Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the Government of France, is the cabinet member responsible for the Republic's network of relationships with foreign nations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located on the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, and Quai d'Orsay is often used as a synonym for the Ministry. Part of the Ministry's central administration is located in Nantes.
The incumbent is Philippe Douste-Blazy.
In 1589, the four French Secretaries of State became specialized, with one of the secretaries responsible for foreign relations. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs became a Minister of Foreign Affairs' in 1791. All ministerial positions were abolished in 1794 by the National Convention and re-established with the Directory. For a brief period in the 1980s, the office was retitled Minister for External Relations.
[edit] Foreign Minister of France (1589-present)
| Minister | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| Louis de Revol | 1 January, 1589 | 17 September, 1594 |
| Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy | 30 December, 1594 | 9 August, 1616 |
| Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Bishop of Luçon | 30 November, 1616 | 24 April, 1617 |
| Pierre Brulart, vicomte de Puysieux | 24 April, 1617 | 11 March, 1626 |
| Raymond Phelypeaux, seigneur d'Herbault | 11 March, 1626 | 2 May, 1629 |
| Claude Bouthillier | 2 May, 1629 | 18 March, 1632 |
| Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny | 18 March, 1632 | 23 June, 1643 |
| Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne | 23 June, 1643 | 3 April, 1663 |
| Hugues de Lionne | 3 April, 1663 | 1 September, 1671 |
| Simon Arnauld, marquis de Pomponne | 1 September, 1671 | 18 November, 1679 |
| Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy | 12 February, 1680 | 28 July, 1696 |
| Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy | 28 July, 1696 | 22 September, 1715 |
| Nicolas du Blé, marquis d'Huxelles | 23 September, 1715 | 1 September, 1718 |
| Guillaume Dubois | 24 September, 1718 | 10 August, 1723 |
| Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, comte de Morville | 16 August, 1723 | 19 August, 1727 |
| Germain Louis Chauvelin | 23 August, 1727 | 20 February, 1737 |
| Jean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou | 22 February, 1737 | 26 April, 1744 |
| Adrien Maurice, duc de Noailles | 26 April, 1744 | 19 November, 1744 |
| René de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'Argenson | 19 November, 1744 | 10 January, 1747 |
| Louis Philogène Brûlart, vicomte de Puisieulx | 27 January, 1747 | 9 September, 1751 |
| François Dominique de Barberie de Saint-Contest | 11 September, 1751 | 24 July, 1754 |
| Antoine Louis Rouillé | 24 July, 1754 | 28 June, 1757 |
| François Joachim de Pierre de Bernis | 28 June, 1757 | 9 October, 1758 |
| Étienne François, duc de Choiseul | 3 December, 1758 | 13 October, 1761 |
| César Gabriel de Choiseul-Chevigny, duc de Praslin | 13 October, 1761 | 10 April, 1766 |
| Étienne François, duc de Choiseul | 10 April, 1766 | 24 December, 1770 |
| Louis Phélypeaux, duc de La Vrillère | 24 December, 1770 | 6 June, 1771 |
| Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon | 6 June, 1771 | 2 June, 1774 |
| Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin | 2 June, 1774 | 21 July, 1774 |
| Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes | 21 July, 1774 | 13 February, 1787 |
| Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin Saint-Hérem | 14 February, 1787 | 13 July, 1789 |
| Paul François de Quelen, duc de la Vauguyon | 13 July, 1789 | 16 July, 1789 |
| Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin Saint-Hérem | 16 July, 1789 | 29 November, 1791 |
| Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart | 29 November, 1791 | 15 March, 1792 |
| Charles Dumouriez | 15 March, 1792 | 13 June, 1792 |
