| Minister
| Began
| Ended
|
| Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara
| 7 December 1791
| 9 March 1792
|
| Pierre Marie de Grave
| 9 March 1792
| 9 May 1792
|
| Joseph Marie Servan de Gerbey
| 9 May 1792
| 13 June 1792
|
| Charles Dumouriez
| 13 June 1792
| 18 June 1792
|
| Pierre August Lajard
| 18 June 1792
| 23 July 1792
|
| Charles Franqueville d'Abancourt
| 23 July 1792
| 10 August 1792
|
| Joseph Marie Servan de Gerbey
| 10 August 1792
| 3 October 1792
|
| Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu
| 3 October 1792
| 18 October 1792
|
| Jean-Nicolas Pache
| 18 October 1792
| 4 February 1793
|
| Pierre Riel de Beurnonville
| 4 February 1793
| 1 April 1793
|
| Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu
| 1 April 1793
| 4 April 1793
|
| Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte
| 4 April 1793
| 20 April 1794
|
| none
| 20 April 1794
| 3 November 1795
|
| Jean-Baptiste Aubert-Dubayet
| 3 November 1795
| 8 February 1796
|
| Claude Louis Petiet
| 8 February 1796
| 15 July 1797
|
| Lazare Hoche
| 15 July 1797
| 22 July 1797
|
| Barthélemy Louis Joseph Scherer
| 22 July 1797
| 21 February 1799
|
| Louis Marie de Milet de Mureau
| 21 February 1799
| 2 July 1799
|
| Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
| 2 July 1799
| 14 September 1799
|
| Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé
| 14 September 1799
| 10 November 1799
|
| Louis-Alexandre Berthier
| 11 November 1799
| 2 April 1800
|
| Lazare Carnot
| 2 April 1800
| 8 October 1800
|
| Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel
| 8 October 1800
| 19 August 1807
|
| Henry Clarke, duc de Feltre
| 19 August 1807
| 1 April 1814
|
| Pierre-Antoine, comte Dupont de l'Étang
| 3 April 1814
| 3 December 1814
|
| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie
| 3 December 1814
| 11 March 1815
|
| Henry Clarke, duc de Feltre
| 11 March 1815
| 20 March 1815
|
| Louis Nicolas Davout, duc d'Auerstadt
| 20 March 1815
| 7 July 1815
|
| Laurent, comte de Gouvion de Saint-Cyr
| 7 July 1815
| 26 September 1815
|
| Henry Clarke, duc de Feltre
| 26 September 1815
| 12 September 1817
|
| Laurent, marquis de Gouvion de Saint-Cyr
| 12 September 1817
| 19 November 1819
|
| Marie Victor Nicolas de Fay, marquis de La Tour-Maubourg
| 19 November 1819
| 14 December 1821
|
| Claude Victor, duc de Bellune
| 14 December 1821
| 23 March 1823
|
| Alexandre, vicomte Digeon
| 23 March 1823
| 15 April 1823
|
| Claude Victor, duc de Bellune
| 15 April 1823
| 19 October 1823
|
| Ange Hyacinthe Maxence, baron de Damas
| 19 October 1823
| 4 August 1824
|
| Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre
| 4 August 1824
| 4 January 1828
|
| Louis Victor de Blacquetot de Caux
| 4 January 1828
| 8 August 1829
|
| Louis, comte de Ghaisne de Bourmont
| 8 August 1829
| 31 July 1830
|
| Étienne Maurice, comte Gérard
| 31 July 1830
| 17 November 1830
|
| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie
| 17 November 1830
| 18 July 1834
|
| Étienne Maurice, comte Gérard
| 18 July 1834
| 10 November 1834
|
| Simon Bernard
| 10 November 1834
| 18 November 1834
|
| Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, duc de Trévise
| 18 November 1834
| 12 March 1835
|
| Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny
| 12 March 1835
| 30 April 1835
|
| Nicolas Joseph, marquis Maison
| 30 April 1835
