list of defense ministers of france

This page is a list of French defence ministers. The Secretary of State for War was one of the four specialized secretaries of state established in France in 1589. This Secretary of State was responsible for the Army. In 1791, the Secretary of State became Minister of War. Along with the other ministerial positions, it was abolished in 1794 and restored the next year. After the Second World War, the War Ministry merged with the Ministry of Marine, with a Minister of National Defense (from 1974 simply Minister of Defense) directing the entire military.

Secretaries of State for War, 1643-1791

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idth="50%" align="center"\|Michel le Tellier	width="25%" align="center"\|1643	width="25%" align="center"\|1666
idth="50%" align="center"\|Franois Michel le Tellier, marquis de Louvois	width="25%" align="center"\|1666	width="25%" align="center"\|16 July 1691
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis-Franois le Tellier de Louvois, marquis de Barbezieux	width="25%" align="center"\|16 July 1691	width="25%" align="center"\|5 January 1701
idth="50%" align="center"\|Michel de Chamillart	width="25%" align="center"\|5 January 1701	width="25%" align="center"\|9 June 1709
idth="50%" align="center"\|Daniel Voysin de la Noiraye	width="25%" align="center"\|9 June 1709	width="25%" align="center"\|14 September 1715
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Hector, duc de Villars	width="25%" align="center"\|1 October 1715	width="25%" align="center"\|24 September 1718
idth="50%" align="center"\|Claude le Blanc	width="25%" align="center"\|24 September 1718	width="25%" align="center"\|1 July 1723
idth="50%" align="center"\|Franois Victor le Tonnelier de Breteuil	width="25%" align="center"\|1 July 1723	width="25%" align="center"\|19 June 1726
idth="50%" align="center"\|Claude le Blanc	width="25%" align="center"\|19 June 1726	width="25%" align="center"\|1728
idth="50%" align="center"\|Nicolas Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers	width="25%" align="center"\|July 1728	width="25%" align="center"\|February 1740
idth="50%" align="center"\|Franois Victor le Tonnelier de Breteuil	width="25%" align="center"\|February 1740	width="25%" align="center"\|7 January 1743
idth="50%" align="center"\|Marc Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte d'Argenson	width="25%" align="center"\|7 January 1743	width="25%" align="center"\|1 February 1757
idth="50%" align="center"\|Antoine Ren de Voyer, marquis de Paulmy	width="25%" align="center"\|1 February 1757	width="25%" align="center"\|3 March 1758
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle	width="25%" align="center"\|3 March 1758	width="25%" align="center"\|27 January 1761
idth="50%" align="center"\|tienne Franois, duc de Choiseul	width="25%" align="center"\|27 January 1761	width="25%" align="center"\|24 December 1770
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Franois, marquis de Monteynard	width="25%" align="center"\|26 January 1771	width="25%" align="center"\|27 January 1774
idth="50%" align="center"\|Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon	width="25%" align="center"\|27 January 1774	width="25%" align="center"\|2 June 1774
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Nicolas Victor de Flix d'Ollires, comte du Muy	width="25%" align="center"\|5 June 1774	width="25%" align="center"\|10 October 1775
idth="50%" align="center"\|Claude Louis, comte de Saint-Germain	width="25%" align="center"\|27 October 1775	width="25%" align="center"\|27 September 1777
idth="50%" align="center"\|Alexandre Marie Lonor de Saint-Mauris de Montbarrey	width="25%" align="center"\|27 September 1777	width="25%" align="center"\|19 December 1780
idth="50%" align="center"\|Philippe Henri, marquis de Sgur	width="25%" align="center"\|23 December 1780	width="25%" align="center"\|29 August 1787
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Charles-Auguste le Tonnelier, baron de Breteuil	width="25%" align="center"\|29 August 1787	width="25%" align="center"\|23 September 1787
idth="50%" align="center"\|Athanase Louis Marie de Lomnie, comte de Brienne	width="25%" align="center"\|23 September 1787	width="25%" align="center"\|30 November 1788
