cabinet member
This is a list of the offices of heads of state, heads of government, cabinet, and legislature, of sovereign states. Date of Origin refers to most recent fundamental change in form of government, for example independence, change from absolute ...
in the Government of France. The position was created in 1870 as a modification to the position of Minister of Public Works (''Ministre des Travaux Publics'') (1830–1870). It has frequently been combined with the position of
Minister of Public Works
This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure.
See also
* Public works
* Ministry or Board of Public Works, the imperial Chinese ministry overseeing public projects from the Tang ...
President of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency i ...
in May 2006, the Ministry of Transport was absorbed by the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development, and Territorial Development. It is now known as the Ministry of the Environment, Energy, and the Sea.
The post has a subordinate role within the department, with a junior minister attending Cabinet meetings as roughly equivalent to a
Minister of State
Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In ...
in Commonwealth countries. The post has changed names many times; , Alain Vidalies is Secretary of State for Transport, the Sea, and Fisheries (''Secrétaire d’État chargé des Transports, de la Mer et de la Pêche'').
Ministers of Transport (or equivalent) since 1870
*3 September 2019 – present:
Jean-Baptiste Djebbari
Jean-Baptiste Djebbari (or Djebbari-Bonnet; born 26 February 1982) is a French aircraft pilot and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM).
Djebarri was appointed as Secretary of State for Transport on 3 September 2019 under Prime Minist ...
*17 May 2017 – 16 July 2019 :
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 ...
*26 August 2014 – 10 May 2017 : Alain Vidalies (Secretary of State for Transport, the Sea and Fisheries)
*16 May 2012 – 25 August 2014 :
Frédéric Cuvillier
Frédéric Cuvillier (born at Boulogne-sur-Mer on 9 December 1968) is a French politician who, until his appointment as Junior Minister for Transport and the Maritime Economy at the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and H ...
(Minister for Transport and the Maritime Economy, later Secretary of State for Transport, the Sea and Fisheries)
*14 November 2010 – 10 May 2012 : Thierry Mariani (Secretary of State for Transport, later Minister for Transport)
*2 June 2005 – 13 November 2010 : Dominique Bussereau (as Secretary of State for Transport)
*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 ...
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 ...
*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 ...
*2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993:
Jean-Louis Bianco
Jean-Louis Bianco (born 12 January 1943) is a French politician and civil servant who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Integration from 1991 to 1992 and Minister of Equipment, Transport and Housing from 1992 to 1993 under President Fra ...
*15 May 1991 – 2 April 1992:
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'' ...
*21 December 1990 – 15 May 1991: Louis Besson
*23 June 1988 – 21 December 1990: Michel Delebarre
*10 May 1988 – 23 June 1988:
Louis Mermaz
Louis Mermaz (born 20 August 1931 in Paris) is a French politician.
Early life
He became an ally of François Mitterrand in the late 1950s and in 1971 became a member of Mitterrand's staff in the French Socialist Party. In 1967, he was ele ...
*20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988:
Pierre Méhaignerie
Pierre Méhaignerie (born 4 May 1939) is a French politician. He is a former deputy of the Ille-et-Vilaine's 5th constituency and the former mayor of Vitré (re-elected in March 2008).
He was elected in 1973 to the French parliament
...
*20 September 1985 – 20 March 1986:
Jean Auroux
Jean Auroux is a French politician. He served as Minister of Labour from 1981 to 1983, under former President François Mitterrand.Joseph P. Morray, ''Grand disillusion: François Mitterrand and the French left'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, ...
*17 July 1984 – 20 September 1985:
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'' ...
*22 June 1981 – 17 July 1984: Charles Fiterman
*21 May 1981 – 22 June 1981:
Louis Mermaz
Louis Mermaz (born 20 August 1931 in Paris) is a French politician.
Early life
He became an ally of François Mitterrand in the late 1950s and in 1971 became a member of Mitterrand's staff in the French Socialist Party. In 1967, he was ele ...
*2 October 1980 – 21 May 1981: Daniel Hoeffel
*3 April 1978 – 2 October 1980:
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 ...
*2 April 1973 – 27 February 1974: Yves Guéna
*5 July 1972 – 2 April 1973:
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 ...
*7 January 1971 – 5 July 1972: Jean Chamant
*22 June 1969 – 31 December 1970: Raymond Mondon
*6 April 1967 – 22 June 1969: Jean Chamant
*28 November 1962 – 6 April 1967: Marc Jacquet
*15 May 1962 – 28 November 1962: Roger Dusseaulx
*9 June 1958 – 15 May 1962:
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 ...
