Georges Leygues
Georges Leygues | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 24 September 1920 – 16 January 1921 | |
| President | Alexandre Millerand |
| Preceded by | Alexandre Millerand |
| Succeeded by | Aristide Briand |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 October 1856 Villeneuve-sur-Lot |
| Died | 2 September 1933 (aged 76) Saint-Cloud |
| Political party | Democratic Republican Alliance |
Georges Leygues (French: [ʒɔʁʒ lɛjɡ]; 29 October 1856 – 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.