List of interior ministers of France

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The Minister of the Interior holds one of the most important government offices in France. He is responsible for the police force and relations between central and regional governments.

1790 to 1848

minister Beginning The End
François Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest August 7, 1790 January 25, 1791
Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart January 25, 1791 November 29, 1791
Bon-Claude Cahier de Gerville November 29, 1791 March 24, 1792
Jean-Marie Roland de La Platière March 24, 1792 June 13, 1792
Jacques Antoine Mourgue June 13, 1792 June 18, 1792
Antoine René, marquis de Terrier de Monciel June 18, 1792 July 17, 1792
Étienne Louis Hector de Joly July 17, 1792 July 21, 1792
Clement Felix Champion de Villeneuve July 21, 1792 August 10, 1792
Jean-Marie Roland de La Platière August 10, 1792 January 23, 1793
Dominique Joseph Garat January 23, 1793 August 20, 1793
Jules François Paré August 20, 1793 April 5, 1794
Jean Marie Claude Alexandre Goujon April 5, 1794 April 8, 1794
Martial Joseph Armand Herman April 8, 1794 April 20, 1794
unoccupied April 20, 1794 November 3, 1795
Pierre Bénézech November 3, 1795 July 15, 1797
Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau July 15, 1797 September 13, 1797
François Sébastien Letourneux September 13, 1797 June 17, 1798
Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau June 17, 1798 June 22, 1799
Nicolas Marie Quinette June 22, 1799 November 10, 1799
Pierre-Simon Laplace November 12, 1799 December 25, 1799
Lucien Bonaparte December 25, 1799 November 7, 1800
Jean-Antoine Chaptal November 7, 1800 August 7, 1804
Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny August 7, 1804 August 9, 1807
Emmanuel Cretet August 9, 1807 June 29, 1809
Joseph Fouché June 29, 1809 October 1, 1809
Jean-Pierre Bachasson de Montalivet October 1, 1809 April 1, 1814
Jacques Claude Beugnot April 3, 1814 May 13, 1814
François Xavier de Montesquiou-Fézensac May 13, 1814 March 20, 1815
Lazare Carnot March 20, 1815 June 22, 1815
Claude Carnot-Feulin June 22, 1815 July 7, 1815
Étienne-Denis Pasquier July 7, 1815 September 26, 1815
Vincent-Marie Viénot de Vaublanc September 26, 1815 May 7, 1816
Joseph Henri Joachim Lainé May 7, 1816 December 29, 1818
Élie Decazes December 29, 1818 February 20, 1820
Joseph Jérôme Siméon February 20, 1820 December 14, 1821
Jacques Joseph Guillaume Pierre, comte de Corbière December 14, 1821 January 4, 1828
Jean-Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac January 4, 1828 August 8, 1829
François Régis de La Bourdonnaye August 8, 1829 November 18, 1829
Guillaume Isidore, comte de Montbel November 18, 1829 May 19, 1830
Pierre-Denis de Peyronnet May 19, 1830 July 31, 1830
Achille-Léon-Victor de Broglie July 31, 1830 August 1, 1830
François Guizot August 1, 1830 November 2, 1830
Marthe Camille Bachasson de Montalivet November 2, 1830 March 13, 1831
Casimir Pierre Perier March 13, 1831 April 27, 1832
Marthe Camille Bachasson de Montalivet April 27, 1832 October 11, 1832
Adolphe Thiers October 11, 1832 December 31, 1832
Antoine, comte d'Argout December 31, 1832 April 4, 1834
Adolphe Thiers April 4, 1834 November 10, 1834
Hugues Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano November 10, 1834 November 18, 1834
Adolphe Thiers November 18, 1834 February 22, 1836
Marthe Camille Bachasson de Montalivet February 22, 1836 September 6, 1836
Adrien de Gasparin September 6, 1836 April 15, 1837
Marthe Camille Bachasson de Montalivet April 15, 1837 March 31, 1839
Adrien de Gasparin March 31, 1839 May 12, 1839
Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel May 12, 1839 March 1, 1840
Charles, comte de Rémusat March 1, 1840 October 29, 1840
Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel October 29, 1840 February 24, 1848

1848 to 1870

minister Beginning The End
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin February 24, 1848 May 11, 1848
Adrien Recurt May 11, 1848 June 28, 1848
Antoine Senard June 28, 1848 October 13, 1848
Jules Dufaure October 13, 1848 December 20, 1848
Léon de Malleville December 20, 1848 December 29, 1848
Léon Faucher December 29, 1848 June 2, 1849
Jules Dufaure June 2, 1849 October 31, 1849
Ferdinand Barrot October 31, 1849 March 15, 1850
Jules Baroche March 15, 1850 January 24, 1851
Marc Antoine Henri Marius Vaïsse January 24, 1851 April 10, 1851
Léon Faucher April 10, 1851 October 26, 1851
René de Thorigny October 26, 1851 December 2, 1851
Charles Auguste, duc de Morny December 2, 1851 January 22, 1852
Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny January 22, 1852 June 23, 1854
Adolphe Billault June 23, 1854 February 7, 1858
Esprit Espinasse February 7, 1858 June 14, 1858
Claude Alphonse Delangle June 14, 1858 May 5, 1859
Louis Arrighi de Casanova, duc de Padoue May 5, 1859 November 1, 1859
Adolphe Billault November 1, 1859 December 5, 1860
Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny December 5, 1860 June 23, 1863
Paul Boudet June 23, 1863 March 28, 1865
Charles de La Valette March 28, 1865 November 13, 1867
Ernest Pinard November 13, 1867 December 17, 1868
Adolphe de Forcade La Roquette December 17, 1868 January 2, 1870
Jean-Pierre Napoléon Eugène Chevandier de Valdrôme January 2, 1870 August 18, 1870
Julien-Théophile-Henri Chevreau August 18, 1870 September 4, 1870

