List of Finance Ministers of France
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This is a list of French finance ministers
, including the equivalent positions of Superintendent of Finances
and Controller-General of Finances
during the ancien régime.
Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry (France)
The Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment , or Minister of Finance for short, is one of the most prominent positions in the cabinet of France after the Prime Minister....
, including the equivalent positions of Superintendent of Finances
Superintendent of Finances
The Superintendent of Finances was the name of the minister in charge of finances in France from 1561 to 1661. The position was abolished in 1661 with the downfall of Nicolas Fouquet, and a new position was created, the Controller-General of Finances....
and Controller-General of Finances
Controller-General of Finances
The Controller-General of Finances was the name of the minister in charge of finances in France from 1661 to 1791. The position replaced the former position of Superintendent of Finances , which was abolished with the downfall of Nicolas Fouquet.- History :The term "contrôleur général" in...
during the ancien régime.
Superintendents of Finances, 1518–1661
| Superintendent | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| Jacques de Beaune, lord de Semblançay | 1518 | 1524 |
| Philibert Babou Philibert Babou Philibert Babou was a cryptographer and minister of finance for Francis I. He was appointed trésorier in 1523, with powers to collect and distribute much of the king's revenue.... |
1524 | 1544 |
| Jean du Thiers Jean du Thiers Jean de Thiers, seigneur de Beauvoir was Minister of Finance for Henry II of France, and a Secretary of State.He was a great humanist and protector of the poet Joachim du Bellay and Pierre de Ronsard.... , lord de Beauregard |
1544 | 1546 |
| Claude d'Annebault Claude d'Annebault Claude d'Annebault was a French military officer; Marshall of France ; Admiral of France ; and Governor of Piedmont in 1541. He led the French invasion of the Isle of Wight in 1545... |
1546 | 1552 |
| André Guillart | 1552 | 1556 |
| Jean d'Avançon | 1556 | 1559 |
| Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine Charles de Lorraine , Duke of Chevreuse, was a French Cardinal, a member of the powerful House of Guise. He was known at first as the Cardinal of Guise, and then as the second Cardinal of Lorraine, after the death of his uncle, John, Cardinal of Lorraine . He was the protector of Rabelais and... |
1559 | 1560 |
| Artus de Cossé-Brissac and Louis d'Ongnyes, comte de Chaulnes | 1561 | 1567 |
| René de Birague René de Birague René de Birague was an Italian patrician who became a French cardinal and chancellor.-Biography:... |
1568 | 1570 |
| Pomponne de Bellièvre Pomponne de Bellièvre Pomponne de Bellièvre was a French statesman, chancellor of France .-Life:Bellièvre was born in Lyon in 1529.... |
1574 | 1588 |
| François d'O | 1588 | 1594 |
| Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully | 1598 | 1611 |
| Pierre Jeannin Pierre Jeannin Pierre Jeannin was a French statesman.He was born at Autun. A pupil of the great jurist Jacques Cujas at Bourges, he was an advocate at Dijon by 1569 and became councillor and then president of the parlement of Burgundy. He unsuccessfully opposed the massacre of St Bartholomew in his province... |
1614 | 1619 |
| Henri de Schomberg Henri de Schomberg Henri de Schomberg , comte de Nanteuil, was a Marshal of France during the reign of Louis XIII.Schomberg was born at Paris. Superintendent of Finances from 1619 to 1622. He became Marshal of France in 1625.... , comte de Nanteuil |
1619 | 1622 |
| Charles, marquis de La Vieuville | 1623 | 1624 |
| Jean Bochart de Champigny Jean Bochart de Champigny Jean Bochart de Champigny, Sieur de Noroy et de Verneuil, chevalier , was Superintendent of Finances from 1624 to 1626 and intendant of New France from 1686 to 1702. He was the son of Jean Bochart de Champigny, intendant of Rouen, and Marie Boivin.- External links :* *... and Michel de Marillac Michel de Marillac Michel de Marillac was a French jurist and counsellor at the court of Louis XIII of France, one of the leading dévots. His uncle was Charles de Marillac, Archbishop of Vienne and a member of the king's council, the Conseil du Roi... |
1624 | 1626 |
| Antoine Coëffier de Ruzé, marquis d'Effiat | 1626 | 1632 |
| Claude de Bullion and Claude Bouthillier Claude Bouthillier Claude Bouthillier, Sieur de Fouilletourte , French statesman, began his professional life as an advocate. In 1613 he was councillor in the Parlement of Paris, and in 1619 became councillor of state and a secretary to the queen-mother, Marie de Medici.The connection of his father, Denis Bouthillier... |
1632 | 1640 |
| Claude Bouthillier Claude Bouthillier Claude Bouthillier, Sieur de Fouilletourte , French statesman, began his professional life as an advocate. In 1613 he was councillor in the Parlement of Paris, and in 1619 became councillor of state and a secretary to the queen-mother, Marie de Medici.The connection of his father, Denis Bouthillier... |
1640 | 1643 |
| Nicolas de Bailleul and Claude de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux Claude de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux thumb|right|200px|Claude de Mesme, comte d'Avaux.Claude de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux was a 17th-century French diplomat and public administrator, one of France's leading diplomats in the first half of the century. He was Superintendent of Finances of France from 1649 to 1650.His first major post was... |
1643 | 1647 |
| Michel Particelli d'Emery Michel Particelli d'Emery Michel Particelli d'Émery, , was the son of a banker in Lyon, France, originally from an Italian family of Lucca, Italy, who was the counsellor of Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu... |
1647 | 1648 |
| Armand-Charles de La Porte, maréchal-duc de La Meilleraye | 1648 | 1649 |
| Michel Particelli d'Emery Michel Particelli d'Emery Michel Particelli d'Émery, , was the son of a banker in Lyon, France, originally from an Italian family of Lucca, Italy, who was the counsellor of Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu... and Claude de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux Claude de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux thumb|right|200px|Claude de Mesme, comte d'Avaux.Claude de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux was a 17th-century French diplomat and public administrator, one of France's leading diplomats in the first half of the century. He was Superintendent of Finances of France from 1649 to 1650.His first major post was... |
1649 | 1650 |
