- List of Naval Ministers of France
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One of France's Secretaries of State under the ancien régime was entrusted with control of the French Navy (Secretary of State of the Navy (France). In 1791, this title was changed to Minister of the Navy. Before the 1890s, this position also usually had responsibility for France's colonies, and was usually known as Minister of the Navy and Colonies. In 1947 the naval ministry was absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.
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History
The two French royal fleets (the Ponant fleet and Levant fleet) were put under the control of Colbert from 1662, whilst he was "intendant des finances" and "minister of state" -- but not "secretary of state" : he only became secretary of state in 1669 after having bought his way into the post. From then on, right up to the French Revolution, a secretary of state had responsibility for the fleet.
The secretary of state was responsible for the administration of both the navy (the "marine royale") and civilian (merchant marine) fleets, and for all France's ports, arsenals, consulates, and colonies, as well as the guardianship for all her commercial companies.
To his two original offices (the bureau du Ponant and bureau du Levant) other services were added over time:
- archives department, 1669 ;
- office of the Ponant consulates, 1709 ;
- office of the colonies, 1710 ;
- bureau des classes, 1711 ;
- department of maps and plans, 1720 ;
- Office of the Levant Consulates, 1738, which was in 1743 merged with the Office of the Ponant Consulates under the name of Office of Commerce and Consulates
These different offices and departments were regrouped into four super-departments by marshal de Castries in 1786.
Secretary Began Ended Cosme Clausse, seigneur de Marchaumont 14 September 1547 1558 Florimond II Robertet de Fresne 1558 October 1567 Claude de l’Aubespine, seigneur d’Hauterive 1 April 1547 1567 Jacques Bourdin, seigneur de Villeines 1558 1567 Martin Ruze, seigneur de Beaulieu 15 September 1588 6 November 1613 Antoine de Loménie, seigneur de la Ville aux Clercs 7 November 1613 10 August 1615 (he left the post on this date, but retained the precedence and the functions) Henri Auguste de Loménie, seigneur de la Ville aux Clercs 13 July 1615 February 1643 Henry de Guénegaud, marquis de Plancy 23 March 1643 1662 Hugues de Lionne, marquis de Fresne 4 February 1662 1669 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay September 1683 3 November 1690 Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain 7 November 1683 6 September 1699 Jérôme Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain 6 September 1699 1 October 1715 Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse and Victor Marie d'Estrées (Presidents of the Council of Marine) 1 October 1715 24 September 1718 Joseph Jean Baptiste Fleuriau d'Armenonville 24 September 1718 28 February 1722 Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, comte de Morville 28 February 1722 16 August 1723 Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas 16 August 1723 23 April 1749 Antoine Louis Rouillé 30 April 1749 24 July 1754 Jean Baptiste de Machault D'Arnouville 24 July 1754 1 February 1757 François Marie Peyrenc de Moras 1 February 1757 31 May 1758 Claude Louis d'Espinchal, marquis de Massiac 31 May 1758 31 October 1758 Nicolas René Berryer 31 October 1758 13 October 1761 Étienne François, duc de Choiseul 13 October 1761 10 April 1766 César Gabriel de Choiseul-Chevigny, duc de Praslin 10 April 1766 24 December 1770 Joseph Marie Terray 24 December 1770 9 April 1771 Pierre Étienne Bourgeois de Boynes 9 April 1771 20 July 1774 Anne Robert Jacques Turgot 20 July 1774 24 August 1774 Antoine de Sartine 24 August 1774 13 October 1780 Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries 13 October 1780 24 August 1787 Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin Saint-Hérem 25 August 1787 24 December 1787 César Henri, comte de La Luzerne 24 December 1787 13 July 1789 Arnaud de Laporte 13 July 1789 16 July 1789 César Henri, comte de La Luzerne 16 July 1789 26 October 1790 Minister Began Ended Charles Pierre Claret de Fleuriau 26 October 1790 17 May 1791 Antoine Jean Marie Thévenard 17 May 1791 18 September 1791 Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart 18 September 1791 7 October 1791 Antoine François, comte Bertrand de Molleville 7 October 1791 16 March 1792 Jean de Lacoste 16 March 1792 21 July 1792 François Joseph de Gratet, vicomte Dubouchage 21 July 1792 10 August 1792 Gaspard Monge 10 August 1792 10 April 1793 Jean Dalbarade (commissioner from 20 April 1794) 10 April 1793 2 July 1795 Jean-Claude Redon de Beaupréau (commissioner) 2 July 1795 4 November 1795 Laurent Jean François Truguet 4 November 1795 15 July 1797 Georges René Le Peley de Pléville 15 July 1797 27 April 1798 Eustache Bruix 27 April 1798 4 March 1799 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord 7 March 1799 2 July 1799 Marc Antoine Bourdon de Vatry 2 July 1799 22 November 1799 Pierre Alexandre Laurent Forfait 22 November 1799 3 October 1801 Denis Decrès 3 October 1801 1 April 1814 Pierre Victor, baron Malouet 3 April 1814 7 September 1814 Jacques, comte Beugnot 7 September 1814 20 March 1815 Denis, duc Decrès 20 March 1815 7 July 1815 François Arnail, comte de Jaucourt 9 July 1815 26 September 1815 François Joseph de Gratet, vicomte Dubouchage 26 September 1815 23 June 1817 Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr 23 June 1817 12 September 1817 Mathieu Louis, comte Molé 12 September 1817 29 December 1818 Pierre Barthélemy, baron Portal 29 December 1818 14 December 1821 Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre 14 December 1821 4 August 1824 Christophe, comte de Chabrol de Crouzol 4 August 1824 3 March 1828 Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville 3 March 1828 8 August 1829 Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny 8 August 1829 23 August 1829 Charles Lemercier de Longpré, baron d'Haussez 23 August 1829 31 July 1830 Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny 31 July 1830 11 August 1830 Horace François Bastien, baron Sébastiani 11 August 1830 17 November 1830 Antoine, comte d'Argout 17 November 1830 13 March 1831 Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny 13 March 1831 4 April 1834 Albin Reine, baron Roussin 4 April 1834 19 May 1834 Louis Léon, comte Jacob 19 May 1834 10 November 1834 Charles, baron Dupin 10 November 1834 18 November 1834 Victor Guy, baron Duperré 18 November 1834 6 September 1836 Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel 6 September 1836 31 March 1839 Jean Marguerite Tupinier 31 March 1839 12 May 1839 Victor Guy, baron Duperré 12 May 1839 1 March 1840 Albin Reine, baron Roussin 1 March 1840 29 October 1840 Victor Guy, baron Duperré 29 October 1840 7 February 1843 Albin Reine, baron Roussin 7 February 1843 24 July 1843 Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau 24 July 1843 9 May 1847 Louis Napoléon Lannes, duc de Montebello 9 May 1847 24 February 1848 François Arago 24 February 1848 11 May 1848 Joseph Grégoire Cazy 11 May 1848 28 June 1848 Jules Bastide 28 June 1848 17 July 1848 Raymond Verninac de Saint-Maur 17 July 1848 20 December 1848 Alexandre César Victor Charles Destutt de Tracy 20 December 1848 31 October 1849 Joseph Romain-Desfossés 31 October 1849 9 January 1851 Théodore Ducos 9 January 1851 24 January 1851 Auguste Nicolas Vaillant 24 January 1851 10 April 1851 Justin de Chasseloup-Laubat 10 April 1851 26 October 1851 Hippolyte Fortoul 26 October 1851 3 December 1851 Théodore Ducos 3 December 1851 17 April 1855 Ferdinand Hamelin 19 April 1855 24 November 1860 Justin de Chasseloup-Laubat 24 November 1860 20 January 1867 Charles Rigault de Genouilly 20 January 1867 4 September 