*3 June 1958 – 9 June 1958:
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 ...
*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 ...
*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 ...
*3 September 1954 – 23 February 1955: Jacques Chaban-Delmas
*14 August 1954 – 3 September 1954:
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 ...
*19 June 1954 – 14 August 1954: Jacques Chaban-Delmas
*28 June 1953 – 19 June 1954: Jacques Chastellain
*8 March 1952 – 28 June 1953: André Morice
*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 ...
*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 ...
*7 February 1950 – 2 July 1950: Jacques Chastellain
*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 ...
*5 September 1948 – 11 September 1948: Henri Queuille
*24 November 1947 – 5 September 1948:
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 ...
*21 November 1945 – 24 November 1947:
Jules Moch
Jules Salvador Moch (15 March 1893, in Paris – 1 August 1985, in Cabris, Alpes-Maritimes) was a French politician.
Biography
Moch was born into a renowned French Jewish military family, the son of Captain Gaston Moch and Rébecca Alice Po ...
*10 September 1944 – 21 November 1945:
René Mayer
René Mayer (; 4 May 189513 December 1972) was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953.
Mayer was born and died in Paris. He led the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958. He was Fran ...
*9 November 1943 – 10 September 1944:
René Mayer
René Mayer (; 4 May 189513 December 1972) was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953.
Mayer was born and died in Paris. He led the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958. He was Fran ...
Jules Moch
Jules Salvador Moch (15 March 1893, in Paris – 1 August 1985, in Cabris, Alpes-Maritimes) was a French politician.
Biography
Moch was born into a renowned French Jewish military family, the son of Captain Gaston Moch and Rébecca Alice Po ...
Henri Roy
Henri Roy (17 February 1873 – 23 August 1950) was a French politician who was deputy for Loiret from 1906 to 1919 and senator for Loiret from 1920 to 1941.
He was Minister of Public Works in 1934–35, and was briefly Minister of the Interior i ...
*9 February 1934 – 8 November 1934:
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 ...
*31 January 1933 – 9 February 1934: Joseph Paganon
*18 December 1932 – 31 January 1933: Georges Bonnet
*3 June 1932 – 18 December 1932:
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 ...
*20 February 1932 – 3 June 1932:
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:
Maurice Deligne
Maurice Deligne (7 October 1861 - 11 July 1939) was a French politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatur ...
*13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931:
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 ...
*2 December 1930 – 13 December 1930:
Georges Pernot
Auguste Alain Georges Pernot (6 November 1879 – 14 September 1962) was a conservative French lawyer and politician.
He was a deputy and then a senator before and during World War II (1939–45).
He was Minister of Public Works in 1929–30, Mini ...
*21 February 1930 – 2 March 1930:
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 ...
*3 November 1929 – 21 February 1930:
Georges Pernot
Auguste Alain Georges Pernot (6 November 1879 – 14 September 1962) was a conservative French lawyer and politician.
He was a deputy and then a senator before and during World War II (1939–45).
He was Minister of Public Works in 1929–30, Mini ...
*11 November 1928 – 3 November 1929: Pierre Forgeot
*23 July 1926 – 11 November 1928:
André Tardieu
André Pierre Gabriel Amédée Tardieu (; 22 September 1876 – 15 September 1945) was three times Prime Minister of France (3 November 1929 – 17 February 1930; 2 March – 4 December 1930; 20 February – 10 May 1932) and a dominant figure of ...
*19 July 1926 – 23 July 1926: Orly André-Hesse
*23 June 1926 – 19 July 1926: Charles Daniel-Vincent
*29 October 1925 – 23 June 1926: Anatole de Monzie
*17 April 1925 – 29 October 1925:
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 ...
*14 June 1924 – 17 April 1925: Victor Peytral
*29 March 1924 – 14 June 1924:
Yves Le Trocquer
Yves Marie François Le Trocquer ( 4 October 1877 – 21 February 1938) was a French civil engineer, administrator and politician.
After a career in public works projects he became a technical assistant to several government ministers.
He administe ...
*20 January 1920 – 29 March 1924:
Yves Le Trocquer
Yves Marie François Le Trocquer ( 4 October 1877 – 21 February 1938) was a French civil engineer, administrator and politician.
After a career in public works projects he became a technical assistant to several government ministers.
He administe ...
