The Minister of Commerce was a cabinet member in the

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. The position sometimes included responsibility for other government departments such as

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and Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones. The position has largely been merged today into the expanded Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry.

Officeholders

Ministers of Commerce and Manufacture

In 1812

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

created a Ministry of Commerce and Manufacture (''Ministère du Commerce et des Manufactures''), which he assigned to

Jean-Baptiste Collin de Sussy Jean-Baptiste Collin de Sussy (1 January 1750 – 7 July 1826) was a senior official and politician. During the First French Empire he was Director-General of Customs, then Minister of Industry and Commerce. Life Collin de Sussy was the receiver ...

. That ministry was suppressed in 1814. * 16 January 1812 – 1 April 1814 :

A royal ordinance of 22 January 1828 recreated the Ministry of Commerce and Manufacture, which covered manufacture and interior and exterior commerce, which were detached from the

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. The ministry was suppressed by ordinance of 8 August 1829, and these services were again made part of the department of the interior. * 29 January 1828 – 8 August 1829 : Pierre de Saint-Cricq

Ministers of Commerce and Public works

An ordinance of 17 March 1831 created the Ministry of Commerce and Public works (''Ministère du Commerce et des Travaux publics''), to which the minister had been named on 13 March 1831. This ministry included agriculture, subsistence, stud farms, interior and exterior commerce and statistics, detached from the department of the Interior. * 13 March 1831 – 31 December 1832 :

Antoine, comte d'Argout Antoine Maurice Apollinaire, Comte d'Argout (28 August 1782, Veyssilieu, Isère – 15 January 1858, Paris) was a French statesman, minister, and governor of the Bank of France. Life He was named Peer of France on 5 March 1819 by the Duke De ...

* 31 December 1832 – 4 April 1834 :

Adolphe Thiers Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers ( ; ; 15 April 17973 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian who served as President of France from 1871 to 1873. He was the second elected president and the first of the Third French Republic. Thi ...

Ministers of Commerce

A royal ordinance of 6 April 1834 created the Ministry of Commerce (''Ministère du Commerce''), with the same functions as the Ministry of Commerce and Public works . * 4 April 1834 – 10 November 1834 : Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel * 10 November 1834 – 18 November 1834 :

Jean-Baptiste Teste Jean-Baptiste Teste (20 October 1780, in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Gard – 20 April 1852, in Chaillot, now in Paris) was a French politician of the July Monarchy. He fell from grace in the Teste- Cubières scandal. Life Early life The son of Antoine ...

* 18 November 1834 – 22 February 1836 : Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel

Ministers of Commerce and Public works

An ordinance of 2 March 1836 recreated the Ministry of Commerce and Public works, with the added responsibilities of bridges, roads and mines. * 22 February 1836 – 6 September 1836 : Hippolyte Passy * 6–19 September 1836 : Comte Duchatel (interim)

Ministers of Public Works, Agriculture and Commerce

An ordinance of 19 September 1836 changed the name without changing the function, to the ''Ministère des travaux publics, d'agriculture et du commerce. * 19 September 1836 – 31 March 1839 :

Nicolas Martin du Nord Nicolas Martin du Nord (29 July 1790 – 12 March 1847) was a French magistrate and politician. He was Minister of Public Works, Agriculture and Commerce (1835–39) and Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs (1840–47). Early years Nicolas ...

* 31 March 1839 – 12 May 1839 :

Adrien de Gasparin Adrien Étienne Pierre, comte de Gasparin (June 29, 1783 in Orange, Vaucluse – September 7, 1862 in Orange, Vaucluse) was a French statesman and agriculturist. Biography He entered the army, but was soon compelled by illness to give up mili ...

Ministers of Agriculture and Commerce

A royal ordinance of 23 May 1839 reconstituted the ministry as Agriculture and Commerce, with the same duties as that of the ordinance of 6 April 1834. * 12 May 1839 – 1 March 1840 :

Laurent Cunin-Gridaine Laurent Cunin-Gridaine (10 July 1778 – 19 April 1859) was a French businessman and politician. He was a deputy from 1827 to 1848, and Minister of Agriculture and Commerce from 1839 to 1848, with one short interruption. Early years Laurent Cun ...

