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: Victor Scipion Louis Joseph de la Garde September 21, 1792 - June 21, 1793: Pierre-Henri-Hélène-Marie Lebrun-Tondu (Minister) April 10 - July 10 1793: Georges Danton (Chairman of Committee) June 21, 1793 - April 2, 1794: François-Louis-Michel Chemin Deforgues (Minister) July 10, 1793 - March 30, 1794: Marie Jean Hérault de Séchelles (Chairman of Committee) 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 30, 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-Édouard 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: Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles November 19, 1819 - December 13, 1821: Étienne-Denis Pasquier December 14, 1821 - December 28, 1822: Mathieu-Jean-Félicité, Vicomte de Montmorency December 28, 1822 - June 6, 1824: François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand June 6 - August 4, 1824: Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Villèle 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 July 29 - August 8, 1830: Pierre-Édouard Bignon August 13 - September, 1830: Jean Baptiste Jourdan September - 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 Thiers September 7, 1836 - March 8, 1839: Mathieu-Louis, Comte 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 Thiers October 29, 1840 - February 23, 1848: François Guizot February 24 - 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 10 - 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 - October 24, 1860: Alexandre, Comte Colonna-Walewski October 24, 1860 - October 15, 1862: Antoine-Edouard Thouvenel October 18, 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 25, 1873: Charles, Comte de Remusat May 26 - November 26, 1873: 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 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 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 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 - February 26, 1892: Alexandre Ribot February 26 - December 5, 1892: Jules Develle December 6 - January 10, 1893: Alexandre Ribot January 11 - December 3, 1893: Jules Develle December 3, 1893 - May 30, 1894: Jean Casimir-Périer 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 March 14 - October 25, 1906: Léon Bourgeois October 25, 1906 - March 2, 1911: Stéphen Pichon March 4 - June 27, 1911: Jean Cruppi June 27, 1911 - January 14, 1912: Justin de Selves January 14, 1912 - January 18, 1913: Raymond Poincaré January 18 - March 22, 1913: Célestin Jonnart 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 12 - October 29, 1915: René Viviani 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: Édouard Herriot April 17, 1925 - July 19, 1926: Aristide Briand July 19 - July 23, 1926: Édouard 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: Édouard Herriot December 19, 1932 - January 30, 1934: Joseph Paul-Boncour January 30 - February 9, 1934: Édouard 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 - July 11, 1940: Paul Baudouin Vichy France July 11 - October 30, 1940: Paul Baudouin October 30 - December 13, 1940: Pierre Laval December 13, 1940 - February 9, 1941: Pierre-Etienne Flandin February 9, 1941 - April 18, 1942: Jean Darlan April 18, 1942 - August 17, 1944: Pierre Laval Free France September 26, 1941 - October 24, 1942: Maurice Dejean October 24, 1942 - February 7, 1943 : René Pleven February 7, 1943 - September 10, 1944: René Massigli September 10, 1944 - November 21, 1945 : Georges Bidault November 21, 1945 - 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 See Also List of Interior Ministers of France List of Prime Ministers of France External links 140 Ministries of Foreign Affairs (1589-2000) on the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
