| Minister
| Began
| Ended
|
| Louis de Revol
| 1 January 1589
| 17 September 1594
|
| Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
| 30 December 1594
| 9 August 1616
|
| Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Bishop of Luçon
| 30 November 1616
| 24 April 1617
|
| Pierre Brulart, vicomte de Puysieux
| 24 April 1617
| 11 March 1626
|
| Raymond Phelypeaux, seigneur d'Herbault
| 11 March 1626
| 2 May 1629
|
| Claude Bouthillier
| 2 May 1629
| 18 March 1632
|
| Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny
| 18 March 1632
| 23 June 1643
|
| Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne
| 23 June 1643
| 3 April 1663
|
| Hugues de Lionne
| 3 April 1663
| 1 September 1671
|
| Simon Arnaud, marquis de Pomponne
| 1 September 1671
| 18 November 1679
|
| Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy
| 12 February 1680
| 28 July 1696
|
| Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy
| 28 July 1696
| 22 September 1715
|
| Nicolas du Blé, marquis d'Huxelles
| 23 September 1715
| 1 September 1718
|
| Guillaume Dubois
| 24 September 1718
| 10 August 1723
|
| Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, comte de Morville
| 16 August 1723
| 19 August 1727
|
| Germain Louis Chauvelin
| 23 August 1727
| 20 February 1737
|
| Jean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou
| 22 February 1737
| 26 April 1744
|
| Adrien Maurice, duc de Noailles
| 26 April 1744
| 19 November 1744
|
| René de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'Argenson
| 19 November 1744
| 10 January 1747
|
| Louis Philogène Brûlart, vicomte de Puisieulx
| 27 January 1747
| 9 September 1751
|
| François Dominique de Barberie de Saint-Contest
| 11 September 1751
| 24 July 1754
|
| Antoine Louis Rouillé
| 24 July 1754
| 28 June 1757
|
| François Joachim de Pierre de Bernis
| 28 June 1757
| 9 October 1758
|
| Étienne François, duc de Choiseul
| 3 December 1758
| 13 October 1761
|
| César Gabriel de Choiseul-Chevigny, duc de Praslin
| 13 October 1761
| 10 April 1766
|
| Étienne François, duc de Choiseul
| 10 April 1766
| 24 December 1770
|
| Louis Phélypeaux, duc de La Vrillère
| 24 December 1770
| 6 June 1771
|
| Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon
| 6 June 1771
| 2 June 1774
|
| Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin
| 2 June 1774
| 21 July 1774
|
| Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
| 21 July 1774
| 13 February 1787
|
| Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin Saint-Hérem
| 14 February 1787
| 13 July 1789
|
| Paul François de Quelen, duc de la Vauguyon
| 13 July 1789
| 16 July 1789
|
| Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin Saint-Hérem
| 16 July 1789
| 29 November 1791
|
| Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart
| 29 November 1791
| 15 March 1792
|
| Charles Dumouriez
| 15 March 1792
| 13 June 1792
|
| Pierre Paul de Méredieu, baron de Naillac
| 13 June 1792
| 18 June 1792
|
| Scipion Victor, marquis de Chambonas
| 18 June 1792
| 23 July 1792
|
| François Joseph de Gratet, vicomte Dubouchage
| 23 July 1792
| 1 August 1792
|
| Claude Bigot de Sainte-Croix
| 1 August 1792
| 10 August 1792
|
| Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu
| 10 August 1792
| 21 June 1793
|
| François Louis Michel Chemin Deforgues
| 21 June 1793
| 2 April 1794
|
| Jean Marie Claude Alexandre Goujon
| 5 April 1794
| 8 April 1794
|
| Martial Joseph Armand Herman
| 8 April 1794
| 20 April 1794
|
| none
| 20 April 1794
| 3 November 1795
|
