Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones (France)
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The Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, to which was later added the charge of Telephones (the position was later named "Minister of Posts and Telecommunications"), was, in the Government of France
, the cabinet member
in charge of the French Postal Service
and development of the national telecommunication
system.
The position was occasionally combined with Minister of Commerce and Industry
or Minister of Public Works
. The ministerial position does not currently exist, and its portfolio has largely been merged into other ministerial positions.
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"...
, the cabinet member
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 charge of the French Postal Service
La Poste (France)
La Poste is the mail service of France, which also operates postal services in the French Overseas Departments of Réunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana, and the territorial collectivities of Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Mayotte...
and development of the national telecommunication
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
system.
The position was occasionally combined with Minister of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Commerce and Industry (France)
The Minister of Commerce and Industry was a cabinet member in the Government of France.The position was sometimes combined with Minister of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones...
or Minister of Public Works
Minister of Public Works (France)
The Minister of Public Works was a cabinet member in the Government of France. Formerly known as "Ministre des Travaux Publics" , in 1870, it was largely subsumed by the position of Minister of Transportation. Since the 1960s, the positions of Minister of Public Works has reappeared, often...
. The ministerial position does not currently exist, and its portfolio has largely been merged into other ministerial positions.
Ministers of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones
- Adolphe Cochery : 5 February, 1879 - 6 April, 1885
- Ferdinand SarrienFerdinand SarrienJean Marie Ferdinand Sarrien was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was born in Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire and died in Paris. He headed a cabinet supported by the Bloc des gauches parliamentary majority....
: 6 April, 1885 - 7 January, 1886 - Félix Granet : 7 January, 1886 - 30 May, 1887
- Jean Marty : 20 March, 1894 - 30 May, 1894
- Victor Lourties : 30 May, 1894 - 26 January, 1895
- André Lebon : 26 January, 1895 - 1 November, 1895
- Gustave Mesureur : 1 November, 1895 - 29 April, 1896
- Henry Boucher : 29 April, 1896 - 28 June, 1898
- Émile Maruéjouls : 28 June, 1898 - 1 November, 1898
- Paul Delombre : 1 November, 1898 - 22 June, 1899
- Alexandre MillerandAlexandre MillerandAlexandre Millerand was a French socialist politician. He was President of France from 23 September 1920 to 11 June 1924 and Prime Minister of France 20 January to 23 September 1920...
: 22 June, 1899 - 7 June, 1902 - Georges Trouillot : 7 June, 1902 - 24 January, 1905
- Fernand Dubief : 24 January, 1905 - 12 November, 1905
- Georges Trouillot : 12 November, 1905 - 14 March, 1906
- Louis BarthouLouis BarthouJean Louis Barthou was a French politician of the Third Republic.-Early years:He was born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, and served as Deputy from that constituency. He was an authority on trade union history and law. Barthou was Prime Minister in 1913, and held ministerial office...
: 14 March, 1906 - 24 July, 1909 - Alexandre MillerandAlexandre MillerandAlexandre Millerand was a French socialist politician. He was President of France from 23 September 1920 to 11 June 1924 and Prime Minister of France 20 January to 23 September 1920...
: 24 July, 1909 - 3 November, 1910 - Louis PuechLouis PuechLouis Puech was a député of the French Third Republic and Minister of Public Works in the second government of Aristide Briand from 3 November 1910 to 24 February 1911. During his 30 years in office he was inscribed with the group of Républicains de gauche...
: 3 November, 1910 - 2 March, 1911 - Charles Dumont : 2 March, 1911 - 27 June, 1911
- Victor Augagneur : 27 June, 1911 - 14 January, 1912
- Jean DupuyJean Dupuy (politician)Jean Dupuy - 31 December 1919, Paris) was a French politician and media owner.-Life:A huissier by profession, he practised in Paris and quickly became interested in the press and in politics, taking over leadership of Le Petit Parisien on the death of Paul Piégut in 1888...
: 14 January, 1912 - 22 March, 1913 - Alfred Massé : 22 March, 1913 - 9 December, 1913
- Louis MalvyLouis MalvyLouis-Jean Malvy was the Interior Minister of France in 1914.-Biography:He was born on December 1, 1875 in Figeac in 1875. He was a member of the Radical Party and served in the Chamber of Deputies in 1906....
: 9 December, 1913 - 17 March, 1914 - Raoul PéretRaoul PéretRaoul 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...
