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This list contains all French foreign ministers since 1589.
Ancien Régime
minister
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Beginning
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The End
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Louis de Revol
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January 1, 1589
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September 17, 1594
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Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
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December 30, 1594
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August 9, 1616
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Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
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November 30, 1616
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April 24, 1617
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Pierre Brûlart
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April 24, 1617
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March 11, 1626
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Raymond Phélypeaux, seigneur d'Herbault
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March 11, 1626
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May 2, 1629
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Claude Bouthillier
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May 2, 1629
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March 18, 1632
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Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny
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March 18, 1632
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June 23, 1643
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Henri-Auguste de Loménie
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June 23, 1643
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April 3, 1663
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Hugues de Lionne
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April 3, 1663
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September 1, 1671
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Simon Arnauld de Pomponne
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September 1, 1671
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November 18, 1679
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Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy
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February 12, 1680
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July 28, 1696
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy
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July 28, 1696
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September 22, 1715
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Nicolas Chalon du Blé
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September 23, 1715
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September 1, 1718
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Guillaume Dubois
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September 24, 1718
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August 10, 1723
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Charles Jean Baptiste Fleuriau de Morville
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August 16, 1723
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August 19, 1727
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Germain Louis Chauvelin
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August 23, 1727
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February 20, 1737
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Jean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou
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February 22, 1737
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April 26, 1744
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Adrien-Maurice de Noailles
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April 26, 1744
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November 19, 1744
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René Louis d'Argenson
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November 19, 1744
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January 10, 1747
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Louis Philogène Brûlart de Sillery
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January 27, 1747
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September 9, 1751
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François Dominique de Barberie
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September 11, 1751
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July 24, 1754
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Antoine Louis Rouillé
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July 24, 1754
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June 28, 1757
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François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis
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June 28, 1757
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October 9, 1758
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Étienne-François de Choiseul
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December 3, 1758
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October 13, 1761
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César Gabriel de Choiseul-Praslin
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October 13, 1761
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April 10, 1766
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Étienne François, duc de Choiseul
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April 10, 1766
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December 24, 1770
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Louis Phélypeaux de Saint-Florentin
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December 24, 1770
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June 6, 1771
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Emmanuel-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon
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June 6, 1771
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June 2, 1774
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Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin
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June 2, 1774
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July 21, 1774
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Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
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July 21, 1774
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February 13, 1787
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Armand Marc de Montmorin Saint-Hérem
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February 14, 1787
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July 13, 1789
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Paul François de Quelen de La Vauguyon
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July 13, 1789
