Christian Pineau
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Christian Pineau, French resistance leader and statesman
Christian Pineau (October 14, 1904 - April 5, 1995) was a noted French Resistance fighter.
He was born in Chaumont-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, France.
A World War II French Resistance leader and a close ally of Charles de Gaulle, he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and survived Buchenwald concentration camp.
After the war, he served as a Minister in French governments between 1945-1958. As Foreign Minister (February 1956 - May 1958), he was responsible for handling the Suez canal crisis and negotiating the Treaty of Rome.
He is buried in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
Pineau's Ministry, 20 January - 23 February 1955
- Christian Pineau - President of the Council
- Edgar Faure - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Jacques Chevallier - Minister of National Defense
- Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury - Minister of Armed Forces
- François Mitterrand - Minister of the Interior
- Robert Buron - Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, and Planning
- Henri Ulver - Minister of Commerce and Industry
- Louis Aujoulat - Minister of Labour and Social Security
- Emmanuel Temple - Minister of Justice
- Raymond Schmittlein - Minister of Merchant Marine
- Jean Berthoin - Minister of National Education
- Jean Masson - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- Roger Houdet - Minister of Agriculture
- Jean-Jacques Duglas - Minister of Overseas France
- Jacques Chaban-Delmas - Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
- André Monteil - Minister of Public Health and Population
- Maurice Lemaire - Minister of Reconstruction and Housing
- Christian Fouchet - Minister of Moroccan and Tunisian Affairs
- Guy La Chambre - Minister of Relations with Partner States
| Preceded by: Pierre Mendès-France | Prime Minister of France 1955 | Followed by: Edgar Faure |
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