Guy Mollet

Guy Mollet
Mollet in 1958
Prime Minister of France
In office
1 February 1956 – 13 June 1957
PresidentRené Coty
Preceded byEdgar Faure
Succeeded byMaurice Bourgès-Maunoury
Member of the National Assembly
for Nord's 1st constituency
In office
28 November 1946 – 3 October 1975
Succeeded byAndré Delehedde
Mayor of Arras
In office
15 May 1945 – 3 October 1975
Preceded byRené Méric
Succeeded byLéon Fatous
Personal details
Born(1905-12-31)31 December 1905
Flers, France
Died3 October 1975(1975-10-03) (aged 69)
7th arrondissement of Paris, France
Political partySFIO (1923–1969)
PS (1969–1975)

Guy Alcide Mollet (French pronunciation: [ɡi mɔlɛ]; 31 December 1905 – 3 October 1975) was a French politician. He led the socialist French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) from 1946 to 1969 and was the French Prime Minister from 1956 to 1957.

As Prime Minister, Mollet passed some significant domestic reforms and worked for European integration, proposing the Franco-British Union. He became unpopular in both the left and the right in the country for his international policy, especially during the Suez Crisis and the Algerian War.