This is a list of Ministers of the Budget of France (french: Ministres du Budget), sometimes called Minister for the Budget () or Secretary of State for the Budget ({{lang, fr, Aecrétaire d'État au Budget), since the establishment of the
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940 ...
Bercy
Bercy () is a neighbourhood in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, the city's 47th administrative neighbourhood.
History
Some of the oldest vestiges of human occupation in Paris were found on the territory of Bercy, dating from the late Neolithic ...
Léon Say
Jean-Baptiste-Léon Say (6 June 1826, Paris – 21 April 1896, Paris) was a French statesman and diplomat.
One of the 19th-century's noted economists, he served as French Finance Minister from 1872 until 1883.
Biography
The Say family is a mos ...
*25 May 1873 – 20 July 1874:
Pierre Magne
Pierre Magne (3 December 1806 – 17 February 1879) was a lawyer and French politician. He was a member of parliament from 1843 to 1848, a senator in the Second French Empire, and a representative and then senator in the French Third Republic. He ...
*20 July 1874 – 10 March 1875:
Pierre Mathieu-Bodet
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 ...
*10 March 1875 – 17 May 1877:
Léon Say
Jean-Baptiste-Léon Say (6 June 1826, Paris – 21 April 1896, Paris) was a French statesman and diplomat.
One of the 19th-century's noted economists, he served as French Finance Minister from 1872 until 1883.
Biography
The Say family is a mos ...
*17 May 1877 – 23 November 1877:
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".François-Ernest Dutilleul
*13 December 1877 – 28 December 1879:
Léon Say
Jean-Baptiste-Léon Say (6 June 1826, Paris – 21 April 1896, Paris) was a French statesman and diplomat.
One of the 19th-century's noted economists, he served as French Finance Minister from 1872 until 1883.
Biography
The Say family is a mos ...
*28 December 1879 – 14 November 1881: Pierre Magnin
*14 November 1881 – 30 January 1882:
François Allain-Targé
François Henri René Allain-Targé (17 May 1832 – 16 July 1902) was a French politician of the French Third Republic. He served as Minister of finance under Léon Gambetta and Minister of the interior under Henri Brisson.
Early life and ...
*30 January 1882 – 7 August 1882:
Léon Say
Jean-Baptiste-Léon Say (6 June 1826, Paris – 21 April 1896, Paris) was a French statesman and diplomat.
One of the 19th-century's noted economists, he served as French Finance Minister from 1872 until 1883.
Biography
The Say family is a mos ...
*7 August 1882 – 6 April 1885:
Pierre Tirard
Pierre Emmanuel Tirard (; 27 September 1827 – 4 November 1893) was a French politician.
Biography
He was born to French parents in Geneva, Switzerland. After studying in his native town, Tirard became a civil engineer. After five years of gov ...
Pierre Tirard
Pierre Emmanuel Tirard (; 27 September 1827 – 4 November 1893) was a French politician.
Biography
He was born to French parents in Geneva, Switzerland. After studying in his native town, Tirard became a civil engineer. After five years of gov ...
*3 April 1888 – 22 February 1889:
Paul Peytral
Paul Peytral (20 January 1842 – 30 November 1919) was a French politician of the French Third Republic.
Career
Paul Louis Peytral was born on 20 January 1842 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.
He was elected deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône on 4 Se ...
*22 February 1889 – 13 December 1892: Maurice Rouvier
*13 December 1892 – 4 April 1893:
Pierre Tirard
Pierre Emmanuel Tirard (; 27 September 1827 – 4 November 1893) was a French politician.
Biography
He was born to French parents in Geneva, Switzerland. After studying in his native town, Tirard became a civil engineer. After five years of gov ...
*4 April 1893 – 3 December 1893:
Paul Peytral
Paul Peytral (20 January 1842 – 30 November 1919) was a French politician of the French Third Republic.
Career
Paul Louis Peytral was born on 20 January 1842 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.
He was elected deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône on 4 Se ...
*3 December 1893 – 30 May 1894:
Auguste Burdeau
Auguste-Laurent Burdeau (10 September 185112 December 1894) was a French politician.
He was the son of a laborer at Lyon. Forced from childhood to earn his own living, he was enabled to secure an education by bursarships at the Lycée at Lyon and ...
*30 May 1894 – 26 January 1895:
Raymond Poincaré
Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré (, ; 20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1913 to 1920, and three times as Prime Minister of France.
Trained in law, Poincaré was elected deputy in ...
*26 January 1895 – 1 November 1895:
Alexandre Ribot
Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot (; 7 February 184213 January 1923) was a French politician, four times Prime Minister.
Early career
Ribot was born in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais. After a brilliant academic career at the University of Paris, where h ...
*1 November 1895 – 23 April 1896: Paul Doumer
*23 April 1896 – 28 June 1898: Georges Cochery
*28 June 1898 – 22 June 1899:
Paul Peytral
Paul Peytral (20 January 1842 – 30 November 1919) was a French politician of the French Third Republic.
Career
Paul Louis Peytral was born on 20 January 1842 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.