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Pierre de Chastenet, comte de Puysgur	width="25%" align="center"\|30 November 1788	width="25%" align="center"\|13 July 1789
idth="50%" align="center"\|Victor Franois, Duc de Broglie	width="25%" align="center"\|13 July 1789	width="25%" align="center"\|16 July 1789
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Frdric de la Tour du Pin-Gouvernet	width="25%" align="center"\|4 August 1789	width="25%" align="center"\|16 November 1790
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis le Bgue du Presle Duportail	width="25%" align="center"\|16 November 1790	width="25%" align="center"\|7 December 1791

Ministers of War, 1791-1940

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idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara	width="25%" align="center"\|7 December 1791	width="25%" align="center"\|9 March 1792
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre Marie de Grave	width="25%" align="center"\|9 March 1792	width="25%" align="center"\|9 May 1792
idth="50%" align="center"\|Joseph Marie Servan de Gerbey	width="25%" align="center"\|9 May 1792	width="25%" align="center"\|13 June 1792
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles Dumouriez	width="25%" align="center"\|13 June 1792	width="25%" align="center"\|18 June 1792
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre August Lajard	width="25%" align="center"\|18 June 1792	width="25%" align="center"\|23 July 1792
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles Franqueville d'Abancourt	width="25%" align="center"\|23 July 1792	width="25%" align="center"\|10 August 1792
idth="50%" align="center"\|Joseph Marie Servan de Gerbey	width="25%" align="center"\|10 August 1792	width="25%" align="center"\|3 October 1792
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre Henri Hlne Marie Lebrun-Tondu	width="25%" align="center"\|3 October 1792	width="25%" align="center"\|18 October 1792
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Nicolas Pache	width="25%" align="center"\|18 October 1792	width="25%" align="center"\|4 February 1793
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre Riel de Beurnonville	width="25%" align="center"\|4 February 1793	width="25%" align="center"\|1 April 1793
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre Henri Hlne Marie Lebrun-Tondu	width="25%" align="center"\|1 April 1793	width="25%" align="center"\|4 April 1793
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean Baptiste Nol Bouchotte	width="25%" align="center"\|4 April 1793	width="25%" align="center"\|20 April 1794
idth="50%" align="center"\|none	width="25%" align="center"\|20 April 1794	width="25%" align="center"\|3 November 1795
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Baptiste Aubert-Dubayet	width="25%" align="center"\|3 November 1795	width="25%" align="center"\|8 February 1796
idth="50%" align="center"\|Claude Louis Petiet	width="25%" align="center"\|8 February 1796	width="25%" align="center"\|15 July 1797
idth="50%" align="center"\|Lazare Hoche	width="25%" align="center"\|15 July 1797	width="25%" align="center"\|22 July 1797
idth="50%" align="center"\|Barthlemy Louis Joseph Scherer	width="25%" align="center"\|22 July 1797	width="25%" align="center"\|21 February 1799
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Marie de Milet de Mureau	width="25%" align="center"\|21 February 1799	width="25%" align="center"\|2 July 1799
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte	width="25%" align="center"\|2 July 1799	width="25%" align="center"\|14 September 1799
idth="50%" align="center"\|Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Cranc	width="25%" align="center"\|14 September 1799	width="25%" align="center"\|10 November 1799
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis-Alexandre Berthier	width="25%" align="center"\|11 November 1799	width="25%" align="center"\|2 April 1800
idth="50%" align="center"\|Lazare Carnot	width="25%" align="center"\|2 April 1800	width="25%" align="center"\|8 October 1800
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Neuchtel	width="25%" align="center"\|8 October 1800	width="25%" align="center"\|19 August 1807
