Christian Pineau
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.
- 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
- Pierre Mendès-France
|width="40%" align="center"|Prime Minister of France
1955
|width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:
Edgar Faure
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