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in the

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since the establishment of the Fourth Republic. Since 6 July 2020,

Amélie de Montchalin Amélie de Montchalin (née Bommier, born 19 June 1985) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022. De Montchalin pr ...

has been Minister of Public Transformation and Service under Prime Minister

Jean Castex Jean Castex (; born 25 June 1965) is a French politician who was the country's Prime Minister from 3 July 2020 to 16 May 2022. He was a member of The Republicans (LR) until 2020, when he joined La République En Marche! (LREM). Castex served f ...

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Fourth Republic

Under Vincent Auriol

* 19 February – 4 May 1947:

Maurice Thorez Maurice Thorez (; 28 April 1900 – 11 July 1964) was a French politician and longtime leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1930 until his death. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of France from 1946 to 1947. Pre-War Thorez, ...

, Minister of State * 4 May – 22 October 1947:

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 ...

, Minister of State * 26 November 1947 – 2 July 1950: Jean Biondi, Secretary of State * 2 July – 12 July 1950:

Paul Giacobbi Paul Giacobbi (born 4 June 1957 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine) was a member of the National Assembly of France until he retired at the 2017 Parliamentary Elections. He represented the 2nd constituency of the Haute-Corse department, and is a ...

, Minister of State * 12 July 1950 – 11 August 1951: Pierre Métayer, Secretary of State * 20 January – 8 March 1952:

Bernard Lafay Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brav ...

, Secretary of State

Under René Coty

* 30 June – 12 November 1954: Jean Masson, Secretary of State * 12 November 1954 – 23 February 1955: René Billières, Secretary of State * 1 February 1956 – 13 June 1957: Pierre Métayer, Secretary of State * 17 June – 6 November 1957: Jean Meunier, Secretary of State * 11 November 1957 – 14 May 1958:

Raymond Marcellin Raymond Marcellin (19 August 1914 in Sézanne, Marne – 8 September 2004) was a French politician. Biography The son of a banker, he studied law at the University of Strasbourg and the University of Paris. He worked as a lawyer for three ye ...

, Secretary of State * 14 June 1958 – 8 January 1959: Guy Mollet, Minister of State

Fifth Republic

Under Charles de Gaulle

* 8 January – 28 May 1959:

Pierre Chatenet Pierre Chatenet was a French politician born 6 March 1917 in Paris and died 4 September 1997 in Tafers. He served as French Interior Minister from 1959 to 1961. From 1962 he became the last President of the Commission of the European Atomic E ...

, Secretary of State * 24 July 1959 – 15 January 1960:

Louis Joxe Louis Joxe (16 September 1901 – 6 April 1991) was a French statesman, judge and politician. He was born in Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine. Career * Ambassador of France to the USSR (1952–1955) * Ambassador of France to the Federal Republi ...

, Secretary of State * 19 March 1960 – 14 April 1962:

Pierre Guillaumat Pierre Guillaumat (5 August 1909 – 28 August 1991) was a Minister of National Education and Minister of the Armies under French President Charles de Gaulle and founder of the Elf Aquitaine oil company in 1967. He was born in La Flèche ...

, Minister delegate * 14 April – 28 November 1962:

Jean de Broglie Prince Jean Marie François Ferdinand de Broglie (21 June 1921 – 24 December 1976) was a French politician and President of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly in 1959. Family Jean de Broglie was born in Paris, France, Paris on ...

, Secretary of State * 6 December 1962 – 6 April 1967:

, Minister of State * 6 April 1967 – 31 May 1968:

Edmond Michelet Edmond Michelet (8 October 1899 – 9 October 1970) was a French politician. He is the father of the writer Claude Michelet. On 17 June 1940, he distributed tracts calling to continue the war in all Brive-la-Gaillarde's mailboxes. It is consid ...

, Minister of State * 31 May – 10 July 1968:

Robert Boulin Robert Boulin (20 July 1920 – 30 October 1979) was a French politician who served as Minister of Labour in the French Cabinet and was at the centre of a major real-estate scandal that ended only with his death in mysterious circumstances. At t ...

, Minister * 12 July 1968 – 20 June 1969:

Philippe Malaud Philippe Malaud (2 October 1925, in Paris – 14 October 2007, in Paris) 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 ...