idth="50%" align="center"\|Henry Clarke, duc de Feltre	width="25%" align="center"\|19 August 1807	width="25%" align="center"\|1 April 1814
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre-Antoine, comte Dupont de l'tang	width="25%" align="center"\|3 April 1814	width="25%" align="center"\|3 December 1814
idth="50%" align="center"\|Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie	width="25%" align="center"\|3 December 1814	width="25%" align="center"\|11 March 1815
idth="50%" align="center"\|Henry Clarke, duc de Feltre	width="25%" align="center"\|11 March 1815	width="25%" align="center"\|20 March 1815
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Nicolas Davout, duc d'Auerstadt	width="25%" align="center"\|20 March 1815	width="25%" align="center"\|7 July 1815
idth="50%" align="center"\|Laurent, comte de Gouvion de Saint-Cyr	width="25%" align="center"\|7 July 1815	width="25%" align="center"\|26 September 1815
idth="50%" align="center"\|Henry Clarke, duc de Feltre	width="25%" align="center"\|26 September 1815	width="25%" align="center"\|12 September 1817
idth="50%" align="center"\|Laurent, marquis de Gouvion de Saint-Cyr	width="25%" align="center"\|12 September 1817	width="25%" align="center"\|19 November 1819
idth="50%" align="center"\|Marie Victor Nicolas de Fay, marquis de La Tour-Maubourg	width="25%" align="center"\|19 November 1819	width="25%" align="center"\|14 December 1821
idth="50%" align="center"\|Claude Victor, duc de Bellune	width="25%" align="center"\|14 December 1821	width="25%" align="center"\|23 March 1823
idth="50%" align="center"\|Alexandre, vicomte Digeon	width="25%" align="center"\|23 March 1823	width="25%" align="center"\|15 April 1823
idth="50%" align="center"\|Claude Victor, duc de Bellune	width="25%" align="center"\|15 April 1823	width="25%" align="center"\|19 October 1823
idth="50%" align="center"\|Ange Hyacinthe Maxence, baron de Damas	width="25%" align="center"\|19 October 1823	width="25%" align="center"\|4 August 1824
idth="50%" align="center"\|Aim, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre	width="25%" align="center"\|4 August 1824	width="25%" align="center"\|4 January 1828
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Victor de Blacquetot de Caux	width="25%" align="center"\|4 January 1828	width="25%" align="center"\|8 August 1829
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis, comte de Ghaisne de Bourmont	width="25%" align="center"\|8 August 1829	width="25%" align="center"\|31 July 1830
idth="50%" align="center"\|tienne Maurice, comte Grard	width="25%" align="center"\|31 July 1830	width="25%" align="center"\|17 November 1830
idth="50%" align="center"\|Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie	width="25%" align="center"\|17 November 1830	width="25%" align="center"\|18 July 1834
idth="50%" align="center"\|tienne Maurice, comte Grard	width="25%" align="center"\|18 July 1834	width="25%" align="center"\|10 November 1834
idth="50%" align="center"\|Simon Bernard	width="25%" align="center"\|10 November 1834	width="25%" align="center"\|18 November 1834
idth="50%" align="center"\|douard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, duc de Trvise	width="25%" align="center"\|18 November 1834	width="25%" align="center"\|12 March 1835
idth="50%" align="center"\|Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny	width="25%" align="center"\|12 March 1835	width="25%" align="center"\|30 April 1835
idth="50%" align="center"\|Nicolas Joseph, marquis Maison	width="25%" align="center"\|30 April 1835	width="25%" align="center"\|6 September 1836
idth="50%" align="center"\|Simon Bernard	width="25%" align="center"\|6 September 1836	width="25%" align="center"\|31 March 1839
idth="50%" align="center"\|Amde Louis Despans-Cubires	width="25%" align="center"\|31 March 1839	width="25%" align="center"\|12 May 1839
idth="50%" align="center"\|Antoine Virgile Schneider	width="25%" align="center"\|12 May 1839	width="25%" align="center"\|1 March 1840
idth="50%" align="center"\|Amde Louis Despans-Cubires	width="25%" align="center"\|1 March 1840	width="25%" align="center"\|29 October 1840
idth="50%" align="center"\|Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie	width="25%" align="center"\|29 October 1840	width="25%" align="center"\|10 November 1845
