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

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, the

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in charge of the French Postal Service and development of the national

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system. The position was occasionally combined with Minister of Commerce and Industry or

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. The ministerial position does not currently exist, and its portfolio has largely been merged into other ministerial positions.

Officeholders

Ministers of Posts and Telegraphs

Adolphe Cochery Louis Adolphe Cochery (26 August 181913 October 1900) was a French politician and journalist. Biography Born in Paris, he studied Law and soon after soon entered politics, joining the staff of the Ministry of Justice after the revolution of Fe ...

: 5 February 1879 – 6 April 1885 *

Ferdinand Sarrien Jean Marie Ferdinand Sarrien (; (15 October 1840 – 28 November 1915) 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'' (L ...

: 6 April 1885 – 7 January 1886 * Félix Granet : 7 January 1886 – 30 May 1887 * Jean Marty : 20 March 1894 – 30 May 1894 *

Victor Lourties The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * Victor (1951 film), ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * Victor (1993 film), ...

: 30 May 1894 – 26 January 1895 *

André Lebon André Lebon (26 August 1858 – 17 February 1938) was a French lawyer and politician. Early years André Lebon was born on 26 August 1858 in Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure. His father was Charles Lebon, founder of the Société du Gaz Lebon. After c ...

: 26 January 1895 – 1 November 1895 *

Gustave Mesureur Gustave Émile Eugène Mesureur (2 April 1847 – 19 August 1925) was a French politician. He was born in Marcq-en-Barœul (Nord) on 2 April 1847. He worked as a designer in Paris, and became prominent as a member of the municipal council of Paris ...

: 1 November 1895 – 29 April 1896 *

Henry Boucher Henry Aristide "Red" Boucher Jr. (January 27, 1921 – June 19, 2009) was an American politician who served as the second lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1970 to 1974. He had also served as mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska, from 1966 to 1970, and ...

: 29 April 1896 – 28 June 1898 * Émile Maruéjouls : 28 June 1898 – 1 November 1898 * Paul Delombre : 1 November 1898 – 22 June 1899 *

Alexandre Millerand Alexandre Millerand (; – ) was a French politician. He was Prime Minister of France from 20 January to 23 September 1920 and President of France from 23 September 1920 to 11 June 1924. His participation in Waldeck-Rousseau's cabinet at the sta ...

: 22 June 1899 – 7 June 1902 *

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 ...

: 7 June 1902 – 24 January 1905 * Fernand Dubief : 24 January 1905 – 12 November 1905 *

: 12 November 1905 – 14 March 1906

Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs

In 1906

Louis Barthou Jean Louis Barthou (; 25 August 1862 – 9 October 1934) was a French politician of the Third Republic who served as Prime Minister of France for eight months in 1913. In social policy, his time as prime minister saw the introduction (in Jul ...

became Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs. The combined portfolio lasted until 1913. *

: 14 March 1906 – 24 July 1909 *

: 24 July 1909 – 3 November 1910 *

Louis Puech Louis Puech (1 May 1851, in Gavernac, Bozouls, Aveyron – 15 July 1947, in Aubignac, Aveyron) 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 Feb ...

: 3 November 1910 – 2 March 1911 * Charles Dumont : 2 March 1911 – 27 June 1911 *

Victor Augagneur Victor Augagneur (16 May 1855 – 23 April 1931) was a French politician. Augagneur was born in Lyon. He was the mayor of Lyon from 1900 to 1905, and represented the Independent Socialists in the Chamber of Deputies from 1904 to 1905. He was Go ...

: 27 June 1911 – 14 January 1912 * Jean Dupuy : 14 January 1912 – 22 March 1913

Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs

In March 1913

Alfred Massé Alfred Massé (2 June 1870 – 28 December 1951) was a French lawyer, journalist and politician who was twice Minister of Commerce and Industry shortly before World War I (1914–18). Early years Alfred Louis François Pierre Massé was born on ...

became Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs. *

: 22 March 1913 - 9 December 1913 *

Louis Malvy Louis-Jean Malvy (1 December 1875 – 10 June 1949) was the Interior Minister of France in 1914. Biography Louis-Jean Malvy was born on 1 December 1875 in Figeac. Career Malvy was a member of the Radical Party and served in the Chamber of Deput ...

: 9 December 1913 – 17 March 1914 *

Raoul Péret Raoul Adolphe Péret (29 November 1870 – 22 July 1942) was a French lawyer and politician. Biography Raoul Péret was born in Châtellerault (Vienne), son of a magistrate. He followed his father into the law, becoming an advocate at the ...

: 17 March 1914 - 9 June 1914 *

Marc Réville Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system o ...

