Georges Leygues
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| 64th Prime Minister of France | |
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In office 24 September 1920 – 16 January 1921 |
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| Preceded by | Alexandre Millerand |
| Succeeded by | Aristide Briand |
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| Born | 26 October 1857 Villeneuve-sur-Lot |
| Died | 2 September 1933 (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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