| René de Longueil René de Longueil thumb|René de Longueil, marquis de Maisons , le président de Maisons, was Surintendant des Finances under Louis XIII. He built the Château de Maisons.... , marquis de Maisons |
1650 | 1651 |
| Charles, duc de La Vieuville | 1651 | 1653 |
| Abel Servien Abel Servien Abel Servien, marquis de Sablé et de Boisdauphin, comte de Roche-Servien and comte de La Roche des Aubiers was a French diplomat who served Cardinal Mazarin and signed for the French at the Treaty of Westphalia... and Nicolas Fouquet Nicolas Fouquet Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux was the Superintendent of Finances in France from 1653 until 1661 under King Louis XIV... |
3 February 1653 | 16 February 1661 |
| Nicolas Fouquet Nicolas Fouquet Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux was the Superintendent of Finances in France from 1653 until 1661 under King Louis XIV... |
16 February 1661 | 4 May 1661 |
Controllers-General of Finances, 1661–1791
| Controller-General | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Baptiste Colbert Jean-Baptiste Colbert Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a French politician who served as the Minister of Finances of France from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His relentless hard work and thrift made him an esteemed minister. He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing... |
4 May 1661 | 6 September 1683 |
| Claude Le Pelletier | 1683 | 1689 |
| Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Ponchartrain Louis Phélypeaux (1643-1727) Louis Phélypeaux , marquis de Phélypeaux , comte de Maurepas , comte de Pontchartrain , known as the chancellor de Pontchartrain, was a French politician.... |
20 September 1689 | 1699 |
| Michel Chamillart Michel Chamillart Michel Chamillart or Chamillard was a French statesman, a minister of King Louis XIV of France.He was born in Paris of a family recently raised to the nobility... |
5 September 1699 | 20 February 1708 |
| Nicolas Desmarets Nicolas Desmarets Nicolas Desmarets, Marquis De Maillebois was a Controller-General of Finances during the reign of Louis XIV of France.... |
20 February 1708 | 15 September 1715 |
| Adrien Maurice, duc de Noailles (President of the Finances Council) |
1 October 1715 | 28 January 1718 |
| Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force (vice-President of the Finances Council) |
28 January 1718 | 5 January 1720 |
| Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652-1721) Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652-1721) Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy, 1st marquis d'Argenson was a French politician.-Biography:Argenson was born in Venice where his father, also Marc-René, was ambassador... (President of the Finances Council) |
28 January 1718 | 5 January 1720 |
| John Law John Law (economist) John Law was a Scottish economist who believed that money was only a means of exchange that did not constitute wealth in itself and that national wealth depended on trade... |
5 January 1720 | 28 May 1720 |
| Michel Robert Le Peletier des Forts (Commissioner of Finance) |
28 May 1720 | 11 December 1720 |
| Félix Le Pelletier de La Houssaye Félix Le Pelletier de La Houssaye Félix Le Pelletier de La Houssaye was Controller-General of Finances.While serving as 1701 the Intendant of Alsace, in 1701, Le Pelletier issued a ruling permitting Jewish worship in clandestine synagogues in response to a complaint brought by an abbe. It reads, "The worship which the Jews... |
11 December 1720 | 21 April 1722 |
| Charles Gaspard Dodun | 21 April 1722 | 14 June 1726 |
| Michel Robert Le Peletier des Forts | 14 June 1726 | 19 March 1730 |
| Philibert Orry Philibert Orry Philibert Orry, count of Vignory and lord of La Chapelle-Godefroy, was a French statesman born in Troyes on the 22 January 1689 and who died at La Chapelle-Godefroy on 9 November 1747.-Life:... |
19 March 1730 | 5 December 1745 |
| Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville | 6 December 1745 | 30 July 1754 |
| Jean Moreau de Séchelles Jean Moreau de Séchelles Jean Moreau de Séchelles was a French official and politician.Made a maître des requêtes 13 October 1719, he was the intendant of Hainaut in Valenciennes from 1727 to 1743... |
30 July 1754 | 24 April 1756 |
| François Marie Peyrenc de Moras François Marie Peyrenc de Moras François Marie Peyrenc de Moras was a senior French politician.In a family from the Cévennes, he was the son of Abraham Peyrenc de Moras , son of barber enriched in the system of Law, who built the Hotel Biron rue de Varenne in Paris and his wife, Anne-Marie-Josephe de Farges . He married... |
24 April 1756 | 25 August 1757 |
| Jean de Boullonges Jean de Boullonges John Boullongne, Count de Nogent was a French magistrate and politician.Adviser to the parliament of Metz, then superintendent of finance, State Councilor, member of the Royal Council of Finance, he became controller general of finance on 25 August 1757, replacing Francois Marie Peyrenc de Moras.... |
25 August 1757 | 4 March 1759 |
| Étienne de Silhouette Étienne de Silhouette Étienne de Silhouette was a French Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV.He was born in Limoges where his father Arnaud de Silhouette was sent.... |
4 March 1759 | 21 November 1759 |
| Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin was a French statesman, and controller general of finances of Louis XV .-Biography :... |
23 November 1759 | 14 December 1763 |
| Clément Charles François de Laverdy Clément Charles François de Laverdy Clément Charles François de Laverdy was a French statesman.-Life:He was a member of the parlement of Paris when the case against the Jesuits came before that body in August 1761... |
14 December 1763 | 20 September 1768 |
| Étienne Maynon d'Invault Étienne Maynon d'Invault Étienne Maynon d'Invault was a French statesman.-Life:Son of Vincent Maynon of Invault and Agnes Bouvard Fourqueux, in 1758 he married his cousin Elizabeth Adelaide Bouvard Fourqueux.... |
22 September 1768 | 19 December 1769 |
| Joseph Marie Terray Joseph Marie Terray Joseph Marie Terray was a Controller-General of Finances during the reign of Louis XV of France, an agent of fiscal reform, cut short by his death.... |
22 December 1769 | 24 August 1774 |
| Anne Robert Jacques Turgot Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune , often referred to as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Turgot was a student of Francois Quesnay and as such belonged to the Physiocratic school of economic thought... |
24 August 1774 | 12 May 1776 |
| Jean Étienne Bernard Ogier de Clugny | 21 May 1776 | 18 October 1776 |
| Louis-Gabriel Taboureau des Réaux | 21 October 1776 | 29 June 1777 |
| Jacques Necker Jacques Necker Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789.-Early life:... (Director-General of Finances) |
29 June 1777 | 19 May 1781 |
