The Minister of the Overseas (french: Ministre des Outre-mer) is the official in charge of the Ministry of the Overseas in the Government of the French Republic, responsible for overseeing

Overseas France Overseas France (french: France d'outre-mer) consists of 13 French-administered territories outside Europe, mostly the remains of the French colonial empire that chose to remain a part of the French state under various statuses after decoloni ...

. The office was titled Minister of the Colonies (french: Ministre des Colonies, links=no) until 1946. The position is currently held by

Jean-François Carenco Jean-François Carenco (born 7 July 1952) is a French politician currently serving as Minister of the Overseas in the Borne government. References See also * Borne government Living people 1952 births HEC Paris alumni École ...

, who succeeded

Élisabeth Borne Élisabeth Borne (; born 18 April 1961) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since May 2022. She is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance. A civil engineer, government official and manager of sta ...

(as acting minister) on 4 July 2022.

Officeholders

Minister of the Colonies (1894–1946)

* 20 March – 30 May 1894 : Ernest Boulanger * 30 May 1894 – 26 January 1895 :

Théophile Delcassé Théophile Delcassé (1 March 185222 February 1923) was a French politician who served as foreign minister from 1898 to 1905. He is best known for his hatred of Germany and efforts to secure alliances with Russia and Great Britain that became t ...

* 26 January – 1 November 1895 : Émile Chautemps * 4 November 1895 – 29 April 1896 :

Pierre-Paul Guieysse Pierre-Paul Guieysse, (May 11, 1841 – May 19, 1914) was a French Socialist politician. He was Minister of the Colonies in the French Cabinet headed by Léon Bourgeois between 1895 and 1896. Life He was born in Lorient, Brittany, of a Protestan ...

* 29 April 1896 – 31 May 1898 : André Lebon * 31 May – 28 June 1898 : Gabriel Hanotaux * 28 June – 1 November 1898 :

Georges Trouillot Georges Marie Denis Gabriel Trouillot (7 May 1851 – 20 November 1916) was a French Radical politician. He played a central role in developing the law of 1901 that governed associations such as agricultural cooperative. He was Minister of the Co ...

* 1 November 1898 – 22 June 1899 :

Florent Guillain Antoine-Florent Guillain (7 February 1844 – 19 April 1915) was a French maritime engineer who designed a major upgrade to the port of Dunkirk, and rose to a senior level in the Minister of Public Works (France), Ministry of Public Works. He was e ...

* 22 June 1899 – 7 June 1902 :

Albert Decrais Pierre Louis Albert Decrais (18 December 1838 – 27 February 1915) was a French lawyer, administrator, diplomat and politician who was a deputy from 1897 to 1903, then a senator from 1903 to 1915. He was Minister of the Colonies from 1899 to 1902. ...

* 7 June 1902 – 24 January 1905 :

Gaston Doumergue Pierre Paul Henri Gaston Doumergue (; 1 August 1863 in Aigues-Vives, Gard18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He served as President of France from 13 June 1924 to 13 June 1931. Biography Doumergue cam ...

* 24 January 1905 – 14 March 1906 :

Étienne Clémentel Étienne Clémentel (11 January 1864 – 25 December 1936) was a French politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 1900 to 1919 and as French Senator from 1920 to 1936. He also served as Minister of Colonies from 2 ...

* 14 March – 25 October 1906 : Georges Leygues * 25 October 1906 – 24 July 1909 :

Raphaël Milliès-Lacroix Raphaël Milliès-Lacroix (4 December 1850 – 12 October 1941) was a French draper and politician from Dax, Landes, in the southwest of the country. He was Minister of the Colonies in 1906–09. Early years Raphaël Milliès-Lacroix was born in ...

* 24 July 1909 – 3 November 1910 :

* 3 November 1910 – 2 March 1911 : Jean Morel * 2 March – 27 June 1911 :

Adolphe Messimy Adolphe Marie Messimy (31 January 1869 – 1 September 1935) was a French politician and general. He served as Minister of War in 1911–12 and then again for a few months during July Crisis, the outbreak of and first three weeks of the First Wor ...

* 27 June 1911 – 12 January 1913 : Albert François Lebrun * 12–21 January 1913 :

René Besnard René Henry Besnard (12 April 1879 – 12 March 1952) was a French politician who was a deputy for Indre-et-Loire from 1906 to 1919 and senator from 1920 to 1941. He was briefly Minister of the Colonies and then Minister of Labor and Social Welf ...