idth="50%" align="center"\|Alexandre Pierre Chevalier Moline de Saint-Yon	width="25%" align="center"\|10 November 1845	width="25%" align="center"\|9 May 1847
idth="50%" align="center"\|Camille Alphonse Trzel	width="25%" align="center"\|9 May 1847	width="25%" align="center"\|24 February 1848
idth="50%" align="center"\|Marie Alphonse Bedeau	width="25%" align="center"\|24 February 1848	width="25%" align="center"\|25 February 1848
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jacques Gervais, baron Subervie	width="25%" align="center"\|25 February 1848	width="25%" align="center"\|20 March 1848
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Eugne Cavaignac	width="25%" align="center"\|20 March 1848	width="25%" align="center"\|5 April 1848
idth="50%" align="center"\|Franois Arago	width="25%" align="center"\|5 April 1848	width="25%" align="center"\|11 May 1848
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Charras	width="25%" align="center"\|11 May 1848	width="25%" align="center"\|17 May 1848
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Eugne Cavaignac	width="25%" align="center"\|17 May 1848	width="25%" align="center"\|28 June 1848
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Juchault de Lamoricire	width="25%" align="center"\|28 June 1848	width="25%" align="center"\|20 December 1848
idth="50%" align="center"\|Joseph Marcelin Rulhires	width="25%" align="center"\|20 December 1848	width="25%" align="center"\|31 October 1849
idth="50%" align="center"\|Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul	width="25%" align="center"\|31 October 1849	width="25%" align="center"\|22 October 1850
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Paul, comte de Schramm	width="25%" align="center"\|22 October 1850	width="25%" align="center"\|9 January 1851
idth="50%" align="center"\|Auguste tienne, comte Rgnault de Saint-Jean d'Angly	width="25%" align="center"\|9 January 1851	width="25%" align="center"\|24 January 1851
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jacques Louis Csar Alexandre, comte de Randon	width="25%" align="center"\|24 January 1851	width="25%" align="center"\|26 October 1851
idth="50%" align="center"\|Achille de Saint-Arnaud	width="25%" align="center"\|26 October 1851	width="25%" align="center"\|11 March 1854
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant	width="25%" align="center"\|11 March 1854	width="25%" align="center"\|5 May 1859
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jacques Louis Csar Alexandre, comte de Randon	width="25%" align="center"\|5 May 1859	width="25%" align="center"\|20 January 1867
idth="50%" align="center"\|Adolphe Niel	width="25%" align="center"\|20 January 1867	width="25%" align="center"\|13 August 1869
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles Rigault de Genouilly	width="25%" align="center"\|13 August 1869	width="25%" align="center"\|21 August 1869
idth="50%" align="center"\|Edmond Leboeuf	width="25%" align="center"\|21 August 1869	width="25%" align="center"\|20 July 1870
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre Charles Dejean	width="25%" align="center"\|20 July 1870	width="25%" align="center"\|10 August 1870
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, duc de Palikao	width="25%" align="center"\|10 August 1870	width="25%" align="center"\|4 September 1870
idth="50%" align="center"\|Adolphe Charles Le Fl	width="25%" align="center"\|4 September 1870	width="25%" align="center"\|5 June 1871
idth="50%" align="center"\|Ernest Courtot de Cissey	width="25%" align="center"\|5 June 1871	width="25%" align="center"\|25 May 1873
idth="50%" align="center"\|Franois Claude du Barail	width="25%" align="center"\|29 May 1873	width="25%" align="center"\|22 May 1874
idth="50%" align="center"\|Ernest Courtot de Cissey	width="25%" align="center"\|22 May 1874	width="25%" align="center"\|15 August 1876
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean Auguste Berthaud	width="25%" align="center"\|15 August 1876	width="25%" align="center"\|23 November 1877
idth="50%" align="center"\|Gatan de Grimaudet de Rochebout	width="25%" align="center"\|23 November 1877	width="25%" align="center"\|13 December 1877
