List of Interior Ministers of France
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Ministers of the Interior, 1790-present
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest , was a French politician and diplomat during the Ancien Régime and French Revolution.-Early career:... |
7 August 1790 | 25 January 1791 |
| Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart | 25 January 1791 | 29 November 1791 |
| Bon-Claude Cahier de Gerville | 29 November 1791 | 24 March 1792 |
| Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière | 24 March 1792 | 13 June 1792 |
| Jacques Augustin Mourgue | 13 June 1792 | 18 June 1792 |
| Antoine René, marquis de Terrier de Monciel | 18 June 1792 | 17 July 1792 |
| Étienne Louis Hector Dejoly | 17 July 1792 | 21 July 1792 |
| Clément Felix Champion de Villeneuve | 21 July 1792 | 10 August 1792 |
| Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière | 10 August 1792 | 23 January 1793 |
| Dominique Joseph Garat Dominique Joseph Garat Dominique Joseph Garat was a French writer and politician.- Biography :Garat was born at Bayonne... |
23 January 1793 | 20 August 1793 |
| Jules-François Paré Jules-François Paré Jules François Paré was a French politician.-Life:A contemporary of Georges Jacques Danton at the collège at Troyes, Paré first became a clerk during his studies in Paris and then, thanks to his employer's support, received the post of departmental commissar and then of secretary to the... |
20 August 1793 | 5 April 1794 |
| Jean Marie Claude Alexandre Goujon | 5 April 1794 | 8 April 1794 |
| Martial Joseph Armand Herman Martial Joseph Armand Herman Martial Joseph Armand Herman , was a politician of the French Revolution, and temporary French Foreign Minister.-Life:... |
8 April 1794 | 20 April 1794 |
| none | 20 April 1794 | 3 November 1795 |
| Pierre Bénézech | 3 November 1795 | 15 July 1797 |
| Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau | 15 July 1797 | 13 September 1797 |
| François Sébastien Letourneux | 13 September 1797 | 17 June 1798 |
| Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau | 17 June 1798 | 22 June 1799 |
| Nicolas Marie Quinette Nicolas Marie Quinette Nicolas Marie Quinette Baron de Rochemont was a French politician.He was a notary in Soissons.... |
22 June 1799 | 10 November 1799 |
| Pierre Simon de Laplace | 12 November 1799 | 25 December 1799 |
| Lucien Bonaparte Lucien Bonaparte Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Français, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano , born Luciano Buonaparte, was the third surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and his wife Letizia Ramolino.... |
25 December 1799 | 7 November 1800 |
| Jean-Antoine Chaptal Jean-Antoine Chaptal Jean-Antoine Claude, comte Chaptal de Chanteloup was a French chemist and statesman. He established chemical works for the manufacture of the mineral acids, soda and other substances... |
7 November 1800 | 7 August 1804 |
| Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny, 1st Duc de Cadore was a French admiral and politician.He was born in Roanne, Loire. Entering the French royal navy in 1774, he fought through the war in America and resigned in 1787... |
7 August 1804 | 9 August 1807 |
| Emmanuel Crétet, comte de Champmol | 9 August 1807 | 29 June 1809 |
| Joseph Fouché, duc d'Otrante Joseph Fouché Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte. In English texts his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto.-Youth:Fouché was born in Le Pellerin, a small village near Nantes... |
29 June 1809 | 1 October 1809 |
| Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet | 1 October 1809 | 1 April 1814 |
| Jacques, comte Beugnot | 3 April 1814 | 13 May 1814 |
| François Xavier de Montesquiou-Fezensac | 13 May 1814 | 20 March 1815 |
| Lazare, comte Carnot Lazare Carnot Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Comte Carnot , the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, was a French politician, engineer, and mathematician.-Education and early life:... |
20 March 1815 | 22 June 1815 |
| Claude Carnot-Feulin | 22 June 1815 | 7 July 1815 |
| Étienne-Denis, baron Pasquier | 7 July 1815 | 26 September 1815 |
| Vincent-Marie Viénot, comte de Vaublanc | 26 September 1815 | 7 May 1816 |
| Joseph, vicomte Lainé | 7 May 1816 | 29 December 1818 |
| Élie, comte Decazes Élie, duc Decazes Élie Decazes, 1st duc Decazes and 1st Duke of Glücksbierg , was a French statesman, known from 1815 to 1820 as 1st comte Decazes in France, 1st Duke of Glücksbierg in Denmark in 1818, and 1st duc Decazes in France in 1820 .-Early life:Élie Decazes was born at Saint-Martin-de-Laye, Gironde, son of... |
29 December 1818 | 20 February 1820 |
| Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon Joseph Jérôme, comte Siméon was a French jurist and politician. His son, Joseph Balthasar, Comte Siméon, was a noted diplomat.-Revolution:... |
20 February 1820 | 14 December 1821 |
| Jacques Joseph Guillaume Pierre, comte de Corbière | 14 December 1821 | 4 January 1828 |
| Jean-Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac | 4 January 1828 | 8 August 1829 |
| François Régis de La Bourdonnaye, comte de La Bretèche | 8 August 1829 | 18 November 1829 |
| Gullaume Isidore, comte de Montbel | 18 November 1829 | 19 May 1830 |
