This page is a list of French finance ministers.
Under the ancien régime, finance was in the charge of the Controller-General of Finance, one of the most important positions in the French government. Occasionally, the de facto Minister of Finance served instead as President of the Royal Council of Finance, who was superior to a mere Controller-General, or, in the case of Jacques Necker, who, as a Protestant, could not serve as Controller-General, as General Director of Finances, a less prominent position. In 1791, this complexity was removed by the French revolutionary government, which established the position of Minister of Finance. The position, along with all other ministerial positions, was abolished in 1794, but restored with the advent of the Directory in 1795.
Controllers-General of Finances, 1661-1791
Ministers of Finance, 1791-1944
| Minister
| Began
| Ended
|
| Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart
| 27 April 1791
| 29 May 1791
|
| Louis Hardouin Tarbé
| 29 May 1791
| 24 March 1792
|
| Étienne Clavière
| 24 March 1792
| 13 June 1792
|
| Antoine Duranthon
| 13 June 1792
| 18 June 1792
|
| Jules Émile François Hervé de Beaulieu
| 18 June 1792
| 29 July 1792
|
| Joseph Delaville-Leroulx
| 29 July 1792
| 10 August 1792
|
| Étienne Clavière
| 10 August 1792
| 13 June 1793
|
| Louis Grégoire Des Champs des Tournelles
| 13 June 1793
| 20 April 1794
|
| none
| 20 April 1794
| 8 November 1795
|
| Guillaume-Charles Faipoult
| 8 November 1795
| 14 February 1796
|
| Jacques Ramel de Nogaret
| 14 February 1796
| 20 July 1799
|
| Robert Lindet
| 20 July 1799
| 10 November 1799
|
| Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaète
| 10 November 1799
| 1 April 1814
|
| Joseph Dominique, baron Louis
| 3 April 1814
| 20 March 1815
|
| Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaète
| 20 March 1815
| 7 July 1815
|
| Joseph Dominique, baron Louis
| 9 July 1815
| 26 September 1815
|
| Louis Emmanuel, comte Corvetto
| 26 September 1815
| 7 December 1818
|
| Antoine Roy
| 7 December 1818
| 29 December 1818
|
| Joseph Dominique, baron Louis
| 29 December 1818
| 19 November 1819
|
| Antoine Roy
| 19 November 1819
| 14 December 1821
|
| Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle
| 14 December 1821
| 4 January 1828
|
| Antoine, comte Roy
| 4 January 1828
| 8 August 1829
|
| Christophe, comte de Chabrol de Crouzol
| 8 August 1829
| 19 May 1830
|
| Guillaume Isidore, comte de Montbel
| 19 May 1830
| 31 July 1830
|
| Joseph Dominique, baron Louis
| 31 July 1830
| 2 November 1830
|
| Jacques Laffitte
| 2 November 1830
| 13 March 1831
|
| Joseph Dominique, baron Louis
| 13 March 1831
| 11 October 1832
|
| Jean-Georges Humann
| 11 October 1832
| 10 November 1834
|
| Hippolyte Passy
| 10 November 1834
| 18 November 1834
|
| Jean-Georges Humann
| 18 November 1834
| 18 January 1836
|
| Antoine, comte d'Argout
| 18 January 1836
| 6 September 1836
|
| Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel
| 6 September 1836
| 15 April 1837
|
| Jean Pierre Joseph Lacave-Laplagne
