Georges Leygues

Georges Leygues (; 29 October 1856 – 2 September 1933) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He held several key ministerial positions, including Minister of the Colonies, Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Navy (Marine), and ultimately served as President of the Council (Prime Minister) from 1920 to 1921.

From 1885 until his death, he served as representative of the Lot-et-Garonne region in the Chamber of Deputies.

In January 1895, he was appointed as Minister of the Interior in the government of Alexandre Ribot serving in this role until November 1895.

From 1899 to 1902, he served as Minister of Education in the government of Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau.

On 24 September 1920, he was appointed as Prime Minister by President Alexandre Millerand. He served as Prime Minister until 12 January 1921. 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.

He died in 1933. an F70-type frigate Georges Leygues. The ship was decommissioned in 2014.