* 1 March 1840 – 29 October 1840 :

Alexandre Goüin Alexandre Henri Goüin (25 January 1792 in Tours – 27 May 1872) was a French banker and politician. Life Came from a banker family, he was member of the municipal council of Tours from 1820 on and president of the Tribunal and Chamber of Comm ...

* 29 October 1840 – 24 February 1848 :

* 24 February 1848 – 11 May 1848 : Eugène Bethmont * 11 May 1848 – 28 June 1848 : Ferdinand Flocon * 28 June 1848 – 20 December 1848 : Charles Gilbert Tourret * 20 December 1848 – 29 December 1848 :

Jacques Alexandre Bixio Jacques Alexandre Bixio (20 November 1808 – 16 December 1865) was a French medical doctor, balloonist, and politician of Italian origin. Bxio was born in Chiavari, Italy, and published a number of works relating to agriculture. He was the first ...

* 9 December 1848 – 2 June 1849 :

Louis Joseph Buffet Louis Joseph Buffet (; 26 October 1818 – 7 July 1898) was a French statesman. He was born at Mirecourt, Vosges. After the revolution of February 1848 he was elected deputy for the department of the Vosges, and in the Assembly sat on the righ ...

* 2 June 1849 – 31 October 1849 :

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* 31 October 1849 – 9 January 1851 :

Jean-Baptiste Dumas Jean Baptiste André Dumas (; 14 July 180010 April 1884) was a French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights (relative atomic masses) and molecular weights by measuri ...

* 9 January 1851 – 24 January 1851 :

Louis Bernard Bonjean Louis Bernard Bonjean (4 December 1804 – 24 May 1871) was a French jurist who was a Senator under Napoleon III. He was a prolific author. During the Paris Commune he was taken prisoner and later shot. Early years Bonjean was born in Valence, D ...

* 24 January 1851 – 10 April 1851 :

Eugène Schneider Joseph Eugène Schneider (29 March 1805 – 27 November 1875) was a French industrialist and politician. In 1836, he co-founded the Schneider company with his brother, Adolphe Schneider. For many years he was a Deputy, and he was briefly Minis ...

* 10 April 1851 – 26 October 1851 :

* 26 October 1851 – 26 November 1851 : François, comte de Casabianca * 26 November 1851 – 25 January 1852 : Noël-Jacques Lefebvre-Duruflé

Ministers of the Interior, Agriculture and Commerce

A decree of 25 January 1852 reunited the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce with that of the Interior, under the title ''Ministère de l'intérieur, de l'agriculture et du commerce''. * 25 January 1852 – 14 February 1853 : Victor Fialin, comte de Persigny

Ministers of Agriculture, Commerce and Public Works

A decree of 23 June 1853 reinstated the Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce and Public Works. * 23 June 1853 – 3 February 1855 :

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 ...

* 3 February 1855 – 23 June 1863 :

Eugène Rouher Eugène Rouher (30 November 18143 February 1884) was a French statesman of the Second Empire. He was born at Riom (Puy-de-Dôme), where he practised law after taking his degree in Paris in 1835. In 1846 he sought election to the Chamber of ...

* 23 June 1863 – 20 January 1867 :

Armand Béhic Louis Henri Armand Behic (15 January 1809 – 2 March 1891) was a French lawyer, businessman and politician who served as minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Public Works in the government of Napoleon III. Life Louis Henri Armand Behic was bor ...

* 20 January 1867 – 17 December 1868 : Adolphe Forcade La Roquette * 17 December 1868 – 17 July 1869 :

Edmond Valléry Gressier Edmond Valléry Gressier (21 December 1813, Corbie – 1 November 1892) was a French lawyer, senator for Somme (and President of its General Council) and the Minister of Agriculture of France during the Franco-Prussian War The Franco-Pruss ...

Ministers of Agriculture and Commerce

A decree of 17 July 1869 reestablished the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce as it had been before the decree of 25 January 1852. * 17 July 1869 – 2 January 1870 : Alfred Leroux * 2 January 1870 – 10 August 1870 : Charles Louvet de Couvray * 10 August 1870 – 4 September 1870 : Clément Aimé Jean Duvernois * 4 September 1870 – 19 February 1871 :

Pierre Magnin Pierre Magnin (1 January 1824 – 22 November 1910) was a French people, French politician of the Second French Empire and French Third Republic. He was born in Dijon, France. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of France from 1863 to 1870. ...