| Charles Ignace, comte de Peyronnet | 19 May 1830 | 31 July 1830 |
| Victor, duc de Broglie | 31 July 1830 | 1 August 1830 |
| François Guizot François Guizot François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, a conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, and worked to sustain a constitutional... |
1 August 1830 | 2 November 1830 |
| Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet Marthe Camille Bachasson, 3rd Count of Montalivet was a French statesman and a Peer of France.-Family:... |
2 November 1830 | 13 March 1831 |
| Casimir Pierre Perier Casimir Pierre Perier Casimir Pierre Perier was a French statesman, President of the Council during the July Monarchy, when he headed the conservative Parti de la résistance .-Life:... |
13 March 1831 | 27 April 1832 |
| Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet Marthe Camille Bachasson, 3rd Count of Montalivet was a French statesman and a Peer of France.-Family:... |
27 April 1832 | 11 October 1832 |
| Adolphe Thiers Adolphe Thiers Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871... |
11 October 1832 | 31 December 1832 |
| Antoine, comte d'Argout | 31 December 1832 | 4 April 1834 |
| Adolphe Thiers Adolphe Thiers Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871... |
4 April 1834 | 10 November 1834 |
| Hugues Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano | 10 November 1834 | 18 November 1834 |
| Adolphe Thiers Adolphe Thiers Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871... |
18 November 1834 | 22 February 1836 |
| Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet Marthe Camille Bachasson, 3rd Count of Montalivet was a French statesman and a Peer of France.-Family:... |
22 February 1836 | 6 September 1836 |
| Adrien de Gasparin | 6 September 1836 | 15 April 1837 |
| Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet Marthe Camille Bachasson, 3rd Count of Montalivet was a French statesman and a Peer of France.-Family:... |
15 April 1837 | 31 March 1839 |
| Adrien de Gasparin | 31 March 1839 | 12 May 1839 |
| Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel | 12 May 1839 | 1 March 1840 |
| Charles, comte de Rémusat | 1 March 1840 | 29 October 1840 |
| Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel | 29 October 1840 | 24 February 1848 |
| Alexandre Ledru-Rollin | 24 February 1848 | 11 May 1848 |
| Adrien Recurt | 11 May 1848 | 28 June 1848 |
| Antoine Sénard | 28 June 1848 | 13 October 1848 |
| Jules Armand Dufaure Jules Armand Dufaure Jules Armand Stanislas Dufaure was a French statesman.-Biography:Dufaure was born at Saujon, Charente-Maritime, and began his career as an advocate at Bordeaux, where he won a great reputation by his oratorical gifts. He abandoned law for politics, and in 1834 was elected deputy... |
13 October 1848 | 20 December 1848 |
| Léon de Malleville | 20 December 1848 | 29 December 1848 |
| Léon Faucher Léon Faucher Léonard Joseph Léon Faucher was a French politician and economist.Faucher was born at Limoges, Haute-Vienne. When he was nine years old the family removed to Toulouse, where the boy was sent to school... |
29 December 1848 | 2 June 1849 |
| Jules Armand Dufaure Jules Armand Dufaure Jules Armand Stanislas Dufaure was a French statesman.-Biography:Dufaure was born at Saujon, Charente-Maritime, and began his career as an advocate at Bordeaux, where he won a great reputation by his oratorical gifts. He abandoned law for politics, and in 1834 was elected deputy... |
2 June 1849 | 31 October 1849 |
| Ferdinand Barrot Ferdinand Barrot Ferdinand Victorin Barrot was a French Bonapartist politician who carried the portfolio of Interior Minister of France, 31 October 1849 to 15 March 1850.-Biography:... |
31 October 1849 | 15 March 1850 |
| Jules Baroche Jules Baroche Pierre Jules Baroche was a French statesman, who served as minister in several of Napoleon III's governments... |
15 March 1850 | 24 January 1851 |
| Marc Antoine Henri Marius Vaïsse | 24 January 1851 | 10 April 1851 |
| Léon Faucher Léon Faucher Léonard Joseph Léon Faucher was a French politician and economist.Faucher was born at Limoges, Haute-Vienne. When he was nine years old the family removed to Toulouse, where the boy was sent to school... |
10 April 1851 | 26 October 1851 |
| René de Thorigny | 26 October 1851 | 2 December 1851 |
| Charles Auguste, duc de Morny Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny Charles Auguste Louis Joseph Demorny/de Morny, 1st Duc de Morny was a French statesman... |
2 December 1851 | 22 January 1852 |
| Victor Fialin, comte de Persigny Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny was a French statesman of the Second French Empire.Fialin was born at Saint-Germain-Lespinasse , the son of a receiver of taxes, and was educated at Limoges. He entered the cavalry school at Saumur in 1826, becoming maréchal des logis in the 4th Hussars... |
22 January 1852 | 23 June 1854 |
| Adolphe Billault | 23 June 1854 | 7 February 1858 |
| Charles Esprit Espinasse | 7 February 1858 | 14 June 1858 |
| Claude Alphonse Delangle | 14 June 1858 | 5 May 1859 |
| Louis Arrighi de Casanova, duc de Padoue | 5 May 1859 | 1 November 1859 |
| Adolphe Billault | 1 November 1859 | 5 December 1860 |
