Pierre Messmer

On May 29, 1974 Jacques Chirac (left) replaced Pierre Messmer (right) as prime minister on the steps of the Hôtel Matignon.

Pierre Messmer (born March 20, 1916) is a French Gaullist politician. A veteran of the Free French Forces, he fought at the Battle of Bir Hakeim. He became prime minister under Georges Pompidou in 1972.

Messmer's First Ministry, 6 July 1972 – 2 April 1973

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

Changes

11 April 1974 – Hubert Germain succeeds Royer as interim Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.

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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

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Académie française

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