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Louis Borel	width="25%" align="center"\|13 December 1877	width="25%" align="center"\|16 May 1878
idth="50%" align="center"\|Henri Franois Xavier Gresley	width="25%" align="center"\|16 May 1878	width="25%" align="center"\|28 December 1879
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean Joseph Frdric Adolphe Farre	width="25%" align="center"\|28 December 1879	width="25%" align="center"\|14 November 1881
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Baptiste Campenon	width="25%" align="center"\|14 November 1881	width="25%" align="center"\|26 January 1882
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Baptiste Billot	width="25%" align="center"\|30 January 1882	width="25%" align="center"\|29 January 1883
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean Thibaudin	width="25%" align="center"\|31 January 1883	width="25%" align="center"\|9 October 1883
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Baptiste Campenon	width="25%" align="center"\|9 October 1883	width="25%" align="center"\|3 January 1885
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jules Louis Lewal	width="25%" align="center"\|3 January 1885	width="25%" align="center"\|6 April 1885
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Baptiste Campenon	width="25%" align="center"\|6 April 1885	width="25%" align="center"\|7 January 1886
idth="50%" align="center"\|Georges Boulanger	width="25%" align="center"\|7 January 1886	width="25%" align="center"\|30 May 1887
idth="50%" align="center"\|Thophile Adrien Ferron	width="25%" align="center"\|30 May 1887	width="25%" align="center"\|12 December 1887
idth="50%" align="center"\|Franois Auguste Logerot	width="25%" align="center"\|12 December 1887	width="25%" align="center"\|3 April 1888
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles de Freycinet	width="25%" align="center"\|3 April 1888	width="25%" align="center"\|11 January 1893
idth="50%" align="center"\|Julien Lon Loizillon	width="25%" align="center"\|11 January 1893	width="25%" align="center"\|3 December 1893
idth="50%" align="center"\|Auguste Mercier	width="25%" align="center"\|3 December 1893	width="25%" align="center"\|24 January 1895
idth="50%" align="center"\|mile Zurlinder	width="25%" align="center"\|28 January 1895	width="25%" align="center"\|1 November 1895
idth="50%" align="center"\|Godefroy Cavaignac	width="25%" align="center"\|1 November 1895	width="25%" align="center"\|29 April 1896
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Baptiste Billot	width="25%" align="center"\|29 April 1896	width="25%" align="center"\|28 June 1898
idth="50%" align="center"\|Godefroy Cavaignac	width="25%" align="center"\|28 June 1898	width="25%" align="center"\|5 September 1898
idth="50%" align="center"\|mile Zurlinden	width="25%" align="center"\|5 September 1898	width="25%" align="center"\|17 September 1898
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles Chanoine	width="25%" align="center"\|17 September 1898	width="25%" align="center"\|25 October 1898
idth="50%" align="center"\|douard Locroy	width="25%" align="center"\|25 October 1898	width="25%" align="center"\|1 November 1898
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles de Freycinet	width="25%" align="center"\|1 November 1898	width="25%" align="center"\|6 May 1899
idth="50%" align="center"\|Camille Krantz	width="25%" align="center"\|6 May 1899	width="25%" align="center"\|22 June 1899
idth="50%" align="center"\|Gaston, marquis de Gallifet	width="25%" align="center"\|22 June 1899	width="25%" align="center"\|20 May 1900
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Andr	width="25%" align="center"\|20 May 1900	width="25%" align="center"\|14 November 1904
idth="50%" align="center"\|Maurice Berteaux	width="25%" align="center"\|14 November 1904	width="25%" align="center"\|12 November 1905
idth="50%" align="center"\|Eugne tienne	width="25%" align="center"\|12 November 1905	width="25%" align="center"\|25 October 1906
idth="50%" align="center"\|Georges Picquart	width="25%" align="center"\|25 October 1906	width="25%" align="center"\|24 July 1909
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean Brun	width="25%" align="center"\|24 July 1909	width="25%" align="center"\|23 February 1911