* 19 February 1871 – 5 June 1871 : Félix Lambrecht * 5 June 1871 – 6 February 1872 :

Victor Lefranc Bernard Edme Victor Etienne Lefranc (3 February 1809 – 12 September 1883), French lawyer and politician, moderate republican, was under the French Third Republic Minister of Agriculture and Trade, then Interior Minister. Life Victor Lefranc w ...

* 6 February 1872 – 23 April 1872 : Eugène de Goulard * 23 April 1872 – 25 May 1873 : Pierre Teisserenc de Bort * 25 May 1873 – 26 November 1873 : Joseph de la Bouillerie * 29 November 1873 – 22 May 1874 : Alfred Deseilligny * 22 May 1874 – 10 March 1875 : Louis Grivart * 10 March 1875 – 9 March 1876 :

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* 9 March 1876 – 17 May 1877 : Pierre Teisserenc de Bort * 17 May 1877 – 23 November 1877 :

* 23 November 1877 – 13 December 1877 :

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* 13 December 1877 – 4 February 1879 : Pierre Teisserenc de Bort * 4 February 1879 – 4 March 1879 : Charles Lepère * 5 March 1879 – 10 November 1881 :

Pierre Tirard Pierre Emmanuel Tirard (; 27 September 1827 – 4 November 1893) was a French politician, who served twice as Prime Minister during the Third Republic. Biography He was born to French parents in Geneva, Switzerland. After studying in his native ...

– Agriculture and Commerce.

Minister of Commerce and Colonies

* 14 November 1881 – 30 January 1882 :

Maurice Rouvier Maurice Rouvier (; 17 April 1842 – 7 June 1911) was a French statesman of the "Opportunist" faction, who twice served as the Prime Minister of France. He is best known for his financial policies and his unpopular policies designed to avoid a r ...

– Commerce and Colonies

Ministers of Commerce

* 30 January 1882 – 7 August 1882 :

– Commerce * 7 August 1882 – 21 February 1883 : Pierre Legrand – Commerce * 21 February 1883 – 14 October 1884 :

Anne Charles Hérisson Charles Hérisson (12 October 1831 – 23 November 1893) was a French lawyer and politician of the French Third Republic. He was a member of the National Assembly of 1871, where he joined the Opportunist Republican parliamentary group, ''Gauche r ...

– Commerce * 14 October 1884 – 6 April 1885 :

– Commerce * 6 April 1885 – 9 November 1885 : Pierre Legrand – Commerce * 9 November 1885 – 7 January 1886 :

Lucien Dautresme Lucien Dautresme (21 May 1826 – 18 February 1892) was a French politician of the French Third Republic. He was minister of commerce (9 November 1885 – 6 January 1886) in the government of Henri Brisson and minister of commerce and industry (3 ...

– Commerce

Ministers of Commerce and Industry

* 7 January 1886 – 30 May 1887 :

Édouard Lockroy Édouard Lockroy (18 July 183822 November 1913) was a French politician born in Paris, the son of Joseph Philippe Simon (1803–1891), an actor and dramatist who took the name of Lockroy, and of Antoinette Stéphanie Lockroy who wrote two books ...

– Commerce and Industry * 30 May 1887 – 3 April 1888 :

– Commerce and Industry * 3 April 1888 – 22 February 1889 : Pierre Legrand – Commerce * 22 February 1889 – 17 March 1890 :

– Commerce and Industry * 17 March 1890 – 6 December 1892 : Jules Roche * 6 December 1892 – 4 April 1893 :

Jules Siegfried Jules Siegfried (12 February 1837 – 26 September 1922) was a French politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1885 to 1897, and from 1902 to 1922. Siegfried was active in the social Protestant movement, as were other ...

* 4 April 1893 – 3 December 1893 :

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* 3 December 1893 – 30 May 1894 : Jean Marty * 30 May 1894 – 26 January 1895 :

Victor Lourties The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * Victor (1951 film), ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * Victor (1993 film), ...

* 26 January 1895 – 1 November 1895 :

André Lebon André Lebon (26 August 1858 – 17 February 1938) was a French lawyer and politician. Early years André Lebon was born on 26 August 1858 in Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure. His father was Charles Lebon, founder of the Société du Gaz Lebon. After c ...