| 6 September 1836
|
| Simon Bernard
| 6 September 1836
| 31 March 1839
|
| Amédée Louis Despans-Cubières
| 31 March 1839
| 12 May 1839
|
| Antoine Virgile Schneider
| 12 May 1839
| 1 March 1840
|
| Amédée Louis Despans-Cubières
| 1 March 1840
| 29 October 1840
|
| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie
| 29 October 1840
| 10 November 1845
|
| Alexandre Pierre Chevalier Moline de Saint-Yon
| 10 November 1845
| 9 May 1847
|
| Camille Alphonse Trézel
| 9 May 1847
| 24 February 1848
|
| Marie Alphonse Bedeau
| 24 February 1848
| 25 February 1848
|
| Jacques Gervais, baron Subervie
| 25 February 1848
| 20 March 1848
|
| Louis Eugène Cavaignac
| 20 March 1848
| 5 April 1848
|
| François Arago
| 5 April 1848
| 11 May 1848
|
| Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Charras
| 11 May 1848
| 17 May 1848
|
| Louis Eugène Cavaignac
| 17 May 1848
| 28 June 1848
|
| Louis Juchault de Lamoricière
| 28 June 1848
| 20 December 1848
|
| Joseph Marcelin Rulhières
| 20 December 1848
| 31 October 1849
|
| Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul
| 31 October 1849
| 22 October 1850
|
| Jean-Paul, comte de Schramm
| 22 October 1850
| 9 January 1851
|
| Auguste Étienne, comte Régnault de Saint-Jean d'Angély
| 9 January 1851
| 24 January 1851
|
| Jacques Louis César Alexandre, comte de Randon
| 24 January 1851
| 26 October 1851
|
| Achille de Saint-Arnaud
| 26 October 1851
| 11 March 1854
|
| Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant
| 11 March 1854
| 5 May 1859
|
| Jacques Louis César Alexandre, comte de Randon
| 5 May 1859
| 20 January 1867
|
| Adolphe Niel
| 20 January 1867
| 13 August 1869
|
| Charles Rigault de Genouilly
| 13 August 1869
| 21 August 1869
|
| Edmond Leboeuf
| 21 August 1869
| 20 July 1870
|
| Pierre Charles Dejean
| 20 July 1870
| 10 August 1870
|
| Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, duc de Palikao
| 10 August 1870
| 4 September 1870
|
| Adolphe Charles Le Flô
| 4 September 1870
| 5 June 1871
|
| Ernest Courtot de Cissey
| 5 June 1871
| 25 May 1873
|
| François Claude du Barail
| 29 May 1873
| 22 May 1874
|
| Ernest Courtot de Cissey
| 22 May 1874
| 15 August 1876
|
| Jean Auguste Berthaud
| 15 August 1876
| 23 November 1877
|
| Gaétan de Grimaudet de Rochebouët
| 23 November 1877
| 13 December 1877
|
| Jean-Louis Borel
| 13 December 1877
| 16 May 1878
|
| Henri François Xavier Gresley
| 16 May 1878
| 28 December 1879
|
| Jean Joseph Frédéric Adolphe Farre
| 28 December 1879
| 14 November 1881
|
| Jean-Baptiste Campenon
| 14 November 1881
| 26 January 1882
|
| Jean-Baptiste Billot
| 30 January 1882
| 29 January 1883
|
| Jean Thibaudin
| 31 January 1883
| 9 October 1883
|
| Jean-Baptiste Campenon
| 9 October 1883
| 3 January 1885
|
| Jules Louis Lewal
| 3 January 1885
| 6 April 1885
|
| Jean-Baptiste Campenon
| 6 April 1885
| 7 January 1886
|
| Georges Boulanger
| 7 January 1886
| 30 May 1887
|
| Théophile Adrien Ferron
| 30 May 1887
| 12 December 1887
|
| François Auguste Logerot
| 12 December 1887
| 3 April 1888
|
| Charles de Freycinet
| 3 April 1888
| 11 January 1893
|
| Julien Léon Loizillon
| 11 January 1893
| 3 December 1893
|
| Auguste Mercier
| 3 December 1893
| 24 January 1895
|
| Émile Zurlinder
| 28 January 1895
| 1 November 1895
|
| Godefroy Cavaignac
| 1 November 1895
| 29 April 1896
|
| Jean-Baptiste Billot
