The Minister of Tourism is a

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in the

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, frequently combined with

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("Ministre de l'Equipement"), Minister of Housing ("Logement"), Minister of Territorial Development ("Aménagement du territoire") and Minister of the Sea. The current position of Minister of State for Foreign Trade, the Promotion of Tourism and French Nationals Abroad is held by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne

Ministers of Tourism (1948 - present)

*5 September 1948 - 11 September 1948 :

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 ...

*11 September 1948 - 7 February 1950 :

Christian Pineau Christian Pineau (; 14 October 1904, in Chaumont-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, France – 5 April 1995, in Paris) was a noted French Resistance fighter, who later served an important term as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1956 through 1958. Life ...

*7 February 1950 - 2 July 1950 :

Jacques Chastellain Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...

*2 July 1950 - 12 July 1950 :

Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury Maurice Jean Marie Bourgès-Maunoury (; 19 August 1914 – 10 February 1993) was a French Radical politician who served as the Prime Minister in the Fourth Republic during 1957. Bourgès-Maunoury was born in Luisant, Eure-et-Loir. He is famo ...

*12 July 1950 - 8 March 1952 :

Antoine Pinay Antoine Pinay (; 30 December 1891 – 13 December 1994) was a French conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1952 to 1953. Life Antoine Pinay was born on 30 December 1891 in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise. He was a child ...

*8 March 1952 - 28 June 1953 : André Morice *28 June 1953 - 19 June 1954 :

*19 June 1954 - 14 August 1954 :

Jacques Chaban-Delmas Jacques Chaban-Delmas (; 7 March 1915 – 10 November 2000) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. He was the Mayor of Bordeaux from 1947 to 1995 and a deputy for the Gironde ''d� ...

*14 August 1954 - 3 September 1954 :

*3 September 1954 - 23 February 1955 :

*23 February 1955 - 1 February 1956 :

Édouard Corniglion-Molinier General Édouard Corniglion-Molinier (23 January 1898, in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes – 9 May 1963) was an aviator and member of the French Resistance, a member of the French government during the French Fourth Republic, and, in the 1930-1940s, a movie ...

*13 June 1957 - 1 June 1958 :

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 ...

*3 June 1958 - 9 June 1958 :

*9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959 :

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 ...

*12 July 1972 - 27 February 1974 :

Olivier Guichard Olivier Guichard (; 27 July 1920 – 20 January 2004) was a French politician. He was born in Néac and joined the French Army in 1944 and served until the end of World War II, during which, he earned the Médaille militaire and the Croix de ...

*22 March 1983 - 17 July 1984 :

Édith Cresson Édith Cresson (; née Campion; born 27 January 1934) is a French politician from the Socialist Party. She served as Prime Minister of France from 1991 to 1992, the first woman to do so. She was the only woman to be prime minister until 2022, whe ...

*17 July 1984 - 19 February 1986 :

Michel Crépeau Michel Crépeau (30 October 1930, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée – 30 March 1999, Paris) was a French centre-left politician. Born in 1930, barrister, he joined the Radical Party. When it split in 1972, he founded the Movement of Left Radical ...

*19 March 1986 - 20 March 1986 :

Jean-Marie Bockel Jean-Marie Bockel (born 22 June 1950) is a French politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence and Veterans in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon appointed on 18 March 2008, having previously been Secretary of State ...

*20 Mars 1986 - 12 May 1988 :

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 ...

*5 July 1990 - 17 July 1990 :

Jean-Marie Rausch Jean-Marie Rausch (born 24 September 1929 in Sarreguemines) is a French politician who served as the French Minister of Foreign Trade from 1988 to 1991. He became a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2002. References Living people 1929 bir ...

*29 March 1993 - 18 May 1995 :

Bernard Bosson Bernard Bosson (25 February 1948 – 16 May 2017) was a French politician and lawyer. He served as Minister of Transport, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of Public Works under Prime Minister Édouard Balladur Édouard Balladur (; born 2 ...

*18 May 1995 - 7 November 1995 :

Françoise de Panafieu Françoise de Panafieu (born 12 December 1948) is a French politician, member of The Republicans (LR) party and mayor of the 17th arrondissement of Paris between 2001 and 2008. Political career De Panafieu was a member of the French Cabinet a ...

*7 November 1995 - 4 June 1997 :

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 ...

*7 May 2002 - 2 June 2005

Gilles de Robien Le vicomte Gilles de Robien (; born 10 April 1941) is a French politician and former government minister. The son of Count Jean de Robien by his wife Éliane Le Mesre de Pas, he is descended from the noble Breton family de Robien. In 1989 ...

*2 June 2005 - 2007 :

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 ...

*4 September 2014 – present :

Matthias Fekl Matthias Fekl (; born 4 October 1977) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Interior in the government of Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve in 2017. A member of the Socialist Party, he was elected to the National Assembly in the se ...

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