Edgar (Jean) Faure - Works, Faure's First Ministry, 20 January - 8 March 1952

French writer, statesman, and prime minister (1952, 1955–6) born in Béziers, S France. He trained as a lawyer in Paris, entering politics as a Radical-Socialist. He was minister of finance and economic affairs several times in the 1950s, becoming premier for two short periods. He was later minister of agriculture (1966), education (1968), and social affairs (1969), president of the National Assembly (1973–8), and a member of the European Parliament from 1979. He wrote several detective novels under his pseudonym.

Works

He has published the following books:

Le serpent et la tortue (les problèmes de la Chine populaire, Juillard, 1957 La disgrâce de Turgot, Gallimard, 1961 La capitation de Dioclétien, Sirey 1961 Prévoir le présent, Gallimard, 1966 L'éducation nationale et la participation, Plon, 1968 Philosophie d'une réforme, Plon, 1969 L'âme du combat, Fayard, 1969 Ce que je crois, Grasset, 1971 Pour un nouveau contrat social, Seuil, 1973 Au-delà du dialogue avec Philippe Sollers, Balland, 1977 La banqueroute de Law, Gallimard, 1977 La philosophie de Karl Popper et la société politique d'ouverture, Firmin Didot, 1981 Pascal: le procès des provinciales, Firmin Didot, 1930 Le pétrole dans la paix et dans la guerre, Nouvelle revue critique 1938 Mémoires I, "Avoir toujours raison, c'est un grand tort", Plon, 1982 Mémoires II, "Si tel doit être mon destin ce soir", Plon, 1984 Discours prononcé pour la réception de Senghor à l'Académie française, le 29 mars 1984

Faure's First Ministry, 20 January - 8 March 1952

Edgar Faure - President of the Council and Minister of Finance Georges Bidault - Vice President of the Council and Minister of National Defense Henri Queuille - Vice President of the Council Robert Schuman - Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Pflimlin - Minister for the Council of Europe Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury - Minister of Armaments Charles Brune - Minister of the Interior Robert Buron - Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Pierre Courant - Minister of Budget Jean-Marie Louvel - Minister of Industry and Energy Paul Bacon - Minister of Labour and Social Security Léon Martinaud-Deplat - Minister of Justice André Morice - Minister of Merchant Marine Pierre-Olivier Lapie - Minister of National Education Emmanuel Temple - Minister of Veterans and War Victims Camille Laurens - Minister of Agriculture Louis Jacquinot - Minister of Overseas France Antoine Pinay - Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism Paul Ribeyre - Minister of Public Health and Population Eugène Claudius-Petit - Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning Roger Duchet - Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones Édouard Bonnefous - Minister of Commerce Jean Letourneau - Minister of Partner States Joseph Laniel - Minister of State François Mitterrand - Minister of State

Faure's Second Ministry, 23 February 1955 - 1 February 1956

Edgar Faure - President of the Council Antoine Pinay - Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Koenig - Minister of National Defense and Armed Forces Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury - Minister of the Interior Pierre Pflimlin - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs André Morice - Minister of Commerce and Industry Paul Bacon - Minister of Labour and Social Security Robert Schuman - Minister of Justice Paul Antier - Minister of Merchant Marine Jean Berthoin - Minister of National Education Raymond Triboulet - Minister of Veterans and War Victims Jean Sourbet - Minister of Agriculture Pierre-Henri Teitgen - Minister of Overseas France Édouard Corniglion-Molinier - Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism Bernard Lafay - Minister of Public Health and Population Roger Duchet - Minister of Reconstruction and Housing Édouard Bonnefous - Minister of Posts Pierre July - Minister of Moroccan and Tunisian Affairs

Changes

6 October 1955 - Pierre Billotte succeeds Koenig as Minister of National Defense and Armed Forces.

Preceded by: Charles Spinasse	Minister of Budget 1950–1951	Succeeded by: Pierre Courant
Preceded by: René Mayer	Minister of Justice 1951–1952	Succeeded by: Léon Martinaud-Deplat
Preceded by: René Pleven	Prime Minister of France 1952	Succeeded by: Antoine Pinay
Preceded by: René Mayer	Minister of Finance 1952	Succeeded by: Antoine Pinay
Preceded by: Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury	Minister of Finance 1953–1955	Succeeded by: Robert Buron
Preceded by: —	Minister of Planning 1954–1955	Succeeded by: Robert Buron
Preceded by: Pierre Mendès-France	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1955	Succeeded by: Antoine Pinay
Preceded by: Pierre Mendès-France	Prime Minister of France 1955–1956	Succeeded by: Guy Mollet
Preceded by: Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury	interim Minister of the Interior 1955–1956	Succeeded by: Jean Gilbert-Jules
Preceded by: Pierre Pflimlin	Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, and Planning 1958	Succeeded by: Antoine Pinay
Preceded by: Edgard Pisani	Minister of Agriculture 1966–1968	Succeeded by: Robert Boulin
Preceded by: François-Xavier Ortoli	Minister of National Education 1968–1969	Succeeded by: Olivier Guichard
Preceded by: —	Minister of Social Affairs 1972–1973	Succeeded by: —
Preceded by: Achille Peretti	President of the French National Assembly 1973–1978	Succeeded by: Jacques Chaban-Delmas

Preceded by: André François-Poncet

Seat 18 Académie française 1978–1988

Succeeded by: Michel Serres