| Victor Fialin, comte de Persigny Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny was a French statesman of the Second French Empire.Fialin was born at Saint-Germain-Lespinasse , the son of a receiver of taxes, and was educated at Limoges. He entered the cavalry school at Saumur in 1826, becoming maréchal des logis in the 4th Hussars... |
5 December 1860 | 23 June 1863 |
| Paul Boudet | 23 June 1863 | 28 March 1865 |
| Charles, marquis de La Valette Charles, marquis de La Valette Charles Félix Jean Martin Marquis de La Valette Charles Félix Jean Martin Marquis de La Valette Charles Félix Jean Martin Marquis de La Valette (25 November 1806 Senlis - 2 May 1881 Paris was a French politician.He was Minister of the Interior and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of... |
28 March 1865 | 13 November 1867 |
| Ernest Pinard | 13 November 1867 | 17 December 1868 |
| Adolphe Forcade La Roquette | 17 December 1868 | 2 January 1870 |
| Jean-Pierre Napoléon Eugène Chevandier de Valdrôme | 2 January 1870 | 18 August 1870 |
| Julien-Théophile-Henri Chevreau | 18 August 1870 | 4 September 1870 |
| Léon Gambetta Léon Gambetta Léon Gambetta was a French statesman prominent after the Franco-Prussian War.-Youth and education:He is said to have inherited his vigour and eloquence from his father, a Genovese grocer who had married a Frenchwoman named Massabie. At the age of fifteen, Gambetta lost the sight of his right eye... |
4 September 1870 | 6 February 1871 |
| Emmanuel Arago | 6 February 1871 | 19 February 1871 |
| Ernest Picard Ernest Picard Louis Joseph Ernest Picard was a French politician.He was born in Paris. After taking his doctorate in law in 1846 he joined the Parisian bar. Elected to the corps législatif in 1858, he became a follower of Émile Ollivier... |
19 February 1871 | 5 June 1871 |
| Félix Lambrecht | 5 June 1871 | 8 October 1871 |
| Auguste Casimir-Perier Auguste Casimir-Perier Auguste Victor Laurent Casimir-Perier was a French diplomat and political leader. He was the son of Casimir Pierre Perier and the father of President Jean Casimir-Perier.... |
11 October 1871 | 6 February 1872 |
| Victor Lefranc Victor Lefranc Bernard Edme Victor Etienne Lefranc , French lawyer and politician, moderated republican, was under the French Third Republic Minister of Agriculture and Trade, then Interior Minister.- Life :... |
6 February 1872 | 7 December 1872 |
| Eugène de Goulard | 7 December 1872 | 18 May 1873 |
| Auguste Casimir-Perier Auguste Casimir-Perier Auguste Victor Laurent Casimir-Perier was a French diplomat and political leader. He was the son of Casimir Pierre Perier and the father of President Jean Casimir-Perier.... |
18 May 1873 | 25 May 1873 |
| Charles Beulé | 25 May 1873 | 26 November 1873 |
| Albert, duc de Broglie | 26 November 1873 | 22 May 1874 |
| Oscar Bardi de Fourtou | 22 May 1874 | 20 July 1874 |
| François, baron de Chabaud-Latour | 20 July 1874 | 10 March 1875 |
| Louis Buffet Louis Buffet Louis Joseph Buffet was a French statesman.He was born at Mirecourt, Vosges. After the revolution of February 1848 he was elected deputy for the department of the Vosges, and in the Assembly sat on the right, pronouncing for the repression of the insurrection of June 1848 and for Louis Napoleon... |
10 March 1875 | 23 February 1876 |
| Jules Armand Dufaure Jules Armand Dufaure Jules Armand Stanislas Dufaure was a French statesman.-Biography:Dufaure was born at Saujon, Charente-Maritime, and began his career as an advocate at Bordeaux, where he won a great reputation by his oratorical gifts. He abandoned law for politics, and in 1834 was elected deputy... |
23 February 1876 | 9 March 1876 |
| Amable Richard | 9 March 1876 | 11 May 1876 |
| Émile de Marcère | 15 May 1876 | 12 December 1876 |
| Jules Simon Jules Simon Jules François Simon was a French statesman and philosopher, and one of the leader of the Opportunist Republicans faction.-Biography:Simon was born at Lorient. His father was a linen-draper from Lorraine, who renounced Protestantism before his second marriage with a Catholic Breton. Jules Simon... |
12 December 1876 | 17 May 1877 |
| Oscar Bardi de Fourtou | 17 May 1877 | 23 November 1877 |
| Charles Welche | 23 November 1877 | 13 December 1877 |
| Émile de Marcère | 13 December 1877 | 4 March 1879 |
| Charles Lepère | 4 March 1879 | 17 May 1880 |
| Ernest Constans | 17 May 1880 | 14 November 1881 |
| Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau | 14 November 1881 | 30 January 1882 |
| René Goblet René Goblet René Goblet was a French politician, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1886–1887.He was born at Aire-sur-la-Lys, Pas-de-Calais and was trained in law. Under the Second Empire, he helped found a Liberal journal, Le Progrès de la Somme, and in July 1871 he was sent by the département of the... |
30 January 1882 | 7 August 1882 |
| Armand Fallières Armand Fallières Clément Armand Fallières was a French politician, president of the French republic from 1906 to 1913.He was born at Mézin in the département of Lot-et-Garonne, France, where his father was clerk of the peace... |
7 August 1882 | 21 February 1883 |
| Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau | 21 February 1883 | 6 April 1885 |
| François Allain-Targé | 6 April 1885 | 7 January 1886 |
