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(1933-09-02) (aged 76) Saint-Cloud
Political party	Democratic Republican Alliance

Georges Leygues (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ lɛjɡ]; 29 October 1856^[1] – 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.