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 Government of France, the

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

telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...

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 : 5 February 1879 – 6 April 1885 * Ferdinand Sarrien : 6 April 1885 – 7 January 1886 * Félix Granet : 7 January 1886 – 30 May 1887 * Jean Marty : 20 March 1894 – 30 May 1894 * Victor Lourties : 30 May 1894 – 26 January 1895 * André Lebon : 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 : 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 s ...

: 22 June 1899 – 7 June 1902 * Georges Trouillot : 7 June 1902 – 24 January 1905 * Fernand Dubief : 24 January 1905 – 12 November 1905 * Georges Trouillot : 12 November 1905 – 14 March 1906

Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs

In 1906 Louis Barthou became Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs. The combined portfolio lasted until 1913. * Louis Barthou : 14 March 1906 – 24 July 1909 *

: 24 July 1909 – 3 November 1910 * Louis Puech : 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 became Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs. * Alfred Massé : 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 Depu ...

: 9 December 1913 – 17 March 1914 * Raoul Péret : 17 March 1914 - 9 June 1914 * Marc Réville : 9 June 1914 – 13 June 1914 * Gaston Thomson : 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 : 29 March 1924 - 9 June 1924 * Pierre Étienne Flandin : 9 June 1924 – 14 June 1924 * Henry Chéron : 14 September 1928 – 11 November 1928

Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones

* Louis Germain-Martin : 3 November 1929 – 21 February 1930 * Julien Durand : 21 February 1930 – 2 March 1930 * André Mallarmé : 2 March 1930 – 13 December 1930 * Georges Bonnet : 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 : 20 February 1932 – 3 June 1932 * Henri Queuille : 3 June 1932 – 18 December 1932 * Laurent Eynac : 18 December 1932 – 26 October 1933 * Jean Mistler : 26 October 1933 – 30 January 1934 * Paul Bernier : 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 : 22 June 1937 – 18 January 1938 * Fernand Gentin : 18 January 1938 – 13 March 1938 * Jean-Baptiste Lebas : 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 : 27 June 1940 – 12 July 1940 * François Piétri : 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 ...

: 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 : 4 October 1951 – 20 January 1952 * Roger Duchet :20 January 1952 – 8 March 1952 * Roger Duchet : 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 : 6 April 1967 – 30 May 1968 * André Bettencourt : 30 May 1968 – 10 July 1968 * Yves Guéna : 10 July 1968 – 22 June 1969 * Robert Galley : 22 June 1969 – 6 July 1972 * Hubert Germain : 6 July 1972 – 1 March 1974 * Jean Royer : 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 f ...

: 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

References

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