| Jean-François Joly de Fleury | 21 May 1781 | 29 March 1783 |
| Henri François de Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson | 29 March 1783 | 1 November 1783 |
| Charles Alexandre de Calonne Charles Alexandre de Calonne Charles Alexandre, vicomte de Calonne was a French statesman, best known for his involvement in the French Revolution.-Rise to prominence:... |
3 November 1783 | 9 April 1787 |
| Michel Bouvard de Fourqueux | 10 April 1787 | 1 May 1787 |
| Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne was a French churchman, politician and finance minister of Louis XVI.-Life:... (President of the Royal Council of Finances) |
1 May 1787 | 25 August 1788 |
| Jacques Necker Jacques Necker Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789.-Early life:... (Director-General of Finances) |
26 August 1788 | 11 July 1789 |
| Louis Charles Auguste Le Tonnelier, baron de Breteuil (President of the Royal Council of Finances) |
13 July 1789 | 16 July 1789 |
| Jacques Necker Jacques Necker Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789.-Early life:... (Director-General of Finances) |
16 July 1789 | 4 September 1790 |
| Charles Claude Guillaume Lambert | 4 September 1790 | 4 December 1790 |
| Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart | 4 December 1790 | 27 April 1791 |
Ministers of Finance, 1791–1944
| Minister | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart | 27 April 1791 | 29 May 1791 |
| Louis Hardouin Tarbé | 29 May 1791 | 24 March 1792 |
| Étienne Clavière Étienne Clavière Étienne Clavière was a Swiss-born French financier and politician of the French Revolution.-Geneva and London:... |
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 Étienne Clavière Étienne Clavière was a Swiss-born French financier and politician of the French Revolution.-Geneva and London:... |
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 Joseph Dominique, baron Louis Joseph Dominique, baron Louis , French statesman and financier, was born at Toul .At the outbreak of the Revolution the abbé Louis had already some reputation as a financial expert... |
3 April 1814 | 20 March 1815 |
| Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaète | 20 March 1815 | 7 July 1815 |
| Joseph Dominique, baron Louis Joseph Dominique, baron Louis Joseph Dominique, baron Louis , French statesman and financier, was born at Toul .At the outbreak of the Revolution the abbé Louis had already some reputation as a financial expert... |
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 Joseph Dominique, baron Louis Joseph Dominique, baron Louis , French statesman and financier, was born at Toul .At the outbreak of the Revolution the abbé Louis had already some reputation as a financial expert... |
29 December 1818 | 19 November 1819 |
| Antoine Roy | 19 November 1819 | 14 December 1821 |
| Jean-Baptiste 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 Joseph Dominique, baron Louis Joseph Dominique, baron Louis , French statesman and financier, was born at Toul .At the outbreak of the Revolution the abbé Louis had already some reputation as a financial expert... |
31 July 1830 | 2 November 1830 |
| Jacques Laffitte Jacques Laffitte Jacques Laffitte was a French banker and politician.-Biography:Laffitte was born at Bayonne, one of the ten children of a carpenter.... |
2 November 1830 | 13 March 1831 |
| Joseph Dominique, baron Louis Joseph Dominique, baron Louis Joseph Dominique, baron Louis , French statesman and financier, was born at Toul .At the outbreak of the Revolution the abbé Louis had already some reputation as a financial expert... |
13 March 1831 | 11 October 1832 |
| Jean-Georges Humann | 11 October 1832 | 10 November 1834 |
| Hippolyte Passy Hippolyte Passy Hippolyte Passy was a French economist. He was twice Minister of Finance in the government of Louis-Philippe of France.-References:... |
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 Hippolyte Passy Hippolyte Passy was a French economist. He was twice Minister of Finance in the government of Louis-Philippe of France.-References:... |
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 Charles Duclerc Charles Théodore Eugène Duclerc was a French journalist and politician of the Third Republic. He was a member of the editorial board of the National newspaper. Duclerc served as Minister of Finance from May through June in the Provisional government of France... |
11 May 1848 | 28 June 1848 |
| Michel Gouchaux | 28 June 1848 | 25 October 1848 |
| Ariste Jacques Trouvé-Chauvel | 25 October 1848 | 20 December 1848 |
| Hippolyte Passy Hippolyte Passy Hippolyte Passy was a French economist. He was twice Minister of Finance in the government of Louis-Philippe of France.-References:... |
20 December 1848 | 31 October 1849 |
| Achille Fould Achille Fould Achille Fould was a French financier and politician.Born in Paris, the son of a successful Jewish banker, he was associated with and afterwards succeeded his father in the management of the business. As early as 1842 he entered political life, having been elected in that year as a deputy for the... |
31 October 1849 | 24 January 1851 |
| Charles Lebègue, comte de Germiny | 24 January 1851 | 10 April 1851 |
| Achille Fould Achille Fould Achille Fould was a French financier and politician.Born in Paris, the son of a successful Jewish banker, he was associated with and afterwards succeeded his father in the management of the business. As early as 1842 he entered political life, having been elected in that year as a deputy for the... |
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 Achille Fould Achille Fould was a French financier and politician.Born in Paris, the son of a successful Jewish banker, he was associated with and afterwards succeeded his father in the management of the business. As early as 1842 he entered political life, having been elected in that year as a deputy for the... |
3 December 1851 | 22 January 1852 |
| Jean Bineau | 22 January 1852 | 3 February 1855 |
| Pierre Magne Pierre Magne Pierre Magne was a French professional road bicycle racer. Magne won one stage in the 1928 Tour de France, and finished 6th in the 1930 Tour de France. Pierre Magne was the younger brother of Tour de France winner Antonin Magne.- Palmarès :1927... |
3 February 1855 | 26 November 1860 |
| Adolphe Forcade La Roquette | 26 November 1860 | 14 November 1861 |
| Achille Fould Achille Fould Achille Fould was a French financier and politician.Born in Paris, the son of a successful Jewish banker, he was associated with and afterwards succeeded his father in the management of the business. As early as 1842 he entered political life, having been elected in that year as a deputy for the... |
14 November 1861 | 20 January 1867 |
