Minister of Information (France)
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The Minister of Information was a cabinet member
in the Government of France
from 1938 to 1974. The position no longer exists.
French government ministers
The Cabinet of France is a body of top administration members of the Prime Minister's Cabinet. In French, the word gouvernement generally refers to the "Administration", but in a narrower sense to the Cabinet.The Council is responsible to the French National Assembly...
in the Government of France
Government of France
The government of the French Republic is a semi-presidential system determined by the French Constitution of the fifth Republic. The nation declares itself to be an "indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic"...
from 1938 to 1974. The position no longer exists.
Ministers of Information
- Ludovic-Oscar FrossardLudovic-Oscar FrossardLudovic-Oscar Frossard was a French socialist and communist politician, a member of six successive French governments between 1935 and 1940.-Early career and PCF:Born into an anti-clerical family opposed to the antisemitical side during the Dreyfus...
13 March 1938 - 10 April 1938 - Ludovic-Oscar FrossardLudovic-Oscar FrossardLudovic-Oscar Frossard was a French socialist and communist politician, a member of six successive French governments between 1935 and 1940.-Early career and PCF:Born into an anti-clerical family opposed to the antisemitical side during the Dreyfus...
21 March 1940 - 5 June 1940 - Jean Prouvost 5 June 1940 - 16 June 1940
- Paul BaudoinPaul BaudoinPaul Baudouin was a French banker who became a politician.-Early years:Paul Baudouin was born into a wealthy family in Paris, and served as an artillery officer during The Great War in the French Army. In 1930 he became the Deputy Director and General Manager of the Bank of Indo-China...
December 1940 - 2 January 1941 - Henri Moysset 25 February 1941 - 12 August 1941
- Paul Marion 12 August 1941 - 18 April 1942
- Pierre LavalPierre LavalPierre Laval was a French politician. He was four times President of the council of ministers of the Third Republic, twice consecutively. Following France's Armistice with Germany in 1940, he served twice in the Vichy Regime as head of government, signing orders permitting the deportation of...
18 April 1942 - 20 August 1944 - André Diethelm 24 September 1941 - 28 July 1942
- Jacques SoustelleJacques SoustelleJacques Soustelle was an important and early figure of the Free French Forces and an anthropologist specializing in pre-Columbian civilizations. He became vice-director of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris in 1938. He was elected to the Académie française in 1983.- Biography :Jacques Soustelle was...
28 July 1942 - 7 June 1943 - Henri BonnetHenri BonnetHenri Bonnet was a French politician, diplomat, and French ambassador to the United States from 1944 to 1954.He was a member of the secretariat of the League of Nations from 1921 to 1931....
7 June 1943 - 10 September 1944 - Pierre-Henri TeitgenPierre-Henri TeitgenPierre-Henri Teitgen was a French lawyer, professor and politician.Teitgen was born in Rennes, Brittany. Made prisoner of war in 1940, he played a major role in the French Resistance....
10 September 1944 - 30 May 1945 - Jacques SoustelleJacques SoustelleJacques Soustelle was an important and early figure of the Free French Forces and an anthropologist specializing in pre-Columbian civilizations. He became vice-director of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris in 1938. He was elected to the Académie française in 1983.- Biography :Jacques Soustelle was...
30 May 1945 - 21 November 1945 - André MalrauxAndré MalrauxAndré Malraux DSO was a French adventurer, award-winning author, and statesman. Having traveled extensively in Indochina and China, Malraux was noted especially for his novel entitled La Condition Humaine , which won the Prix Goncourt...
21 November 1945 - 26 January 1946 - Jean Letourneau 2 July 1950 - 12 July 1950
- Albert Gazier 12 July 1950 - 11 August 1951
- Robert BuronRobert BuronRobert 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...
11 August 1951 - 8 March 1952 - Albert Gazier 17 May 1958 - 1 June 1958
- André MalrauxAndré MalrauxAndré Malraux DSO was a French adventurer, award-winning author, and statesman. Having traveled extensively in Indochina and China, Malraux was noted especially for his novel entitled La Condition Humaine , which won the Prix Goncourt...
12 June 1958 - 7 July 1958 - Jacques SoustelleJacques SoustelleJacques Soustelle was an important and early figure of the Free French Forces and an anthropologist specializing in pre-Columbian civilizations. He became vice-director of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris in 1938. He was elected to the Académie française in 1983.- Biography :Jacques Soustelle was...
7 July 1958 - 8 January 1959 - Roger FreyRoger FreyRoger Frey was a French politician. He was Minister of the Interior and president of the Constitutional Council of France.-Monokini prosecution:...
8 January 1959 - 5 February 1960 - Louis Terrenoire 5 February 1960 - 24 August 1961
- Alain PeyrefitteAlain PeyrefitteAlain Peyrefitte was a French scholar and politician.He was a confidant of Charles De Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland....
28 November 1962 - 8 January 1966 - Georges GorseGeorges GorseGeorges Gorse was a French politician and diplomat.Born in Cahors, he qualified in 1939 as a professor at the University of Cairo...
6 April 1967 - 30 May 1968 - Yves GuénaYves GuénaYves Guéna is a French politician. In 1940, he joined the Free French Forces in the United Kingdom. He received several decorations for his courage....
30 May 1968 - 10 July 1968 - Philippe MalaudPhilippe MalaudPhilippe Malaud was a French diplomat and politician. He graduated from the École nationale d'administration in 1956. From 1968 until 1978, he was a member of the Independent Republicans....
5 April 1973 - 23 October 1973 - Jean-Philippe LecatJean-Philippe LecatJean-Philippe Lecat was a French politician. He graduated from the École nationale d'administration in 1963....
23 October 1973 - 24 May 1974