: 17 March, 1914 - 9 June, 1914 - Marc Réville : 9 June, 1914 - 13 June, 1914
- Gaston ThomsonGaston ThomsonGaston Thomson was a French politician born January 29, 1848 in Oran and died May 14, 1932, at Bône .He was a member of the French Chamber of Deputies for the Department of Constantine for fifty years and three months...
: 13 June, 1914 - 29 October, 1915 - Étienne Clémentel : 29 October, 1915 - 27 November, 1919
- Louis DuboisLouis DuboisLouis DuBois was a Huguenot colonist in New Netherland who, with two of his sons and nine other refugees, founded the village of New Paltz, New York...
: 27 November, 1919 - 20 January, 1920 - Louis LoucheurLouis LoucheurLouis 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...
: 29 March, 1924 - 9 June, 1924 - Pierre Étienne FlandinPierre Étienne FlandinPierre 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....
: 9 June, 1924 - 14 June, 1924 - Henry Chéron : 14 September, 1928 - 11 November, 1928
- Louis GerMayn-Martin : 3 November, 1929 - 21 February, 1930
- Julien Durand : 21 February, 1930 - 2 March, 1930
- André Mallarmé : 2 March, 1930 - 13 December, 1930
- Georges BonnetGeorges BonnetNot 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 :...
: 13 December, 1930 - 27 January, 1931 - Charles Guernier : 27 January, 1931 - 20 February, 1932
- Louis Rollin : 20 February, 1932 - 3 June, 1932
- Henri QueuilleHenri QueuilleHenri 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 :...
: 3 June, 1932 - 18 December, 1932 - Laurent EynacLaurent EynacLaurent Eynac was a French politician who was appointed Minister of Transportation on 7 June 1935 until 24 January 1936.He was born in Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille, Haute-Loire.-References:...
: 18 December, 1932 - 26 October, 1933 - Jean MistlerJean MistlerJean Mistler was a French writer born in Sorèze, Tarn. In 1966 he was elected to the Académie Française.Mistler, whose father's family had left Alsace in 1871, did his schooling in Sorèze, before preparing for the entrance examination of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure at the Lycée Henri IV, where...
: 26 October, 1933 - 30 January, 1934 - Paul Bernier : 3 January, 1934 - 9 February, 1934
- André Mallarmé : 9 February, 1934 - 8 November, 1934
- Georges MandelGeorges MandelGeorges Mandel was a French politician, journalist, and French Resistance leader.-Biography:Born Louis George Rothschild in Chatou, Yvelines, was the son of a tailor...
: 8 November, 1934 - 4 June, 1936 - Robert Jardillier : 4 June, 1936 - 22 June, 1937
- Jean-Baptiste Lebas : 22 June, 1937 - 18 January, 1938
- Fernand Gentin : 18 January, 1938 - 13 March, 1938
- Jean-Baptiste Lebas : 13 March, 1938 - 10 April, 1938
- Alfred Jules-Julien : 10 April, 1938 - 21 March, 1940
- Alfred Jules-Julien : 21 March, 1940 - 16 June, 1940
- André Février : 27 June, 1940 - 12 July, 1940
- François PiétriFrançois PiétriFrançois 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....
: 12 July, 1940 - 6 September, 1940 - Jean Berthelot : 6 September, 1940 - 18 April, 1942
- Robert Gibrat : 18 April, 1942 - 18 November, 1942
- Jean BichelonneJean BichelonneJean Bichelonne was a French businessman and member of the Vichy government that existed during World War II following the occupation of France by Nazi Germany....
: 18 November, 1942 - 20 August, 1944 - Augustin Laurent : 10 September, 1944 - 27 June, 1945
- Eugène ThomasEugene ThomasEugene Thomas is an African-American martial artist and B-movie actor, who went to Taiwan and Hong Kong in the early 1980s, where he made about a dozen movies, mostly about Ninjas, like Mafia vs. Ninja or USA Ninja, where he frequently collaborated with the tae kwon do specialist Alexander Lou...
: 27 June, 1945 - 26 January, 1946 - Jean Letourneau : 26 January, 1946 - 16 December, 1946
- Eugène ThomasEugene ThomasEugene Thomas is an African-American martial artist and B-movie actor, who went to Taiwan and Hong Kong in the early 1980s, where he made about a dozen movies, mostly about Ninjas, like Mafia vs. Ninja or USA Ninja, where he frequently collaborated with the tae kwon do specialist Alexander Lou...
: 16 December, 1946 - 22 January, 1947 - Eugène ThomasEugene ThomasEugene Thomas is an African-American martial artist and B-movie actor, who went to Taiwan and Hong Kong in the early 1980s, where he made about a dozen movies, mostly about Ninjas, like Mafia vs. Ninja or USA Ninja, where he frequently collaborated with the tae kwon do specialist Alexander Lou...