| Eugène Rouher Eugène Rouher Eugène Rouher was a French statesman of the Second Empire.He was born at Riom , where he practised law after taking his degree in Paris in 1835. In 1846 he sought election to the Chamber of Deputies as an official candidate of the Guizot ministry... |
20 January 1867 | 13 November 1867 |
| Pierre Magne Pierre Magne Pierre Magne was a French professional road bicycle racer. Magne won one stage in the 1928 Tour de France, and finished 6th in the 1930 Tour de France. Pierre Magne was the younger brother of Tour de France winner Antonin Magne.- Palmarès :1927... |
13 November 1867 | 2 January 1870 |
| Louis Buffet Louis Buffet Louis Joseph Buffet was a French statesman.He was born at Mirecourt, Vosges. After the revolution of February 1848 he was elected deputy for the department of the Vosges, and in the Assembly sat on the right, pronouncing for the repression of the insurrection of June 1848 and for Louis Napoleon... |
2 January 1870 | 14 April 1870 |
| Émile Alexis Segris | 14 April 1870 | 10 August 1870 |
| Pierre Magne Pierre Magne Pierre Magne was a French professional road bicycle racer. Magne won one stage in the 1928 Tour de France, and finished 6th in the 1930 Tour de France. Pierre Magne was the younger brother of Tour de France winner Antonin Magne.- Palmarès :1927... |
10 August 1870 | 4 September 1870 |
| Ernest Picard Ernest Picard Louis Joseph Ernest Picard was a French politician.He was born in Paris. After taking his doctorate in law in 1846 he joined the Parisian bar. Elected to the corps législatif in 1858, he became a follower of Émile Ollivier... |
4 September 1870 | 19 February 1871 |
| Louis Buffet Louis Buffet Louis Joseph Buffet was a French statesman.He was born at Mirecourt, Vosges. After the revolution of February 1848 he was elected deputy for the department of the Vosges, and in the Assembly sat on the right, pronouncing for the repression of the insurrection of June 1848 and for Louis Napoleon... |
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 Léon Say Jean-Baptiste Léon Say , French statesman and economist, was born in Paris.-Biography:The family was a most remarkable one. His grandfather Jean-Baptiste Say was a well-known economist. His brother Louis Auguste Say , director of a sugar refinery at Nantes, wrote several books against his theories... |
7 December 1872 | 25 May 1873 |
| Pierre Magne Pierre Magne Pierre Magne was a French professional road bicycle racer. Magne won one stage in the 1928 Tour de France, and finished 6th in the 1930 Tour de France. Pierre Magne was the younger brother of Tour de France winner Antonin Magne.- Palmarès :1927... |
25 May 1873 | 20 July 1874 |
| Pierre Mathieu-Bodet | 20 July 1874 | 10 March 1875 |
| Léon Say Léon Say Jean-Baptiste Léon Say , French statesman and economist, was born in Paris.-Biography:The family was a most remarkable one. His grandfather Jean-Baptiste Say was a well-known economist. His brother Louis Auguste Say , director of a sugar refinery at Nantes, wrote several books against his theories... |
10 March 1875 | 17 May 1877 |
| Eugène Caillaux | 17 May 1877 | 23 November 1877 |
| François Dutilleul | 23 November 1877 | 13 December 1877 |
| Léon Say Léon Say Jean-Baptiste Léon Say , French statesman and economist, was born in Paris.-Biography:The family was a most remarkable one. His grandfather Jean-Baptiste Say was a well-known economist. His brother Louis Auguste Say , director of a sugar refinery at Nantes, wrote several books against his theories... |
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 Léon Say Jean-Baptiste Léon Say , French statesman and economist, was born in Paris.-Biography:The family was a most remarkable one. His grandfather Jean-Baptiste Say was a well-known economist. His brother Louis Auguste Say , director of a sugar refinery at Nantes, wrote several books against his theories... |
30 January 1882 | 7 August 1882 |
| Pierre Tirard Pierre Tirard Pierre Emmanuel Tirard was a French politician.He was born to French parents in Geneva, Switzerland. After studying in his native town, Tirard became a civil engineer. After five years of government service he resigned to become a jewel merchant... |
7 August 1882 | 6 April 1885 |
| Jean Clamageran | 6 April 1885 | 16 April 1885 |
| Marie François Sadi Carnot Marie François Sadi Carnot Marie François Sadi Carnot was a French statesman and the fourth president of the Third French Republic. He served as the President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.-Early life:... |
16 April 1885 | 11 December 1886 |
| Albert Dauphin | 11 December 1886 | 30 May 1887 |
| Maurice Rouvier Maurice Rouvier Maurice Rouvier was a French statesman.He was born in Aix-en-Provence, and spent his early career in business at Marseille. He supported Léon Gambetta's candidature there in 1867, and in 1870 he founded an anti-imperial journal, L'Egalité. Becoming secretary general of the prefecture of... |
30 May 1887 | 12 December 1887 |
| Pierre Tirard Pierre Tirard Pierre Emmanuel Tirard was a French politician.He was born to French parents in Geneva, Switzerland. After studying in his native town, Tirard became a civil engineer. After five years of government service he resigned to become a jewel merchant... |
12 December 1887 | 3 April 1888 |
| Paul Peytral | 3 April 1888 | 22 February 1889 |
| Maurice Rouvier Maurice Rouvier Maurice Rouvier was a French statesman.He was born in Aix-en-Provence, and spent his early career in business at Marseille. He supported Léon Gambetta's candidature there in 1867, and in 1870 he founded an anti-imperial journal, L'Egalité. Becoming secretary general of the prefecture of... |
22 February 1889 | 12 December 1892 |
| Pierre Tirard Pierre Tirard Pierre Emmanuel Tirard was a French politician.He was born to French parents in Geneva, Switzerland. After studying in his native town, Tirard became a civil engineer. After five years of government service he resigned to become a jewel merchant... |
13 December 1892 | 4 April 1893 |
| Paul Peytral | 4 April 1893 | 3 December 1893 |
| Auguste Burdeau Auguste Burdeau Auguste-Laurent Burdeau was a French politician.He was the son of a laborer at Lyon. Forced from childhood to earn his own living, he was enabled to secure an education by bursarships at the Lycée at Lyon and at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris.In 1870 he was at the École Normale Supérieure in... |
3 December 1893 | 30 May 1894 |
| Raymond Poincaré Raymond Poincaré Raymond Poincaré was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five separate occasions and as President of France from 1913 to 1920. Poincaré was a conservative leader primarily committed to political and social stability... |
30 May 1894 | 26 January 1895 |
| Alexandre Ribot Alexandre Ribot Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot was a French politician, four times Prime Minister.-Biography:He was born in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais.After a brilliant academic career at the University of Paris, where he was lauréat of the faculty of law, he rapidly made his mark at the bar... |
