René Mayer (1895-1972) was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953.

Mayer's Ministry, 8 January - 28 June 1953

• René Mayer - President of the Council
• Henri Queuille - Vice President of the Council
• Georges Bidault - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• René Pleven - Minister of National Defense and Armed Forces
• Charles Brune - Minister of the Interior
• Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury - Minister of Finance
• Robert Buron - Minister of Economic Affairs
• Jean Moreau - Minister of Budget
• Jean-Marie Louvel - Minister of Industry and Energy
• Paul Bacon - Minister of Labour and Social Security
• Léon Martinaud-Deplat - Minister of Justice
• André Marie - Minister of National Education
• Henri Bergasse - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
• Camille Laurens - Minister of Agriculture
• Louis Jacquinot - Minister of Overseas France
• André Morice - Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism
• Paul Ribeyre - Minister of Public Health and Population
• Pierre Courant - Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning
• Roger Duchet - Minister of Posts
• Paul Ribeyre - Minister of Commerce
• Jean Letourneau - Minister of Relations with Partner States
• Édouard Bonnefous - Minister of State
• Paul Coste-Floret - Minister of State

Changes

• 11 February 1953 - Guy Petit succeeds Ribeyre as Minister of Commerce.