| Ferdinand Sarrien Ferdinand Sarrien Jean Marie Ferdinand Sarrien was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was born in Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire and died in Paris. He headed a cabinet supported by the Bloc des gauches parliamentary majority.... |
7 January 1886 | 11 December 1886 |
| René Goblet René Goblet René Goblet was a French politician, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1886–1887.He was born at Aire-sur-la-Lys, Pas-de-Calais and was trained in law. Under the Second Empire, he helped found a Liberal journal, Le Progrès de la Somme, and in July 1871 he was sent by the département of the... |
11 December 1886 | 30 May 1877 |
| Armand Fallières Armand Fallières Clément Armand Fallières was a French politician, president of the French republic from 1906 to 1913.He was born at Mézin in the département of Lot-et-Garonne, France, where his father was clerk of the peace... |
30 May 1887 | 12 December 1887 |
| Ferdinand Sarrien Ferdinand Sarrien Jean Marie Ferdinand Sarrien was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was born in Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire and died in Paris. He headed a cabinet supported by the Bloc des gauches parliamentary majority.... |
12 December 1887 | 3 April 1888 |
| Charles Floquet Charles Floquet -Biography:He was born at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port . He studied law in Paris, and was called to the bar in 1851. The coup d'état of that year aroused the strenuous opposition of Floquet, who had, while yet a student, given proof of his republican sympathies by taking part in the fighting of 1848... |
3 April 1888 | 22 February 1889 |
| Ernest Constans | 22 February 1889 | 1 March 1890 |
| Léon Bourgeois Léon Bourgeois -Biography:He was born in Paris, and was trained in law. After holding a subordinate office in the department of public works, he became successively prefect of the Tarn and the Haute-Garonne , and then returned to Paris to enter the ministry of the interior... |
1 March 1890 | 17 March 1890 |
| Ernest Constans | 17 March 1890 | 27 February 1892 |
| Émile Loubet Émile Loubet Émile François Loubet was a French politician and the 8th President of France.-Early life:He was born the son of a peasant proprietor and mayor of Marsanne . Admitted to the Parisian bar in 1862, he took his doctorate in law the next year... |
27 February 1892 | 11 January 1893 |
| Alexandre Ribot Alexandre Ribot Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot was a French politician, four times Prime Minister.-Biography:He was born in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais.After a brilliant academic career at the University of Paris, where he was lauréat of the faculty of law, he rapidly made his mark at the bar... |
11 January 1893 | 4 April 1893 |
| Charles Dupuy Charles Dupuy Charles Alexandre Dupuy was a French statesman, three times prime minister.-Biography:He was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, where his father was a minor official. After a period as a professor of philosophy in the provinces, he was appointed a school inspector, thus obtaining a... |
4 April 1893 | 3 December 1893 |
| David Raynal | 3 December 1893 | 30 May 1894 |
| Charles Dupuy Charles Dupuy Charles Alexandre Dupuy was a French statesman, three times prime minister.-Biography:He was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, where his father was a minor official. After a period as a professor of philosophy in the provinces, he was appointed a school inspector, thus obtaining a... |
30 May 1894 | 26 January 1895 |
| Georges Leygues Georges Leygues Georges Leygues was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line.He was born... |
26 January 1895 | 1 November 1895 |
| Léon Bourgeois Léon Bourgeois -Biography:He was born in Paris, and was trained in law. After holding a subordinate office in the department of public works, he became successively prefect of the Tarn and the Haute-Garonne , and then returned to Paris to enter the ministry of the interior... |
1 November 1895 | 28 March 1896 |
| Ferdinand Sarrien Ferdinand Sarrien Jean Marie Ferdinand Sarrien was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was born in Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire and died in Paris. He headed a cabinet supported by the Bloc des gauches parliamentary majority.... |
30 March 1896 | 29 April 1896 |
| Louis Barthou Louis Barthou Jean Louis Barthou was a French politician of the Third Republic.-Early years:He was born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, and served as Deputy from that constituency. He was an authority on trade union history and law. Barthou was Prime Minister in 1913, and held ministerial office... |
29 April 1896 | 28 June 1898 |
| Henri Brisson Henri Brisson Eugène Henri Brisson was a French statesman, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898.-Biography:He was born at Bourges , and followed his father’s profession of advocate. Having made his mark in opposition during the last days of the empire, he was appointed... |
28 June 1898 | 1 November 1898 |
| Charles Dupuy Charles Dupuy Charles Alexandre Dupuy was a French statesman, three times prime minister.-Biography:He was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, where his father was a minor official. After a period as a professor of philosophy in the provinces, he was appointed a school inspector, thus obtaining a... |