| Pierre Paul de Méredieu, baron de Naillac | 13 June, 1792 | 18 June, 1792 |
| Scipion Victor, marquis de Chambonas | 18 June, 1792 | 23 July, 1792 |
| François Joseph de Gratet, vicomte Dubouchage | 23 July, 1792 | 1 August, 1792 |
| Claude Bigot de Sainte-Croix | 1 August, 1792 | 10 August, 1792 |
| Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu | 10 August, 1792 | 21 June, 1793 |
| François Louis Michel Chemin Deforgues | 21 June, 1793 | 2 April, 1794 |
| Jean Marie Claude Alexandre Goujon | 5 April, 1794 | 8 April, 1794 |
| Martial Joseph Armand Herman | 8 April, 1794 | 20 April, 1794 |
| none | 20 April, 1794 | 3 November, 1795 |
| Charles Delacroix | 3 November, 1795 | 15 July, 1797 |
| Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord | 15 July, 1797 | 20 July, 1799 |
| Karl Reinhard | 20 July, 1799 | 22 November, 1799 |
| Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent | 22 November, 1799 | 9 August, 1807 |
| Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny, duc de Cadore | 9 August, 1807 | 17 April, 1811 |
| Hugues Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano | 17 April, 1811 | 20 November, 1813 |
| Armand Augustin Louis Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence | 20 November, 1813 | 1 April, 1814 |
| Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de Laforest | 3 April, 1814 | 13 May, 1814 |
| Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent | 13 May, 1814 | 20 March, 1815 |
| Armand Augustin Louis Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence | 20 March, 1815 | 22 June, 1815 |
| Louis, baron Bignon | 22 June, 1815 | 7 July, 1815 |
| Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent | 9 July, 1815 | 26 September, 1815 |
| Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de Richelieu | 26 September, 1815 | 29 December, 1818 |
| Jean Joseph Paul Augustin, marquis Dessolles | 29 December, 1818 | 19 November, 1819 |
| Étienne Denis, baron Pasquier | 19 November, 1819 | 14 December, 1821 |
| Mathieu Jean Félicité, duc de Montmorency-Laval | 14 December, 1821 | 28 December, 1822 |
| François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand | 28 December, 1822 | 4 August, 1824 |
| Ange Hyacinthe Maxence, baron de Damas | 4 August, 1824 | 4 January, 1828 |
| Auguste, comte de La Ferronays | 4 January, 1828 | 24 April, 1829 |
| Anne Pierre Adrien, duc de Montmorency-Laval | 24 April, 1829 | 14 May, 1829 |
| Joseph-Marie, comte Portalis | 14 May, 1829 | 8 August, 1829 |
| Jules Armand Auguste Marie, prince de Polignac | 8 August, 1829 | 29 July, 1830 |
| Victor Louis Victurnien, duc de Mortemart | 29 July, 1830 | 29 July, 1830 |
| Louis, baron Bignon | 31 July, 1830 | 1 August, 1830 |
| Jean-Baptiste, comte Jourdan | 1 August, 1830 | 11 August, 1830 |
| Louis, comte Molé | 11 August, 1830 | 2 November, 1830 |
| Nicolas Joseph, marquis Maison | 2 November, 1830 | 17 November, 1830 |
| Horace François Bastien, baron Sébastiani | 17 November, 1830 | 11 October, 1832 |
| Victor, duc de Broglie | 11 October, 1832 | 4 April, 1834 |
| Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny | 4 April, 1834 | 10 November, 1834 |
| Charles Joseph, comte Bresson | 10 November, 1834 | 18 November, 1834 |
| Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny | 18 November, 1834 | 12 March, 1835 |
| Victor, duc de Broglie | 12 March, 1835 | 22 February, 1836 |
| Adolphe Thiers | 22 February, 1836 | 6 September, 1836 |
| Louis, comte Molé | 6 September, 1836 | 31 March, 1839 |
| Napoléon Auguste Lannes, duc de Montebello | 31 March, 1839 | 12 May, 1839 |
| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie | 12 May, 1839 | 1 March, 1840 |
| Adolphe Thiers | 1 March, 1840 | 29 October, 1840 |
| François Guizot | 29 October, 1840 | 23 February, 1848 |
| Alphonse de Lamartine | 24 February, 1848 | 11 May, 1848 |
| Jules Bastide | 11 May, 1848 | 29 June, 1848 |
| Marie-Alphonse Bedeau | 29 June, 1848 | 17 July, 1848 |
| Jules Bastide | 17 July, 1848 | 20 December, 1848 |
| Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys | 20 December, 1848 | 2 June, 1849 |
| Alexis de Tocqueville | 2 June, 1849 | 31 October, 1849 |
| Alphonse de Rayneval | 31 October, 1849 | 17 November, 1849 |
| Jean-Ernest Ducos, vicomte de La Hitte | 17 November, 1849 | 9 January, 1851 |
| Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys | 9 January, 1851 | 24 January, 1851 |
| Anatole, baron Brénier de Renaudière | 24 January, 1851 | 10 April, 1851 |
| Jules Baroche | 10 April, 1851 | 26 October, 1851 |
| Louis Félix Étienne, marquis de Turgot | 26 October, 1851 | 28 July, 1852 |
| Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys | 28 July, 1852 | 7 May, 1855 |
| Alexandre Colonna, comte Walewski | 7 May, 1855 | 4 January, 1860 |
| Jules Baroche | 4 January, 1860 | 24 January, 1860 |
| Édouard Thouvenel | 24 January, 1860 | 15 October, 1862 |
| Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys | 15 October, 1862 | 1 September, 1866 |
| Charles, marquis de La Valette | 1 September, 1866 | 2 October, 1866 |
| Lionel, marquis de Moustier | 2 October, 1866 | 17 December, 1868 |
| Charles, marquis de La Valette | 17 December, 1868 | 17 July, 1869 |
| Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne | 17 July, 1869 | 2 January, 1870 |
| Napoléon, comte Daru | 2 January, 1870 | 14 April, 1870 |
| Émile Ollivier | 14 April, 1870 | 15 May, 1870 |
| Agenor, duc de Gramont | 15 May, 1870 | 10 August, 1870 |
| Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne | 10 August, 1870 | 4 September, 1870 |
| Jules Favre | 4 September, 1870 | 2 August, 1871 |
| Charles, comte de Rémusat | 2 August, 1871 | 25 May, 1873 |
| Albert, duc de Broglie | 25 May, 1873 | 26 November, 1873 |
| Louis Decazes, duc de Glucksberg | 29 November, 1873 | 23 November, 1877 |
| Gaston-Robert, marquis de Banneville | 23 November, 1877 | 13 December, 1877 |
| William Henry Waddington | 13 December, 1877 | 28 December, 1879 |
| Charles de Freycinet | 28 December, 1879 | 23 September, 1880 |
| Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire | 23 September, 1880 | 14 November, 1881 |
| Léon Gambetta | 14 November, 1881 | 30 January, 1882 |
| Charles de Freycinet | 30 January, 1882 | 7 August, 1882 |
| Charles Duclerc | 7 August, 1882 | 29 January, 1883 |
| Armand Fallières | 29 January, 1883 | 21 February, 1883 |
| Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour | 21 February, 1883 | 20 November, 1883 |
| Jules Ferry | 20 November, 1883 | 6 April, 1885 |
| Charles de Freycinet | 6 April, 1885 | 11 December, 1886 |
| Émile Flourens | 11 December, 1886 | 3 April, 1888 |
| René Goblet | 3 April, 1888 | 22 February, 1889 |
| Eugène Spuller | 22 February, 1889 | 17 March, 1890 |
| Alexandre Ribot | 17 March, 1890 | 11 January, 1893 |
| Jules Develle | 11 January, 1893 | 3 December, 1893 |
| Jean Casimir-Perier | 3 December, 1893 | 30 May, 1894 |
| Gabriel Hanotaux | 30 May, 1894 | 1 November, 1895 |
| Marcellin Berthelot | 1 November, 1895 | 28 March, 1896 |
| Léon Bourgeois | 28 March, 1896 | 29 April, 1896 |
| Gabriel Hanotaux | 29 April, 1896 | 28 June, 1898 |
| Théophile Delcassé | 28 June, 1898 | 6 June, 1905 |
| Maurice Rouvier | 6 June, 1905 | 13 March, 1906 |
| Léon Bourgeois | 14 March, 1906 | 25 October, 1906 |
| Stéphen Pichon | 25 October, 1906 | 2 March, 1911 |
| Jean Cruppi | 2 March, 1911 | 27 June, 1911 |
| Justin de Selves | 27 June, 1911 | 9 January, 1912 |
| Raymond Poincaré | 14 January, 1912 | 22 January, 1913 |
| Charles Jonnart | 22 January, 1913 | 22 March, 1913 |
| Stéphen Pichon | 22 March, 1913 | 9 December, 1913 |
| Gaston Doumergue | 9 December, 1913 | 9 June, 1914 |
| Léon Bourgeois | 9 June, 1914 | 13 June, 1914 |
| René Viviani | 13 June, 1914 | 3 August, 1914 |
| Gaston Doumergue | 3 August, 1914 | 26 August, 1914 |
| Théophile Delcassé | 26 August, 1914 | 13 October, 1915 |
| René Viviani | 13 October, 1915 | 29 October, 1915 |
| Aristide Briand | 29 October, 1915 | 20 March, 1917 |
| Alexandre Ribot | 20 March, 1917 | 23 October, 1917 |
| Louis Barthou | 23 October, 1917 | 16 November, 1917 |
| Stéphen Pichon | 16 November, 1917 | 20 January, 1920 |
| Alexandre Millerand | 20 January, 1920 | 24 September, 1920 |
| Georges Leygues | 24 September, 1920 | 16 January, 1921 |
| Aristide Briand | 16 January, 1921 | 15 January, 1922 |
| Raymond Poincaré | 15 January, 1922 | 9 June, 1924 |
| Edmond Lefebvre du Prey | 9 June, 1924 | 14 June, 1924 |
| Édouard Herriot | 14 June, 1924 | 17 April, 1925 |
| Aristide Briand | 17 April, 1925 | 19 July, 1926 |
| Édouard Herriot | 19 July, 1926 | 23 July, 1926 |
| Aristide Briand | 23 July, 1926 | 14 January, 1932 |
| Pierre Laval | 14 January, 1932 | 20 February, 1932 |
| André Tardieu | 20 February, 1932 | 3 June, 1932 |
| Édouard Herriot | 3 June, 1932 | 18 December, 1932 |
| Joseph Paul-Boncour | 18 December, 1932 | 30 January, 1934 |
| Édouard Daladier | 30 January, 1934 | 9 February, 1934 |
| Louis Barthou | 9 February, 1934 | 9 October, 1934 |
| Pierre Laval | 13 October, 1934 | 24 January, 1936 |
| Pierre Étienne Flandin | 24 January, 1936 | 4 June, 1936 |
| Yvon Delbos | 4 June, 1936 | 13 March, 1938 |
| Joseph Paul-Boncour | 13 March, 1938 | 10 April, 1938 |
| Georges Bonnet | 10 April, 1938 | 13 September, 1939 |
| Édouard Daladier | 13 September, 1939 | 21 March, 1940 |
| Paul Reynaud | 21 March, 1940 | 18 May, 1940 |
| Édouard Daladier | 18 May, 1940 | 5 June, 1940 |
| Paul Reynaud | 5 June, 1940 | 16 June, 1940 |
| Paul Baudoin | 16 June, 1940 | 28 October, 1940 |
| Pierre Laval | 28 October, 1940 | 13 December, 1940 |
| Pierre Étienne Flandin | 13 December, 1940 | 9 February, 1941 |
| François Darlan | 10 February, 1941 | 18 April, 1942 |
| Pierre Laval | 18 April, 1942 | 20 August, 1944 |
| Free French Commissioners | ||
| Maurice Dejean | 24 September, 1941 | 17 October, 1942 |
| René Pleven | 17 October, 1942 | 5 February, 1943 |
| René Massigli | 5 February, 1943 | 10 September, 1944 |
| Ministers | ||
| Georges Bidault | 10 September, 1944 | 16 December, 1946 |
| Léon Blum | 16 December, 1946 | 22 January, 1947 |
| Georges Bidault | 22 January, 1947 | 26 July, 1948 |
| Robert Schuman | 26 July, 1948 | 8 January, 1953 |
| Georges Bidault | 8 January, 1953 | 19 June, 1954 |
| Pierre Mendès-France | 19 June, 1954 | 20 January, 1955 |
| Edgar Faure | 20 January, 1955 | 23 February, 1955 |
| Antoine Pinay | 23 February, 1955 | 1 February, 1956 |
| Christian Pineau | 1 February, 1956 | 14 May, 1958 |
| René Pleven | 14 May, 1958 | 1 June, 1958 |
| Maurice Couve de Murville | 1 June, 1958 | 30 May, 1968 |
| Michel Debré | 30 May, 1968 | 22 June, 1969 |
| Maurice Schumann | 22 June, 1969 | 15 March, 1973 |
| André Bettencourt | 15 March, 1973 | 4 April, 1973 |
| Michel Jobert | 4 April, 1973 | 28 May, 1974 |
| Jean Sauvagnargues | 28 May, 1974 | 27 August, 1976 |
| Louis de Guiringaud | 27 August, 1976 | 29 November, 1978 |
| Jean François-Poncet | 29 November, 1978 | 22 May, 1981 |
| Claude Cheysson | 22 May, 1981 | 7 December, 1984 |
| Roland Dumas | 7 December, 1984 | 20 March, 1986 |
| Jean-Bernard Raimond | 20 March, 1986 | 12 May, 1988 |
| Roland Dumas | 12 May, 1988 | 29 March, 1993 |
| Alain Juppé | 29 March, 1993 | 18 May, 1995 |
| Hervé de Charette | 18 May, 1995 | 4 June, 1997 |
| Hubert Védrine | 4 June, 1997 | 7 May, 2002 |
| Dominique de Villepin | 7 May, 2002 | 31 March, 2004 |
| Michel Barnier | 31 March, 2004 | 2 June, 2005 |
| Philippe Douste-Blazy | 2 June, 2005 |
[edit] External links
- 140 Ministries of Foreign Affairs (1589-2000) on the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
- Official site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Official treaty database of France
