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 Government of France (, ), officially the Government of the French Republic (, ), exercises Executive (government), executive power in France. It is composed of the Prime Minister of France, prime minister, who is the head of government, ...

, the cabinet member in charge of the

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and development of the national

telecommunication Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

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 Jean Marie Ferdinand Sarrien (; 15 October 1840 – 28 November 1915) was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was born in Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire and died in Paris. As Prime Minister, he headed a cabinet supported by the ''Blo ...

: 6 April 1885 – 7 January 1886 *

Félix Granet Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, ...

: 7 January 1886 – 30 May 1887 * Jean Marty : 20 March 1894 – 30 May 1894 *

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), ...

: 30 May 1894 – 26 January 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 ...

: 26 January 1895 – 1 November 1895 * Gustave Mesureur : 1 November 1895 – 29 April 1896 * Henry Boucher : 29 April 1896 – 28 June 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 ...

: 28 June 1898 – 1 November 1898 * Paul Delombre : 1 November 1898 – 22 June 1899 *

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 ...

: 22 June 1899 – 7 June 1902 *

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 ...

: 7 June 1902 – 24 January 1905 * Fernand Dubief : 24 January 1905 – 12 November 1905 *

: 12 November 1905 – 14 March 1906

Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs

In 1906

Louis Barthou Jean Louis Barthou (; 25 August 1862 – 9 October 1934) was a French politician of the French Third Republic, Third Republic who served as Prime Minister of France for eight months in 1913. In social policy, his time as prime minister saw the ...

became Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs. The combined portfolio lasted until 1913. *

: 14 March 1906 – 24 July 1909 *

: 24 July 1909 – 3 November 1910 *

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 ...

: 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 studied at the seminary of Semur-en-Brionnais before earning a medical degree in 1879. Due in part to his commitment to Alfred Dreyfus durin ...

: 27 June 1911 – 14 January 1912 * Jean Dupuy : 14 January 1912 – 22 March 1913

Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs

In March 1913

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� ...

became Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs. *

: 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 De ...

: 9 December 1913 – 17 March 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 ...

: 17 March 1914 - 9 June 1914 *

Marc Réville Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system ...

: 9 June 1914 – 13 June 1914 *

Gaston Thomson Gaston Thomson (29 January 1848 – 14 May 1932) was a French politician. Thomson was born in Oran (department), Oran, French Algeria. He was a member of the National Assembly of France, French Chamber of Deputies for the Departments of France, ...

: 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 fro ...

: 29 October 1915 – 27 November 1919 * Louis Dubois : 27 November 1919 – 20 January 1920 *

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 ...

: 29 March 1924 - 9 June 1924 *

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 ...

: 9 June 1924 – 14 June 1924 *

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 ...

: 14 September 1928 – 11 November 1928

Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones

Louis Germain-Martin Louis Germain-Martin (; 7 November 1872, in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire – 4 October 1948, in Paris) was an Independent Radical French politician. He was Minister of Post and Telecommunications in the government of André Tardieu, and later a B ...

: 3 November 1929 – 21 February 1930 * Julien Durand : 21 February 1930 – 2 March 1930 *

André Mallarmé André Mallarmé (; 6 August 1877 – 8 April 1956) was a French politician. Mallarmé was born in Bouzaréah, Algeria. He represented the Republican-Socialist Party from 1924 to 1928 and the Independent Radicals from 1928 to 1939 in the Chamber ...

: 2 March 1930 – 13 December 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 ...

: 13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931 * Charles Guernier : 27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932 * Louis Rollin : 20 February 1932 – 3 June 1932 *

Henri Queuille Henri Queuille (; 31 March 1884 – 15 June 1970) was a French Radical politician prominent in the Third and Fourth Republics. After World War II, he served three times as Prime Minister. Governments First ministry (11 September 1948 – 28 O ...

: 3 June 1932 – 18 December 1932 * Laurent Eynac : 18 December 1932 – 26 October 1933 * Jean Mistler : 26 October 1933 – 30 January 1934 *

Paul Bernier Paul Bernier (18 January 1906 – 21 November 1964) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the Archdiocese of Quebec and international organization, served briefly in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, and then as Bishop o ...

: 3 January 1934 – 9 February 1934 *

: 9 February 1934 – 8 November 1934 *

Georges Mandel Georges Mandel (born Louis George Rothschild; 5 June 1885 – 7 July 1944) was a French journalist and politician who was a member of the Chamber of Deputies representing Gironde from 1919 to 1924 and from 1928 until the dissolution of the Fren ...

: 8 November 1934 – 4 June 1936 * Robert Jardillier : 4 June 1936 – 22 June 1937 *

Jean-Baptiste Lebas Jean-Baptiste Lebas (; 24 October 1878 – 10 March 1944) was a French Socialist politician, deputy to the National Assembly of France during the Third Republic, who served twice as minister under Léon Blum’s governments. He was mayor of Rou ...

: 22 June 1937 – 18 January 1938 * Fernand Gentin : 18 January 1938 – 13 March 1938 *

: 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 : 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 France, Vichy government that governed France during World War II following the German military administration in occupied France during World ...

: 18 November 1942 – 20 August 1944 *

Augustin Laurent Augustin Laurent (9 September 1896 – 1 October 1990) was a French coal miner, journalist and socialist politician. He was a national deputy both before and after World War II (1939–45). During the war he was active in the French Resistance. Af ...

: 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 French 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 unsucce ...

: 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 Republica ...

: 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 Jacques Henri Marette (21 September 1922 – 25 April 1984) was a French politician who was Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications for five years in the 1960s. Early years Jacques Henri Marette ...

: 15 April 1962 – 6 April 1967 *

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 ...

: 6 April 1967 – 30 May 1968 *

André Bettencourt André Bettencourt (; 21 April 1919 – 19 November 2007) was a French politician. He had been a member of La Cagoule, a violent French fascist-leaning and anti-communist group, before and into the Second World War; he then joined the anti-G ...

: 30 May 1968 – 10 July 1968 *

: 10 July 1968 – 22 June 1969 *

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. Galley was born in Paris on January 11, 1921. He was the son o ...

: 22 June 1969 – 6 July 1972 *

Hubert Germain Hubert Germain (6 August 1920 – 12 October 2021) was a French politician who was a member of the Free French Forces during World War II. He was the last living Companion of the Order of Liberation. Biography Germain was born on 6 August 192 ...

: 6 July 1972 – 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 – 11 April 1974 *

: 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 Émile Zuccarelli (; born 4 August 1940 in Bastia, Upper Corsica) is a French politician from Corsica. He serves as honorary President of the Radical Party of the Left and is a former mayor of Bastia. Before his defeat in the 2007 French legisla ...

: 2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993 * Gérard Longuet : 29 March 1993 – 14 October 1994 *

José Rossi José Rossi (born 18 June 1944 in Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French language, French: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a communes of France, French commune, prefecture of the Departments of Fr ...

: 17 October 1994 – 18 May 1995 *

François Fillon François Charles Amand Fillon (; born 4 March 1954) is a French retired 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 Franck Borotra (born 30 August 1937) is a French politician, member of the Rally for the Republic party. He was the Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones from 7 November 1995 to 2 June 1997 under the government of Prime Minister Alain Ju ...

: 7 November 1995 – 4 June 1997

References

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