1 November 1898 | 22 June 1899 |
| René Waldeck-Rousseau René Waldeck-Rousseau this gy was coolPierre Marie René Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau was a French Republican statesman.-Early life:Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau was born in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique... |
22 June 1899 | 7 June 1902 |
| Émile Combes Émile Combes Émile Combes was a French statesman who led the Bloc des gauches's cabinet from June 1902 – January 1905.-Biography:Émile Combes was born in Roquecourbe, Tarn. He studied for the priesthood, but abandoned the idea before ordination. His anti-clericalism would later lead him into becoming a... |
7 June 1902 | 24 January 1905 |
| Eugène Étienne | 24 January 1905 | 12 November 1905 |
| Fernand Dubief | 12 November 1905 | 14 March 1906 |
| Georges Clemenceau Georges Clemenceau Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman, physician and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909, and again from 1917 to 1920. For nearly the final year of World War I he led France, and was one of the major voices behind the Treaty of Versailles at the... |
14 March 1906 | 24 July 1909 |
| Aristide Briand Aristide Briand Aristide Briand was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic and received the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize.- Early life :... |
24 July 1909 | 2 March 1911 |
| Ernest Monis Ernest Monis Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis was a French politician of the Third Republic, deputy of Gironde from 1885 to 1889 and then senator of the same department from 1891 to 1920... |
2 March 1911 | 27 June 1911 |
| Joseph Caillaux Joseph Caillaux Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux was a major French politician of the Third Republic. The leader of the Radicals, he favored a policy of conciliation with Germany during his premiership from 1911 to 1912, which led to the maintenance of the peace during the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911... |
27 June 1911 | 14 January 1912 |
| Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg was a French politician of the Third Republic, deputy of the Seine from 1906 to 1914 and senator of the same department from 1914 to 1940.... |
14 January 1912 | 21 January 1913 |
| Aristide Briand Aristide Briand Aristide Briand was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic and received the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize.- Early life :... |
21 January 1913 | 22 March 1913 |
| Louis Lucien Klotz | 22 March 1913 | 9 December 1913 |
| René Renoult René Renoult René Renoult was a French Minister and lawyer.Renoult is the son of Étienne and Élisa Geranger, a female day laborer. He studied at the Faculty of Law in Paris and obtained his doctorate in 1888... |
9 December 1913 | 17 March 1914 |
| Louis Malvy Louis Malvy Louis-Jean Malvy was the Interior Minister of France in 1914.-Biography:He was born on December 1, 1875 in Figeac in 1875. He was a member of the Radical Party and served in the Chamber of Deputies in 1906.... |
17 March 1914 | 9 June 1914 |
| Paul Peytral | 9 June 1914 | 13 June 1914 |
| Louis Malvy Louis Malvy Louis-Jean Malvy was the Interior Minister of France in 1914.-Biography:He was born on December 1, 1875 in Figeac in 1875. He was a member of the Radical Party and served in the Chamber of Deputies in 1906.... |
13 June 1914 | 31 August 1917 |
| Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg was a French politician of the Third Republic, deputy of the Seine from 1906 to 1914 and senator of the same department from 1914 to 1940.... |
1 September 1917 | 16 November 1917 |
| Jules Pams | 16 November 1917 | 20 January 1920 |
| Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg was a French politician of the Third Republic, deputy of the Seine from 1906 to 1914 and senator of the same department from 1914 to 1940.... |
20 January 1920 | 16 January 1921 |
| Pierre Marraud Pierre Marraud Pierre Marraud was a French politician born in Port-Sainte-Marie, Lot-et-Garonne, 8 January 1861, died in Paris 13.*Préfet in 1900, Councillor of State, commissaire du gouvernement at the end of the First World War until becoming prefect of in 1918.*Senator for Lot-et-Garonne from 1920 to... |
16 January 1921 | 15 January 1922 |
| Maurice Maunoury Maurice Maunoury Maurice Maunoury was a French politician born 16 October 1863 in Alexandria and died 16 May 1925 in Paris*Député for Eure-et-Loir from 1910 to 1924*Minister of the Colonies from 9 to 13 June 1914 in the Alexandre Ribot government... |
15 January 1922 | 29 March 1924 |
| Justin de Selves Justin de Selves Justin de Selves was a French politician.... |
29 March 1924 | 14 June 1924 |
| Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council .-Career:Described as "intellectually bereft", Chautemps nevertheless entered politics and became Mayor of Tours in 1912, and a Radical deputy in 1919... |
14 June 1924 | 17 April 1925 |
| Abraham Schrameck | 17 April 1925 | 22 November 1925 |
| Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council .-Career:Described as "intellectually bereft", Chautemps nevertheless entered politics and became Mayor of Tours in 1912, and a Radical deputy in 1919... |