idth="50%" align="center"\|Aristide Briand	width="25%" align="center"\|23 February 1911	width="25%" align="center"\|2 March 1911
idth="50%" align="center"\|Maurice Berteaux	width="25%" align="center"\|2 March 1911	width="25%" align="center"\|21 May 1911
idth="50%" align="center"\|Franois Louis Auguste Goiran	width="25%" align="center"\|27 May 1911	width="25%" align="center"\|27 June 1911
idth="50%" align="center"\|Adolphe Messimy	width="25%" align="center"\|27 June 1911	width="25%" align="center"\|14 January 1912
idth="50%" align="center"\|Alexandre Millerand	width="25%" align="center"\|14 January 1912	width="25%" align="center"\|12 January 1913
idth="50%" align="center"\|Albert Lebrun	width="25%" align="center"\|12 January 1913	width="25%" align="center"\|21 January 1913
idth="50%" align="center"\|Eugne tienne	width="25%" align="center"\|21 January 1913	width="25%" align="center"\|9 December 1913
idth="50%" align="center"\|Joseph Noullens	width="25%" align="center"\|9 December 1913	width="25%" align="center"\|9 June 1914
idth="50%" align="center"\|Thophile Delcass	width="25%" align="center"\|9 June 1914	width="25%" align="center"\|13 June 1914
idth="50%" align="center"\|Adolphe Messimy	width="25%" align="center"\|13 June 1914	width="25%" align="center"\|26 August 1914
idth="50%" align="center"\|Alexandre Millerand	width="25%" align="center"\|26 August 1914	width="25%" align="center"\|29 October 1915
idth="50%" align="center"\|Joseph Gallini	width="25%" align="center"\|29 October 1915	width="25%" align="center"\|16 March 1916
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre Auguste Roques	width="25%" align="center"\|16 March 1916	width="25%" align="center"\|12 December 1916
idth="50%" align="center"\|Hubert Lyautey	width="25%" align="center"\|12 December 1916	width="25%" align="center"\|14 March 1917
idth="50%" align="center"\|Lucien Lacaze	width="25%" align="center"\|14 March 1917	width="25%" align="center"\|20 March 1917
idth="50%" align="center"\|Paul Painlev	width="25%" align="center"\|20 March 1917	width="25%" align="center"\|16 November 1917
idth="50%" align="center"\|Georges Clemenceau	width="25%" align="center"\|16 November 1917	width="25%" align="center"\|20 January 1920
idth="50%" align="center"\|Andr Lefvre	width="25%" align="center"\|20 January 1920	width="25%" align="center"\|16 December 1920
idth="50%" align="center"\|Flaminius Raiberti	width="25%" align="center"\|16 December 1920	width="25%" align="center"\|16 January 1921
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Barthou	width="25%" align="center"\|16 January 1921	width="25%" align="center"\|15 January 1922
idth="50%" align="center"\|Andr Maginot	width="25%" align="center"\|15 January 1922	width="25%" align="center"\|14 June 1924
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles Nollet	width="25%" align="center"\|14 June 1924	width="25%" align="center"\|17 April 1925
idth="50%" align="center"\|Paul Painlev	width="25%" align="center"\|17 April 1925	width="25%" align="center"\|29 October 1925
idth="50%" align="center"\|douard Daladier	width="25%" align="center"\|29 October 1925	width="25%" align="center"\|28 November 1925
idth="50%" align="center"\|Paul Painlev	width="25%" align="center"\|28 November 1925	width="25%" align="center"\|23 June 1926
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Guillaumat	width="25%" align="center"\|23 June 1926	width="25%" align="center"\|19 July 1926
idth="50%" align="center"\|Paul Painlev	width="25%" align="center"\|19 July 1926	width="25%" align="center"\|3 November 1929
idth="50%" align="center"\|Andr Maginot	width="25%" align="center"\|3 November 1929	width="25%" align="center"\|21 February 1930
idth="50%" align="center"\|Ren Besnard	width="25%" align="center"\|21 February 1930	width="25%" align="center"\|2 March 1930
idth="50%" align="center"\|Andr Maginot	width="25%" align="center"\|2 March 1930	width="25%" align="center"\|13 December 1930
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Barthou	width="25%" align="center"\|13 December 1930	width="25%" align="center"\|27 January 1931
idth="50%" align="center"\|Andr Maginot	width="25%" align="center"\|27 January 1931	width="25%" align="center"\|6 January 1932