* 21 January – 9 December 1913 : Jean Morel * 9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914 : Albert François Lebrun * 9–13 June 1914 :

Maurice Maunoury Maurice Maunoury was a French politician born 16 October 1863 in Alexandria (Egypt) and died 16 May 1925 in Paris *Député for Eure-et-Loir Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is locat ...

* 13 June – 26 August 1914 : Maurice Raynaud * 26 August 1914 – 20 March 1917 :

* 20 March – 12 September 1917 :

André Maginot André Maginot (; 17 February 1877 – 7 January 1932) was a French civil servant, soldier, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his advocacy of the string of forts known as the Maginot Line. Early years, to World War I Maginot was ...

* 12 September – 16 November 1917 :

* 16 November 1917 – 20 January 1920 : Henry Simon * 20 January 1920 – 29 March 1924 :

Albert Sarraut Albert-Pierre Sarraut (; 28 July 1872 – 26 November 1962) was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic. Biography Sarraut was born on 28 July 1872 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. On 14 March 1907 Sarraut ...

* 29 March – 14 June 1924 :

Jean Fabry Jean Fabry (6 June 1876 – 1 June 1968) was a French politician. He served in the French Army during World War I, and he became an officer of the Legion of Honour for his service. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1919 to 1936 ...

* 14 June 1924 – 17 April 1925 :

Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier (; 18 June 1884 – 10 October 1970) was a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician, and the Prime Minister of France who signed the Munich Agreement before the outbreak of World War II. Daladier was born in Carpe ...

* 17 April – 29 October 1925 : André Hesse * 29 October 1925 – 19 July 1926 : Léon Perrier * 19–23 July 1926 : Adrien Dariac * 23 July 1926 – 6 November 1928 : Léon Perrier * 11 November 1928 – 3 November 1929 :

* 3 November 1929 – 21 February 1930 :

François Piétri François Piétri (8 August 1882 – 17 August 1966) 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. Born in Bastia, Corsica to Anto ...

* 21 February – 2 March 1930 :

Lucien Lamoureux Lucien Lamoureux, (August 3, 1920 – July 16, 1998) was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada from 1966 to 1974. He is the second longest-serving occupant of that office. After graduating with a law degree f ...

* 2 March – 13 December 1930 :

* 13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931 :

Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg () (19 December 1868 – 19 December 1950) was a lawyer and professor of philosophy who became Premier of the French Third Republic. Steeg entered French politics in 1904 as a radical socialist, although his views were generally m ...

* 27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932 :

Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud (; 15 October 1878 – 21 September 1966) was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Germany. Reynaud opposed the Munich Agreement of ...

* 20 February – 3 June 1932 :

Louis de Chappedelaine Louis-Marc-Michel, comte de Chappedelaine (21 June 1876, Saint-Just, Ille-et-Vilaine – 9 December 1939, Ville-d'Avray, Seine-et-Oise Seine-et-Oise () was the former department of France encompassing the western, northern and southern part ...

* 3 June 1932 – 6 September 1933 :

* 6 September – 26 October 1933 : Albert Dalimier * 26 October – 26 November 1933 :

* 26 November 1933 – 9 January 1934 : Albert Dalimier * 9–30 January 1934 :

* 30 January – 9 February 1934 :

Henry de Jouvenel Henry de Jouvenel des Ursins (5 April 1876 – 5 October 1935) was a French journalist and statesman.

* 9 February – 13 October 1934 :

Pierre Laval Pierre Jean Marie Laval (; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. During the Third Republic, he served as Prime Minister of France from 27 January 1931 to 20 February 1932 and 7 June 1935 to 24 January 1936. He again occ ...

* 13 October 1934 – 24 January 1936 : Louis Rollin * 24 January – 4 June 1936 :

Jacques Stern Jacques Stern (born 21 August 1949) is a cryptographer, currently a professor at the École Normale Supérieure. He received the 2006 CNRS Gold medal. His notable work includes the cryptanalysis of numerous encryption and signature schemes, th ...

* 4 June 1936 – 18 January 1938 :

Marius Moutet Marius Moutet (19 April 1876 – 29 October 1968) was a French Socialist diplomat and colonial adviser. An expert in colonial issues, he served as Minister of the Colonies for four terms in the 1930s and 1940s and was president of the Gener ...

* 18 January – 13 March 1938 :

* 13 March – 10 April 1938 :

* 10 April 1938 – 18 May 1940 :

Georges Mandel Georges Mandel (5 June 1885 – 7 July 1944) was a French journalist, politician, and French Resistance leader. Early life Born Louis George Rothschild in Chatou, Yvelines, he was the son of a tailor and his wife. His family was Jewish, originally ...

