René Pleven

René Pleven
René Pleven
	Pleven in 1950
Prime Minister of France
	In office; 11 August 1951 – 20 January 1952
President	Vincent Auriol
Preceded by	Henri Queuille
Succeeded by	Edgar Faure
	In office; 12 July 1950 – 10 March 1951
President	Vincent Auriol
Preceded by	Henri Queuille
Succeeded by	Henri Queuille
Prime Minister
Cabinet positions
Minister of Justice
	In office; 22 June 1969 – 15 March 1973
Prime Minister	Jacques Chaban-Delmas ; Pierre Messmer
Preceded by	Jean-Marcel Jeanneney (interim) ; René Capitant
Succeeded by	Pierre Messmer (interim) ; Jean Taittinger
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 14 May 1958 – 28 May 1958
Prime Minister	Pierre Pflimlin
Preceded by	Christian Pineau
Succeeded by	Maurice Couve de Murville
Minister of Defence
	In office; 8 March 1952 – 12 June 1954
Prime Minister	Antoine Pinay ; René Mayer ; Joseph Laniel
Preceded by	Jules Moch
Succeeded by	Emmanuel Temple
	In office; 29 October 1949 – 12 July 1950
Prime Minister	Georges Bidault ; Henri Queuille
Preceded by	René Mayer
Succeeded by	Jules Moch
Deputy Prime Minister of France
	In office; 10 March 1951 – 11 August 1951
Prime Minister	Henri Queuille
Preceded by	Georges Bidault
Succeeded by	Henri Queuille
Minister of Finances
	In office; 21 November 1945 – 26 January 1946
Prime Minister	Charles de Gaulle
Preceded by	Pierre Mendès France
Succeeded by	Robert Lacoste
Minister of National Education and Fine Arts
	In office; 6 April 1945 – 21 November 1946
Prime Minister	Charles de Gaulle
Preceded by	Jean Zay
Succeeded by	Paul Ramadier
Minister of Finances
	In office; 17 November 1944 – 6 April 1945
Prime Minister	Charles de Gaulle
Preceded by	Paul Ramadier
Succeeded by	Pierre Mendès France
Minister of Overseas France and the Colonies
	In office; 10 September 1944 – 17 November 1944
Prime Minister	Charles de Gaulle
Preceded by	Himself (as Commissioner)
Succeeded by	Paul Giacobbi
Commissioner for the Colonies
	In office; 25 August 1944 – 10 September 1944
Prime Minister	Charles de Gaulle
Preceded by	Hervé Alphand
Succeeded by	Himself (as Minister)
Constituency
Parliamentarian positions
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Constituency	Côtes-du-Nord (1945–58)
	In office; 6 November 1945 – 22 June 1969
Succeeded by	Ernest Rouxel
Personal details
Born	René Jean Pleven; 15 April 1901; Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Died	13 January 1993 (aged 91); Paris, France
Party	UDSR (1945–58) ; MRP (1958–66) ; CD (1966–69) ; CDP (1969–73)
Spouse	Anne Bompard (m. 1924; died 1966)
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Rennes ; University of Paris ; Sciences Po
Occupation	Politician, statesman

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René Jean Pleven (French: [ʁəne pləvɛ̃]; 15 April 1901 – 13 January 1993) was a notable political figure of the French Resistance and Fourth Republic. An early associate of Jean Monnet then member of the Free French led by Charles de Gaulle, he took a leading role in colonial and financial matters including the Gaullist takeover of French Equatorial Africa in 1940, the creation of the Caisse Centrale de la France Libre in 1941, the Brazzaville Conference in 1944, and the nationalization of the largest French banks in 1945.

In 1946, Pleven broke with De Gaulle and helped found the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (UDSR), a political party that was meant to be a successor to the wartime Resistance movement. He served as prime minister twice in the early 1950s and is remembered for the Pleven Plan for a European Defence Community, which he proposed in October 1950 in coordination with Monnet.