26 January 1895 | 1 November 1895 |
| Paul Doumer Paul Doumer Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination.-Biography:... |
1 November 1895 | 29 April 1896 |
| Georges Cochery Georges Cochery Georges Charles Paul Cochery was the son of Louis-Adolphe Cochery.He was deputy of his father's département of the Loiret from 1879 till 1885, deputy from 1885, five times president of the Budget Commission, minister of finance and vice-president of the chamber , and again finance minister in the... |
29 April 1896 | 28 June 1898 |
| Paul Peytral | 28 June 1898 | 22 June 1899 |
| Joseph Caillaux Joseph Caillaux Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux was a major French politician of the Third Republic. The leader of the Radicals, he favored a policy of conciliation with Germany during his premiership from 1911 to 1912, which led to the maintenance of the peace during the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911... |
22 June 1899 | 7 June 1902 |
| Maurice Rouvier Maurice Rouvier Maurice Rouvier was a French statesman.He was born in Aix-en-Provence, and spent his early career in business at Marseille. He supported Léon Gambetta's candidature there in 1867, and in 1870 he founded an anti-imperial journal, L'Egalité. Becoming secretary general of the prefecture of... |
7 June 1902 | 17 June 1905 |
| Pierre Merlou | 17 June 1905 | 14 March 1906 |
| Raymond Poincaré Raymond Poincaré Raymond Poincaré was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five separate occasions and as President of France from 1913 to 1920. Poincaré was a conservative leader primarily committed to political and social stability... |
14 March 1906 | 25 October 1906 |
| Joseph Caillaux Joseph Caillaux Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux was a major French politician of the Third Republic. The leader of the Radicals, he favored a policy of conciliation with Germany during his premiership from 1911 to 1912, which led to the maintenance of the peace during the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911... |
25 October 1906 | 24 July 1909 |
| Georges Cochery Georges Cochery Georges Charles Paul Cochery was the son of Louis-Adolphe Cochery.He was deputy of his father's département of the Loiret from 1879 till 1885, deputy from 1885, five times president of the Budget Commission, minister of finance and vice-president of the chamber , and again finance minister in the... |
24 July 1909 | 3 November 1910 |
| Louis Lucien Klotz | 3 November 1910 | 2 March 1911 |
| Joseph Caillaux Joseph Caillaux Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux was a major French politician of the Third Republic. The leader of the Radicals, he favored a policy of conciliation with Germany during his premiership from 1911 to 1912, which led to the maintenance of the peace during the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911... |
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 Joseph Caillaux Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux was a major French politician of the Third Republic. The leader of the Radicals, he favored a policy of conciliation with Germany during his premiership from 1911 to 1912, which led to the maintenance of the peace during the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911... |
9 December 1913 | 17 March 1914 |
| René Renoult René Renoult René Renoult was a French Minister and lawyer.Renoult is the son of Étienne and Élisa Geranger, a female day laborer. He studied at the Faculty of Law in Paris and obtained his doctorate in 1888... |
17 March 1914 | 9 June 1914 |
| Étienne Clémentel | 9 June 1914 | 13 June 1914 |
| Joseph Noullens | 13 June 1914 | 26 August 1914 |
| Alexandre Ribot Alexandre Ribot Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot was a French politician, four times Prime Minister.-Biography:He was born in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais.After a brilliant academic career at the University of Paris, where he was lauréat of the faculty of law, he rapidly made his mark at the bar... |
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 Frédéric François-Marsal Frédéric François-Marsal was a French Politician of the Third Republic, who served briefly as Prime Minister in 1924. Due to his premiership he also served for two days as the Acting President of the French Republic between resignation of Alexandre Millerand and election of Gaston... |
20 January 1920 | 16 January 1921 |
| Paul Doumer Paul Doumer Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination.-Biography:... |
16 January 1921 | 15 January 1922 |
| Charles de Lasteyrie | 15 January 1922 | 29 March 1924 |
| Frédéric François-Marsal Frédéric François-Marsal Frédéric François-Marsal was a French Politician of the Third Republic, who served briefly as Prime Minister in 1924. Due to his premiership he also served for two days as the Acting President of the French Republic between resignation of Alexandre Millerand and election of Gaston... |
29 March 1924 | 14 June 1924 |
| Étienne Clementel | 14 June 1924 | 3 April 1925 |
| Anatole de Monzie Anatole de Monzie Anatole de Monzie was a French administrator, encyclopaedist , political figure and scholar. His father was a tax collector in Bazas, Gironde where Anatole - a name he disliked from an early age - was born in 1876... |
3 April 1925 | 17 April 1925 |
| Joseph Caillaux Joseph Caillaux Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux was a major French politician of the Third Republic. The leader of the Radicals, he favored a policy of conciliation with Germany during his premiership from 1911 to 1912, which led to the maintenance of the peace during the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911... |
17 April 1925 | 29 October 1925 |
| Paul Painlevé Paul Painlevé Paul Painlevé was a French mathematician and politician. He served twice as Prime Minister of the Third Republic: 12 September – 13 November 1917 and 17 April – 22 November 1925.-Early life:Painlevé was born in Paris.... |
29 October 1925 | 28 November 1925 |
| Louis Loucheur Louis Loucheur Louis Loucheur was a French politician in the Third Republic, at first a member of the conservative Republican Federation, then of the Democratic Republican Alliance and of the Independent Radicals.-Life:Coming from a background in the arms industry, Loucheur became Minister of Munitions in... |
28 November 1925 | 16 December 1925 |
| Paul Doumer Paul Doumer Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination.-Biography:... |
16 December 1925 | 9 March 1926 |
