The Minister of Transport is a

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in the

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. 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

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(''Ministre de l'Équipement''), Minister of Housing (''Logement''),

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, Minister of Territorial Development (''Aménagement du territoire''), and Minister of the Sea. Following the election of

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Se ...

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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

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in Commonwealth countries. The post has changed names many times; ,

Alain Vidalies Alain Vidalies (born 17 March 1951) was the French Secretary of State for Transport, the Sea and Fisheries from 26 August 2014 to 10 May 2017. He represents the Landes department in the National Assembly of France, and is a member of the So ...

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 :

(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 Dominique Bussereau (born 13 July 1952) is a French politician. He is president of the departmental council of Charente-Maritime since 2008 and president of the since 2015. He was Secretary of State for Transport within the government of ...

(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 ...

*4 June 1997 – 7 May 2002:

Jean-Claude Gayssot Jean-Claude Gayssot (born 6 September 1944, in Béziers, Hérault) is a French politician. A member of the French Communist Party (PCF), he was Minister of Transportation in the government of Lionel Jospin of the Socialist Party from 1997 to ...

*18 May 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 ...

*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 Louis Besson (born 6 May 1937 in Barby, Savoie, France) is a French politician and member of the French Socialist Party. He served several terms in the National Assembly, and was the Minister for Housing and Transportation from 11 December 199 ...

*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:

*22 June 1981 – 17 July 1984:

Charles Fiterman Charles Fiterman (born 28 December 1933) is a French politician. He served as Minister of Transport from 1981 to 1984, under former President François Mitterrand.Jacob Meunier, ''On the fast track: French railway modernization and the origins of ...

*21 May 1981 – 22 June 1981:

*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 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 ...

*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:

*2 July 1950 – 12 July 1950:

*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:

*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:

(Commissaire) *27 June 1940 – 12 July 1940: Ludovic-Oscar Frossard *16 June 1940 – 27 June 1940: Ludovic-Oscar Frossard *5 June 1940 – 16 June 1940: Ludovic-Oscar Frossard *23 August 1938 – 5 June 1940:

Anatole de Monzie Anatole de Monzie (22 November 1876, Bazas, Gironde – 11 January 1947, Paris) was a French administrator, encyclopaedist ('' Encyclopédie française''), political figure and scholar. His father was a tax collector in Bazas, Gironde whe ...

*10 April 1938 – 23 August 1938: Ludovic-Oscar Frossard *13 March 1938 – 10 April 1938:

*22 June 1937 – 13 March 1938: Henri Queuille *4 June 1936 – 22 June 1937:

Albert Bedouce Albert Bedouce (8 January 1869, Toulouse – 4 August 1947, Paris) was a French politician. He joined at first the French Workers' Party (POF), which in 1902 merged into the Socialist Party of France (PSdF), which in turn merged into the French ...

*24 January 1936 – 4 June 1936: Camille Chautemps *7 June 1935 – 24 January 1936:

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 ...

*1 June 1935 – 7 June 1935:

Joseph Paganon Joseph Paganon (19 March 1880 – 2 November 1937) was a French chemical engineer and politician. He was Minister of Public Works in 1933–34, and for a few days in 1935. He helped provide infrastructure needed by the alpine tourist industry in ...

*8 November 1934 – 1 June 1935:

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:

*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:

*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:

*3 November 1929 – 21 February 1930:

*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:

*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 occu ...

*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:

*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 ...

*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 Fernand David (18 October 1869, Annemasse, Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, b ...

*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 sta ...

*14 March 1906 – 24 July 1909:

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 ...

*24 January 1905 – 14 March 1906: Armand Gauthier de l'Aude *7 June 1902 – 24 January 1905: Émile Maruéjouls *22 June 1899 – 7 June 1902: Pierre Baudin *6 May 1899 – 22 June 1899: Jean Monestier *1 November 1898 – 6 May 1899: Camille Krantz *17 September 1898 – 1 November 1898: Jules Godin *28 June 1898 – 17 September 1898: Louis Tillaye *29 April 1896 – 28 June 1898: Adolphe Turrel *1 November 1895 – 29 April 1896:

Edmond Guyot-Dessaigne Edmond is a given name related to Edmund. Persons named Edmond include: * Edmond Canaple (1797–1876), French politician * Edmond Chehade (born 1993), Lebanese footballer * Edmond Conn (1914–1998), American farmer, businessman, and politicia ...

*26 January 1895 – 1 November 1895: Ludovic Dupuy-Dutemps *30 May 1894 – 13 January 1895:

*3 December 1893 – 30 May 1894: Charles Jonnart *27 February 1892 – 3 December 1893:

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:

*23 September 1880 – 14 November 1881: Sadi Carnot *28 December 1879 – 23 September 1880: Henri Varroy *13 December 1877 – 28 December 1879: Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet *23 November 1877 – 13 December 1877: Michel Graëff *17 May 1877 – 23 November 1877: Auguste Pâris *9 March 1876 – 17 May 1877: Albert Christophle *22 May 1874 – 9 March 1876:

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 Marie François Oscar Bardi de Fourtou (3 January 1836 – 6 December 1897) was a French politician. Born into a bourgeois family, he served as Minister of Transport from 7 December 1872 to 18 May 1873. He also served as Minister of Interior and ...

*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 ...

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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, pipeline, an ...

Transport in France 1870 establishments in France