| 15 April 1837
| 31 March 1839
|
| Jean-Élie Gautier
| 31 March 1839
| 12 May 1839
|
| Hippolyte Passy
| 12 May 1839
| 1 March 1840
|
| Privat Joseph Claramont, comte Pelet de la Lozère
| 1 March 1840
| 29 October 1840
|
| Jean-Georges Humann
| 29 October 1840
| 25 April 1842
|
| Jean Pierre Joseph Lacave-Laplagne
| 25 April 1842
| 9 May 1847
|
| Pierre Sylvain Dumon
| 9 May 1847
| 24 February 1848
|
| Michel Goudchaux
| 24 February 1848
| 5 March 1848
|
| Louis Antoine Garnier-Pagès
| 5 March 1848
| 11 May 1848
|
| Charles Duclerc
| 11 May 1848
| 28 June 1848
|
| Michel Gouchaux
| 28 June 1848
| 25 October 1848
|
| Ariste Jacques Trouvé-Chauvel
| 25 October1848
| 20 December 1848
|
| Hippolyte Passy
| 20 December 1848
| 31 October 1849
|
| Achille Fould
| 31 October 1849
| 24 January 1851
|
| Charles Lebègue, comte de Germiny
| 24 January 1851
| 10 April 1851
|
| Achille Fould
| 10 April 1851
| 26 October 1851
|
| Antoine Blondel
| 26 October 1851
| 23 November 1851
|
| François, comte de Casabianca
| 23 November 1851
| 3 December 1851
|
| Achille Fould
| 3 December 1851
| 22 January 1852
|
| Jean Bineau
| 22 January 1852
| 3 February 1855
|
| Pierre Magne
| 3 February 1855
| 26 November 1860
|
| Adolphe Forcade La Roquette
| 26 November 1860
| 14 November 1861
|
| Achille Fould
| 14 November 1861
| 20 January 1867
|
| Eugène Rouher
| 20 January 1867
| 13 November 1867
|
| Pierre Magne
| 13 November 1867
| 2 January 1870
|
| Louis Buffet
| 2 January 1870
| 14 April 1870
|
| Émile Alexis Segris
| 14 April 1870
| 10 August 1870
|
| Pierre Magne
| 10 August 1870
| 4 September 1870
|
| Ernest Picard
| 4 September 1870
| 19 February 1871
|
| Louis Buffet
| 19 February 1871
| 25 February 1871
|
| Augustin Pouver-Quertier
| 25 February 1871
| 23 April 1872
|
| Eugène de Goulard
| 23 April 1872
| 7 December 1872
|
| Léon Say
| 7 December 1872
| 25 May 1873
|
| Pierre Magne
| 25 May 1873
| 20 July 1874
|
| Pierre Mathieu-Bodet
| 20 July 1874
| 10 March 1875
|
| Léon Say
| 10 March 1875
| 17 May 1877
|
| Eugène Caillaux
| 17 May 1877
| 23 November 1877
|
| François Dutilleul
| 23 November 1877
| 13 December 1877
|
| Léon Say
| 13 December 1877
| 28 December 1879
|
| Pierre Magnin
| 28 December 1879
| 14 November 1881
|
| François Allain-Targé
| 14 November 1881
| 30 January 1882
|
| Léon Say
| 30 January 1882
| 7 August 1882
|
| Pierre Tirard
| 7 August 1882
| 6 April 1885
|
| Jean Clamageran
| 6 April 1885
| 16 April 1885
|
| Marie François Sadi Carnot
| 16 April 1885
| 11 December 1886
|
| Albert Dauphin
| 11 December 1886
| 30 May 1887
|
| Maurice Rouvier
| 30 May 1887
| 12 December 1887
|
| Pierre Tirard
| 12 December 1887
| 3 April 1888
|
| Paul Peytral
| 3 April 1888
| 22 February 1889
|
| Maurice Rouvier
| 22 February 1889
| 12 December 1892
|
| Pierre Tirard
| 13 December 1892
| 4 April 1893
|
| Paul Peytral
| 4 April 1893
| 3 December 1893
|
| Auguste Burdeau
| 3 December 1893
| 30 May 1894
|
| Raymond Poincaré
| 30 May 1894
| 26 January 1895
|
| Alexandre Ribot
| 26 January 1895
| 1 November 1895
|
| Paul Doumer