* 18 May – 16 June 1940 : Louis Rollin * 16 June – 12 July 1940 : Albert Rivière * 12 July – 6 September 1940 : Henry Lémery * 6 September 1940 – 18 April 1942 :

Charles Platon René-Charles Platon (19 September 1886 – 28 August 1944) was a French admiral who was responsible for the Colonial Ministry under the Vichy government. He was a passionate supporter of the ''Révolution nationale'' (National Revolution) of Vich ...

* 24 September 1941 – 28 July 1942 : René Pleven ( Commissaire) * 18 April 1942 – 26 March 1943 : Jules Brévié * 28 July – 17 October 1942 :

Hervé Alphand Hervé Alphand (31 May 1907 – 13 January 1994) was a French diplomat, and French ambassador to the United States, from 1956 to 1965. Life Born into a family of diplomats, he studied law and graduated in political science. In 1930, he joined t ...

( Commissaire) * 17 October 1942 – 10 September 1944 : René Pleven ( Commissaire) * 26 March 1943 – 20 August 1944 : Henri Bléhaut * 10 September – 16 November 1944 : René Pleven * 16 November 1944 – 21 November 1945 : Paul Giacobbi * 21 November 1945 – 26 January 1946 :

Jacques Soustelle Jacques Soustelle (3 February 1912 – 6 August 1990) was an important and early figure of the Free French Forces, a politician who served in the French National Assembly and at one time served as Governor General of Algeria, an anthropologist s ...

Minister of the Overseas (1946–present)

* 26 January – 23 December 1946 :

* 23 December 1946 – 22 January 1947 : Auguste Laurent * 22 January – 22 October 1947 :

* 22 October 1947 – 29 October 1949 :

Paul Coste-Floret Paul Coste-Floret (9 April 1911 – 27 August 1979) was a French politician. He was born and died in Montpellier, France. Career Coste-Floret was originally an academic, becoming Doctor of Law in 1935 and teaching law at the University of ...

* 29 October 1949 – 3 July 1950 :

Jean Letourneau Jean Letourneau (18 September 1907 – 16 March 1986) was a French lawyer and politician. He was a lifelong Christian Democrat. During World War II (1939–45) he was active in the French Resistance. After the war he was a deputy in the national ...

* 3–12 July 1950 :

* 12 July 1950 – 11 August 1951 : François Mitterrand * 11 August 1951 – 8 March 1952 :

Louis Jacquinot Louis Jacquinot (16 September 1898 – 14 June 1993) was a French lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré's office. Jacquinot was born in Gondrecourt-le-Château (Meuse) in 1898. Entering parliament in 1932, he la ...

* 8 March 1952 – 8 January 1953 :

Pierre Pflimlin Pierre Eugène Jean Pflimlin (; 5 February 1907 – 27 June 2000) was a French Christian Democrat politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic for a few weeks in 1958, before being replaced by Charles de Gaulle during th ...

* 8 January 1953 – 19 June 1954 :

* 19 June 1954 – 20 January 1955 :

Robert Buron Robert Buron (27 February 1910 – 28 April 1973) 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 195 ...

* 20 January – 23 February 1955 : Jean-Jacques Juglas * 23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956 :

Pierre-Henri Teitgen Pierre-Henri Teitgen (29 May 1908 – 6 April 1997) was a French lawyer, professor and politician.Johnson, Douglas (9 April 1997) ''The Independent''. Retrieved 21 January 2016 Teitgen was born in Rennes, Brittany. Taken POW in 1940, he playe ...

* 1 February 1956 – 13 June 1957 :

Gaston Defferre Gaston Defferre (14 September 1910 – 7 May 1986) was a French Socialist politician. He served as mayor of Marseille for 33 years until his death in 1986. He was minister for overseas territories in Guy Mollet’s socialist government in 1956� ...

* 13 June 1957 – 14 May 1958 :

Gérard Jaquet Gérard Jaquet (12 January 1916 – 13 April 2013) was a French politician. Jaquet was born in Malakoff. He represented the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in the Constituent Assembly elected in 1945, in the Constituent Ass ...

* 14 May – 9 June 1958 : André Colin * 9 June 1958 – 8 January 1959 : Bernard Cornut-Gentille * 5 February 1960 – 24 August 1961 :

Robert Lecourt Robert Lecourt (19 September 1908 – 9 August 2004) was a French politician and lawyer, judge and the fourth President of the European Court of Justice. He was born in Pavilly and died in Boulogne-Billancourt. Significantly, in his role as a ...