1870 Maurice Fourichon 4 September 1870 19 February 1871 Louis Marie Alexis Pothuau 19 February 1871 25 May 1873 Charles Dompierre d'Hormoy 25 May 1873 22 May 1874 Louis Raymond de Montaignac de Chauvance 22 May 1874 9 March 1876 Martin Fourichon 9 March 1876 17 May 1877 Albert Gicquel des Touches 17 May 1877 23 November 1877 Albert Roussin 23 November 1877 13 December 1877 Louis Marie Alexis Pothuau 13 December 1877 4 February 1879 Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry 4 February 1879 29 January 1880 Georges Charles Cloué 29 January 1880 14 November 1881 Auguste Gougeard (Marine only) 14 November 1881 30 January 1882 Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry 30 January 1882 29 January 1883 François de Mahy 31 January 1883 31 February 1883 Charles Brun 31 February 1883 9 August 1883 Alexandre Louis François Peyron 9 August 1883 6 April 1885 Charles Eugène Galiber 6 April 1885 7 January 1886 Théophile Aube 7 January 1886 30 May 1887 Édouard Barbey 30 May 1887 12 December 1887 François de Mahy 12 December 1887 5 January 1888 Jules François Émile Krantz 5 January 1888 22 February 1889 Benjamin Jaurès 22 February 1889 13 March 1889 Jules François Émile Krantz (Marine only) 19 March 1889 10 November 1889 Édouard Barbey (Marine only) 10 November 1889 27 February 1892 Godefroy Cavaignac (Marine only to 8 March 1892) 27 February 1892 8 March 1892 Auguste Burdeau 8 March 1892 11 January 1893 Minister Began Ended Adrien, Barthélemy, Louis, Henri Rieunier 12 January 1893 3 December 1893 Auguste Alfred Lefèvre 3 December 1893 30 May 1894 Félix Faure 30 May 1894 17 January 1895 Armand Louis Charles Gustave Besnard 17 January 1895 1 November 1895 Édouard Locroy 1 November 1895 29 April 1896 Armand Louis Charles Gustave Besnard 29 April 1896 28 June 1898 Édouard Locroy 28 June 1898 22 June 1899 Jean-Marie de Lanessan 22 June 1899 7 June 1902 Charles Camille Pelletan 7 June 1902 24 January 1905 Gaston Thomson 24 January 1905 22 October 1908 Alfred Picard 22 October 1908 24 July 1909 Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère 24 July 1909 2 March 1911 Théophile Delcassé 2 March 1911 21 January 1913 Pierre Baudin 21 January 1913 9 December 1913 Ernest Monis 9 December 1913 20 March 1914 Armand Gauthier de l'Aude 20 March 1914 9 June 1914 Émile Chautemps 9 June 1914 13 June 1914 Armand Gauthier de l'Aude 13 June 1914 3 August 1914 Victor Augagneur 3 August 1914 29 October 1915 Lucien Lacaze 29 October 1915 2 August 1917 Charles Chaumet 2 August 1917 16 November 1917 Georges Leygues 16 November 1917 20 January 1920 Adolphe Landry 20 January 1920 16 January 1921 Gabriel Guist'hau 16 January 1921 15 January 1922 Flaminius Raiberti 15 January 1922 29 March 1924 Maurice Bokanowski 29 March 1924 9 June 1924 Désiré Ferry 9 June 1924 14 June 1924 Jacques-Louis Dumesnil 14 June 1924 17 April 1925 Émile Borel 17 April 1925 28 November 1925 Georges Leygues 28 November 1925 19 July 1926 René Renoult 19 July 1926 23 July 1926 Georges Leygues 23 July 1926 21 February 1930 Albert Sarraut 21 February 1930 2 March 1930 Jacques-Louis Dumesnil 2 March 1930 13 December 1930 Albert Sarraut 13 December 1930 27 January 1931 Charles Dumont 27 January 1931 20 February 1932 Georges Leygues 3 June 1932 2 September 1933 Albert Sarraut 6 September 1933 30 January 1934 Louis de Chappedelaine 30 January 1934 9 February 1934 François Piétri 9 February 1934 1 June 1936 Alphonse Gasnier-Duparc 1 June 1936 22 June 1937 César Campinchi 22 June 1937 18 January 1938 William Bertrand 18 January 1938 13 March 1938 César Campinchi 13 March 1938 16 June 1940 François Darlan 16 June 1940 18 April 1942 Gabriel Auphan 18 April 1942 18 November 1942 Jean-Marie Charles Abrial 18 November 1942 26 March 1943 Henri Bléhaut 26 March 1943 20 August 1944 Louis Jacquinot 9 November 1943 21 November 1945 Categories:- Lists of government ministers of France
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