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July 16, 1789
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Armand Marc de Montmorin Saint-Hérem
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July 16, 1789
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November 29, 1791
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revolution
minister
|
Beginning
|
The End
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Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart
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November 29, 1791
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March 15, 1792
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Charles-François Dumouriez
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March 15, 1792
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June 13, 1792
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Pierre-Paul de Méredieu
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June 13, 1792
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June 18, 1792
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Scipion Victor, marquis de Chambonas
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June 18, 1792
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July 23, 1792
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François Joseph de Gratet
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July 23, 1792
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August 1, 1792
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Claude Bigot de Sainte-Croix
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August 1, 1792
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August 10, 1792
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Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu
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August 10, 1792
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June 21, 1793
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François Louis Michel Chemin Deforgues
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June 21, 1793
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April 2, 1794
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Jean Marie Claude Alexandre Goujon
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April 5, 1794
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April 8, 1794
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Martial Joseph Armand Herman
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April 8, 1794
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April 20, 1794
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unoccupied
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April 20, 1794
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November 3, 1795
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Charles Delacroix
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November 3, 1795
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July 15, 1797
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
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July 15, 1797
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July 20, 1799
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Consulate and First Empire
minister
|
Beginning
|
The End
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Karl Friedrich Reinhard
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July 20, 1799
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November 22, 1799
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
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November 22, 1799
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August 9, 1807
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Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny
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August 9, 1807
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April 17, 1811
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Hugues-Bernard Maret
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April 17, 1811
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November 20, 1813
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Armand de Caulaincourt
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November 20, 1813
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April 1, 1814
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restoration
Rule of the hundred days
restoration
minister
|
Beginning
|
The End
|
Louis Pierre Édouard Bignon
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June 22, 1815
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July 7, 1815
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
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July 9, 1815
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September 26, 1815
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Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
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September 26, 1815
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December 29, 1818
|
Jean Joseph Paul Augustin Dessoles
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December 29, 1818
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November 19, 1819
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Étienne-Denis Pasquier
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November 19, 1819
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December 14, 1821
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Mathieu de Montmorency-Laval
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December 14, 1821
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December 28, 1822
|
François-René de Chateaubriand
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December 28, 1822
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4th August 1824
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Ange Hyacinthe Maxence de Damas
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4th August 1824
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January 4, 1828
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Pierre-Louis-Auguste Ferron
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January 4, 1828
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April 24, 1829
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Anne Adrien Pierre de Montmorency-Laval
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April 24, 1829
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May 14, 1829
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Joseph-Marie Portalis
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May 14, 1829
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August 8, 1829
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Jules de Polignac
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August 8, 1829
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July 29, 1830
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Victor-Louis-Victurnien de Rochechouart, duc de Mortemart
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July 29, 1830
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July 29, 1830
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Louis Pierre Édouard Bignon