1870 to 1940

minister Beginning The End
Léon Gambetta September 4, 1870 February 6, 1871
Emmanuel Arago February 6, 1871 February 19, 1871
Ernest Picard February 19, 1871 June 5, 1871
Félix Lambrecht June 5, 1871 October 8, 1871
Auguste Casimir-Perier October 11, 1871 February 6, 1872
Victor Lefranc February 6, 1872 December 7, 1872
Marc-Eugène de Goulard December 7, 1872 May 18, 1873
Auguste Casimir-Perier May 18, 1873 May 25, 1873
Charles Beulé May 25, 1873 November 26, 1873
Albert de Broglie November 26, 1873 May 22, 1874
Oscar Bardi de Fourtou May 22, 1874 July 20, 1874
François, baron de Chabaud-Latour July 20, 1874 March 10, 1875
Louis-Joseph Buffet March 10, 1875 February 23, 1876
Jules Dufaure February 23, 1876 March 9, 1876
Amable Richard March 9, 1876 May 11, 1876
Émile de Marcère May 15, 1876 December 12, 1876
Jules Simon December 12, 1876 May 17, 1877
Oscar Bardi de Fourtou May 17, 1877 November 23, 1877
Charles Which November 23, 1877 December 13, 1877
Émile de Marcère December 13, 1877 March 4, 1879
Charles Lepère March 4, 1879 May 17, 1880
Ernest Constans May 17, 1880 November 14, 1881
René Waldeck-Rousseau November 14, 1881 January 30, 1882
René Goblet January 30, 1882 August 7, 1882
Armand Fallières August 7, 1882 February 21, 1883
René Waldeck-Rousseau February 21, 1883 April 6, 1885
François Allain-Targé April 6, 1885 January 7, 1886
Ferdinand Sarrien January 7, 1886 December 11, 1886
René Goblet December 11, 1886 May 30, 1887
Armand Fallières May 30, 1887 December 12, 1887
Ferdinand Sarrien December 12, 1887 April 3, 1888
Charles Thomas Floquet April 3, 1888 February 22, 1889
Ernest Constans February 22, 1889 March 1, 1890
Léon Bourgeois March 1, 1890 March 17, 1890
Ernest Constans March 17, 1890 February 27, 1892
Émile Loubet February 27, 1892 January 11, 1893
Alexandre Ribot January 11, 1893 April 4, 1893
Charles Dupuy April 4, 1893 December 3, 1893
David Raynal December 3, 1893 May 30, 1894
Charles Dupuy May 30, 1894 January 26, 1895
Georges Leygues January 26, 1895 November 1, 1895
Léon Bourgeois November 1, 1895 March 28, 1896
Ferdinand Sarrien March 30, 1896 April 29, 1896
Louis Barthou April 29, 1896 June 28, 1898
Henri Brisson June 28, 1898 November 1, 1898
Charles Dupuy November 1, 1898 June 22, 1899
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau June 22, 1899 June 7, 1902
Émile Combes June 7, 1902 January 24, 1905
Eugène Etienne January 24, 1905 November 12, 1905
Fernand Dubief November 12, 1905 March 14, 1906
Georges Clemenceau March 14, 1906 July 24, 1909
Aristide Briand July 24, 1909 March 2, 1911
Ernest Monis March 2, 1911 June 27, 1911
Joseph Caillaux June 27, 1911 January 14, 1912
Théodore Steeg January 14, 1912 January 21, 1913
Aristide Briand January 21, 1913 March 22, 1913
Louis-Lucien Klotz March 22, 1913 December 9, 1913
René Renoult December 9, 1913 March 17, 1914
Louis Malvy March 17, 1914 June 9, 1914
Paul Peytral June 9, 1914 June 13, 1914
Louis Malvy June 13, 1914 August 31, 1917
Théodore Steeg September 1, 1917 November 16, 1917
Jules Pams November 16, 1917 January 20, 1920
Théodore Steeg January 20, 1920 January 16, 1921
Pierre Marraud January 16, 1921 January 15, 1922
Maurice Maunoury January 15, 1922 March 29, 1924
Justin de Selves March 29, 1924 June 14, 1924
Camille Chautemps June 14, 1924 April 17, 1925
Abraham Schrameck April 17, 1925 November 22, 1925
Camille Chautemps November 28, 1925 March 9, 1926
Louis Malvy March 9, 1926 April 10, 1926
Jean Durand April 10, 1926 July 19, 1926
Camille Chautemps July 19, 1926 July 23, 1926
Albert Sarraut July 23, 1926 November 11, 1928
André Tardieu November 11, 1928 February 21, 1930
Camille Chautemps February 21, 1930 March 2, 1930
André Tardieu March 2, 1930 December 13, 1930
Georges Leygues December 13, 1930 January 27, 1931
Pierre Laval January 27, 1931 January 14, 1932
Pierre Cathala January 14, 1932 February 20, 1932
Albert Mahieu February 20, 1932 June 3, 1932
Camille Chautemps June 3, 1932 January 30, 1934
Eugène Frot January 30, 1934 February 9, 1934
Albert Sarraut February 9, 1934 October 13, 1934
Paul Marchandeau October 13, 1934 November 8, 1934
Marcel Régnier November 8, 1934 June 1, 1935
Fernand Bouisson June 1, 1935 June 7, 1935
Joseph Paganon June 7, 1935 January 24, 1936
Albert Sarraut January 24, 1936 June 4, 1936
Roger Salengro June 4, 1936 November 18, 1936
Marx Dormoy November 24, 1936 January 18, 1938
Albert Sarraut January 18, 1938 March 13, 1938
Marx Dormoy March 13, 1938 April 10, 1938
Albert Sarraut April 10, 1938 March 21, 1940
Henri Roy March 21, 1940 May 18, 1940
Georges Mandel May 18, 1940 June 16, 1940
Charles Pomaret June 16, 1940 June 26, 1940
Adrien Marquet June 27, 1940 September 6, 1940
Marcel Peyrouton September 6, 1940 February 14, 1941
François Darlan February 14, 1941 July 18, 1941
Pierre Pucheu July 18, 1941 April 18, 1942
Pierre Laval April 18, 1942 August 20, 1944