28 November 1925 | 9 March 1926 |
| Louis Malvy Louis Malvy Louis-Jean Malvy was the Interior Minister of France in 1914.-Biography:He was born on December 1, 1875 in Figeac in 1875. He was a member of the Radical Party and served in the Chamber of Deputies in 1906.... |
9 March 1926 | 10 April 1926 |
| Jean Durand | 10 April 1926 | 19 July 1926 |
| Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council .-Career:Described as "intellectually bereft", Chautemps nevertheless entered politics and became Mayor of Tours in 1912, and a Radical deputy in 1919... |
19 July 1926 | 23 July 1926 |
| Albert Sarraut Albert Sarraut Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919.... |
23 July 1926 | 11 November 1928 |
| André Tardieu André Tardieu André Pierre Gabriel Amédée Tardieu was three times Prime Minister of France and a dominant figure of French political life in 1929-1932.-Biography:... |
11 November 1928 | 21 February 1930 |
| Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council .-Career:Described as "intellectually bereft", Chautemps nevertheless entered politics and became Mayor of Tours in 1912, and a Radical deputy in 1919... |
21 February 1930 | 2 March 1930 |
| André Tardieu André Tardieu André Pierre Gabriel Amédée Tardieu was three times Prime Minister of France and a dominant figure of French political life in 1929-1932.-Biography:... |
2 March 1930 | 13 December 1930 |
| Georges Leygues Georges Leygues Georges Leygues was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line.He was born... |
13 December 1930 | 27 January 1931 |
| Pierre Laval Pierre Laval Pierre Laval was a French politician. He was four times President of the council of ministers of the Third Republic, twice consecutively. Following France's Armistice with Germany in 1940, he served twice in the Vichy Regime as head of government, signing orders permitting the deportation of... |
27 January 1931 | 14 January 1932 |
| Pierre Cathala | 14 January 1932 | 20 February 1932 |
| Albert Mahieu | 20 February 1932 | 3 June 1932 |
| Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council .-Career:Described as "intellectually bereft", Chautemps nevertheless entered politics and became Mayor of Tours in 1912, and a Radical deputy in 1919... |
3 June 1932 | 30 January 1934 |
| Eugène Frot | 30 January 1934 | 9 February 1934 |
| Albert Sarraut Albert Sarraut Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919.... |
9 February 1934 | 13 October 1934 |
| Paul Marchandeau Paul Marchandeau Paul Marchandeau was a French politician. He was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Légion d'honneur, for his actions during World War I. From 1925 until 1942, he was the mayor of Reims... |
13 October 1934 | 8 November 1934 |
| Marcel Régnier | 8 November 1934 | 1 June 1935 |
| Fernand Bouisson Fernand Bouisson Fernand Bouisson was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1927 to 1936 and briefly as Prime Minister in 1935.-Bouisson's Ministry, 1–7 June 1935:... |
1 June 1935 | 7 June 1935 |
| Joseph Paganon | 7 June 1935 | 24 January 1936 |
| Albert Sarraut Albert Sarraut Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919.... |
24 January 1936 | 4 June 1936 |
| Roger Salengro Roger Salengro Roger Henri Charles Salengro was a French politician. He achieved fame as Minister of the Interior during the Popular Front government in 1936... |
4 June 1936 | 18 November 1936 |
| Marx Dormoy Marx Dormoy Marx Dormoy was a French socialist politician, noted for his opposition to the far right.-Early career:Born in Montluçon, he was elected mayor of his native town in 1926, and representative of the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière to the French National Assembly in 1931 for the Allier... |
24 November 1936 | 18 January 1938 |
| Albert Sarraut Albert Sarraut Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919.... |
18 January 1938 | 13 March 1938 |
| Marx Dormoy Marx Dormoy Marx Dormoy was a French socialist politician, noted for his opposition to the far right.-Early career:Born in Montluçon, he was elected mayor of his native town in 1926, and representative of the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière to the French National Assembly in 1931 for the Allier... |
13 March 1938 | 10 April 1938 |
| Albert Sarraut Albert Sarraut Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919.... |
10 April 1938 | 21 March 1940 |
| Henri Roy | 21 March 1940 | 18 May 1940 |
| Georges Mandel Georges Mandel Georges Mandel was a French politician, journalist, and French Resistance leader.-Biography:Born Louis George Rothschild in Chatou, Yvelines, was the son of a tailor... |
18 May 1940 | 16 June 1940 |
| Charles Pomaret | 16 June 1940 | 26 June 1940 |
| Adrien Marquet Adrien Marquet Adrien Marquet was a socialist mayor of Bordeaux who turned to the far right.-Career:... |
27 June 1940 | 6 September 1940 |
| Marcel Peyrouton | 6 September 1940 | 14 February 1941 |
| François Darlan François Darlan Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan was a French naval officer. His great-grandfather was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar... |
14 February 1941 | 18 July 1941 |
