René Mayer

René Mayer (; 4 May 189513 December 1972) was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953.

Mayer was born and died in Paris. In 1939-1940 he was an associate of Jean Monnet in London and later succeeded Monnet as head of the European Coal and Steel Community in Luxembourg, leading the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958.

He was France's third Prime Minister of Jewish descent, after Alexandre Millerand and Léon Blum.

Mayer's Ministry, 8 January – 28 June 1953 René Mayer – President of the Council Henri Queuille – Vice President of the Council Georges Bidault – Minister of Foreign Affairs René Pleven – Minister of National Defense and Armed Forces Charles Brune – Minister of the Interior Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury – Minister of Finance Robert Buron – Minister of Economic Affairs Jean Moreau – Minister of Budget Jean-Marie Louvel – Minister of Industry and Energy Paul Bacon – Minister of Labour and Social Security Léon Martinaud-Déplat – Minister of Justice André Marie – Minister of National Education Henry Bergasse – Minister of Veterans and War Victims Camille Laurens – Minister of Agriculture Louis Jacquinot – Minister of Overseas France André Morice – Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism Paul Ribeyre – Minister of Public Health and Population Pierre Courant – Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning Roger Duchet – Minister of Posts Paul Ribeyre – Minister of Commerce Jean Letourneau – Minister of Relations with Partner States Édouard Bonnefous – Minister of State Paul Coste-Floret – Minister of State

Changes 11 February 1953 – Guy Petit succeeds Ribeyre as Minister of Commerce.