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List of Foreign Ministers of France

In 1589, the four French Secretaries of State became specialized, with one of the secretaries responsible for foreign affairs. Since then, France has usually had a Foreign Minister, with a few brief exceptions.

Foreign Ministers of France, 1589-present

January 1, 1589 - September 17, 1594: Louis de Revol
December 30, 1594 - August 9, 1616: Nicolas de Neufville, Seigneur de Villeroy
November 30, 1616 - April 24, 1617: Armand Jean du Plessis, Bishop of Luçon
April 24, 1617 - March 11, 1626: Pierre Brulart, Vicomte de Puysieux, later Marquis de Sillery
March 11, 1626 - May 2, 1629: Raymond Phelypeaux, Seigneur d'Herbault
May 2, 1629 - March 18, 1632: Claude Bouthillier
March 18, 1632 - June 23, 1643: Léon Bouthillier, Comte de Chavigny
June 23, 1643 - April 3, 1663: Henri-Auguste de Loménie, Comte de Brienne
April 3, 1663 - September 1, 1671: Hugues de Lionne[?], later Seigneur de Berny and Marquis de Fresne
September 1, 1671 - November 18, 1679: Simon Arnaud, Marquis de Pomponne
February 12, 1680 - 1691: Charles Colbert, Marquis de Croissy
1691 - 1699: Simon Arnaud, Marquis de Pomponne
1699 - September 23, 1715: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Torcy
September 23, 1715 - September 1, 1718: Nicolas Du Blé, maréchal d'Huxelles
September 1, 1718 - August 10, 1723: Guillaume, Cardinal Dubois
August 16, 1723 - August 19, 1727: Charles-Jean-Baptiste de Fleuriau d'Armenonville, Comte de Morville
August 19, 1727 - February 22, 1737: Germain-Louis de Chauvelin
February 22, 1737 - April 26, 1744: Jean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou
November 18, 1744 - January 3, 1747: René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'Argenson
January 18, 1747 - September 11, 1751: Louis Brulart de Sillery, Marquis de Puysieux
September 11, 1751 - July 24, 1754: François-Dominique Barberie de Saint-Contest
July 25, 1754 - June 29, 1757: Antoine-Louise de Rouille, Comte de Jouy
June 29, 1757 - November 1, 1758: François-Joachim de Pierres, Abbé Bernis
December 3, 1758 - October 13, 1761: Etienne-François, Duc de Choiseul-Stainville
October 13, 1761 - April 8, 1766: César-Gabriel, Comte de Choiseul, later Duc de Praslin
April 8, 1766 - December 24, 1770: Etienne-François, Duc de Choiseul-Stainville
December 24, 1770 - June 6, 1771: Louis Phelypeaux, Comte de Saint-Florentin, later Duc de La Vrillere
June 6, 1771 - June 3, 1774: Emmanuel-Armand de Vignerot, Duc d'Aiguillon
July 21, 1774 - February 13, 1787: Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes
February 15, 1787 - November 20, 1791: Armand-Marc, Comte de Montmorin-Saint-Herem
November 20, 1791 - March 10, 1792: Claude Valdec Lessart (or Delessart)
March 15 - June 13, 1792: Charles-François Dumouriez
June 13 - September 20, 1792: not listed (there were two, I think, but they aren't listed on the official French foreign ministry site, or any other common reference sources)
September 21, 1792 - June 21, 1793: Pierre-Henri-Hélène-Marie Lebrun-Tondu
June 21, 1793 - April 2, 1794: François-Louis-Michel Chemin Deforgues
April 20, 1794 - November 4, 1795: none
November 4, 1795 - July 18, 1797: Charles Delacroix
July 18, 1797 - July 13, 1799: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord
July 20 - November 21, 1799: Charles-Frédéric Reinhard
November 21, 1799 - June 17, 1807: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Prince de Benevente
August 8, 1807 - April 16, 1811: Jean-Baptiste Nompère, Comte de Champagny
April 17, 1811 - November 19, 1813: Hugues-Bernard Maret, Duc de Bassano
November 20, 1813 - April 2, 1814: Armand-Augustin-Louis, Marquis de Caulaincourt
April 3 - May 13, 1814: [[Antoine-René-Charles-Mathurin, Comte de La Forest
May 13, 1814 - March 21, 1815: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Prince de Benevente
March 21 - June 22, 1815: Armand-Augustin-Louis, Marquis de Caulaincourt
June 23 - July 7, 1815: Pierre-Edouard, Baron Bignon
July 8 - September 23, 1815: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord
September 24, 1815 - December 28, 1818: Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu
December 29, 1818 - November 18, 1819: Charles-Louis, Marquis Dessolles
November 19, 1819 - December 13, 1821: Etienne-Denis, Baron Pasquier
December 14, 1821 - December 27, 1822: Mathieu-Jean-Félicité, Vicomte de Montmorency
December 28, 1822 - June 5, 1824: François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand[?]