| Raoul Péret Raoul Péret Raoul Adolphe Péret was a French lawyer and politician.-Biography:Raoul Péret was born in Châtellerault , son of a magistrate. He followed his father into the law, becoming an advocate at the Court of Cassation in Paris. In 1893 he served as an aide to Justice Minister Eugène Guérin... |
9 March 1926 | 23 June 1926 |
| Joseph Caillaux Joseph Caillaux Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux was a major French politician of the Third Republic. The leader of the Radicals, he favored a policy of conciliation with Germany during his premiership from 1911 to 1912, which led to the maintenance of the peace during the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911... |
23 June 1926 | 19 July 1926 |
| Anatole de Monzie Anatole de Monzie Anatole de Monzie was a French administrator, encyclopaedist , political figure and scholar. His father was a tax collector in Bazas, Gironde where Anatole - a name he disliked from an early age - was born in 1876... |
19 July 1926 | 23 July 1926 |
| Raymond Poincaré Raymond Poincaré Raymond Poincaré was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five separate occasions and as President of France from 1913 to 1920. Poincaré was a conservative leader primarily committed to political and social stability... |
23 July 1926 | 11 November 1928 |
| Henry Chéron | 11 November 1928 | 21 February 1930 |
| Charles Dumont | 21 February 1930 | 2 March 1930 |
| Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Germany. He was the penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic and vice-president of the Democratic Republican Alliance center-right... |
2 March 1930 | 13 December 1930 |
| Louis Germain-Martin Louis Germain-Martin Louis Germain-Martin was an Independent Radical French politician. He was Minister of Post and Telecommunications in the government of André Tardieu, and later a Budget Minister, before serving three times as Finance minister for much of the first half of the 1930's.... |
13 December 1930 | 27 January 1931 |
| Pierre Étienne Flandin Pierre Étienne Flandin Pierre Étienne Flandin was a French conservative politician of the Third Republic, leader of the Democratic Republican Alliance , and Prime Minister of France from 8 November 1934 to 31 May 1935.... |
27 January 1931 | 3 June 1932 |
| Louis Germain-Martin Louis Germain-Martin Louis Germain-Martin was an Independent Radical French politician. He was Minister of Post and Telecommunications in the government of André Tardieu, and later a Budget Minister, before serving three times as Finance minister for much of the first half of the 1930's.... |
3 June 1932 | 18 December 1932 |
| Henry Chéron | 18 December 1932 | 31 January 1933 |
| Georges Bonnet Georges Bonnet Not to be confused with the French Socialist Georges MonnetGeorges-Étienne Bonnet was a French politician and leading figure in the Radical-Socialist Party.- Early career :... |
31 January 1933 | 30 January 1934 |
| François Piétri François Piétri François Piétri was a minister in several governments in the later years of the French Third Republic and was French ambassador to Spain from 1940 to 1944 under the Vichy regime.... |
30 January 1934 | 4 February 1934 |
| Paul Marchandeau Paul Marchandeau Paul Marchandeau was a French politician. He was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Légion d'honneur, for his actions during World War I. From 1925 until 1942, he was the mayor of Reims... |
4 February 1934 | 9 February 1934 |
| Louis Germain-Martin Louis Germain-Martin Louis Germain-Martin was an Independent Radical French politician. He was Minister of Post and Telecommunications in the government of André Tardieu, and later a Budget Minister, before serving three times as Finance minister for much of the first half of the 1930's.... |
9 February 1934 | 1 June 1935 |
| Joseph Caillaux Joseph Caillaux Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux was a major French politician of the Third Republic. The leader of the Radicals, he favored a policy of conciliation with Germany during his premiership from 1911 to 1912, which led to the maintenance of the peace during the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911... |
1 June 1935 | 7 June 1935 |
| Marcel Régnier | 7 June 1935 | 4 June 1936 |
| Vincent Auriol Vincent Auriol Vincent Jules Auriol was a French politician who served as the first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. He also served as interim President of the Provisional Government from November to December 1946, making him one of only three people who were heads of state of the French... |
4 June 1936 | 22 June 1937 |
| Georges Bonnet Georges Bonnet Not to be confused with the French Socialist Georges MonnetGeorges-Étienne Bonnet was a French politician and leading figure in the Radical-Socialist Party.- Early career :... |
22 June 1937 | 18 January 1938 |
| Paul Marchandeau Paul Marchandeau Paul Marchandeau was a French politician. He was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Légion d'honneur, for his actions during World War I. From 1925 until 1942, he was the mayor of Reims... |
18 January 1938 | 13 March 1938 |
| Léon Blum Léon Blum André Léon Blum was a French politician, usually identified with the moderate left, and three times the Prime Minister of France.-First political experiences:... |
13 March 1938 | 10 April 1938 |
| Paul Marchandeau Paul Marchandeau Paul Marchandeau was a French politician. He was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Légion d'honneur, for his actions during World War I. From 1925 until 1942, he was the mayor of Reims... |
10 April 1938 | 1 November 1938 |
| Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Germany. He was the penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic and vice-president of the Democratic Republican Alliance center-right... |
1 November 1938 | 21 March 1940 |
| Lucien Lamoureux Lucien Lamoureux Lucien Lamoureux, PC, OC was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1966 to 1974... |
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
| Commissioner | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| René Pleven René Pleven René Pléven was a notable French politician of the Fourth Republic. A member of the Free French, he helped found the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance , a political party that was meant to be a successor to the wartime Resistance movement... |
24 September 1941 | 17 October 1942 |
| André Diethelm | 17 October 1942 | 7 June 1943 |
| Maurice Couve de Murville Maurice Couve de Murville Maurice Couve de Murville was a French diplomat and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of General de Gaulle.... |
7 June 1943 | 9 November 1943 |
| Pierre Mendès-France Pierre Mendès-France Pierre Mendès France was a French politician. He descended from a Portuguese Jewish family that moved to France in the sixteenth century.-Third Republic and World War II:... |