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July 31, 1830
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August 1, 1830
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Jean-Baptiste de Jourdan
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August 1, 1830
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August 11, 1830
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July Monarchy
minister
|
Beginning
|
The End
|
Louis-Mathieu Molé
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August 11, 1830
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November 2, 1830
|
Nicolas-Joseph Maison
|
November 2, 1830
|
November 17, 1830
|
Horace-François Sébastiani
|
November 17, 1830
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October 11, 1832
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Achille-Léon-Victor de Broglie
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October 11, 1832
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April 4, 1834
|
Henri Gauthier de Rigny
|
April 4, 1834
|
November 10, 1834
|
Charles-Joseph Bresson
|
November 10, 1834
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November 18, 1834
|
Henri Gauthier de Rigny
|
November 18, 1834
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March 12, 1835
|
Achille-Léon-Victor de Broglie
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March 12, 1835
|
February 22, 1836
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Adolphe Thiers
|
February 22, 1836
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September 6, 1836
|
Louis-Mathieu Molé
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September 6, 1836
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March 31, 1839
|
Louis Napoléon Lannes
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March 31, 1839
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May 12, 1839
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Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult
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May 12, 1839
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March 1, 1840
|
Adolphe Thiers
|
March 1, 1840
|
October 29, 1840
|
François Guizot
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October 29, 1840
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February 23, 1848
|
Second republic
minister
|
Beginning
|
The End
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Alphonse de Lamartine
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February 24, 1848
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May 11, 1848
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Jules Bastide
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May 11, 1848
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June 29, 1848
|
Marie-Alphonse Bedeau
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June 29, 1848
|
July 17, 1848
|
Jules Bastide
|
July 17, 1848
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December 20, 1848
|
Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys
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December 20, 1848
|
June 2, 1849
|
Alexis de Tocqueville
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June 2, 1849
|
October 31, 1849
|
Alphonse de Rayneval
|
October 31, 1849
|
November 17, 1849
|
Jean Ernest Ducos de Lahitte
|
November 17, 1849
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January 9, 1851
|
Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys
|
January 9, 1851
|
January 24, 1851
|
Anatole Brénier de Renaudière
|
January 24, 1851
|
April 10, 1851
|
Jules Baroche
|
April 10, 1851
|
October 26, 1851
|
Louis Félix Etienne, marquis de Turgot
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October 26, 1851
|
July 28, 1852
|
Second empire
minister
|
Beginning
|
The End
|
Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys
|
July 28, 1852
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May 7, 1855
|
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
|
May 7, 1855
|
January 4, 1860
|
Jules Baroche
|
January 4, 1860
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January 24, 1860
|
Edouard Thouvenel
|
January 24, 1860
|
October 15, 1862
|
Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys
|
October 15, 1862
|
September 1, 1866
|
Charles de La Valette
|
September 1, 1866
|
October 2, 1866
|
Lionel de Moustier
|
October 2, 1866
|
December 17, 1868
|
Charles de La Valette
|
December 17, 1868
|
July 17, 1869
|
Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne
|
July 17, 1869
|
January 2, 1870
|
Napoleon Daru
|
January 2, 1870
|
April 14, 1870
|
Émile Ollivier
|
April 14, 1870
|
May 15, 1870
|
Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont
|
May 15, 1870
|
August 10, 1870
|
Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne
|
August 10, 1870
|
September 4, 1870
|
Third Republic
minister
|
Beginning
|
The End
|
Jules Favre
|
September 4, 1870
|
August 2, 1871
|
Charles de Rémusat
|
August 2, 1871
|
May 25, 1873
|
Albert de Broglie
|
May 25, 1873
|
November 26, 1873
|
Louis Decazes
|
November 29, 1873
|
November 23, 1877
|
Gaston de Banneville
|
November 23, 1877
|
December 13, 1877
|
William Henry Waddington
|
December 13, 1877
|
December 28, 1879
|
Charles de Freycinet
|
December 28, 1879
|
September 23, 1880
|
Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire
|
September 23, 1880
|
November 14, 1881
|
Léon Gambetta
|
November 14, 1881
|
January 30, 1882
|
Charles de Freycinet
|
January 30, 1882
|
August 7, 1882
|
Charles Duclerc
|
August 7, 1882
|
January 29, 1883
|
Armand Fallières
|
January 29, 1883
|
February 21, 1883
|
Paul Challemel-Lacour
|
February 21, 1883
|
November 20, 1883
|
Jules Ferry
|
November 20, 1883
|
April 6, 1885
|
Charles de Freycinet
|
April 6, 1885
|
December 11, 1886
|
Émile Flourens
|
December 11, 1886
|
April 3, 1888
|
René Goblet
|
April 3, 1888
|
February 22, 1889
|
Eugène Spuller
|
February 22, 1889
|
March 17, 1890
|
Alexandre Ribot
|
March 17, 1890
|
January 11, 1893
|
Jules Develle
|
January 11, 1893
|
December 3, 1893
|
Jean Casimir-Perier
|
December 3, 1893
|
May 30, 1894
|
Gabriel Hanotaux
|
May 30, 1894
|
November 1, 1895
|
Marcellin Berthelot
|
November 1, 1895
|
March 28, 1896
|
Léon Bourgeois
|
March 28, 1896
|
April 29, 1896
|
Gabriel Hanotaux
|
April 29, 1896
|
June 28, 1898
|
Théophile Delcassé
|
June 28, 1898
|
June 6, 1905
|
Maurice Rouvier
|
June 6, 1905
|
March 13, 1906
|
Léon Bourgeois
|
March 14, 1906
|
October 25, 1906
|
Stéphen Pichon
|
October 25, 1906
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March 2, 1911
|
Jean Cruppi
|
March 2, 1911
|
June 27, 1911
|
Justin de Selves
|
June 27, 1911
|
January 9, 1912
|
Raymond Poincaré
|
January 14, 1912
|
January 22, 1913
|
Charles Jonnart
|
January 22, 1913
|
March 22, 1913
|
Stéphen Pichon
|
March 22, 1913
|
December 9, 1913
|
Gaston Doumergue
|
December 9, 1913
|
June 9, 1914
|
Léon Bourgeois
|
June 9, 1914
|
June 13, 1914
|
René Viviani
|
June 13, 1914
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August 3, 1914
|
Gaston Doumergue
|
August 3, 1914
|
August 26, 1914
|
Théophile Delcassé
|
August 26, 1914
|
October 13, 1915
|
René Viviani
|
October 13, 1915
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October 29, 1915
|
Aristide Briand
|
October 29, 1915
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March 20, 1917