| 29 April 1896
| 28 June 1898
|
| Godefroy Cavaignac
| 28 June 1898
| 5 September 1898
|
| Émile Zurlinden
| 5 September 1898
| 17 September 1898
|
| Charles Chanoine
| 17 September 1898
| 25 October 1898
|
| Édouard Locroy
| 25 October 1898
| 1 November 1898
|
| Charles de Freycinet
| 1 November 1898
| 6 May 1899
|
| Camille Krantz
| 6 May 1899
| 22 June 1899
|
| Gaston, marquis de Gallifet
| 22 June 1899
| 20 May 1900
|
| Louis André
| 20 May 1900
| 14 November 1904
|
| Maurice Berteaux
| 14 November 1904
| 12 November 1905
|
| Eugène Étienne
| 12 November 1905
| 25 October 1906
|
| Georges Picquart
| 25 October 1906
| 24 July 1909
|
| Jean Brun
| 24 July 1909
| 23 February 1911
|
| Aristide Briand
| 23 February 1911
| 2 March 1911
|
| Maurice Berteaux
| 2 March 1911
| 21 May 1911
|
| François Louis Auguste Goiran
| 27 May 1911
| 27 June 1911
|
| Adolphe Messimy
| 27 June 1911
| 14 January 1912
|
| Alexandre Millerand
| 14 January 1912
| 12 January 1913
|
| Albert Lebrun
| 12 January 1913
| 21 January 1913
|
| Eugène Étienne
| 21 January 1913
| 9 December 1913
|
| Joseph Noullens
| 9 December 1913
| 9 June 1914
|
| Théophile Delcassé
| 9 June 1914
| 13 June 1914
|
| Adolphe Messimy
| 13 June 1914
| 26 August 1914
|
| Alexandre Millerand
| 26 August 1914
| 29 October 1915
|
| Joseph Galliéni
| 29 October 1915
| 16 March 1916
|
| Pierre Auguste Roques
| 16 March 1916
| 12 December 1916
|
| Hubert Lyautey
| 12 December 1916
| 14 March 1917
|
| Lucien Lacaze
| 14 March 1917
| 20 March 1917
|
| Paul Painlevé
| 20 March 1917
| 16 November 1917
|
| Georges Clemenceau
| 16 November 1917
| 20 January 1920
|
| André Lefèvre
| 20 January 1920
| 16 December 1920
|
| Flaminius Raiberti
| 16 December 1920
| 16 January 1921
|
| Louis Barthou
| 16 January 1921
| 15 January 1922
|
| André Maginot
| 15 January 1922
| 14 June 1924
|
| Charles Nollet
| 14 June 1924
| 17 April 1925
|
| Paul Painlevé
| 17 April 1925
| 29 October 1925
|
| Édouard Daladier
| 29 October 1925
| 28 November 1925
|
| Paul Painlevé
| 28 November 1925
| 23 June 1926
|
| Louis Guillaumat
| 23 June 1926
| 19 July 1926
|
| Paul Painlevé
| 19 July 1926
| 3 November 1929
|
| André Maginot
| 3 November 1929
| 21 February 1930
|
| René Besnard
| 21 February 1930
| 2 March 1930
|
| André Maginot
| 2 March 1930
| 13 December 1930
|
| Louis Barthou
| 13 December 1930
| 27 January 1931
|
| André Maginot
| 27 January 1931
| 6 January 1932
|
| André Tardieu
| 14 January 1932
| 20 February 1932
|
| François Piétri
| 20 February 1932
| 3 June 1932
|
| Joseph Paul-Boncour
| 3 June 1932
| 18 December 1932
|
| Édouard Daladier
| 18 December 1932
| 30 January 1934
|
| Jean Fabry
| 30 January 1934
| 4 February 1934
|
| Joseph Paul-Boncour
| 4 February 1934
| 9 February 1934
|
| Philippe Pétain
| 9 February 1934
| 8 November 1934
|
| Louis Maurin
| 8 November 1934
| 7 June 1935
|
| Jean Fabry
| 7 June 1935
| 24 January 1936
|
| Louis Maurin
| 24 January 1936
| 4 June 1936
|
| Édouard Daladier
| 4 June 1936
| 18 May 1940
|
| Paul Reynaud
| 18 May 1940
| 16 June 1940
|
Maxime Weygand (National Defense)
and Louis Colson (War)
| 16 June 1940
| 6 September 1940
|
| Charles Huntziger
| 6 September 1940
| 11 August 1941
|
| François Darlan
| 11 August 1941
| 18 April 1942
|
| Eugène Bridoux
| 18 April 1942
| 20 August 1944
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