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Georges Leygues

Georges Leygues
Georges Leygues 01.jpg
64th Prime Minister of France
In office
24 September 1920 – 16 January 1921
Preceded by Alexandre Millerand
Succeeded by Aristide Briand
Personal details
Born 26 October 1857
Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Died 2 September 1933(1933-09-02) (aged 75)
Saint-Cloud
Political party Democratic Republican Alliance

Georges Leygues (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɔʁʒ lɛjɡ]; 26 October 1857 – 2 September 1933) was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line.

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Two French warships have been named for Georges Leygues:


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