Pierre Messmer
Jacque Chirac replacing Messner
On May 29, 1974 Jacques Chirac (left) replaced Pierre Messmer (right) as prime minister on the steps of the Hôtel Matignon.
Pierre Messmer (born March 20, 1916) is a French Gaullist politician. A veteran of the Free French Forces, he fought at the Battle of Bir Hakeim. He became prime minister under Georges Pompidou in 1972.
- Pierre Messmer - Prime Minister
- Maurice Schumann - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Michel Debré - Minister of National Defense
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of the Interior
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Minister of Economy and Finance
- Jean Charbonnel - Minister of Industrial and Scientific Development
- Joseph Fontanet - Minister of National Education, Labour, Employment, and Population
- René Pleven - Minister of Justice
- André Bord - Minister of Veterans
- Jacques Duhamel - Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Jacques Chirac - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Olivier Guichard - Minister of Housing, Tourism, Equipment, and Regional Planning
- Robert Galley - Minister of Transport
- Jean Foyer - Minister of Public Health
- Hubert Germain - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Yvon Bourges - Minister of Commerce
- Roger Frey - Minister of Administrative Reforms
- Edgar Faure - Minister of Social Affairs
Changes
- 15 March 1973 - André Bettencourt succeeds Schumann as interim Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- 16 March 1973 - Pierre Messmer succeeds Pleven as interim Minister of Justice.
- Pierre Messmer - Prime Minister
- Michel Jobert - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Robert Galley - Minister of Armies
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of the Interior
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Minister of Economy and Finance
- Jean Charbonnel - Minister of Industrial and Scientific Development
- Georges Gorse - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population
- Jean Taittinger - Minister of Justice
- Joseph Fontanet - Minister of National Education
- André Bord - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- Maurice Druon - Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Jacques Chirac - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Robert Poujade - Minister of Natural Protection and Environment
- Bernard Stasi - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
- Olivier Guichard - Minister of Housing, Tourism, Regional Planning, and Equipment
- Yves Guéna - Minister of Transport
- Joseph Comiti - Minister of Relations with Parliament
- Michel Poniatowski - Minister of Public Health
- Hubert Germain - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Philippe Malaud - Minister of Information
- Jean Royer - Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry
- Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of Administrative Reforms
Changes'
- 23 October 1973 - Philippe Malaud becomes Minister of Civil Service. Jean-Philippe Lecat succeeds Malaud as Minister of Information
- Pierre Messmer - Prime Minister
- Michel Jobert - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Robert Galley - Minister of Armies
- Jacques Chirac - Minister of the Interior
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Minister of Economy and Finance
- Yves Guéna - Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Craft Industry
- Georges Gorse - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population
- Jean Taittinger - Minister of Justice
- Joseph Fontanet - Minister of National Education
- Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of Cultural Affairs and Environment
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Olivier Guichard - Minister of Regional Planning and Equipment
- Hubert Germain - Minister of Relations with Parliament
- Michel Poniatowski - Minister of Public Health
- Jean Royer - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Jean-Philippe Lecat - Minister of Information
Changes
- 11 April 1974 - Hubert Germain succeeds Royer as interim Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.
| Preceded by: Jacques Chaban-Delmas |
Prime Minister of France 1973-1974 |
Followed by: Jacques Chirac |