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What was the position of Paul Ramadier between Oct 1947 and Nov 1947?
Paul Ramadier Paul Ramadier ( 17 March 1888 in La Rochelle – 14 October 1961 in Rodez ) was a politician and a French statesman . Biography . Son of a Psychiatrist Paul Ramadier graduated in law from the university of Toulouse and started his profession as a lawyer in Paris . Then , in 1911 , he gained his doctorate in Roman Law . Mayor of Decazeville , starting in 1919 , he served as the first Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic in 1947 . He adhered to the socialist party with 16 years . On 10 July 1940 , he voted against the granting of the full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain , who installed the Vichy regime the next day . Ramadier took part in the Resistance where he used the nom de guerre Violette . His name was included in the Yad Vashem Jewish memorial after the war . Under the government of General De Gaulle ( 1944–1945 ) , he was Minister for Provisions , earning a reputation as a hardworker , pragmatic and conciliatory politician . It was during his first ministry that the Communists were forced out of the government in May 1947 , ending the tripartisme coalition between the French Section of the Workers International ( SFIO ) , Popular Republican Movement and Communists . He voted for the Marshall Plan . From 1956 until 1957 , Ramadier was Minister of Finance under Guy Mollet . Governments . First Ministry ( 22 January – 22 October 1947 ) . - Paul Ramadier – President of the Council - Maurice Thorez – Vice President of the Council - Georges Bidault – Minister of Foreign Affairs - Paul Coste-Floret – Minister of War - Louis Jacquinot – Minister of Marine - André Maroselli – Minister of Air - Édouard Depreux – Minister of the Interior - Robert Schuman – Minister of Finance - André Philip – Minister of National Economy - Robert Lacoste – Minister of Industrial Production - Ambroise Croizat – Minister of Labour and Social Security - André Marie – Minister of Justice - Marcel Edmond Naegelen – Minister of National Education - François Mitterrand – Minister of Veterans and War Victims - François Tanguy-Prigent – Minister of Agriculture - Pierre Bourdan – Minister of Youth , Arts , and Letters - Marius Moutet – Minister of Overseas France - Jules Moch – Minister of Public Works and Transport - Georges Marrane – Minister of Public Health and Population - Charles Tillon – Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning . - Jean Letourneau – Minister of Commerce - Félix Gouin – Minister of Planning - Marcel Roclore – Minister of State - Yvon Delbos – Minister of State Changes : - 4 May 1947 – Pierre-Henri Teitgen succeeds Thorez as Vice President of the Council . The other Communist ministers ( Croizat , Marranne , and Tillon ) also resign . - 9 May 1947 – Daniel Mayer succeeds Croizat as Minister of Labour and Social Security . Robert Prigent succeeds Marranne as Minister of Public Health and Population . Jean Letourneau succeeds Tillon as Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning . Eugène Thomas enters the Cabinet as Minister of Posts . - 11 August 1947 – Robert Lacoste succeeds Letourneau as Minister of Commerce , becoming thus Minister of Commerce and Industry . Second Ministry ( 22 October – 24 November 1947 ) . - Paul Ramadier – President of the Council - Georges Bidault – Minister of Foreign Affairs - Pierre-Henri Teitgen – Minister of National Defense - Édouard Depreux – Minister of the Interior - Robert Schuman – Minister of Finance - Jules Moch – Minister of Economic Affairs , Planning , Public Works , Transport , Reconstruction , and Town Planning - Robert Lacoste – Minister of Industry - André Marie – Minister of Justice - Marcel Edmond Naegelen – Minister of National Education - Daniel Mayer – Minister of Social Affairs , Veterans , and War Victims - Marcel Roclore – Minister of Agriculture - Paul Coste-Floret – Minister of Overseas France - Yvon Delbos – Minister of State External links . - Paul Ramadier – his activity to save Jews lives during the Holocaust , at Yad Vashem website