August 4, 1824 - January 3, 1828: Ange-Hyacinthe-Maxence, Baron de Damas
January 4, 1828 - April 22, 1829: Pierre-Louis-Auguste Ferron, Comte de la Ferronays
May 14 - August 7, [1829]]: Joseph-Marie, Comte Portalis
August 8, 1829 - July 28, 1830: Armand-Jules, Prince de Polignac
August 11 - November 1, 1830: Mathieu-Louis, Comte Molé
November 2 - November 17, 1830: Nicolas-Joseph, Marquis Maison
November 17, 1830 - October 13, 1832: Horace, Comte Sebastiani de la Porta
October 18, 1832 - April 3, 1834: Victor, Duc de Broglie
April 3, 1834 - March 12, 1835: Henri, Comte de Rigny
March 12, 1835 - February 22, 1836: Victor, Duc de Broglie
February 22 - September 5, 1836: Adolphe-Marie-Joseph Thiers
September 5, 1836 - March 23, 1839: Mathieu-Louis, Comt Molé
March 23 - May 12, 1839: Napoléon Lanne, Duc de Montebello
May 12, 1839 - March 1, 1840: Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatie
March 1 - October 29, 1840: Adolphe-Marie-Joseph Thiers
October 29, 1840 - February 24, 1848: François Guizot
February 25 - May 10, 1848: Alphonse de Lamartine
May 10 - December 19, 1848: Jules Bastide
December 19, 1848 - June 2, 1849: Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys
June 2 - November 16, 1849: Alexis de Tocqueville
November 16, 1849 - January 9, 1851: Jean-Ernest Ducos, Vicomte de Lahitte
January 9 - January 24, 1851: Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys
January 24 - April 10, 1851: Antole, Baron Brenier
April 10 - October 26, 1851: Jules Baroche
October 26, 1851 - July 28, 1852: Louis, Marquis de Turgot
July 28, 1852 - May 8, 1855: Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys
May 8, 1855 - January 4, 1860: Alexandre, Comte Colonna-Walewski
January 4, 1860 - October 15, 1862: Antoine-Edouard Thouvenel
October 15, 1862 - September 1, 1866: Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys
September 1, 1866 - December 17, 1868: Lionel, Marquis de Moustier
December 17, 1868 - July 17, 1869: Charles, Marquis de la Valette
July 17, 1869 - January 2, 1870: Henri-Bernard-Godefroy-Alphonse, Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais
January 2 - April 14, 1870: Napoléon, Comte Daru
May 15 - August 10, 1870: Agenor, Duc de Gramont
August 12 - September 4, 1870: Henri-Bernard-Godefroy-Alphonse, Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais
September 4, 1870 - August 2, 1871: Jules Favre
August 2, 1871 - May 26, 1873: Charles, Comte de Remusat
May 26 - November 26, 1873: Jacques-Victor-Albert, Duc de Broglie
November 26, 1873 - November 23, 1877: Louis Decazes, Duc de Glucksberg
November 23 - December 13, 1877: Gaston-Robert, Marquis de Banneville
December 13, 1877 - December 27, 1879: William-Henry Waddington
December 27, 1879 - September 23, 1880: Charles de Saulces de Freycinet
September 23, 1880 - November 14, 1881: Jules Barthelemy-Saint-Hilaire
November 14, 1881 - January 30, 1882: Léon Gambetta
January 30 - August 7, 1882: Charles de Saulces de Freycinet
August 7, 1882 - January 29, 1883: Charles-Théodore-Eugène Duclerc
February 21 - November 20, 1883: Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
November 20, 1883 - April 6, 1885: Jules Ferry
April 6, 1885 - December 11, 1886: Charles de Saulces de Freycinet
December 13, 1886 - April 4, 1888: Emile Flourens
April 4, 1888 - February 22, 1889: René Goblet
February 22, 1889 - March 17, 1890: Eugène Spuller
March 17, 1890 - January 11, 1893: Alexandre Ribot
January 11 - December 3, 1893: Jules Develle
December 3, 1893 - May 30, 1894: Jean Casimir-Perier
May 30, 1894 - November 2, 1895: Gabriel Hanotaux
November 2, 1895 - March 28, 1896: Marcelin Berthelot
March 28 - April 30, 1896: Léon Bourgeois[?]