| Pierre Pucheu Pierre Pucheu Pierre Firmin Pucheu was a French industrialist, fascist and member of the Vichy government.-Early years:... |
18 July 1941 | 18 April 1942 |
| Pierre Laval Pierre Laval Pierre Laval was a French politician. He was four times President of the council of ministers of the Third Republic, twice consecutively. Following France's Armistice with Germany in 1940, he served twice in the Vichy Regime as head of government, signing orders permitting the deportation of... |
18 April 1942 | 20 August 1944 |
| Free French Commissioners | ||
| André Diethelm | 24 September 1941 | 28 July 1942 |
| André Philip André Philip André Philip was an SFIO who served as an Interior Minister for the Free French during the war. He also served as a finance minister in 1946 and part of 1947.... |
28 July 1942 | 9 November 1943 |
| Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie | 9 November 1943 | 10 September 1944 |
| Ministers | ||
| Adrien Tixier Adrien Tixier Adrien Tixier was a French politician, diplomat, and Free French ambassador to the United States.-Career:He was the son of Pierre-Edouard Tixier, a blacksmith, and Marie-Françoise Derosier... |
10 September 1944 | 26 January 1946 |
| André Le Troquer André Le Troquer André Le Troquer was a French politician, socialist lawyer, and president of the National Assembly from 12 January 1954 to 10 January 1955, and a second time from 24 January 1956 to 4 October 1958.-Career:... |
26 January 1946 | 24 June 1946 |
| Édouard Depreux Édouard Depreux Édouard Depreux was a French socialist journalist, essayist, and politician of the French Fourth Republic; he was born in Viesly and died in Paris.- Early career :... |
24 June 1946 | 24 November 1947 |
| Jules Moch Jules Moch Jules Salvador Moch was a French politician.-Biography:... |
24 November 1947 | 7 February 1950 |
| Henri Queuille Henri Queuille Henri Queuille was a French Radical politician prominent in the Third and Fourth Republics. After World War II, he served three times as Prime Minister.He was the son of a noblewoman.-First ministry :... |
7 February 1950 | 11 August 1951 |
| Charles Brune | 11 August 1951 | 28 June 1953 |
| Léon Martinaud-Deplat | 28 June 1953 | 19 June 1954 |
| François Mitterrand François Mitterrand François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was the 21st President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra, serving from 1981 until 1995. He is the longest-serving President of France and, as leader of the Socialist Party, the only figure from the left so far elected President... |
19 June 1954 | 23 February 1955 |
| Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury Maurice Jean Marie Bourgès-Maunoury was a French Radical politician who served as Prime Minister in the Fourth Republic during 1957.He is famous, especially, for fulfilling prominent ministerial role in the government during the Suez Crisis.... |
23 February 1955 | 1 December 1955 |
| Edgar Faure Edgar Faure Edgar Faure was a French politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist.-Career:Faure was born in Béziers, Languedoc-Roussillon. He trained as a lawyer in Paris and became a member of the Bar at 27, the youngest lawyer in France to do so at the time... |
1 December 1955 | 1 February 1956 |
| Jean Gilbert-Jules | 1 February 1956 | 6 November 1957 |
| Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury Maurice Jean Marie Bourgès-Maunoury was a French Radical politician who served as Prime Minister in the Fourth Republic during 1957.He is famous, especially, for fulfilling prominent ministerial role in the government during the Suez Crisis.... |
6 November 1957 | 14 May 1958 |
| Maurice Faure Maurice Faure Maurice Faure at Azerat, Dordogne is a former member of the French Resistance and a former minister in several French governments.... |
14 May 1958 | 17 May 1958 |
| Jules Moch Jules Moch Jules Salvador Moch was a French politician.-Biography:... |
17 May 1958 | 1 June 1958 |
| Émile Pelletier Émile Pelletier Émile Pelletier was a Minister of State for Monaco. He was in office from 1959–1962.-References:... |
1 June 1958 | 8 January 1959 |
| Jean Berthoin Jean Berthoin Jean Berthoin was a French Politician.... |
8 January 1959 | 28 May 1959 |
| Pierre Chatenet Pierre Chatenet Pierre Chatenet was a French politician born 6 March 1917 in Paris and died 4 September 1997 in Tafers. He served as French Interior Minister from 1959 to 1961. From 1962 he became the last President of the Commission of the European Atomic Energy Community, until the body was merged with the... |
28 May 1959 | 6 May 1961 |
| Roger Frey Roger Frey Roger Frey was a French politician. He was Minister of the Interior and president of the Constitutional Council of France.-Monokini prosecution:... |
6 May 1961 | 6 April 1967 |
| Christian Fouchet Christian Fouchet Christian Fouchet was a French politician.He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines.He was the French Minister of National Education from 28 November 1962 to 6 April 1967. He was the colonial head of Algeria from 19 March 1962 to 3 July 1962.... |
6 April 1967 | 30 May 1968 |