9 November 1943 | 4 September 1944 |
Ministers of Finance, 1944–present
| Minister | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| Aimé Lepercq Aimé Lepercq Aimé Marie Antoine Lepercq was a French soldier, industrialist and political figure.Born in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, Rhône, as the eldest of nine children, he graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1911, and then the École des Mines.Lepercq fought in World War I, in which he was wounded three... |
4 September 1944 | 9 November 1944 |
| René Pleven René Pleven René Pléven was a notable French politician of the Fourth Republic. A member of the Free French, he helped found the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance , a political party that was meant to be a successor to the wartime Resistance movement... |
16 November 1944 | 26 January 1946 |
| André Philip André Philip André Philip was an SFIO who served as an Interior Minister for the Free French during the war. He also served as a finance minister in 1946 and part of 1947.... |
26 January 1946 | 24 June 1946 |
| Robert Schuman Robert Schuman Robert Schuman was a noted Luxembourgish-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian Democrat and an independent political thinker and activist... |
24 June 1946 | 18 December 1946 |
| André Philip André Philip André Philip was an SFIO who served as an Interior Minister for the Free French during the war. He also served as a finance minister in 1946 and part of 1947.... |
18 December 1946 | 22 January 1947 |
| Robert Schuman Robert Schuman Robert Schuman was a noted Luxembourgish-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian Democrat and an independent political thinker and activist... |
22 January 1947 | 24 November 1947 |
| René Mayer René Mayer René Mayer was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953. He led the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958.-Mayer's Ministry, 8 January – 28 June 1953:*René Mayer – President of the Council... |
24 November 1947 | 26 July 1948 |
| Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Germany. He was the penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic and vice-president of the Democratic Republican Alliance center-right... |
26 July 1948 | 5 September 1948 |
| Christian Pineau Christian Pineau Christian Pineau was a noted French Resistance fighter.He was born in Chaumont-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, France and died in Paris.His father-in-law was the writer Jean Giraudoux, who was married to Pineau's mother... |
5 September 1948 | 11 September 1948 |
| Henri Queuille Henri Queuille Henri Queuille was a French Radical politician prominent in the Third and Fourth Republics. After World War II, he served three times as Prime Minister.He was the son of a noblewoman.-First ministry :... |
11 September 1948 | 12 January 1949 |
| Maurice Petsche | 12 January 1949 | 11 August 1951 |
| René Mayer René Mayer René Mayer was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953. He led the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958.-Mayer's Ministry, 8 January – 28 June 1953:*René Mayer – President of the Council... |
11 August 1951 | 20 January 1952 |
| Edgar Faure Edgar Faure Edgar Faure was a French politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist.-Career:Faure was born in Béziers, Languedoc-Roussillon. He trained as a lawyer in Paris and became a member of the Bar at 27, the youngest lawyer in France to do so at the time... |
20 January 1952 | 8 March 1952 |
| Antoine Pinay Antoine Pinay Antoine Pinay |Rhône]], France – 13 December 1994) was a French conservative politician. He served as Prime Minister of France in 1952.-Life:As a young man, Pinay fought in World War I and injured his arm so that it was paralyzed for the rest of his life.... |
8 March 1952 | 8 January 1953 |
| Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury Maurice Jean Marie Bourgès-Maunoury was a French Radical politician who served as Prime Minister in the Fourth Republic during 1957.He is famous, especially, for fulfilling prominent ministerial role in the government during the Suez Crisis.... |
8 January 1953 | 28 June 1953 |
| Edgar Faure Edgar Faure Edgar Faure was a French politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist.-Career:Faure was born in Béziers, Languedoc-Roussillon. He trained as a lawyer in Paris and became a member of the Bar at 27, the youngest lawyer in France to do so at the time... |
28 June 1953 | 20 January 1955 |
| Robert Buron Robert Buron Robert Buron was a French politician and Minister of Finance from 20 January 1955 to 23 February 1955 and Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism during Charles de Gaulle's third term from 9 June 1958 to 8 January 1959.Buron was born in Paris, where he also died. He was kidnapped during... |
20 January 1955 | 23 February 1955 |
| Pierre Pflimlin Pierre Pflimlin Pierre Eugène Jean Pflimlin was a French Christian democratic politician who served as the penultimate Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic for a few weeks in 1958, before being replaced by Charles de Gaulle during the crisis of that year.-Life:... |
23 February 1955 | 1 February 1956 |
| Robert Lacoste Robert Lacoste Robert Lacoste was French politician. He was a socialist MP of the Dordogne from 1945 to 1958 and from 1962 to 1967, then senator from 1971 to 1980.- Biography :... |
1 February 1956 | 14 February 1956 |
| Paul Ramadier Paul Ramadier Paul Ramadier was a prominent French politician of the Third and Fourth Republics. Mayor of Decazeville starting in 1919, he served as the first Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic in 1947. On 10 July 1940, he voted against the granting of the full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain, who... |
14 February 1956 | 13 June 1957 |
| Félix Gaillard Félix Gaillard Félix Gaillard d'Aimé was a French Radical politician who served as Prime Minister under the Fourth Republic from 1957 to 1958. He was the youngest head of a French government since Napoleon.-Career:... |
13 June 1957 | 6 November 1957 |
| Pierre Pflimlin Pierre Pflimlin Pierre Eugène Jean Pflimlin was a French Christian democratic politician who served as the penultimate Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic for a few weeks in 1958, before being replaced by Charles de Gaulle during the crisis of that year.-Life:... |
6 November 1957 | 14 May 1958 |
| Edgar Faure Edgar Faure Edgar Faure was a French politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist.-Career:Faure was born in Béziers, Languedoc-Roussillon. He trained as a lawyer in Paris and became a member of the Bar at 27, the youngest lawyer in France to do so at the time... |
14 May 1958 | 1 June 1958 |