*5 May 1919 – 20 January 1920: Albert Claveille
*12 September 1917 – 5 May 1919: Albert Claveille
*20 March 1917 – 12 September 1917: Georges Desplas
*12 December 1916 – 20 March 1917:
Édouard Herriot
Édouard Marie Herriot (; 5 July 1872 – 26 March 1957) was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister (1924–1925; 1926; 1932) and twice as President of the Chamber of Deputies. He led the f ...
*26 August 1914 – 12 December 1916:
Marcel Sembat
Marcel Sembat (, 19 October 1862 – 5 September 1922) was a French Socialist politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 1893 to 1922, and as Minister of Public Works from August 26, 1914, to December 12, 1916.
B ...
*13 June 1914 – 26 August 1914:
René Renoult
René Renoult (29 August 1867 in Paris – 30 April 1946 in Paris) was a French Minister and lawyer.Jean Dupuy
*9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914: Fernand David
*22 March 1913 – 9 December 1913:
Joseph Thierry
Joseph Marie Philippe Thierry (2 March 1857 – 22 September 1918) was a French lawyer and politician.
He was deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône from 1898 to 1918.
He was Minister of Public Works in 1913 and Minister of Finance in 1917.
As Minister of F ...
*14 January 1912 – 22 March 1913: Jean Dupuy
*27 June 1911 – 14 January 1912:
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 ...
*2 March 1911 – 27 June 1911: Charles Dumont
*3 November 1910 – 2 March 1911:
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 ...
*24 July 1909 – 3 November 1910:
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 s ...
Jules Viette
Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). It is the given name of:
People with the name
*Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer
* Jules Abadie (1876–19 ...
*22 February 1889 – 27 February 1892:
Yves Guyot
Yves Guyot (6 September 184322 February 1928) was a French politician and economist. Biography
He was born at Dinan. Educated at Rennes, he took up the profession of journalism, coming to Paris in 1867. He was for a short period editor-in-chief of ...
*3 April 1888 – 22 February 1889: Pierre Deluns-Montaud
*12 December 1887 – 3 April 1888:
Émile Loubet
Émile François Loubet (; 30 December 183820 December 1929) was the 45th Prime Minister of France from February to December 1892 and later President of France from 1899 to 1906.
Trained in law, he became mayor of Montélimar, where he was not ...
*30 May 1887 – 12 December 1887:
Severiano de Heredia
Severiano de Heredia (8 November 1836 – 9 February 1901) was a Cuban-born biracial politician, a freemason, a left-wing republican, naturalized as French in 1870, who was president of the municipal council of Paris from 1 August 1879 to 12 Febru ...
*4 November 1886 – 30 May 1887: Édouard Millaud
*7 January 1886 – 2 November 1886: Charles Baïhaut
*16 April 1885 – 7 January 1886:
Charles Demôle
Charles Demôle (March 22, 1828 – June 18, 1908) was a French politician of the French Third Republic. He was minister of public works (April 16, 1885 – January 6, 1886) in the government of Henri Brisson. He was minister of justice (January 7 ...
*6 April 1885 – 16 April 1885: Sadi Carnot
*21 February 1883 – 6 April 1885:
David Raynal
David Raynal (July 26, 1840 – January 28, 1903) was a French politician of the French Third Republic. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of France (1879–1897) and Senate of France (1897–1903). He was twice minister of public works ( ...
*10 August 1882 – 21 February 1883: Anne Charles Hérisson
*30 January 1882 – 7 August 1882: Henri Varroy
*14 November 1881 – 30 January 1882:
David Raynal
David Raynal (July 26, 1840 – January 28, 1903) was a French politician of the French Third Republic. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of France (1879–1897) and Senate of France (1897–1903). He was twice minister of public works ( ...
Eugène Caillaux
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Charles de Larcy
*25 May 1873 – 26 November 1873: Alfred Deseilligny
*18 May 1873 – 25 May 1873: René Bérenger
*7 December 1872 – 18 May 1873: Oscar Bardi de Fourtou
*19 February 1871 – 7 December 1872: Charles de Larcy
*4 September 1870 – 19 February 1871:
Pierre Frédéric Dorian
Pierre Frédéric Dorian (24 January 1814 in Montbéliard, Doubs – 14 April 1873 in Paris) was a French master blacksmith and radical Republican leader. He served as Minister of Public Works from 4 September 1870 – 19 February 1871. He was th ...
See also
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Minister of the Sea (France)
The Minister of the Sea ( French: ''Ministre de la Mer'') was a cabinet member in the Government of France from 1981 to 2017 and from 2020 to 2022. The position has frequently been combined with the positions of Minister of Transport (''Ministre ...
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Transport
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land ( rail and road), water, cable, pipelin ...