| Charles Delacroix
| 3 November 1795
| 15 July 1797
|
| Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
| 15 July 1797
| 20 July 1799
|
| Karl Reinhard
| 20 July 1799
| 22 November 1799
|
| Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
| 22 November 1799
| 9 August 1807
|
| Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny, duc de Cadore
| 9 August 1807
| 17 April 1811
|
| Hugues Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano
| 17 April 1811
| 20 November 1813
|
| Armand Augustin Louis Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence
| 20 November 1813
| 1 April 1814
|
| Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de Laforest
| 3 April 1814
| 13 May 1814
|
| Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent
| 13 May 1814
| 20 March 1815
|
| Armand Augustin Louis Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence
| 20 March 1815
| 22 June 1815
|
| Louis, baron Bignon
| 22 June 1815
| 7 July 1815
|
| Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent
| 9 July 1815
| 26 September 1815
|
| Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
| 26 September 1815
| 29 December 1818
|
| Jean Joseph Paul Augustin, marquis Dessolles
| 29 December 1818
| 19 November 1819
|
| Étienne Denis, baron Pasquier
| 19 November 1819
| 14 December 1821
|
| Mathieu Jean Félicité, duc de Montmorency-Laval
| 14 December 1821
| 28 December 1822
|
| François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand
| 28 December 1822
| 4 August 1824
|
| Ange Hyacinthe Maxence, baron de Damas
| 4 August 1824
| 4 January 1828
|
| Auguste, comte de La Ferronays
| 4 January 1828
| 24 April 1829
|
| Anne Pierre Adrien, duc de Montmorency-Laval
| 24 April 1829
| 14 May 1829
|
| Joseph-Marie, comte Portalis
| 14 May 1829
| 8 August 1829
|
| Jules Armand Auguste Marie, prince de Polignac
| 8 August 1829
| 29 July 1830
|
| Victor Louis Victurnien, duc de Mortemart
| 29 July 1830
| 29 July 1830
|
| Louis, baron Bignon
| 31 July 1830
| 1 August 1830
|
| Jean-Baptiste, comte Jourdan
| 1 August 1830
| 11 August 1830
|
| Louis, comte Molé
| 11 August 1830
| 2 November 1830
|
| Nicolas Joseph, marquis Maison
| 2 November 1830
| 17 November 1830
|
| Horace François Bastien, baron Sébastiani
| 17 November 1830
| 11 October 1832
|
| Victor, duc de Broglie
| 11 October 1832
| 4 April 1834
|
| Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny
| 4 April 1834
| 10 November 1834
|
| Charles Joseph, comte Bresson
| 10 November 1834
| 18 November 1834
|
| Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny
| 18 November 1834
| 12 March 1835
|
| Victor, duc de Broglie
| 12 March 1835
| 22 February 1836
|
| Adolphe Thiers
| 22 February 1836
| 6 September 1836
|
| Louis, comte Molé
| 6 September 1836
| 31 March 1839
|
| Napoléon Auguste Lannes, duc de Montebello
| 31 March 1839
| 12 May 1839
|
| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie
| 12 May 1839
| 1 March 1840
|
| Adolphe Thiers
| 1 March 1840
| 29 October 1840
|
| François Guizot
| 29 October 1840
| 23 February 1848
|
| Alphonse de Lamartine
| 24 February 1848
| 11 May 1848
|
| Jules Bastide
| 11 May 1848
| 29 June 1848
|
| Marie-Alphonse Bedeau
| 29 June 1848
| 17 July 1848
|
| Jules Bastide
| 17 July 1848
| 20 December 1848
|
| Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
| 20 December 1848
| 2 June 1849
|
| Alexis de Tocqueville
| 2 June 1849
| 31 October 1849
|
| Alphonse de Rayneval
| 31 October 1849
| 17 November 1849
|
| Jean-Ernest Ducos, vicomte de La Hitte