He was elected deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône on 4 Se ...
*22 June 1899 – 7 June 1902:
Joseph Caillaux
Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux (; 30 March 1863 Le Mans – 22 November 1944 Mamers) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was a leader of the French Radical Party and Minister of Finance, but his progressive views in opposition ...
*7 June 1902 – 17 June 1905: Maurice Rouvier
*17 June 1905 – 7 March 1906:
Pierre Merlou
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 ...
*7 March 1906 – 25 October 1906:
Raymond Poincaré
Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré (, ; 20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1913 to 1920, and three times as Prime Minister of France.
Trained in law, Poincaré was elected deputy in ...
*25 October 1906 – 24 July 1909:
Joseph Caillaux
Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux (; 30 March 1863 Le Mans – 22 November 1944 Mamers) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was a leader of the French Radical Party and Minister of Finance, but his progressive views in opposition ...
Joseph Caillaux
Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux (; 30 March 1863 Le Mans – 22 November 1944 Mamers) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was a leader of the French Radical Party and Minister of Finance, but his progressive views in opposition ...
*27 June 1911 – 22 March 1913: Louis-Lucien Klotz
*22 March 1913 – 2 December 1913: Charles Dumont
*2 December 1913 – 17 March 1914:
Joseph Caillaux
Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux (; 30 March 1863 Le Mans – 22 November 1944 Mamers) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was a leader of the French Radical Party and Minister of Finance, but his progressive views in opposition ...
*17 March 1914 – 9 June 1914: René Renoult
*9 June 1914 – 13 June 1914:
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 ...
*13 June 1914 – 26 August 1914:
Joseph Noulens
Joseph Noulens (29 March 1864 – 9 September 1944) was a French politician and diplomat.
Noulens became a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1903 and served as Minister of War from 1913 to 1914 and then as Minister of Finance from 1914 to 19 ...
*26 August 1914 – 20 March 1917:
Alexandre Ribot
Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot (; 7 February 184213 January 1923) was a French politician, four times Prime Minister.
Early career
Ribot was born in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais. After a brilliant academic career at the University of Paris, where h ...
*20 March 1917 – 12 September 1917:
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 ...
*12 September 1917 – 20 January 1920: Louis-Lucien Klotz
*20 January 1920 – 16 January 1921:
Frédéric François-Marsal
Frédéric François-Marsal (; 16 March 1874 – 20 May 1958) was a French Politician of the Third Republic, who served briefly as Prime Minister in 1924. Due to his premiership he also served for two days (11–13 June 1924) as the Acting Pres ...
*16 January 1921 – 15 January 1922: Paul Doumer
*15 January 1922 – 29 March 1924: Charles de Lasteyrie
*29 March 1924 – 14 June 1924:
Frédéric François-Marsal
Frédéric François-Marsal (; 16 March 1874 – 20 May 1958) was a French Politician of the Third Republic, who served briefly as Prime Minister in 1924. Due to his premiership he also served for two days (11–13 June 1924) as the Acting Pres ...
*14 June 1924 – 3 April 1925:
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 ...
*3 April 1925 – 17 April 1925: Anatole de Monzie
*17 April 1925 – 29 October 1925:
Joseph Caillaux
Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux (; 30 March 1863 Le Mans – 22 November 1944 Mamers) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was a leader of the French Radical Party and Minister of Finance, but his progressive views in opposition ...
*29 October 1925 – 28 November 1925:
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 ...
*21 February 1930 – 2 March 1930:
Maurice Palmade
Maurice Palmade (6 October 1886, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime – 3 January 1955, Bordeaux) was a French politician. He belonged to the Radical Party. Before World War II, he had been a Member of Parliament. He has been 3 times the Budget minist ...
*2 March 1930 – 13 December 1930:
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 ...
*13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931:
Maurice Palmade
Maurice Palmade (6 October 1886, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime – 3 January 1955, Bordeaux) was a French politician. He belonged to the Radical Party. Before World War II, he had been a Member of Parliament. He has been 3 times the Budget minist ...
*27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932:
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 Antoi ...
*3 June 1932 – 18 December 1932:
Maurice Palmade
Maurice Palmade (6 October 1886, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime – 3 January 1955, Bordeaux) was a French politician. He belonged to the Radical Party. Before World War II, he had been a Member of Parliament. He has been 3 times the Budget minist ...
*31 January 1933 – 26 October 1933:
Lucien Lamoureux
Lucien Lamoureux, (August 3, 1920 – July 16, 1998) was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada from 1966 to 1974. He is the second longest-serving occupant of that office.
After graduating with a law degree f ...
*26 October 1933 – 26 November 1933:
Abel Gardey
Abel Gardey (21 November 1882, Margouët-Meymes, Gers
Gers (; oc, Gers or , ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southwestern France. Named after the Gers River, its inhabitants are called the ''Gersois'' and ''Gersoises'' in Fre ...
*26 November 1933 – 30 January 1934: Paul Marchandeau
*13 March 1938 – 10 April 1938:
Charles Spinasse
Charles Spinasse (22 October 1893 in Égletons, Corrèze – 9 August 1979 in Rosiers-d'Égletons) was a French politician. He served as mayor of Égletons from 1929 to 1944 and again from 1965 to 1977. He belonged to the French Section of the ...