* 1 November 1895 – 29 April 1896 : Gustave Mesureur * 29 April 1896 – 28 June 1898 : Henry Boucher * 28 June 1898 – 1 November 1898 :

Émile Maruéjouls Émile Maruéjouls (4 August 1835 – 22 October 1908) was a French politician of the Third French Republic. He was minister of commerce, industries, posts and telegraphs (1898) in the government of Henri Brisson and minister of public works (1902 ...

* 1 November 1898 – 22 June 1899 : Paul Delombre * 22 June 1899 – 7 June 1902 :

Alexandre Millerand Alexandre Millerand (; – ) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1920 to 1924, having previously served as Prime Minister of France earlier in 1920. His participation in Waldeck-Rousseau's cabinet at the start of the ...

* 7 June 1902 – 24 January 1905 :

Georges Trouillot Georges Marie Denis Gabriel Trouillot (; 7 May 1851 – 20 November 1916) was a French Radical politician. He played a central role in developing the law of 1901 that governed associations such as agricultural cooperative. He was Minister of the ...

* 24 January 1905 – 12 November 1905 : Fernand Dubief * 12 November 1905 – 14 March 1906 :

* 14 March 1906 – 4 January 1908 :

Gaston Doumergue Pierre Paul Henri Gaston Doumergue (; 1 August 1863 in Aigues-Vives, Gard18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1924 to 1931. Tasked with important ministerial portfolios, he was first appo ...

* 4 January 1908 – 24 July 1909 : Jean Cruppi * 24 July 1909 – 2 March 1911 : Jean Dupuy * 2 March 1911 – 27 June 1911 :

Alfred Massé Alfred Massé (2 June 1870 – 28 December 1951) was a French lawyer, journalist and politician who was twice Minister of Commerce (France), Minister of Commerce and Industry shortly before World War I (1914–18). Early years Alfred Louis Fran� ...

* 27 June 1911 – 14 January 1912 :

Maurice Couyba Charles Maurice Couyba (1 January 1866 – 18 November 1931) was a French professor and politician. He was a deputy from 1897 to 1907, then a senator from 1907 to 1920. He was Minister of Commerce and Industry from 1911 to 1912, and was briefly ...

* 14 January 1912 – 21 January 1913 : Fernand David * 21 January 1913 – 22 March 1913 : Gabriel Guist'hau

Ministers of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs

* 22 March 1913 – 9 December 1913 :

* 9 December 1913 – 17 March 1914 :

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 De ...

* 17 March 1914 – 9 June 1914 :

Raoul Péret Raoul Adolphe Péret (; 29 November 1870 – 22 July 1942) was a French lawyer and politician. Biography Raoul Péret was born in Châtellerault ( Vienne), son of a magistrate. He followed his father into the law, becoming an advocate at the ...

* 9 June 1914 – 13 June 1914 :

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* 13 June 1914 – 29 October 1915 :

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* 29 October 1915 – 16 November 1917 :

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 fro ...

* 16 November 1917 – 5 May 1919 :

* 5 May 1919 – 27 November 1919 :

* 27 November 1919 – 20 January 1920 : Louis Dubois * 20 January 1920 – 16 January 1921 : Augustuste Isaac * 16 January 1921 – 29 March 1924 : Lucien Dior * 29 March 1924 – 9 June 1924 :

Louis Loucheur Louis Loucheur (12 August 1872 in Roubaix, Nord – 22 November 1931 in Paris) was a French politician in the Third Republic, at first a member of the conservative Republican Federation, then of the Democratic Republican Alliance and of the I ...

* 9 June 1924 – 14 June 1924 :

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* 14 June 1924 – 17 April 1925 : Eugène Raynaldy * 17 April 1925 – 29 October 1925 : Charles Chaumet * 29 October 1925 – 23 June 1926 : Charles Daniel-Vincent * 23 June 1926 – 19 July 1926 :

Fernand Chapsal Fernand Chapsal (10 March 1862 – 10 February 1939) was a French lawyer, administrator and politician who was Minister of Commerce in 1926 and in 1937–38, and Minister of Agriculture in 1938. Early years Fernand Chapsal was born on 10 March 1 ...

* 19 July 1926 – 23 July 1926 :

* 23 July 1926 – 2 September 1928 :

Maurice Bokanowski Maurice Bokanowski (31 August 1879 – 2 September 1928) was a French lawyer and left-wing Republican politician who served briefly as Minister of the Navy in 1924, and was Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1926–28. He rationalized tariffs a ...