| 17 November 1849
| 9 January 1851
|
| Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
| 9 January 1851
| 24 January 1851
|
| Anatole, baron Brénier de Renaudière
| 24 January 1851
| 10 April 1851
|
| Jules Baroche
| 10 April 1851
| 26 October 1851
|
| Louis Félix Étienne, marquis de Turgot
| 26 October 1851
| 28 July 1852
|
| Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
| 28 July 1852
| 7 May 1855
|
| Alexandre Colonna, comte Walewski
| 7 May 1855
| 4 January 1860
|
| Jules Baroche
| 4 January 1860
| 24 January 1860
|
| Édouard Thouvenel
| 24 January 1860
| 15 October 1862
|
| Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
| 15 October 1862
| 1 September 1866
|
| Charles, marquis de La Valette
| 1 September 1866
| 2 October 1866
|
| Lionel, marquis de Moustier
| 2 October 1866
| 17 December 1868
|
| Charles, marquis de La Valette
| 17 December 1868
| 17 July 1869
|
| Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne
| 17 July 1869
| 2 January 1870
|
| Napoléon, comte Daru
| 2 January 1870
| 14 April 1870
|
| Émile Ollivier
| 14 April 1870
| 15 May 1870
|
| Agenor, duc de Gramont
| 15 May 1870
| 10 August 1870
|
| Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne
| 10 August 1870
| 4 September 1870
|
| Jules Favre
| 4 September 1870
| 2 August 1871
|
| Charles, comte de Rémusat
| 2 August 1871
| 25 May 1873
|
| Albert, duc de Broglie
| 25 May 1873
| 26 November 1873
|
| Louis Decazes, duc de Glucksberg
| 29 November 1873
| 23 November 1877
|
| Gaston-Robert, marquis de Banneville
| 23 November 1877
| 13 December 1877
|
| William Henry Waddington
| 13 December 1877
| 28 December 1879
|
| Charles de Freycinet
| 28 December 1879
| 23 September 1880
|
| Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire
| 23 September 1880
| 14 November 1881
|
| Léon Gambetta
| 14 November 1881
| 30 January 1882
|
| Charles de Freycinet
| 30 January 1882
| 7 August 1882
|
| Charles Duclerc
| 7 August 1882
| 29 January 1883
|
| Armand Fallières
| 29 January 1883
| 21 February 1883
|
| Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
| 21 February 1883
| 20 November 1883
|
| Jules Ferry
| 20 November 1883
| 6 April 1885
|
| Charles de Freycinet
| 6 April 1885
| 11 December 1886
|
| Émile Flourens
| 11 December 1886
| 3 April 1888
|
| René Goblet
| 3 April 1888
| 22 February 1889
|
| Eugène Spuller
| 22 February 1889
| 17 March 1890
|
| Alexandre Ribot
| 17 March 1890
| 11 January 1893
|
| Jules Develle
| 11 January 1893
| 3 December 1893
|
| Jean Casimir-Périer
| 3 December 1893
| 30 May 1894
|
| Gabriel Hanotaux
| 30 May 1894
| 1 November 1895
|
| Marcellin Berthelot
| 1 November 1895
| 28 March 1896
|
| Léon Bourgeois
| 28 March 1896
| 29 April 1896
|
| Gabriel Hanotaux
| 29 April 1896
| 28 June 1898
|
| Théophile Delcassé
| 28 June 1898
| 6 June 1905
|
| Maurice Rouvier
| 6 June 1905
| 13 March 1906
|
| Léon Bourgeois
| 14 March 1906
| 25 October 1906
|
| Stéphen Pichon
| 25 October 1906
| 2 March 1911
|
| Jean Cruppi
| 2 March 1911
| 27 June 1911
|
| Justin de Selves
| 27 June 1911
| 9 January 1912
|
| Raymond Poincaré
| 14 January 1912
| 22 January 1913
|
| Charles Jonnart
| 22 January 1913
| 22 March 1913
|
| Stéphen Pichon
| 22 March 1913
| 9 December 1913
|
| Gaston Doumergue
| 9 December 1913
| 9 June 1914
|
| Léon Bourgeois
| 9 June 1914
| 13 June 1914
|
| René Viviani
| 13 June 1914
| 3 August 1914
|
| Gaston Doumergue
| 3 August 1914
| 26 August 1914
|
| Théophile Delcassé
| 26 August 1914
| 13 October 1915
|
| René Viviani