idth="50%" align="center"\|Andr Tardieu	width="25%" align="center"\|14 January 1932	width="25%" align="center"\|20 February 1932
idth="50%" align="center"\|Franois Pitri	width="25%" align="center"\|20 February 1932	width="25%" align="center"\|3 June 1932
idth="50%" align="center"\|Joseph Paul-Boncour	width="25%" align="center"\|3 June 1932	width="25%" align="center"\|18 December 1932
idth="50%" align="center"\|douard Daladier	width="25%" align="center"\|18 December 1932	width="25%" align="center"\|30 January 1934
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean Fabry	width="25%" align="center"\|30 January 1934	width="25%" align="center"\|4 February 1934
idth="50%" align="center"\|Joseph Paul-Boncour	width="25%" align="center"\|4 February 1934	width="25%" align="center"\|9 February 1934
idth="50%" align="center"\|Philippe Ptain	width="25%" align="center"\|9 February 1934	width="25%" align="center"\|8 November 1934
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Maurin	width="25%" align="center"\|8 November 1934	width="25%" align="center"\|7 June 1935
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean Fabry	width="25%" align="center"\|7 June 1935	width="25%" align="center"\|24 January 1936
idth="50%" align="center"\|Louis Maurin	width="25%" align="center"\|24 January 1936	width="25%" align="center"\|4 June 1936
idth="50%" align="center"\|douard Daladier	width="25%" align="center"\|4 June 1936	width="25%" align="center"\|18 May 1940
idth="50%" align="center"\|Paul Reynaud	width="25%" align="center"\|18 May 1940	width="25%" align="center"\|16 June 1940
idth="50%" align="center"\|Maxime Weygand (National Defense) and Louis Colson (War)	width="25%" align="center"\|16 June 1940	width="25%" align="center"\|6 September 1940
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles Huntziger	width="25%" align="center"\|6 September 1940	width="25%" align="center"\|11 August 1941
idth="50%" align="center"\|Franois Darlan	width="25%" align="center"\|11 August 1941	width="25%" align="center"\|18 April 1942
idth="50%" align="center"\|Eugne Bridoux	width="25%" align="center"\|18 April 1942	width="25%" align="center"\|20 August 1944

Free French Commissioners for War, 1941-1944

idth="50%" align="center"\|Commissioner	width="25%" align="center"\|Began	width="25%" align="center"\|Ended
idth="50%" align="center"\|Paul Legentilhomme	width="25%" align="center"\|24 September 1941	width="25%" align="center"\|9 November 1943
idth="50%' align="center"\|Andr Le Troquet	width="25%" align="center"\|9 November 1943	width="25%" align="center"\|4 April 1944
idth="50%" align="center"\|Andr Diethelm	width="25%" align="center"\|4 April 1944	width="25%" align="center"\|10 September 1944

Ministers of National Defense, 1944-1974

idth="50%" align="center"\|Minister	width="25%" align="center"\|Began	width="25%" align="center"\|Ended
idth="50%" align="center"\|Andr Diethelm	width="25%" align="center"\|10 September 1944	width="25%" align="center"\|21 November 1945
idth="50%" align="center"\|Edmond Michelet	width="25%" align="center"\|21 November 1945	width="25%" align="center"\|24 June 1946
idth="50%" align="center"\|Flix Gouin	width="25%" align="center"\|24 June 1946	width="25%" align="center"\|16 December 1946
idth="50%" align="center"\|Andr Le Troquer	width="25%" align="center"\|16 December 1946	width="25%" align="center"\|22 January 1947
idth="50%" align="center"\|Franois Billoux	width="25%" align="center"\|22 January 1947	width="25%" align="center"\|4 May 1947
idth="50%" align="center"\|Yvon Delbos	width="25%" align="center"\|4 May 1947	width="25%" align="center"\|22 October 1947
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre-Henri Teitgen	width="25%" align="center"\|22 October 1947	width="25%" align="center"\|26 July 1948
idth="50%" align="center"\|Ren Mayer	width="25%" align="center"\|26 July 1948	width="25%" align="center"\|11 September 1948
idth="50%" align="center"\|Paul Ramadier	width="25%" align="center"\|11 September 1948	width="25%" align="center"\|28 October 1949
idth="50%" align="center"\|Ren Pleven	width="25%" align="center"\|29 October 1949	width="25%" align="center"\|12 July 1950
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jules Moch	width="25%" align="center"\|12 July 1950	width="25%" align="center"\|11 August 1951