| Antoine Pinay Antoine Pinay Antoine Pinay |Rhône]], France – 13 December 1994) was a French conservative politician. He served as Prime Minister of France in 1952.-Life:As a young man, Pinay fought in World War I and injured his arm so that it was paralyzed for the rest of his life.... |
1 June 1958 | 13 January 1960 |
| Wilfrid Baumgartner | 13 January 1960 | 19 January 1962 |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981... |
19 January 1962 | 8 January 1966 |
| Michel Debré Michel Debré Michel Jean-Pierre Debré was a French Gaullist politician. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France, and was the first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic... |
8 January 1966 | 30 May 1968 |
| Maurice Couve de Murville Maurice Couve de Murville Maurice Couve de Murville was a French diplomat and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of General de Gaulle.... |
30 May 1968 | 10 July 1968 |
| François-Xavier Ortoli François-Xavier Ortoli François-Xavier Ortoli was a French Gaullist politician and businessman. He served with the Free French Forces during World War II and was decorated with the Croix de guerre, Médaille militaire and Médaille de la Résistance... |
10 July 1968 | 16 June 1969 |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981... |
16 June 1969 | 28 May 1974 |
| Jean-Pierre Fourcade Jean-Pierre Fourcade Jean-Pierre Fourcade is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Hauts-de-Seine department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party. He is former minister for Economics and Finance , and equipment .-References:*... |
28 May 1974 | 27 August 1976 |
| Raymond Barre Raymond Barre Raymond Octave Joseph Barre was a French centre-right politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three Presidents and later served as Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981... |
27 August 1976 | 5 April 1978 |
| René Monory René Monory René Monory was a French centre-right politician.-Biography:René Monory was born in Loudun and began his career as the owner of a garage. He was the founder of the Poitiers Futuroscope.Monory first became a Senator in 1968... |
5 April 1978 | 22 May 1981 |
| Jacques Delors Jacques Delors Jacques Lucien Jean Delors is a French economist and politician, the eighth President of the European Commission and the first person to serve three terms in that office .-French Politics:... |
22 May 1981 | 19 July 1984 |
| Pierre Bérégovoy Pierre Bérégovoy Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy was a French Socialist politician. He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1992 to 1993.-Early career:... |
19 July 1984 | 20 March 1986 |
| Édouard Balladur Édouard Balladur Édouard Balladur is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 29 March 1993 to 10 May 1995.-Biography:Balladur was born in İzmir, Turkey, to an Armenian Catholic family with five children and long-standing ties to France... |
20 March 1986 | 12 May 1988 |
| Pierre Bérégovoy Pierre Bérégovoy Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy was a French Socialist politician. He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1992 to 1993.-Early career:... |
12 May 1988 | 2 April 1992 |
| Michel Sapin Michel Sapin Michel Sapin is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Indre department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.-Biography:... |
2 April 1992 | 29 March 1993 |
| Edmond Alphandéry Edmond Alphandéry Edmond Alphandéry is a French politician, born 2 September 1943 in Avignon, Vaucluse.-Education and early employment:* Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris – Fulbright Fellowship... |
29 March 1993 | 18 May 1995 |
| Alain Madelin Alain Madelin Alain Madelin is a French politician and a former minister of that country.Madelin, a strong supporter of laissez-faire economics, was a candidate in the 2002 French presidential election as the leader of the Démocratie Libérale party, where he scored 3.91% on the first round... |
18 May 1995 | 25 August 1995 |
| Jean Arthuis Jean Arthuis Jean Arthuis is a French politician and member of the Senate of France. He has held various ministerial positions, especially regarding finances, and is now head of the Finance Commission of the French Senate.He is the President of the Centrist Alliance political party and is a member of the... |
25 August 1995 | 4 June 1997 |
| Dominique Strauss-Kahn Dominique Strauss-Kahn Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn , often referred to in the media, and by himself, as DSK, is a French economist, lawyer, politician, and member of the French Socialist Party... |
4 June 1997 | 2 November 1999 |
| Christian Sautter Christian Sautter Christian Sautter is a French politician. He served as Minister for Economics, Finance, and Industry from 1999 to 2000 as part of Lionel Jospin's "Plural Left" government.-External links:*... |
2 November 1999 | 28 March 2000 |
| Laurent Fabius Laurent Fabius Laurent Fabius is a French Socialist politician. He served as Prime Minister from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986. He was 37 years old when he was appointed and is, so far, the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic.-Early life:... |
28 March 2000 | 7 May 2002 |
| Francis Mer Francis Mer Francis Mer is a French businessman, industrialist and politician. A former alumnus of the Ecole polytechnique, he was hired in 1970 by the Saint-Gobain group. In 1982, he became chairman of the board of Pont-à-Mousson SA... |
7 May 2002 | 31 March 2004 |
| Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier.... |
31 March 2004 | 28 November 2004 |
| Hervé Gaymard Hervé Gaymard Hervé Gaymard is a French politician and a member of UMP conservative party. He served as the country's Minister of Finances from 30 November 2004 until his resignation on 25 February 2005.... |
30 November 2004 | 25 February 2005 |
| Thierry Breton Thierry Breton Thierry Breton is a French businessman and politician who is currently the CEO of the IT firm Atos. He was the French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin, Jacques Chirac being the President de la... |
25 February 2005 | 18 May 2007 |
| Jean-Louis Borloo Jean-Louis Borloo Jean-Louis Borloo is a French politician, and was the French Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning between 2007 and 2010.-Professional résumé:Education... |
18 May 2007 | 19 June 2007 |
| Christine Lagarde Christine Lagarde Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French lawyer and the managing director of the International Monetary Fund since July 5, 2011... |
19 June 2007 | 29 June 2011 |
| François Baroin François Baroin François Baroin is a French politician, recently appointed Finance Minister, following a stint as Minister of the Budget in the François Fillon III government... |
29 June 2011 | Incumbent |