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Félix Gouin (; 5 October 1884 – 25 October 1977) was a French Socialist politician who was a member of the
French Section of the Workers' International The French Section of the Workers' International (, SFIO) was a major socialist political party in France which was founded in 1905 and succeeded in 1969 by the present Socialist Party. The SFIO was founded in 1905 as the French representativ ...
(SFIO).


Personal life

Félix Gouin was born in Peypin, Bouches-du-Rhône, the son of school teachers. He studied law in
Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, city and Communes of France, commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the Subprefectures in France, s ...
. In 1940 he was among the minority of parliamentarians refusing to grant full powers to Marshal
Philippe Pétain Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (; 24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Marshal Pétain (, ), was a French marshal who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the Collaboration with Nazi Ger ...
. During the war, he was part of the central committee which reconstituted the Human Rights League and also co-founded the Brutus Network, a Socialist Resistance group. In 1946, he then succeeded
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as head of the French Provisional Government. Gouin's tenure was arguably most notable for seeing the enactment of France's first ever compulsory, amply funded retirement and worker's compensation laws. In addition, both the 40-hour law and overtime pay were re-established, while the comites d'entreprise (works councils) were extended to firms with 50 workers. In April 1946, a statute was adopted by the French Parliament that abolished the colonial legal status of France's four oldest colonies: Reunion, Guyane, Martinique, and Guadeloupe. Gouin's time in office also witnessed a significant extension of the role of the state in the workings of the French economy, with electricity, gas, coal, and the nine main insurance groups nationalized.


Honours and awards

* Grand Croix of the
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* Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria


Government (26 January – 24 June 1946)

*Félix Gouin – Chairman of the Provisional Government * Francisque GayVice President of the Council *
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Vice President of the Council * Georges Bidault – Minister of Foreign Affairs * Edmond Michelet – Minister of Armies * André Le Troquer – Minister of the Interior * André Philip – Minister of Finance and National Economy * Marcel Paul – Minister of Industrial Production * Ambroise Croizat – Minister of Labour and Social Security * Pierre-Henri Teitgen – Minister of Justice * Marcel Edmond Naegelen – Minister of National Education * Laurent Casanova – Minister of Veterans and War Victims * François Tanguy-Prigent – Minister of Agriculture * Henri Longchambon – Minister of Supply * Marius Moutet – Minister of Overseas France * Jules Moch – Minister of Public Works and Transport * Robert Prigent – Minister of Public Health and Population * François Billoux – Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning * Jean Letourneau – Minister of Posts


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