: 9 May, 1947 - 22 October, 1947 - Eugène ThomasEugene ThomasEugene Thomas is an African-American martial artist and B-movie actor, who went to Taiwan and Hong Kong in the early 1980s, where he made about a dozen movies, mostly about Ninjas, like Mafia vs. Ninja or USA Ninja, where he frequently collaborated with the tae kwon do specialist Alexander Lou...
: 29 October, 1949 - 7 February, 1950 - Charles Brune : 7 February, 1950 - 11 August, 1951
- Joseph LanielJoseph LanielJoseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty...
: 11 August, 1951 - 4 October, 1951 - Roger Duchet : 4 October, 1951 - 20 January, 1952
- Roger Duchet :20 January, 1952 - 8 March, 1952
- Roger Duchet : 8 March, 1952 - 28 June, 1953
- Pierre Ferri : 28 June, 1953 - 19 June, 1954
- Édouard Bonnefous : 23 February, 1955 - 1 February, 1956
- Eugène ThomasEugene ThomasEugene Thomas is an African-American martial artist and B-movie actor, who went to Taiwan and Hong Kong in the early 1980s, where he made about a dozen movies, mostly about Ninjas, like Mafia vs. Ninja or USA Ninja, where he frequently collaborated with the tae kwon do specialist Alexander Lou...
: 9 June, 1958 - 8 January, 1959 - Bernard Cornut-GentilleBernard Cornut-GentilleBernard Cornut-Gentille was a French administrator and politician.Born in Brest, Finistère, Cornut-Gentille studied at the École Libre des Sciences Politiques. In 1943 he was appointed as the Subprefect of Reims, but resigned to assist the Free French delegate Émile Bollaert...
: 8 January, 1959 - 5 February, 1960 - Michel Maurice-Bokanowski : 5 February, 1960 - 15 April, 1962
- Jacques Marette : 15 April, 1962 - 6 April, 1967
- 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....
: 6 April, 1967 - 30 May, 1968 - André BettencourtAndré BettencourtAndré Bettencourt was a French politician. He had been awarded the Croix de Guerre, and is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor...
: 30 May, 1968 - 10 July, 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....
: 10 July, 1968 - 22 June, 1969 - Robert Galley : 22 June, 1969 - 6 July, 1972
- Hubert GerMayn : 6 July, 1972 - 1 March, 1974
- Jean RoyerJean RoyerJean Royer was a French catholic and conservative politician, former Minister, and former Mayor of Tours.-Mayor of Tours:...
: 1 March, 1974 - 11 April, 1974 - Hubert GerMayn : 11 April, 1974 - 27 May, 1974
- Louis MexandeauLouis MexandeauLouis Mexandeau is a French politician. He served as Minister of the Postal Services from 1981 to 1986 under François Mitterand, and as Secretary for Veteran Affairs from 1991 to 1993.-Biography:...
: 22 May, 1981 - 22 March, 1983 - Alain MadelinAlain MadelinAlain 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...
: 20 March, 1986 - 12 May, 1988 - Paul QuilèsPaul QuilèsPaul Quilès is a French Socialist politician.-Biography:He was born in Sig, Algeria.Deputy of Tarn département, close to Laurent Fabius, he was Defense Minister from 1985 to 1986, after the Rainbow Warrior scandal...
: 12 May, 1988 - 15 May, 1991 - Émile ZuccarelliÉmile ZuccarelliÉmile Zuccarelli is a French politician from Corsica. He serves as honorary President of the Radical Party of the Left and mayor of Bastia. Until his defeat in the French legislative election, 2007, he was deputy for Haute-Corse.In the French regional elections, 2004, he led a PRG list in Corse,...
: 2 April, 1992 - 29 March, 1993 - Gérard LonguetGérard LonguetGérard Longuet is a French conservative politician. On 27 February 2011, he became the new French Defense Minister.-Biography:...
: 29 March, 1993 - 14 October, 1994 - José Rossi : 17 October, 1994 - 18 May, 1995
- François FillonFrançois FillonFrançois Charles Armand Fillon is the Prime Minister of France. He was appointed to that office by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007. He served initially until 13 November 2010 when he resigned from being prime minister before a planned cabinet reshuffle.On 14 November 2010, Sarkozy...
: 18 May, 1995 - 7 November, 1995 - Franck Borotra : 7 November, 1995 - 4 June, 1997