Albert Gazier

Albert Gazier
Albert Gazier, CGT delegate to the Free French government, October 1943
Minister of Information
In office 12 July 1950 – 11 August 1951
Preceded by	Jean Letourneau
Succeeded by	Robert Buron
Minister of Social Affairs
In office 1 February 1956 – 6 November 1957
Preceded by	Paul Bacon
Succeeded by	Paul Bacon
Minister of Information
In office 17 May 1958 – 1 June 1958
Succeeded by	André Malraux
Personal details
Born	(1908-05-16)16 May 1908 Valenciennes, Nord, France
Died	2 March 1997(1997-03-02) (aged 88) Vanves, Hauts-de-Seine

Albert Gazier (16 May 1908 – 2 March 1997) was a French trade union leader and politician. During World War II (1939–45) he helped reorganize the unions during the German occupation of France. He escaped arrest by the Gestapo, made his way to England, and represented the trade union movement in General de Gaulle's Free French government. After the war he was a deputy in the legislature from 1945 to 1958. He was Minister of Information from 1950 to 1951 and again for two weeks in 1958. He was Minister of Social Affairs from 1956 to 1957. As a minister he tried but failed to contain health costs, and contributed to the fiasco of the Suez Crisis.