The Minister of Veterans Affairs has been a cabinet post in France since just after World War I (1914–18). The minister is responsible for former members of the armed forces, particularly the disabled and pensioners. At times the officeholder has been called Minister of Pensions (''Ministre des Pensions''), at times Minister of Veterans and Pensions (''Ministre des Anciens combattants et pensionnés'') and at times Minister for Veterans (''Ministre des Anciens combattants''). In recent years the ministry has been subordinate to the Ministry of Defense and the officeholder may be a secretary of state or sub-minister.

Ministers of Pensions

*20 January 1920 – 15 January 1922: André Maginot *14 April 1924 – 17 April 1925:

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*17 April 1925 – 28 November 1925:

Louis Antériou Louis Antériou (14 June 1887 – 5 March 1931) was a French politician. Antériou was born in La Voulte-sur-Rhône. He represented the Republican-Socialist Party in the Chamber of Deputies from 1919 to 1931. He was a freemason.Encyclopédie ...

*28 November 1925 – 19 July 1926:

Paul Jourdain Paul Léon Jourdain (28 October 1878 – 26 March 1948) was a French industrialist and politician who was a deputy from 1919 to 1927 and a senator from 1927 to 1944. He was Minister of Labor in 1919–21 and for a brief period in 1924. He was Min ...

*19 July 1926 – 23 July 1926:

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 ...

*23 July 1926 – 11 November 1928: Louis Marin *11 November 1928 – 3 November 1929:

*3 November 1929 – 2 March 1930:

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*2 March 1930 – 13 December 1930:

Auguste Champetier de Ribes Auguste Champetier de Ribes (30 July 1882 – 6 March 1947) was a French politician and jurist. A devout Catholic, he was an early follower of Albert de Mun and social Christianity. Wounded in the First World War, he was elected to the Chambe ...

*13 December 1930 – 22 December 1930:

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*23 December 1930 – 27 January 1931:

Maurice Dormann Maurice Dormann (20 April 1881 – 14 November 1947) was a politician in France. He was born in Etrechy in Essonne and apprenticed as a printer. In 1905, he became manager for the weekly newspaper ''Le Réveil d’Etampes'' and a print shop ...

*27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932:

*20 February 1932 – 3 June 1932:

*3 June 1932 – 18 December 1932:

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*18 December 1932 – 26 October 1933:

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*26 October 1933 – 9 February 1934:

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*9 February 1934 – 1 June 1935: Georges Rivollet *1 June 1935 – 7 June 1935:

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*7 June 1935 – 24 January 1936: Henri Maupoil *24 January 1936 – 4 June 1936:

René Besse René Besse (20 February 1891 in Toulon, Var – 13 February 1947) was a French politician. Besse was Minister of Pensions for a few months in the second government of Albert Sarraut (1936) and Minister of Veterans and Pensioners from 18 Septem ...

*4 June 1936 – 18 January 1938:

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*18 January 1938 – 13 March 1938:

Robert Lassalle Jean-Robert Lassalle (2 June 1882 – 14 May 1940) was a French politician who was Minister of Pensions for a few weeks in 1938. Life Jean-Robert Lassalle was born on 2 June 1882 in Soustons, Landes. His father was a lawyer, mayor and councilor ...

*13 March 1938 – 10 April 1938:

– Pensions

Ministers of Veterans and Pensions

During World War II (1939–45) the office was renamed to "Veterans and the French Family" and then eliminated in the Vichy government. General

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appointed commissioners for pensions and then for prisoners, deportees and refugees in his government in exile. *10 April 1938 – 13 September 1939:

– Anciens combattants et pensionnés *13 September 1939 – 21 March 1940:

– Anciens combattants et pensionnés *21 March 1940 – 16 June 1940:

– Anciens combattants et pensionnés *16 June 1940 – 12 July 1940:

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– Anciens combattants et de la Famille française *28 July 1942 – 7 June 1943: André Diethelm (commissaire) – Finances et Pensions *9 November 1943 – 21 November 1945: Henri Frenay (commissaire) – Prisonniers, Déportés et Réfugiés

Ministers of Veterans and War Victims

In the period up to March 1974 the office holder was generally entitled "Minister of Veterans and War Victims", sometimes simply "Minister of Veterans". *26 January 1946 – 8 July 1946:

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*16 December 1946 – 22 January 1947: Max Lejeune *22 January 1947 – 22 October 1947:

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*22 October 1947 – 24 November 1947:

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*24 November 1947 – 26 July 1948:

*26 July 1948 – 5 September 1948: André Maroselli *5 September 1948 – 11 September 1948:

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*11 September 1948 – 28 October 1949: Robert Bétolaud *29 October 1949 – 11 August 1951:

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*11 août 1951 – 8 January 1953:

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*8 January 1953 – 28 June 1953:

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*28 June 1953 – 19 June 1954: André Mutter *19 June 1954 – 3 September 1954:

*3 September 1954 – 23 February 1955:

Jean Masson Jean Masson (8 September 1907, Bayon, Meurthe-et-Moselle – 10 August 1964) was a French politician who served as state secretary in various governments during the French Fourth Republic The French Fourth Republic (french: Quatrième républiq ...