idth="50%" align="center"\|Georges Bidault	width="25%" align="center"\|11 August 1951	width="25%" align="center"\|8 March 1952
idth="50%" align="center"\|Ren Pleven	width="25%" align="center"\|8 March 1952	width="25%" align="center"\|19 June 1954
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre Koenig	width="25%" align="center"\|19 June 1954	width="25%" align="center"\|14 August 1954
idth="50%" align="center"\|Emmanuel Temple	width="25%" align="center"\|14 August 1954	width="25%" align="center"\|20 January 1955
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jacques Chevallier (National Defense) and Maurice Bourgs-Maunoury (Armed Forces)	width="25%" align="center"\|20 January 1955	width="25%" align="center"\|23 February 1955
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre Koenig	width="25%" align="center"\|23 February 1955	width="25%" align="center"\|6 October 1955
idth="50%" align="center\|Pierre Billotte	width="25%" align="center"\|6 October 1955	width="25%" align="center"\|1 February 1956
idth="50%" align="center"\|Maurice Bourgs-Maunoury	width="25%" align="center"\|1 February 1956	width="25%" align="center"\|13 June 1957
idth="50%" align="center"\|Andr Morice	width="25%" align="center"\|13 June 1957	width="25%" align="center"\|6 November 1957
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jacques Chaban-Delmas	width="25%" align="center"\|6 November 1957	width="25%" align="center"\|14 May 1958
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre de Chevign	width="25%" align="center"\|14 May 1958	width="25%" align="center"\|1 June 1958
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles de Gaulle (National Defense) and Pierre Guillaumat (Armies)	width="25%" align="center"\|1 June 1958	width="25%" align="center"\|8 January 1959
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre Guillaumat	width="25%" align="center"\|1 June 1958	width="25%" align="center"\|5 February 1960
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre Messmer	width="25%" align="center"\|5 February 1960	width="25%" align="center"\|22 June 1969
idth="50%" align="center"\|Michel Debr	width="25%" align="center"\|22 June 1969	width="25%" align="center"\|4 April 1973
idth="50%" align="center"\|Robert Galley	width="25%" align="center"\|4 April 1973	width="25%" align="center"\|28 May 1974

Ministers of Defense, 1974-present

idth="50%" align="center"\|Minister	width="25%" align="center"\|Began	width="25%" align="center"\|Ended
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jacques Soufflet	width="25%" align="center"\|28 May 1974	width="25%" align="center"\|1 February 1975
idth="50%" align="center"\|Yvon Bourges	width="25%" align="center"\|1 February 1975	width="25%" align="center"\|2 October 1980
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jol Le Theule	width="25%" align="center"\|2 October 1980	width="25%" align="center"\|14 December 1980
idth="50%" align="center"\|Robert Galley	width="25%" align="center"\|22 December 1980	width="25%" align="center"\|22 May 1981
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles Hernu	width="25%" align="center"\|22 May 1981	width="25%" align="center"\|20 September 1985
idth="50%" align="center"\|Paul Quils	width="25%" align="center"\|20 September 1985	width="25%" align="center"\|20 March 1986
idth="50%" align="center"\|Andr Giraud	width="25%" align="center"\|20 March 1986	width="25%" align="center"\|12 May 1988
idth="50%" align="center"\|Jean-Pierre Chevnement	width="25%" align="center"\|12 May 1988	width="25%" align="center"\|29 January 1991
idth="50%" align="center"\|Pierre Joxe	width="25%" align="center"\|29 January 1991	width="25%" align="center"\|29 March 1993
idth="50%" align="center"\|Franois Lotard	width="25%" align="center"\|29 March 1993	width="25%" align="center"\|18 May 1995
idth="50%" align="center"\|Charles Millon	width="25%" align="center"\|18 May 1995	width="25%" align="center"\|4 June 1997
idth="50%" align="center"\|Alain Richard	width="25%" align="center"\|4 June 1997	width="25%" align="center"\|7 May 2002
idth="50%" align="center"\|Michle Alliot-Marie	width="25%" align="center"\|7 May 2002	width="25%" align="center"\|

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