* 24 August 1961 – 8 January 1966 :

* 8 January 1966 – 30 May 1968 : Pierre Billotte * 30 May – 10 July 1968 :

Joël Le Theule Joël Le Theule (; 22 March 1930 – 14 December 1980) was a French politician. Early life Joël Le Theule was born on March 22, 1930, in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, France. Career Le Theule joined the Union for the New Republic and later the Rally for ...

* 25 February 1971 – 7 July 1972 :

Pierre Messmer Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (; 20 March 191629 August 2007) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under L ...

* 2 April 1973 – 27 February 1974 : Bernard Stasi * 20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988 :

Bernard Pons Bernard Pons (18 July 1926 – 27 April 2022) was a French politician and medical doctor who was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic from 1971 to 1976 and a member of the Rally for the Republic party thereafter. He served as Sec ...

* 23 June 1988 – 29 March 1993 : Louis Le Pensec * 29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995 :

Dominique Perben Dominique Perben (born 11 August 1945) is a French politician. Born in Lyon, he was French Minister of Transportation from 2005 to 2007. He was previously Minister of Justice (2002–05), Minister of Civil Service and Administration (1995–199 ...

* 18 May – 7 November 1995 :

Jean-Jacques de Peretti Jean-Jacques de Peretti (born 21 September 1946) is a politics of France, French politician who has served as mayor of Sarlat-la-Canéda since 1989. References

1946 births French Ministers of Overseas France Living people Recipients o ...

* 7 May 2002 – 2 June 2005 :

Brigitte Girardin Brigitte Girardin (born 12 January 1953 in Verdun, Meuse, France) is a French diplomat and politician. She was the minister of Overseas France under Jacques Chirac from 7 May 2002 to 2 June 2005. Biography In 1976, Girardin first worked for the ...

* 2 June 2005 – 26 March 2007 :

François Baroin François Claude Pierre René Baroin (born 21 June 1965) is a French politician and lawyer who served as Finance Minister from 2011 to 2012, following a stint as Budget Minister in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon. A member of ...

* 26 March – 19 June 2007 :

Hervé Mariton Hervé Marie David Mariton (born 5 November 1958) is French politician serving as Mayor of Crest since 1995. A member of The Republicans, he was elected to the National Assembly for the third constituency of Drôme from 1993 to 1997 and again ...

* 19 June 2007 – 23 June 2009:

Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (; born 10 September 1946), known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans, part of the Eu ...

* 23 June – 6 November 2009:

Brice Hortefeux Brice Hortefeux (born 11 May 1958) is a conservative French politician. He was Minister of the Interior, Overseas Territories and Territorial collectivities. He was previously Minister for Labour, Labour Relations, the Family, Solidarity and Ur ...

* 6 November 2009 – 10 May 2012:

Marie-Luce Penchard Marie-Luce Penchard (born 14 February 1959, in Gourbeyre) is a French politician from Guadeloupe and member of the UMP. She is the daughter of Lucette Michaux-Chevry, the historical leader of the right in Guadeloupe and the former President o ...

* 16 May 2012 – 2 April 2014: Victorin Lurel * 2 April 2014 – 30 August 2016:

George Pau-Langevin George Pau-Langevin (; born 19 October 1948 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French lawyer and politician. A member of the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party (PS). Close to Bertrand Delanoë, she was deputy for the Paris's 21st con ...

* 30 August 2016 – 10 May 2017:

Ericka Bareigts Ericka Bareigts (; born 16 April 1967) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as Minister of Overseas France in the governments of successive Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve from 30 August 2016 to 10 May 20 ...

* 17 May 2017 – 6 July 2020:

Annick Girardin Annick Girardin (born 3 August 1964) is a French politician of the Radical Party who served as Minister of the Sea in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022), Minister of Overseas France in the government of Prime Minis ...

* 6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022:

Sébastien Lecornu Sébastien Lecornu (; born 11 June 1986) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Armed Forces in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 20 May 2022. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM) since he left The ...

* 20 May 2022 – 25 June 2022: Yaël Braun-Pivet * 25 June 2022 – 4 July 2022:

Elisabeth Borne Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sc ...

(acting) * 4 July 2022 – Present:

References

External links

Rulers: France. Ministries, political parties, etc. from 1870: Overseas Ministers (Colonies)
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Les Ministres de l'Outre-Mer sous la Vème République. Ministère de l'Outre-Mer outre-mer.gouv.fr

L'administration centrale du Ministère de l'Outre-Mer: Ministère de l'Outre-Mer outre-mer.gouv.fr

L'histoire du Ministère de l'Outre-Mer Ministère de l'Outre-Mer outre-mer.gouv.fr
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overseas

Officeholders

Minister of the Colonies (1894–1946)

Minister of the Overseas (1946–present)

See also

References

Further reading

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