*23 February 1955 – 6 October 1955:

Raymond Triboulet Raymond Triboulet (3 October 1906 – 26 May 2006) was a French politician. He was a leading World War II resistance fighter who helped U.S., Canadian, and British troops invade France, which was then occupied by Nazi Germany. Biography Born ...

*20 October 1955 – 1 February 1956:

Vincent Badie Vincent Badie (16 July 1902 – 8 September 1989) was a French lawyer and politician. biography Vincent Henri Badie was born in Béziers and practised as a lawyer at Montpellier. He was elected as Radical Party (PRS: ''Parti Radical Socialis ...

*1 February 1956 – 13 June 1957:

François Tanguy-Prigent François Marie Tanguy Prigent (11 October 1909 – 20 January 1970) was a French Socialist politician who became a resistance fighter during World War II (1939–45). He was Minister of Agriculture from September 1944 to October 1947 and was Mini ...

*13 June 1957 – 6 November 1957:

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*6 November 1957 – 14 May 1958:

Antoine Quinson Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana, ...

*14 May 1958 – 1 June 1958:

*3 June 1958 – 9 June 1958: Michel Debré – Veteran Affairs *9 June 1958 – 8 January 1959: Edmond Michelet *8 January 1959 – 28 November 1962:

*28 November 1962 – 8 January 1966: Jean Sainteny *8 January 1966 – 6 April 1967:

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*6 April 1967 – 6 July 1972:

Henri Duvillard Henri Duvillard (born 23 December 1947) is a French former alpine ski racer. He is one of just seven men to win World Cup races in every discipline contested at the time. Duvillard competed at the 1972 Olympics in the slalom, giant slalom and d ...

*6 July 1972 – 27 February 1974:

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*5 April 1978 – 21 May 1981:

Maurice Plantier Maurice Plantier (29 January 1921, Biarritz – 25 January 2006) was a French politician. He represented the Rally of Republican Lefts (RGR) (1956), the National Centre of Independents and Peasants (CNIP) (from 1956 to 1958), the Union for the New ...

*21 May 1981 – 20 March 1986:

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*20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988:

Georges Fontès Georges Fontès (5 September 1924 – 3 March 2020) was a French politician. He was first a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), then the Rally for the Republic (RPR), and finally the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Biography Fontès ...

*10 May 1988 – 22 June 1988:

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*22 June 1988 – 15 May 1991:

André Méric André Méric (14 August 191314 August 1993)
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Louis Mexandeau Louis Mexandeau (6 July 1931 – 14 August 2023) was a French politician. He served as Minister of the Postal Services from 1981 to 1986 under President François Mitterrand, and as Secretary for Veteran Affairs from 1991 to 1993. Biography Lo ...

*29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995: Philippe Mestre (Minister) *18 May 1995 – 4 June 1997:

Pierre Pasquini Pierre Pasquini (16 February 1921 in Sétif, Algeria - 2 March 2006 in Nice, France Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the ...

(Minister) *4 June 1997 – 3 September 2001:

Jean-Pierre Masseret Jean-Pierre Masseret (born 23 August 1944 in Cusset, Allier) was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Moselle department for the periods 1983 to 1997, 2001 to 2011, and 2014 to 2017. He was a member of the Socialist Party, until h ...

*9 September 2001 – 7 May 2002:

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*7 May 2002 – 17 June 2002: Michèle Alliot-Marie *17 June 2002 – 15 May 2007: Hamlaoui Mekachera *19 June 2007 – 18 March 2008:

Alain Marleix Alain Marleix (born on 2 January 1946 in Paris) is a French politician. He was the Secretary of State for Veterans (France), Secretary of State for Veterans in the government of François Fillon from June 2007 to March 2008. From 2008 to 2010 he ...

*18 March 2008 – 23 June 2009: Jean-Marie Bockel *23 June 2009 – 13 November 2010: Hubert Falco *14 November 2010 – 27 February 2011: Alain Juppé *27 February 2011 – 29 June 2011:

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 Def ...

*29 June 2011 – 10 May 2012:

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*16 May 2012 – 21 November 2014: Kader Arif * 21 November 2014 - 15 May 2017:

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* 15 May 2017 - 20 May 2022:

Geneviève Darrieussecq Geneviève Darrieussecq (born 4 March 1956) is a French physician and politician of Democratic Movement (France), Democratic Movement (MoDem) who served as Minister for People with Disabilities in the Borne government, government of Prime Mini ...

*Since 4 July 2022:

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