April 30, 1896 - June 28, 1898: Gabriel Hanotaux
June 28, 1898 - June 6, 1905: Théophile Delcassé[?]
June 17, 1905 - March 14, 1906: Maurice Rouvier
October 25, 1906 - March 2, 1911: Stéphen Pichon
June 27, 1911 - January 14, 1912: Justin de Selves
January 14, 1912 - January 21, 1913: Raymond Poincaré[?]
March 22 - December 10, 1913: Stéphen Pichon
December 10, 1913 - June 10, 1914: Gaston Doumergue
June 10 - June 13, 1914: Léon Bourgeois
June 13 - August 3, 1914: René Viviani
August 3 - August 26, 1914: Gaston Doumergue
August 26, 1914 - October 11, 1915: Théophile Delcassé
October 29, 1915 - March 20, 1917: Aristide Briand
March 20 - October 23, 1917: Alexandre Ribot
October 23 - November 16, 1917: Louis Barthou
November 16, 1917 - January 20, 1920: Stéphen Pichon
January 20 - September 24, 1920: Alexandre Millerand
September 24, 1920 - January 16, 1921: Georges Leygues
January 16, 1921 - January 15, 1922: Aristide Briand
January 15, 1922 - June 9, 1924: Raymond Poincaré
June 9 - June 13, 1924: Edmond Lefebvre du Prey
June 14, 1924 - April 17, 1925: Edouard Herriot
April 17, 1925 - July 19, 1926: Aristide Briand
July 19 - July 23, 1926: Edouard Herriot
July 23, 1926 - January 14, 1932: Aristide Briand
January 14 - February 21, 1932: Pierre Laval[?]
February 21 - June 3, 1932: André Tardieu
June 3 - December 19, 1932: Edouard Herriot
December 19, 1932 - January 30, 1934: Joseph Paul-Boncour
January 30 - February 9, 1934: Edouard Daladier[?]
February 9 - October 9, 1934: Louis Barthou
October 13, 1934 - January 24, 1936: Pierre Laval
January 24 - June 4, 1936: Pierre-Etienne Flandin
June 4, 1936 - March 10, 1938: Yvon Delbos
March 10 - April 10, 1938: Joseph Paul-Boncour
April 10, 1938 - September 13, 1939: Georges Bonnet
September 13, 1939 - March 21, 1940: Edouard Daladier
March 21 - May 18, 1940: Paul Reynaud[?]
May 18 - June 5, 1940: Edouard Daladier
June 5 - June 17, 1940: Paul Reynaud
June 17 - December 13, 1940: Paul Baudouin (Vichy)
December 13, 1940 - February 9, 1941: Pierre-Etienne Flandin
February 9, 1941 - April 18, 1942: Jean Darlan[?] (Vichy)
April 18, 1942 - August 17, 1944: Pierre Laval (Vichy)
September 10, 1944 - December 16, 1946: Georges Bidault[?]
December 16, 1946 - January 22, 1947: Léon Blum[?]
January 22, 1947 - July 25, 1948: Georges Bidault
July 26, 1948 - January 8, 1953: Robert Schuman[?]
January 8, 1953 - June 19, 1954: Georges Bidault
June 19, 1954 - January 20, 1955: Pierre Mendès-France[?]
January 20 - February 23, 1955: Edgar Faure
February 23, 1955 - February 1, 1956: Antoine Pinay
February 1, 1956 - May 14, 1958: Christian Pineau
May 14 - June 1, 1958: René Pleven
June 1, 1958 - May 31, 1968: Maurice Couve de Murville
May 31, 1968 - June 22, 1969: Michel Debré
June 22, 1969 - March 15, 1973: Maurice Schumann
March 15 - April 5, 1973: André Bettencourt
April 5, 1973 - May 28, 1974: Michel Jobert
May 28, 1974 - August 27, 1976: Jean Sauvagnargues
August 27, 1976 - November 29, 1978: Louis de Guiringaud
November 29, 1978 - May 22, 1981: Jean François-Poncet
May 22, 1981 - December 7, 1984: Claude Cheysson
December 7, 1984 - March 20, 1986: Roland Dumas
March 20, 1986 - May 12, 1988: Jean-Bernard Raimond
May 12, 1988 - March 30, 1993: Roland Dumas
March 30, 1993 - May 18, 1995: Alain Juppé[?]
May 18, 1995 - June 4, 1997: Hervé de Charette
June 4, 1997 - May 6, 2002: Hubert Védrine
May 6, 2002 - present: Dominique de Villepin

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