Henri Queuille

Henri Queuille
Prime Minister of France
In office 10 March 1951 – 11 August 1951
Preceded by	René Pleven
Succeeded by	René Pleven
In office 2 July 1950 – 12 July 1950
Preceded by	Georges Bidault
Succeeded by	René Pleven
In office 11 September 1948 – 28 October 1949
Preceded by	Robert Schuman
Succeeded by	Georges Bidault
Personal details
Born	31 March 1884 Neuvic, Corrèze
Died	Paris
Political party	Radical

Henri Queuille (French: [ɑ̃ʁi køj]; 31 March 1884 – 15 June 1970) was a French Radical politician prominent in the Third and Fourth Republics. After World War II, he served three times as Prime Minister.

Governments

First ministry (11 September 1948 – 28 October 1949)

• Henri Queuille – President of the Council and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
• André Marie – Vice President of the Council and Minister of Justice
• Robert Schuman – Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Paul Ramadier – Minister of National Defense
• Jules Moch – Minister of the Interior
• Robert Lacoste – Minister of Commerce and Industry
• Daniel Mayer – Minister of Labour and Social Security
• André Colin – Minister of Merchant Marine
• Yvon Delbos – Minister of National Education
• Robert Bétolaud – Minister of Veterans and War Victims
• Pierre Pflimlin – Minister of Agriculture
• Paul Coste-Floret – Minister of Overseas France
• Christian Pineau – Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
• Pierre Schneiter – Minister of Public Health and Population
• Eugène Claudius-Petit – Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning

Changes:

• 12 January 1949 – Maurice Petsche succeeds Queuille as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.
• 13 February 1949 – Robert Lecourt succeeds Marie as Vice President of the Council and Minister of Justice.

Second ministry (2 – 12 July 1950)

• Henri Queuille – President of the Council and Minister of the Interior
• Georges Bidault – Vice President of the Council
• Robert Schuman – Minister of Foreign Affairs
• René Pleven – Minister of National Defense
• Maurice Petsche – Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
• Edgar Faure – Minister of Budget
• Jean-Marie Louvel – Minister of Commerce and Industry
• Paul Bacon – Minister of Labour and Social Security
• René Mayer – Minister of Justice
• Lionel de Tinguy du Pouët – Minister of Merchant Marine
• André Morice – Minister of National Education
• Louis Jacquinot – Minister of Veterans and War Victims
• Pierre Pflimlin – Minister of Agriculture
• Paul Coste-Floret – Minister of Overseas France
• Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury – Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
• Pierre Schneiter – Minister of Public Health and Population
• Eugène Claudius-Petit – Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning
• Charles Brune – Minister of Posts
• Jean Letourneau – Minister of Information
• Paul Giacobbi – Minister of Civil Service and Administrative Reform
• Paul Reynaud – Minister of Relations with Partner States and the Far East

Third ministry (10 March – 11 August 1951)

• Henri Queuille – President of the Council and Minister of the Interior
• Guy Mollet – Vice President of the Council and Minister for the Council of Europe
• René Pleven – Vice President of the Council
• Georges Bidault – Vice President of the Council
• Robert Schuman – Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Jules Moch – Minister of National Defense
• Maurice Petsche – Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
• Edgar Faure – Minister of Budget
• Jean-Marie Louvel – Minister of Commerce and Industry
• Paul Bacon – Minister of Labour and Social Security
• René Mayer – Minister of Justice
• Gaston Defferre – Minister of Merchant Marine
• Pierre-Olivier Lapie – Minister of National Education
• Louis Jacquinot – Minister of Veterans and War Victims
• Pierre Pflimlin – Minister of Agriculture
• François Mitterrand – Minister of Overseas France
• Antoine Pinay – Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
• Pierre Schneiter – Minister of Public Health and Population
• Eugène Claudius-Petit – Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning
• Charles Brune – Minister of Posts
• Albert Gazier – Minister of Information
• Jean Letourneau – Minister of Relations with Partner States

Political offices
Preceded by Joseph Capus	Minister of Agriculture 1924–1925	Succeeded by Jean Durand
Preceded by François Binet	Minister of Agriculture 1926–1928	Succeeded by Jean Hennessy
Preceded by Jean Hennessy	Minister of Agriculture 1930	Succeeded by Fernand David
Preceded by Désiré Ferry	Minister of Public Health 1930–1931	Succeeded by Camille Blaisot
Preceded by Louis Rollin	Minister of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones 1932	Succeeded by Laurent Eynac
Preceded by Abel Gardey	Minister of Agriculture 1932–1934	Succeeded by Émile Casset
Preceded by Louis Marin	Minister of Public Health and Physical Education 1934–1935	Succeeded by Louis Lafont
Preceded by Albert Bedouce	Minister of Public Works 1937–1938	Succeeded by Jules Moch
Preceded by Georges Monnet	Minister of Agriculture 1938–1940	Succeeded by Paul Thellier
Preceded by (none)	Minister of Supply 1940	Succeeded by Albert Chichery
Preceded by (none)	Minister of State 1948	Succeeded by (none)
Preceded by Christian Pineau	Minister of Public Works, Transport and Tourism 1948	Succeeded by Christian Pineau
Preceded by Robert Schuman	Prime Minister of France 1948–1949	Succeeded by Georges Bidault
Preceded by Christian Pineau	Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs 1948–1949	Succeeded by Maurice Petsche
Preceded by Robert Lecourt	Deputy Prime Minister of France 1949–1950	Succeeded by Georges Bidault
Preceded by Georges Bidault	Prime Minister of France 1950	Succeeded by René Pleven
Preceded by Jules Moch	Minister of the Interior 1950–1951	Succeeded by Charles Brune
Preceded by René Pleven	Prime Minister of France 1951	Succeeded by René Pleven
Preceded by (none)	Minister of State 1951–1952	Succeeded by François Mitterrand
Preceded by René Mayer	Deputy Prime Minister of France 1952–1954	Succeeded by (none)

External links

• Newspaper clippings about Henri Queuille in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW