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Foreign Minister 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: 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
- Free France
- 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
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Referenced By
Louis Barthou | Maurice Couve de Murville
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