: 9 June 1914 – 13 June 1914 *

Gaston Thomson Gaston Thomson was a French politician born 29 January 1848 in Oran, French Algeria; died 14 May 1932 at Bône (Algeria). He was a member of the French Chamber of Deputies for the Department of Constantine for fifty years and three months. He w ...

: 13 June 1914 – 29 October 1915 *

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 ...

: 29 October 1915 – 27 November 1919 * Louis Dubois : 27 November 1919 – 20 January 1920 *

Louis Loucheur Louis Loucheur (12 August 1872 in Roubaix, Nord (French department), Nord – 22 November 1931 in Paris) was a French politician in the French Third Republic, Third Republic, at first a member of the conservative Republican Federation, then of th ...

: 29 March 1924 - 9 June 1924 *

Pierre Étienne Flandin Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

: 9 June 1924 – 14 June 1924 *

Henry Chéron Henry Frédéric Chéron (11 May 1867 – 14 April 1936) was a French lawyer and politician who became active in local politics in the Calvados department of Normandy while still a young man, and always maintained his roots in Normandy. He was ele ...

: 14 September 1928 – 11 November 1928

Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones

Louis Germain-Martin Louis Germain-Martin (7 November 1872, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire – 4 October 1948, Paris) was an Independent Radical French politician. He was Minister of Post and Telecommunications in the government of André Tardieu André Pierre Gabriel ...

: 3 November 1929 – 21 February 1930 * Julien Durand : 21 February 1930 – 2 March 1930 * André Mallarmé : 2 March 1930 – 13 December 1930 *

Georges Bonnet Georges-Étienne Bonnet (22/23 July 1889 – 18 June 1973) was a French politician who served as foreign minister in 1938 and 1939 and was a leading figure in the Radical Party. Early life Bonnet was born in Bassillac, Dordogne, the son of ...

: 13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931 *

Charles Guernier Charles Guernier (26 April 1870 – 19 February 1943) was a French politician. He was deputy for Ille-et-Vilaine from 1906 to 1924 and from 1928 to 1942. He was Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones from 1931 to 1932, and Minister of Publi ...

: 27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932 *

Louis Rollin Louis Marie Joseph Etienne Rollin (27 March 1879 – 3 November 1952) was a French politician who was a minister in several cabinets in the period between the two world wars. Early years (1879–1919) Louis Marie Joseph Etienne Rollin was born ...

: 20 February 1932 – 3 June 1932 *

Henri Queuille Henri Queuille (; 31 March 1884 – 15 June 1970) was a French Radical politician prominent in the Third and Fourth Republics. After World War II, he served three times as Prime Minister. Governments First ministry (11 September 1948 – 28 O ...

: 3 June 1932 – 18 December 1932 *

Laurent Eynac Laurent Eynac (4 October 1886 – 16 December 1970) was a French politician who was appointed Minister of Transportation (France), Minister of Transportation on 7 June 1935 until 24 January 1936. He was born in Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille, Haute-Lo ...

: 18 December 1932 – 26 October 1933 *

Jean Mistler Jean Mistler (1 September 1897 – 11 November 1988) was a French writer, diplomat and politician born in Sorèze, Tarn (department), Tarn. In 1966 he was elected to the Académie française. Mistler, whose father's family had left Alsace in 1871, ...

: 26 October 1933 – 30 January 1934 *

Paul Bernier Paul Bernier (18 January 1906 – 21 November 1964) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the Archdiocese of Quebec and international organization, served briefly in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, and then as Bishop of ...

: 3 January 1934 – 9 February 1934 * André Mallarmé : 9 February 1934 – 8 November 1934 *

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 ...

: 8 November 1934 – 4 June 1936 * Robert Jardillier : 4 June 1936 – 22 June 1937 *

Jean-Baptiste Lebas Jean-Baptiste Lebas (; 24 October 1878 – 10 March 1944) was a French Socialist politician, deputy to the National Assembly of France during the Third Republic, who served twice as minister under Léon Blum’s governments. He was mayor of R ...

: 22 June 1937 – 18 January 1938 *

Fernand Gentin Fernand Gentin (27 September 1876 – 24 April 1946) was a French printer and Radical politician who was a deputy from 1932 to 1942. He was Minister of PTT and then Minister of Health in 1938, and Minister of Commerce from 1938 to 1940. In the per ...

: 18 January 1938 – 13 March 1938 *

: 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 André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French language, French-s ...

: 27 June 1940 – 12 July 1940 *

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 ...