|
Alexandre Ribot
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March 20, 1917
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October 23, 1917
|
Louis Barthou
|
October 23, 1917
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November 16, 1917
|
Stéphen Pichon
|
November 16, 1917
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January 20, 1920
|
Alexandre Millerand
|
January 20, 1920
|
September 24, 1920
|
Georges Leygues
|
September 24, 1920
|
January 16, 1921
|
Aristide Briand
|
January 16, 1921
|
January 15, 1922
|
Raymond Poincaré
|
January 15, 1922
|
June 9, 1924
|
Edmond Lefebvre du Prey
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June 9, 1924
|
June 14, 1924
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Edouard Herriot
|
June 14, 1924
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April 17, 1925
|
Aristide Briand
|
April 17, 1925
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July 19, 1926
|
Edouard Herriot
|
July 19, 1926
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July 23, 1926
|
Aristide Briand
|
July 23, 1926
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January 14, 1932
|
Pierre Laval
|
January 14, 1932
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February 20, 1932
|
André Tardieu
|
February 20, 1932
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June 3, 1932
|
Edouard Herriot
|
June 3, 1932
|
December 18, 1932
|
Joseph Paul-Boncour
|
December 18, 1932
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January 30, 1934
|
Edouard Daladier
|
January 30, 1934
|
February 9, 1934
|
Louis Barthou
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February 9, 1934
|
October 9, 1934
|
Pierre Laval
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October 13, 1934
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January 24, 1936
|
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
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January 24, 1936
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June 4, 1936
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Yvon Delbos
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June 4, 1936
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March 13, 1938
|
Joseph Paul-Boncour
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March 13, 1938
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April 10, 1938
|
Georges Bonnet
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April 10, 1938
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September 13, 1939
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Edouard Daladier
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September 13, 1939
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March 21, 1940
|
Paul Reynaud
|
March 21, 1940
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May 18, 1940
|
Edouard Daladier
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May 18, 1940
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June 5, 1940
|
Paul Reynaud
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June 5, 1940
|
June 16, 1940
|
Paul Baudouin
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June 16, 1940
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October 28, 1940
|
Pierre Laval
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October 28, 1940
|
December 13, 1940
|
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
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December 13, 1940
|
February 9, 1941
|
François Darlan
|
February 10, 1941
|
April 18, 1942
|
Pierre Laval
|
April 18, 1942
|
August 20, 1944
|
Free commissioners
|
Maurice Dejean
|
September 24, 1941
|
October 17, 1942
|
René Pleven
|
October 17, 1942
|
February 5, 1943
|
René Massigli
|
February 5, 1943
|
September 10, 1944
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Fourth republic
minister
|
Beginning
|
The End
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Georges Bidault
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September 10, 1944
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December 16, 1946
|
Léon Blum
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December 16, 1946
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January 22, 1947
|
Georges Bidault
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January 22, 1947
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July 26, 1948
|
Robert Schuman
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July 26, 1948
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January 8, 1953
|
Georges Bidault
|
January 8, 1953
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June 19, 1954
|
Pierre Mendès France
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June 19, 1954
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January 20, 1955
|
Edgar Faure
|
January 20, 1955
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February 23, 1955
|
Antoine Pinay
|
February 23, 1955
|
February 1, 1956
|
Christian Pineau
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February 1, 1956
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May 14, 1958
|
René Pleven
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May 14, 1958
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June 1, 1958
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Fifth Republic
minister
|
Beginning
|
The End
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Maurice Couve de Murville
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June 1, 1958
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May 30, 1968
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Michel Debre
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May 30, 1968
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June 22, 1969
|
Maurice Schumann
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June 22, 1969
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March 15, 1973
|
André Bettencourt
|
March 15, 1973
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April 4th 1973
|
Michel Jobert
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April 4th 1973
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May 28, 1974
|
Jean Sauvagnargues
|
May 28, 1974
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August 27, 1976
|
Louis de Guiringaud
|
August 27, 1976
|
November 29, 1978
|
Jean François-Poncet
|
November 29, 1978
|
May 22, 1981
|
Claude Cheysson
|
May 22, 1981
|
7th December 1984
|
Roland Dumas
|
7th December 1984
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March 20, 1986
|
Jean-Bernard Raimond
|
March 20, 1986
|
May 12, 1988
|
Roland Dumas
|
May 12, 1988
|
March 29, 1993
|
Alain Juppé
|
March 29, 1993
|
May 18, 1995
|
Hervé de Charette
|
May 18, 1995
|
June 4th 1997
|
Hubert Védrine
|
June 4th 1997
|
May 7, 2002
|
Dominique de Villepin
|
May 7, 2002
|
March 31, 2004
|
Michel Barnier
|
March 31, 2004
|
June 2, 2005
|
Philippe Douste-Blazy
|
June 2, 2005
|
May 18, 2007
|
Bernard Kouchner
|
May 18, 2007
|
November 14, 2010
|
Michèle Alliot-Marie
|
November 14, 2010
|
February 27, 2011
|
Alain Juppé
|
February 27, 2011
|
May 15, 2012
|
Laurent Fabius
|
May 16, 2012
|
February 11, 2016
|
Jean-Marc Ayrault
|
February 11, 2016
|
17th May 2017
|
Jean-Yves Le Drian
|
17th May 2017
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