| 1 November 1895
| 29 April 1896
|
| Georges Cochery
| 29 April 1896
| 28 June 1898
|
| Paul Peytral
| 28 June 1898
| 22 June 1899
|
| Joseph Caillaux
| 22 June 1899
| 7 June 1902
|
| Maurice Rouvier
| 7 June 1902
| 17 June 1905
|
| Pierre Merlou
| 17 June 1905
| 14 March 1906
|
| Raymond Poincaré
| 14 March 1906
| 25 October 1906
|
| Joseph Caillaux
| 25 October 1906
| 24 July 1909
|
| Georges Cochery
| 24 July 1909
| 3 November 1910
|
| Louis Lucien Klotz
| 3 November 1910
| 2 March 1911
|
| Joseph Caillaux
| 2 March 1911
| 27 June 1911
|
| Louis Lucien Klotz
| 27 June 1911
| 22 March 1913
|
| Charles Dumont
| 22 March 1913
| 9 December 1913
|
| Joseph Caillaux
| 9 December 1913
| 17 March 1914
|
| René Renoult
| 17 March 1914
| 9 June 1914
|
| Étienne Clémentel
| 9 June 1914
| 13 June 1914
|
| Joseph Noullens
| 13 June 1914
| 26 August 1914
|
| Alexandre Ribot
| 26 August 1914
| 20 March 1917
|
| Joseph Thierry
| 20 March 1917
| 12 September 1917
|
| Louis Lucien Klotz
| 12 September 1917
| 20 January 1920
|
| Frédéric François-Marsal
| 20 January 1920
| 16 January 1921
|
| Paul Doumer
| 16 January 1921
| 15 January 1922
|
| Charles de Lasteyrie
| 15 January 1922
| 29 March 1924
|
| Frédéric François-Marsal
| 29 March 1924
| 14 June 1924
|
| Étienne Clementel
| 14 June 1924
| 3 April 1925
|
| Anatole de Monzie
| 3 April 1925
| 17 April 1925
|
| Joseph Caillaux
| 17 April 1925
| 29 October 1925
|
| Paul Painlevé
| 29 October 1925
| 28 November 1925
|
| Louis Loucheur
| 28 November 1925
| 16 December 1925
|
| Paul Doumer
| 16 December 1925
| 9 March 1926
|
| Raoul Péret
| 9 March 1926
| 23 June 1926
|
| Joseph Caillaux
| 23 June 1926
| 19 July 1926
|
| Anatole de Monzie
| 19 July 1926
| 23 July 1926
|
| Raymond Poincaré
| 23 July 1926
| 11 November 1928
|
| Henry Chéron
| 11 November 1928
| 21 February 1930
|
| Charles Dumont
| 21 February 1930
| 2 March 1930
|
| Paul Reynaud
| 2 March 1930
| 13 December 1930
|
| Louis Germain-Martin
| 13 December 1930
| 27 January 1931
|
| Pierre Étienne Flandin
| 27 January 1931
| 3 June 1932
|
| Louis Germain-Martin
| 3 June 1932
| 18 December 1932
|
| Henry Chéron
| 18 December 1932
| 31 January 1933
|
| Georges Bonnet
| 31 January 1933
| 30 January 1934
|
| François Piétri
| 30 January 1934
| 4 February 1934
|
| Paul Marchandeau
| 4 February 1934
| 9 February 1934
|
| Louis Germain-Martin
| 9 February 1934
| 1 June 1935
|
| Joseph Caillaux
| 1 June 1935
| 7 June 1935
|
| Marcel Régnier
| 7 June 1935
| 4 June 1936
|
| Vincent Auriol
| 4 June 1936
| 22 June 1937
|
| Georges Bonnet
| 22 June 1937
| 18 January 1938
|
| Paul Marchandeau
| 18 January 1938
| 13 March 1938
|
| Léon Blum
| 13 March 1938
| 10 April 1938
|
| Paul Marchandeau
| 10 April 1938
| 1 November 1938
|
| Paul Reynaud
| 1 November 1938
| 21 March 1940
|
| Lucien Lamoureux
| 21 March 1940
| 5 June 1940
|
| Yves Bouthillier
| 5 June 1940
| 18 April 1942
|
| Pierre Cathala
| 18 April 1942
| 20 August 1944
|
Free French Commissioners of Finance, 1941-1944
Ministers of Finance, 1944-present
See also