*2 July 1950 – 11 August 1951:
Edgar Faure
Edgar Jean Faure (; 18 August 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a French politician, lawyer, essayist, historian and memoirist who served as Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again between 1955 and 1956.Pierre Courant
Pierre Courant (12 September 1897, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime – 22 March 1965, Le Havre) was a French politician. He belonged first to the Independent Republicans (1946–1955) and then to the National Centre of Independents and Peasants
The ...
*8 January 1953 – 21 May 1953:
Jean Moreau
Adrien Édouard Jean Moreau (31 July 1888 – 5 June 1972) was a French politician.
Moreau was born in Paris. He belonged first to the Republican Party of Liberty (1945–1946), then to the Independent Republicans (1946–1955) and then to th ...
*18 July 1953 – 3 September 1954: Jean Ulven
*31 January 1956 – 21 May 1957: Jean Filippi
*17 June 1957 – 28 June 1958:
Jean Guyon
Jean Guyon ''du Buisson'' (Bapt. September 18, 1592 – May 30, 1663) was the patriarch of one of the earliest families to settle on the North shore of New France's St. Lawrence River.
Guyon made his living as a master mason and, according ...
*11 September 1962 – 8 April 1967:
Robert Boulin
Robert Boulin (20 July 1920 – 30 October 1979) was a French politician who served as Minister of Labour in the French Cabinet and was at the centre of a major real-estate scandal that ended only with his death in mysterious circumstances. At t ...
*7 January 1971 – 5 April 1973: Jean Taittinger
*23 October 1973 – 27 May 1974: Henri Torre
*28 May 1974 – 29 March 1977:
Christian Poncelet
Christian Poncelet (24 March 192811 September 2020) was a conservative French politician. A member of President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP),Maurice Papon
*22 May 1981 – 23 March 1983:
Laurent Fabius
Laurent Fabius (; born 20 August 1946) is a French politician serving as President of the Constitutional Council since 8 March 2016. A member of the Socialist Party, he previously served as Prime Minister of France from 17 July 1984 to 20 Mar ...
*23 March 1983 – 19 July 1984: Henri Emmanuelli
*19 July 1984 – 20 March 1986:
Pierre Bérégovoy
Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy (; 23 December 1925 – 1 May 1993) was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under President François Mitterrand from 2 April 1992 to 29 March 1993. He was a member of the Socialist Party (Fran ...
*20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988:
Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the cou ...
*10 May 1988 – 22 June 1988:
Pierre Bérégovoy
Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy (; 23 December 1925 – 1 May 1993) was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under President François Mitterrand from 2 April 1992 to 29 March 1993. He was a member of the Socialist Party (Fran ...
*22 June 1988 – 2 October 1992:
Michel Charasse
Michel Charasse (8 July 1941 – 21 February 2020) was a member of the French Senate. He represented the Puy-de-Dôme department, and was a member of the Socialist Party.
On 24 February 2010 French president Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas ...
*2 October 1992 – 28 March 1993: Martin Malvy
*29 March 1993 – 17 May 1995:
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 ...
*17 May 1995 – 7 November 1995:
François d'Aubert
François d'Aubert (born 31 October 1943, in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French politician.
He is an auditor at the Court of Audit. From 2002, he was minister delegate to research in Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin (; born 3 Augu ...
Florence Parly
Florence Parly (born 8 May 1963) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Armed Forces under President Emmanuel Macron from 2017 to 2022. A former member of the Socialist Party (PS), she previously served as Secretary of State for t ...
*7 May 2002 – 30 March 2004:
Alain Lambert
Alain Lambert (born 20 July 1946 in Alençon) is a French politician and a notary by profession.
Lambert has been involved in politics since 1983 and has served as a local councillor in Alençon and a councillor on both the department council of ...
*30 March 2004 – 31 May 2005:
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 ...
*31 May 2005 – 15 May 2007: Jean-François Copé
*18 May 2007 – 22 March 2010:
Éric Woerth
Éric Woerth (born 29 January 1956) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR).
Early life and education
Woerth was born in Creil, Oise. He studied at Panthéon-Assas University, HEC School of Management and Institut d'Études Politiques ...
Bernard Cazeneuve
Bernard Guy Georges Cazeneuve (; born 2 June 1963) is a French politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 December 2016 to 15 May 2017. A member of the Socialist Party, he represented Manche’s 5th constituency in t ...
*9 April 2014 – 10 May 2017: Christian Eckert
*17 May 2017 – 6 July 2020:
Gérald Darmanin
Gérald Moussa Darmanin (; born 11 October 1982) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister of the Interior in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean Castex and Élisabeth Borne since 2020.
A former member of The Republicans (L ...
*6 July 2020 – Present:
Olivier Dussopt
Olivier Dussopt (born 16 August 1978 in Annonay, Ardèche) is French politician who has been serving as the minister of labour, employment and integration in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022. He previously served as ...