, Secretary of State

Under Georges Pompidou

* 22 June 1969 – 2 April 1973:

, Secretary of State * 20 April 1973 – 27 February 1974: Paul Dijoud, Secretary of State * 23 October 1973 – 27 February 1974:

, Minister * 1 March – 28 May 1974: Christian Poncelet, Secretary of State

Under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

* 28 May – 29 October 1974: Roger Poudonson, Secretary of State * 29 October 1974 – 27 August 1976: Gabriel Péronnet, Secretary of State * 27 August 1976 – 6 April 1978: Maurice Ligot, Secretary of State * 2 April 1978 – 22 May 1981: Jacques Dominati, Secretary of State

Under François Mitterrand

* 21 May – 23 June 1981: Catherine Lalumière, Secretary of State * 23 June 1981 – 23 July 1984: Anicet Le Pors, Minister delegate * 23 July 1984 – 20 March 1986:

Jean Le Garrec Jean Le Garrec (9 August 1929 – 19 February 2023) was a French businessman and politician of the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party (PS). Biography Born in Le Palais on 9 August 1929, Le Garrec was initially a member of the Unified Soci ...

, Secretary of State * 20 March 1986 – 12 May 1988:

Hervé de Charette Hervé de Charette (; born 30 July 1938 in Paris) is a French centrist politician. He is a descendant of the royalist military leader François de Charette and of king Charles X of France. Member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF), he was ...

, Minister delegate * 12 May 1988 – 16 May 1991: Michel Durafour, Minister * 16 May 1991 – 28 March 1992: Jean-Pierre Soisson, Minister of State * 4 April 1992 – 30 March 1993: Michel Delebarre, Minister of State * 30 March 1993 – 18 May 1995:

André Rossinot André Rossinot (born 22 May 1939) is a French politician. He is a medical doctor specialist in Otolaryngology. He is a member of the Radical Party. Between 1978 and 1997, he was a member of the French National Assembly. From 1993 until 1995 ...

, Minister

Under Jacques Chirac

* 18 May – 6 November 1995:

Jean Puech Jean Puech (born 22 February 1942, in Viviez) is a French politician. He was first a member of the Republican Party before joining the Union for a Popular Movement. Between 1980 and 1993 and again between 1996 and 2008, he was a Senator ...

, Minister * 6 November 1995 – 4 June 1997 :

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 ...

, Minister * 4 June 1997 – 27 March 2000: Émile Zuccarelli, Minister * 27 March 2000 – 7 May 2002:

Michel Sapin Michel Sapin (; born 9 April 1952 is a French politician who served as Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2014 to 2017. He is a member of the Socialist Party. He was Minister of the Civil Service from 2000 to 2002 and Minis ...

, Minister * 7 May 2002 – 30 March 2004: Jean-Paul Delevoye, Minister * 31 March 2004 – 31 May 2005:

Renaud Dutreil Renaud Dutreil (born 12 June 1960) is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Sciences, École Normale Supérieure and École Nationale d'Administration in Paris. He was Lauréat du Concours Général de Philosophie in 1978. Dutreil se ...

, Minister * 2 June 2005 – 15 May 2007: Christian Jacob, Minister

Under Nicolas Sarkozy

* 19 June 2007 – 23 June 2009:

André Santini André Santini (; born 20 October 1940) is a French politician and current mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine. A former member of the UDF, he did not support François Bayrou, the candidate of his party for the first round of the ...

, Secretary of State * 22 March 2010 – 29 May 2011: Georges Tron, Secretary of State * 29 June 2011 – 10 May 2012:

François Sauvadet François Sauvadet (born 20 April 1953) is a French journalist and politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who has been serving as the president of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France since 2008. Early career Sauva ...

, Minister

Under François Hollande

* 16 May 2012 – 11 February 2016:

Marylise Lebranchu Marylise Lebranchu ( ; born 25 April 1947 in Loudéac, Côtes-d'Armor) is a French politician. She served as Minister of the Reform of the State and of Decentralisation under Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. Biography She is a member of th ...

, Minister * 11 February 2016 – 15 May 2017:

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 Minister ...

, Minister

Under Emmanuel Macron

* 6 July 2020 – Present:

, Minister

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