* 14 September 1928 – 11 November 1928 :

Henry Chéron Henry Frédéric Chéron (; 11 May 1867 – 14 April 1936) was a French lawyer and politician who became active in local politics in the Calvados (department), Calvados department of Normandy while still a young man, and always maintained his root ...

Ministers of Commerce and Industry

* 11 November 1928 – 3 November 1929 : Georges Bonnefous * 3 November 1929 – 21 February 1930 :

* 21 February 1930 – 2 March 1930 :

Georges Bonnet Georges-Étienne Bonnet (; 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 and career Bonnet was born in Bassillac, Dordogne, t ...

* 2 March 1930 – 13 December 1930 :

* 13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931 :

* 27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932 : Louis Rollin * 20 February 1932 – 3 June 1932 : Louis Rollin * 3 June 1932 – 31 January 1933 : Julien Durand (Commerce and Industry) * 31 January 1933 – 26 October 1933 : Louis Serre * 26 October 1933 – 30 January 1934 : Laurent Eynac * 30 January 1934 – 9 February 1934 : Jean Mistler * 9 February 1934 – 8 November 1934 :

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* 8 November 1934 – 1 June 1935 :

Paul Marchandeau Paul Henri Marie Joseph Marchandeau, (; Gaillac, Tarn on 10 August 1882 - Paris 15th on 31 May 1968), was a lawyer, journalist and French Radical Socialist politician. He was awarded the ''Croix de guerre'' and the ''Légion d'honneur'' for hi ...

* 1 June 1935 – 7 June 1935 : Laurent Eynac * 7 June 1935 – 4 June 1936 :

* 4 June 1936 – 22 June 1937 : Paul Bastid * 22 June 1937 – 18 January 1938 :

* 18 January 1938 – 10 April 1938 :

Pierre Cot Pierre Jules Cot (20 November 1895, in Grenoble – 21 August 1977, Paris), was a French politician and leading figure in the Popular Front government of the 1930s. Born in Grenoble into a conservative Catholic family, he entered politics as ...

(Commerce) * 10 April 1938 – 21 March 1940 : Fernand Gentin * 21 March 1940 – 18 May 1940 : Louis Rollin * 18 May 1940 – 5 June 1940 : Léon Baréty * 5 June 1940 – 16 June 1940 : Albert Chichery * 16 June 1940 – 12 July 1940 :

Yves Bouthillier Yves Bouthillier (26 February 1901 – 4 January 1977) was a French politician. He served as the French State Minister of Finance from 1940 to 1942. Early life Bouthillier was born in Saint-Martin-de-Ré to Mathilde Bouju and Louis Bouthillier, ...

* 7 June 1943 – 9 November 1943 :

André Diethelm André Diethelm (3 July 1896 – 11 January 1954) was a French Resistance fighter and politician. As an Inspector General of Finance, he joined General de Gaulle and Free France during the Second World War, and presided over the Rally of the Fr ...

(Commissaire) * 22 January 1947 – 11 August 1947 :

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 ...

* 11 August 1947 – 22 October 1947 :

Robert Lacoste Robert Lacoste (5 July 1898 – 8 March 1989) was a French politician. He was a socialist MP of the Dordogne from 1945 to 1958, and from 1962 to 1967. He then served as senator from 1971 to 1980. Biography Robert Lacoste was born at Azerat ...

* 24 November 1947 – 7 February 1950 :

* 7 February 1950 – 11 August 1951 :

Jean-Marie Louvel Jean-Marie Louvel (; 1 July 1900 – 13 June 1970) was a French engineer and politician. He was born in La Ferté-Macé and died in Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the ...

* 11 August 1951 – 20 January 1952 :

Pierre Pflimlin Pierre Eugène Jean Pflimlin (; 5 February 1907 – 27 June 2000) was a French Christian Democrat politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic for a few weeks in 1958, before being replaced by Charles de Gaulle during the ...

* 20 January 1952 – 8 March 1952 :

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 Republica ...

* 8 March 1952 – 8 January 1953 :

* 8 January 1953 – 11 February 1953 :

Paul Ribeyre Paul François Ribeyre (11 December 1906 – 14 January 1988) was a French mineral water bottler and liberal conservative politician who was a deputy in the Constituent Assembly and then the National Assembly from 1945 to 1958, then a senator from ...