| Raymond Marcellin Raymond Marcellin Raymond Marcellin was a French politician.- Biography :The son of a banker, he studied law at the University of Strasbourg and the University of Paris. He worked as a lawyer for three years, before being called into the army in September 1939. He was captured by the Wehrmacht, but managed to... |
30 May 1968 | 27 February 1974 |
| Jacques Chirac Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the... |
27 February 1974 | 28 May 1974 |
| Michel Poniatowski Michel Poniatowski Michel Poniatowski was a Polish Prince and French politician. He was a founder of the Independent Republicans and a part of the administration for President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Poniatowski served as Minister of Health from 1973 to 1974 and Minister of the Interior in the d'Estaing government... |
28 May 1974 | 30 March 1977 |
| Christian Bonnet | 30 March 1977 | 22 May 1981 |
| Gaston Defferre Gaston Defferre Gaston Defferre was a French socialist politician.-Biography:Lawyer and member of the French Section of the Workers' International political party, he was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistance Socialist group during World War II... |
22 May 1981 | 19 July 1984 |
| Pierre Joxe Pierre Joxe Pierre Joxe is a former French Socialist politician and has been a member of the Constitutional Council of France since 2001.... |
19 July 1984 | 20 March 1986 |
| Charles Pasqua Charles Pasqua Charles Pasqua is a French businessman and Gaullist politician. He was Interior Minister from 1986 to 1988, under Jacques Chirac's cohabitation government, and also from 1993 to 1995, under the government of Edouard Balladur... |
20 March 1986 | 12 May 1988 |
| Pierre Joxe Pierre Joxe Pierre Joxe is a former French Socialist politician and has been a member of the Constitutional Council of France since 2001.... |
12 May 1988 | 29 January 1991 |
| Philippe Marchand Philippe Marchand Philippe Marchand is a French politician.He was member of the parliament and president of the general council of Charente-Maritime. He failed to act to establish the Giacometti Foundation.... |
29 January 1991 | 2 April 1992 |
| Paul Quilès Paul Quilès Paul Quilès is a French Socialist politician.-Biography:He was born in Sig, Algeria.Deputy of Tarn département, close to Laurent Fabius, he was Defense Minister from 1985 to 1986, after the Rainbow Warrior scandal... |
2 April 1992 | 29 March 1993 |
| Charles Pasqua Charles Pasqua Charles Pasqua is a French businessman and Gaullist politician. He was Interior Minister from 1986 to 1988, under Jacques Chirac's cohabitation government, and also from 1993 to 1995, under the government of Edouard Balladur... |
29 March 1993 | 18 May 1995 |
| Jean-Louis Debré Jean-Louis Debré Jean-Louis Debré is a conservative French political figure. He was President of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2007 and has been President of the Constitutional Council since 2007.-Biography:Debré was born in Toulouse... |
18 May 1995 | 4 June 1997 |
| Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement is a French politician. He was Minister of Defense from 1988 to 1991 and Minister of the Interior from 1997 to 2000. He was a presidential candidate in 2002 and since 2008 has been a member of the Senate.... |
4 June 1997 | 29 August 2000 |
| Daniel Vaillant Daniel Vaillant Daniel Vaillant is a French Socialist politician.-Biography:Close to Lionel Jospin, Vaillant held several ministerial portfolios in his cabinets: Minister of the Relations with Parliament from 1997 to 2000 and Interior Minister from 2000 to 2002... |
29 August 2000 | 7 May 2002 |
| Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier.... |
7 May 2002 | 31 March 2004 |
| Dominique de Villepin Dominique de Villepin Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007.... |
31 March 2004 | 31 May 2005 |
| Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier.... |
31 May 2005 | 26 March 2007 |
| François Baroin François Baroin François Baroin is a French politician, recently appointed Finance Minister, following a stint as Minister of the Budget in the François Fillon III government... |
26 March 2007 | 15 May 2007 |
| Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie, born 10 September 1946 and nicknamed MAM, is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement . A member of all but one right-wing governments of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, she was the first woman in France to hold the portfolios of Defense , the... |
18 May 2007 | 23 June 2009 |
| Brice Hortefeux Brice Hortefeux Brice Hortefeux is a French politician he was Minister of the Interior, Overseas Territories and Territorial collectivities... |
23 June 2009 | 27 February 2011 |
| Claude Guéant Claude Guéant Claude Guéant is a French civil servant. The former Chief of Staff to Nicolas Sarkozy, he has been Minister of the Interior since 27 February 2011. He is a member of the conservative Union for a Popular Movement .-Biography:... |
27 February 2011 | Current |
See also
- List of Prime Ministers of France
- List of Foreign Ministers of France
- Politics of FrancePolitics of FranceFrance is a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, in which the President of France is head of state and the Prime Minister of France is the head of government, and there is a pluriform, multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is...