Minister of Merchant Marine (France)

The Minister of Merchant Marine (Ministre de la Marine marchande) was responsible for the department that administered the French Merchant Navy.

Inter-war period

Ministers in the period between the two world wars were:[1]

World War II

The minister, and then commissaires during World War II were:[1]

  • 13 September 1939 – 16 June 1940 : Alphonse Rio
  • 24 September 1941 – 4 March 1942 : Émile Muselier (Commissaire)
  • 4 March 1942 – 7 June 1943 : Philippe Auboyneau (Commissaire)
  • 7 June 1943 – 9 November 1943 : René Mayer (Commissaire)

Post-war ministers

Ministers after World War II were:[1]

  • 11 September 1948 – 28 October 1949 : André Colin
  • 2 July 1950 – 12 July 1950 : Lionel de Tinguy du Pouët
  • 12 July 1950 – 11 August 1951 : Gaston Defferre
  • 11 August 1951 – 8 March 1952 : André Morice
  • 20 January 1955 – 23 February 1955 : Raymond Schmittlein
  • 23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956 : Paul Antier
  • 11 November 1957 – 15 April 1958 : Maurice-René Simonnet (Secretary of State)

Notes

    Sources

    • Zanco, Jean-Philippe (2011). Dictionnaire des Ministres de la Marine 1689–1958 (in French). Paris: S.P.M. Kronos. ISBN 978-2-901952-83-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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