Editing Pierre Messmer (section)

== Messmer's First Ministry, 5 July 1972 – 2 April 1973 ==
*Pierre Messmer – Prime Minister
*[[Maurice Schumann]] – Minister of Foreign Affairs
*[[Michel Debré]] – Minister of National Defense
*[[Raymond Marcellin]] – Minister of the Interior
*[[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] – Minister of Economy and Finance
*[[Jean Charbonnel]] – Minister of Industrial and Scientific Development
*[[Joseph Fontanet]] – Minister of National Education, Labour, Employment, and Population
*[[René Pleven]] – Minister of Justice
*[[André Bord]] – Minister of Veterans
*[[Jacques Duhamel]] – Minister of Cultural Affairs
*[[Jacques Chirac]] – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
*[[Olivier Guichard]] – Minister of Housing, Tourism, Equipment, and Regional Planning
*[[Robert Galley (French politician)|Robert Galley]] – Minister of Transport
*[[Jean Foyer]] – Minister of Public Health
*[[Hubert Germain]] – Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
*[[Yvon Bourges]] – Minister of Commerce
*[[Roger Frey]] – Minister of Administrative Reforms
*[[Edgar Faure]] – Minister of Social Affairs

'''Changes'''
*15 March 1973 – [[André Bettencourt]] succeeds Schumann as interim Minister of Foreign Affairs.
*16 March 1973 – Pierre Messmer succeeds Pleven as interim Minister of Justice.