Mollet.

Governments[]

First Ministry (22 January – 22 October 1947)[]

Paul Ramadier – President of the Council
Maurice Thorez – Vice President of the Council
Georges Bidault – Minister of Foreign Affairs
Paul Coste-Floret – Minister of War
Louis Jacquinot – Minister of Marine
– Minister of Air
Édouard Depreux – Minister of the Interior
Robert Schuman – Minister of Finance
André Philip – Minister of National Economy
Robert Lacoste – Minister of Industrial Production
Ambroise Croizat – Minister of Labour and Social Security
André Marie – Minister of Justice
Marcel Edmond Naegelen – Minister of National Education
François Mitterrand – Minister of Veterans and War Victims
François Tanguy-Prigent – Minister of Agriculture
– Minister of Youth, Arts, and Letters
Marius Moutet – Minister of Overseas France
Jules Moch – Minister of Public Works and Transport
Georges Marrane – Minister of Public Health and Population
Charles Tillon – Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning.
Jean Letourneau – Minister of Commerce
Félix Gouin – Minister of Planning
– Minister of State
Yvon Delbos – Minister of State

Changes:

4 May 1947 – Pierre-Henri Teitgen succeeds Thorez as Vice President of the Council. The other Communist ministers (Croizat, Marranne, and Tillon) also resign.
9 May 1947 – Daniel Mayer succeeds Croizat as Minister of Labour and Social Security. Robert Prigent succeeds Marranne as Minister of Public Health and Population. Jean Letourneau succeeds Tillon as Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning. Eugène Thomas enters the Cabinet as Minister of Posts.
11 August 1947 – Robert Lacoste succeeds Letourneau as Minister of Commerce, becoming thus Minister of Commerce and Industry.

Second Ministry (22 October – 24 November 1947)[]

Paul Ramadier – President of the Council
Georges Bidault – Minister of Foreign Affairs
Pierre-Henri Teitgen – Minister of National Defense
Édouard Depreux – Minister of the Interior
Robert Schuman – Minister of Finance
Jules Moch – Minister of Economic Affairs, Planning, Public Works, Transport, Reconstruction, and Town Planning
Robert Lacoste – Minister of Industry
André Marie – Minister of Justice
Marcel Edmond Naegelen – Minister of National Education
Daniel Mayer – Minister of Social Affairs, Veterans, and War Victims
– Minister of Agriculture
Paul Coste-Floret – Minister of Overseas France
Yvon Delbos – Minister of State

Political offices
Preceded by Pierre-Henri Teitgen	Minister of Justice 1946–1947	Succeeded by André Marie
Preceded by Léon Blum	Prime Minister of France 1947	Succeeded by Robert Schuman

References[]

^ Yvert, Benoît (2007). Premiers ministres et présidents du Conseil depuis 1815. Perrin-Tempus. p. 603
^ Mee, Charles L (11 February 2015). Saving a Continent: The Untold Story of the Marshall Plan. New Word CIty.
^ Yvert, Benoît (2007). Premiers ministres et présidents du Conseil depuis 1815. Perrin-Tempus. pp. 603–605.

External links[]

Paul Ramadier – his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
Newspaper clippings about Paul Ramadier in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

[1] Yvert, Benoît (2007). Premiers ministres et présidents du Conseil depuis 1815. Perrin-Tempus. p. 603

[2] Mee, Charles L (11 February 2015). Saving a Continent: The Untold Story of the Marshall Plan. New Word CIty.

[3] Yvert, Benoît (2007). Premiers ministres et présidents du Conseil depuis 1815. Perrin-Tempus. pp. 603–605.

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Paul Ramadier


Prime Minister of France
In office 22 January 1947 – 24 November 1947
Preceded by	Léon Blum
Succeeded by	Robert Schuman

Personal details
Born	17 March 1888 La Rochelle, France
Died	14 October 1961(1961-10-14) (aged 73) Rodez, France
Political party	SFIO