: 12 July 1940 – 6 September 1940 * Jean Berthelot : 6 September 1940 – 18 April 1942 *

Robert Gibrat The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

: 18 April 1942 – 18 November 1942 *

Jean Bichelonne Jean Bichelonne (24 December 1904 – 22 December 1944) was a French businessman and member of the Vichy government that governed France during World War II following the occupation of France by Nazi Germany. Early life Jean Bichelonne was born o ...

: 18 November 1942 – 20 August 1944 * Augustin Laurent : 10 September 1944 – 27 June 1945 * Eugène Thomas : 27 June 1945 – 26 January 1946 *

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 ...

: 26 January 1946 – 16 December 1946 * Eugène Thomas : 16 December 1946 – 22 January 1947 * Eugène Thomas : 9 May 1947 – 22 October 1947 * Eugène Thomas : 29 October 1949 – 7 February 1950 * Charles Brune : 7 February 1950 – 11 August 1951 *

Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel (; 12 October 18898 April 1975) 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 ...

: 11 August 1951 – 4 October 1951 *

Roger Duchet Roger Duchet (4 July 1904 – 6 September 1981) was a French veterinarian and politician. He was Minister of PTT from 1951 to 1953, and Minister of Reconstruction from 1955 to 1956. After leaving politics he became involved in film production. Ea ...

: 4 October 1951 – 20 January 1952 *

:20 January 1952 – 8 March 1952 *

: 8 March 1952 – 28 June 1953 * Pierre Ferri : 28 June 1953 – 19 June 1954 *

Édouard Bonnefous Édouard Henri Jean Bonnefous (24 August 1907 – 24 February 2007) was a French politician. Before World War II (1939–45) he was active in the study of international affairs. After the war he was elected a deputy on the Rally of Left Republican ...

: 23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956 * Eugène Thomas : 9 June 1958 – 8 January 1959 * Bernard Cornut-Gentille : 8 January 1959 – 5 February 1960 * Michel Maurice-Bokanowski : 5 February 1960 – 15 April 1962 * Jacques Marette : 15 April 1962 – 6 April 1967 *

Yves Guéna Yves Guéna (; 6 July 1922 – 3 March 2016) was a French politician. In 1940, he joined the Free French Forces in the United Kingdom. He received several decorations for his courage. Political life He belonged to various right wing parties ...

: 6 April 1967 – 30 May 1968 *

André Bettencourt André Bettencourt (; 21 April 1919 – 19 November 2007) was a French politician. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre, and was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He had been a member of La Cagoule, a violent French fascist-leaning and anti- ...

: 30 May 1968 – 10 July 1968 *

: 10 July 1968 – 22 June 1969 *

Robert Galley Robert Galley (11 January 1921 – 8 June 2012) was a French politician and member of the Free French Forces during World War II, for which he received the Ordre de la Libération. The son of a doctor, Galley was born in Paris on January 11, 19 ...

: 22 June 1969 – 6 July 1972 * Hubert Germain : 6 July 1972 – 1 March 1974 *

Jean Royer Jean Royer (31 October 1920 – 25 March 2011) was a French catholic and conservative politician, former Minister, and former Mayor of Tours. Biography Mayor of Tours Born in Nevers, Nièvre, Royer was at first a teacher. In 1958 he was elec ...

: 1 March 1974 – 11 April 1974 * Hubert Germain : 11 April 1974 – 27 May 1974 * Louis Mexandeau : 22 May 1981 – 22 March 1983 *

Alain Madelin Alain Madelin (; born 26 March 1946) is a French politician. Politician Madelin was minister of Industry in Prime Minister Jacques Chirac's cabinet from 1986 to 1988, a minister of Business in Prime Minister Édouard Balladur's cabinet fr ...

: 20 March 1986 – 12 May 1988 *

Paul Quilès Paul Quilès (, 27 January 1942 – 24 September 2021) was a French Socialist politician. Biography Quilès was born in Sig, Algeria on 27 January 1942. Quilès was a member of the National Assembly for Paris and later Tarn ''département''. ...

: 12 May 1988 – 15 May 1991 * Émile Zuccarelli : 2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993 *

Gérard Longuet Gérard Longuet (; born 24 February 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French conservative politician who has served as a member of the Senate from 2001 to 2011 and again since 2012, representing Meuse. He served as Minister of ...

: 29 March 1993 – 14 October 1994 *

José Rossi José Rossi (born June 18, 1944 in Ajaccio) is French politician, who served as the Corsican Assembly, President of the Corsican Assembly from 1998 to 2004. References

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: 17 October 1994 – 18 May 1995 *

François Fillon François Charles Armand Fillon (; born 4 March 1954) is a retired French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of the Republicans (previously known as the Union ...

: 18 May 1995 – 7 November 1995 * Franck Borotra : 7 November 1995 – 4 June 1997

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