1941 to 1944

Free commissioners Beginning The End
André Diethelm September 24, 1941 July 28, 1942
André Philip July 28, 1942 November 9, 1943
Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie November 9, 1943 September 10, 1944

1944 until today

minister Beginning The End
Adrien Tixier September 10, 1944 January 26, 1946
André Le Troquer January 26, 1946 June 24, 1946
Edouard Depreux June 24, 1946 November 24, 1947
Jules Moch November 24, 1947 February 7, 1950
Henri Queuille February 7, 1950 August 11, 1951
Charles Brune August 11, 1951 June 28, 1953
Léon Martinaud-Déplat June 28, 1953 June 19, 1954
François Mitterrand June 19, 1954 February 23, 1955
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury February 23, 1955 1st December 1955
Edgar Faure 1st December 1955 February 1, 1956
Jean Gilbert-Jules February 1, 1956 November 6, 1957
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury November 6, 1957 May 14, 1958
Maurice Faure May 14, 1958 17th May 1958
Jules Moch 17th May 1958 June 1, 1958
Émile Pelletier June 1, 1958 January 8, 1959
Jean Berthoin January 8, 1959 May 28, 1959
Pierre Chatenet May 28, 1959 May 6, 1961
Roger Frey May 6, 1961 April 6, 1967
Christian Fouchet April 6, 1967 May 30, 1968
Raymond Marcellin May 30, 1968 February 27, 1974
Jacques Chirac February 27, 1974 May 28, 1974
Michel Poniatowski May 28, 1974 March 30, 1977
Christian Bonnet March 30, 1977 May 22, 1981
Gaston Defferre May 22, 1981 July 19, 1984
Pierre Joxe July 19, 1984 March 20, 1986
Charles Pasqua March 20, 1986 May 12, 1988
Pierre Joxe May 12, 1988 January 29, 1991
Philippe Marchand January 29, 1991 April 2, 1992
Paul Quilès April 2, 1992 March 29, 1993
Charles Pasqua March 29, 1993 May 18, 1995
Jean-Louis Debre May 18, 1995 June 4th 1997
Jean-Pierre Chevènement June 4th 1997 August 29, 2000
Daniel Vaillant August 29, 2000 May 7, 2002
Nicolas Sarkozy May 7, 2002 March 31, 2004
Dominique de Villepin March 31, 2004 May 31, 2005
Nicolas Sarkozy June 2, 2005 March 26, 2007
François Baroin March 26, 2007 May 18, 2007
Michèle Alliot-Marie May 18, 2007 June 23, 2009
Brice Hortefeux June 23, 2009 February 27, 2011
Claude Guéant February 27, 2011 May 15, 2012
Manuel Valls May 16, 2012 April 2, 2014
Bernard Cazeneuve April 2, 2014 December 6, 2016
Bruno Le Roux December 6, 2016 March 21, 2017
Matthias Fekl March 21, 2017 17th May 2017
Gerard Collomb 17th May 2017 3rd October 2018
Édouard Philippe (interim) 3rd October 2018 October 16, 2018
Christophe Castaner since October 16, 2018

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ French interior minister is going . In: news.ORF.at . October 3, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed October 16, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Castaner becomes the new Minister of the Interior of France . In: news.ORF.at . October 16, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed October 16, 2018]).