| 13 October 1915
| 29 October 1915
|
| Aristide Briand
| 29 October 1915
| 20 March 1917
|
| Alexandre Ribot
| 20 March 1917
| 23 October 1917
|
| Louis Barthou
| 23 October 1917
| 16 November 1917
|
| Stéphen Pichon
| 16 November 1917
| 20 January 1920
|
| Alexandre Millerand
| 20 January 1920
| 24 September 1920
|
| Georges Leygues
| 24 September 1920
| 16 January 1921
|
| Aristide Briand
| 16 January 1921
| 15 January 1922
|
| Raymond Poincaré
| 15 January 1922
| 9 June 1924
|
| Edmond Lefebvre du Prey
| 9 June 1924
| 14 June 1924
|
| Édouard Herriot
| 14 June 1924
| 17 April 1925
|
| Aristide Briand
| 17 April 1925
| 19 July 1926
|
| Édouard Herriot
| 19 July 1926
| 23 July 1926
|
| Aristide Briand
| 23 July 1926
| 14 January 1932
|
| Pierre Laval
| 14 January 1932
| 20 February 1932
|
| André Tardieu
| 20 February 1932
| 3 June 1932
|
| Édouard Herriot
| 3 June 1932
| 18 December 1932
|
| Joseph Paul-Boncour
| 18 December 1932
| 30 January 1934
|
| Édouard Daladier
| 30 January 1934
| 9 February 1934
|
| Louis Barthou
| 9 February 1934
| 9 October 1934
|
| Pierre Laval
| 13 October 1934
| 24 January 1936
|
| Pierre Étienne Flandin
| 24 January 1936
| 4 June 1936
|
| Yvon Delbos
| 4 June 1936
| 13 March 1938
|
| Joseph Paul-Boncour
| 13 March 1938
| 10 April 1938
|
| Georges Bonnet
| 10 April 1938
| 13 September 1939
|
| Édouard Daladier
| 13 September 1939
| 21 March 1940
|
| Paul Reynaud
| 21 March 1940
| 18 May 1940
|
| Édouard Daladier
| 18 May 1940
| 5 June 1940
|
| Paul Reynaud
| 5 June 1940
| 16 June 1940
|
| Paul Baudoin
| 16 June 1940
| 28 October 1940
|
| Pierre Laval
| 28 October 1940
| 13 December 1940
|
| Pierre Étienne Flandin
| 13 December 1940
| 9 February 1941
|
| François Darlan
| 10 February 1941
| 18 April 1942
|
| Pierre Laval
| 18 April 1942
| 20 August 1944
|
| Free French Commissioners
|
| Maurice Dejean
| 24 September 1941
| 17 October 1942
|
| René Pleven
| 17 October 1942
| 5 February 1943
|
| René Massigli
| 5 February 1943
| 10 September 1944
|
| Ministers
|
| Georges Bidault
| 10 September 1944
| 16 December 1946
|
| Léon Blum
| 16 December 1946
| 22 January 1947
|
| Georges Bidault
| 22 January 1947
| 26 July 1948
|
| Robert Schuman
| 26 July 1948
| 8 January 1953
|
| Georges Bidault
| 8 January 1953
| 19 June 1954
|
| Pierre Mendès-France
| 19 June 1954
| 20 January 1955
|
| Edgar Faure
| 20 January 1955
| 23 February 1955
|
| Antoine Pinay
| 23 February 1955
| 1 February 1956
|
| Christian Pineau
| 1 February 1956
| 14 May 1958
|
| René Pleven
| 14 May 1958
| 1 June 1958
|
| Maurice Couve de Murville
| 1 June 1958
| 30 May 1968
|
| Michel Debré
| 30 May 1968
| 22 June 1969
|
| Maurice Schumann
| 22 June 1969
| 15 March 1973
|
| André Bettencourt
| 15 March 1973
| 4 April 1973
|
| Michel Jobert
| 4 April 1973
| 28 May 1974
|
| Jean Sauvagnargues
| 28 May 1974
| 27 August 1976
|
| Louis de Guiringaud
| 27 August 1976
| 29 November 1978
|
| Jean François-Poncet
| 29 November 1978
| 22 May 1981
|
| Claude Cheysson
| 22 May 1981
| 7 December 1984
|
| Roland Dumas
| 7 December 1984
| 20 March 1986
|
| Jean-Bernard Raimond
| 20 March 1986
| 12 May 1988
|
| Roland Dumas
| 12 May 1988
| 29 March 1993
|
| Alain Juppé
| 29 March 1993
| 18 May 1995
|
| Hervé de Charette
| 18 May 1995
| 4 June 1997
|
| Hubert Védrine
| 4 June 1997
| 7 May 2002
|
| Dominique de Villepin
| 7 May 2002
| 31 March 2004
|
| Michel Barnier
| 31 March 2004
| 2 June 2005
|
| Philippe Douste-Blazy
| 2 June 2005
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