* 11 February 1953 – 28 June 1953 : Guy Petit * 28 June 1953 – 19 June 1954 :

* 19 June 1954 – 3 September 1954 :

Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (19 August 1914 – 10 February 1993) was a French statesman and a member of the Companions of the Liberation. He served as President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) under the Fourth French Republic. ...

* 3 September 1954 – 23 February 1955 : Henri Ulver * 23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956 :

André Morice André Morice (; 11 October 1900, Nantes – 17 January 1990) was a French politician. He represented the Radical Party in the Constituent Assembly elected in 1945, in the Constituent Assembly elected in 1946 and in the National Assembly from 19 ...

* 6 November 1957 – 1 June 1958 :

* 9 June 1958 – 8 January 1959 :

Édouard Ramonet Édouard Ramonet (14 June 1909, Cerbère – 4 August 1980) was a French politician. He represented the Radical Party in the Constituent Assembly elected in 1945, in the Constituent Assembly elected in 1946 and in the National Assembly In po ...

* 8 January 1959 – 14 April 1962 :

Jean-Marcel Jeanneney Jean-Marcel Jeanneney (13 November 1910 – 17 September 2010) was minister in various French governments in the 1950s and 1960s, and France's first ambassador to Algeria in the immediate aftermath of the Algerian War. Born in Paris, he has ...

(Industry) * 6 July 1972 – 5 April 1973 : Yvon Bourges * 5 April 1973 – 1 March 1974 :

Jean Royer Jean Royer (31 October 1920 – 25 March 2011) was a French Catholic conservative politician who was a minister and mayor of Tours. Biography Mayor of Tours Born in Nevers, Nièvre, Royer was at first a teacher. In 1958 he was elected as a r ...

* 1 March 1974 – 28 May 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 First elected under the banner of the lef ...

(Industry, Commerce and Crafts) * 28 May 1974 – 25 August 1976 : Vincent Ansquer * 25 August 1976 – 30 March 1977 : Pierre Brousse * 30 March 1977 – 5 April 1978 :

René Monory René Monory (6 June 1923 – 11 April 2009) was a French centre-right Gaullist politician. Biography René Monory was born in Loudun and began his career as the owner of a garage. He was the founder of the Poitiers Futuroscope. Monory firs ...

* 5 April 1978 – 4 July 1979 :

Jacques Barrot Jacques Barrot (; 3 February 1937 – 3 December 2014) was a French politician, who served as European Commissioner for Justice from 2008 to 2010, after having spent four years serving as Commissioner for Transport from 2004 to 2008 and Commiss ...

* 4 July 1979 – 22 May 1981 : Maurice Charretier * 22 May 1981 – 22 March 1983 :

André Delelis André Delelis (23 May 1924 – 4 September 2012L'ancien ministre An ...

* 22 March 1983 – 19 February 1986 :

Michel Crépeau Michel Crépeau (; 30 October 1930, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée – 30 March 1999, Paris) was a French centre-left politician. Born in 1930, barrister, he joined the Radical Party. When it split in 1972, he founded the Movement of Left Radic ...

* 19 February 1986 – 20 March 1986 :

Jean-Marie Bockel Jean-Marie Bockel (born 22 June 1950) is a French politician who has been serving as President Emmanuel Macron's Personal Envoy for Africa since 2024. Earlier in his political career, Bockel served in several government positions, including as ...

* 29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995 :

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 ...

* 18 May 1995 – 4 June 1997 :

Jean-Pierre Raffarin Jean-Pierre Raffarin (; born 3 August 1948) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005 under President Jacques Chirac. He resigned after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Un ...

(Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Crafts) * 29 November 2004 – 31 May 2005: Christian Jacob (Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce, Crafts, Liberal Professions and Consumer Affairs) * 2 June 2005 – 15 May 2007:

Christine Lagarde Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (; , ; born 1 January 1956) is a French politician and lawyer who has been the President of the European Central Bank since 2019. She previously served as the 11th Managing Director of the International Monetar ...

Secretary of State for Foreign Trade

* 19 July 2007 – 18 March 2008:

Hervé Novelli Hervé Novelli (born 6 March 1949) is a French politician of Italian origin, and a past member of the UDF group. He was a deputé in the Assemblée Nationale for the Indre-et-Loire département from 2002 to 2007, having previously been a dépu ...

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