Minister of the Armed Forces (France)
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| Minister of the Armed Forces of the French Republic | |
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| Ministry of the Armed Forces | |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Reports to | President of the Republic The Prime Minister |
| Seat | Hôtel de Brienne, Paris, France |
| Nominator | The Prime Minister |
| Appointer | President of the Republic |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Precursor | Secretary of State for War and Minister of the Navy and Colonies |
| Formation | 1589 under the Ancien Régime |
| First holder | French Fifth Republic, 1958 |
| Deputy | Chief of the Defence Staff |
| Website | www.defense.gouv.fr |
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The Ministry of the Armed Forces (Template:Lang-fr) is the French cabinet member charged with running the French Armed Forces.
The minister in charge of the Armed Forces has evolved within the epoque and regimes. The minister is always attached to a ministry or state secretary bureau, today attached to the Ministry of the Armed Forces.
The Secretary of State of War was one of the four specialised secretaries of state established in France in 1589. This State Secretary was responsible for the French Army (similarly, the Naval Ministers of France and the Colonies was created in 1669). In 1791, the secretary of state of war becomes Minister of War, with this ministerial function being abolished in 1794 and re-established in 1795. In 1930, the position was often referred to as Minister of War and National Defense. In 1947, 2 years following World War II, the ministry merged with the Ministry of the Navy and the Ministry of Air (created in 1930), while being headed by a Minister of National Defence responsible for the French Armed Forces, often referred to as Minister of the Armed Forces and since 1947 until 2017, designated as Minister of Defense.
Based on the governments, he or she may be assisted by a state secretary for veterans' affairs.
The current Minister of the Armed Forces is Florence Parly.
From 1589 to 1791 (Ancien Régime) Secretary of State of War
From 1791 to the French Consulate: Minister of War
| Minister of War | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara | 7 December 1791 | 9 March 1792 |
| Pierre Marie de Grave | 9 March 1792 | 9 May 1792 |
| Joseph Marie Servan de Gerbey | 9 May 1792 | 13 June 1792 |
| Charles Dumouriez | 13 June 1792 | 18 June 1792 |
| Pierre August Lajard | 18 June 1792 | 23 July 1792 |
| Charles Franqueville d'Abancourt | 23 July 1792 | 10 August 1792 |
| Joseph Marie Servan de Gerbey | 10 August 1792 | 3 October 1792 |
| Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu | 3 October 1792 | 18 October 1792 |
| Jean-Nicolas Pache | 18 October 1792 | 4 February 1793 |
| Pierre Riel de Beurnonville | 4 February 1793 | 1 April 1793 |
| Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu | 1 April 1793 | 4 April 1793 |
| Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte | 4 April 1793 | 20 April 1794 |
| none | 20 April 1794 | 3 November 1795 |
| Jean-Baptiste Aubert-Dubayet | 3 November 1795 | 8 February 1796 |
| Claude Louis Petiet | 8 February 1796 | 15 July 1797 |
| Lazare Hoche | 15 July 1797 | 22 July 1797 |
| Barthélemy Louis Joseph Scherer | 22 July 1797 | 21 February 1799 |
| Louis Marie de Milet de Mureau | 21 February 1799 | 2 July 1799 |
| Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte | 2 July 1799 | 14 September 1799 |
| Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé | 14 September 1799 | 10 November 1799 |
Consulat and First French Empire
| Minister of War | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Louis-Alexandre Berthier | 11 November 1799 | 2 April 1800 |
| Lazare Carnot | 2 April 1800 | 8 October 1800 |
| Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel | 8 October 1800 | 19 August 1807 |
| Henri Clarke, duc de Feltre | 19 August 1807 | 1 April 1814 |
| Minister of War | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Pierre-Antoine, comte Dupont de l'Étang | 3 April 1814 | 3 December 1814 |
| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie | 3 December 1814 | 11 March 1815 |
| Henri Clarke, duc de Feltre | 11 March 1815 | 20 March 1815 |
| Louis Nicolas Davout, duc d'Auerstadt | 20 March 1815 | 7 July 1815 |
| Minister of War | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Laurent, comte de Gouvion de Saint-Cyr | 7 July 1815 | 26 September 1815 |
| Henri Clarke, duc de Feltre | 26 September 1815 | 12 September 1817 |
| Laurent, marquis de Gouvion de Saint-Cyr | 12 September 1817 | 19 November 1819 |
| Marie Victor Nicolas de Fay, marquis de La Tour-Maubourg | 19 November 1819 | 14 December 1821 |
| Claude Victor, duc de Bellune | 14 December 1821 | 23 March 1823 |
| Alexandre, vicomte Digeon | 23 March 1823 | 15 April 1823 |
| Claude Victor, duc de Bellune | 15 April 1823 | 19 October 1823 |
| Ange Hyacinthe Maxence, baron de Damas | 19 October 1823 | 4 August 1824 |
| Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre | 4 August 1824 | 4 January 1828 |
| Louis Victor de Blacquetot de Caux | 4 January 1828 | 8 August 1829 |
| Louis-Auguste-Victor, Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont | 8 August 1829 | 31 July 1830 |
July Monarchy: August 9, 1830 to February 24, 1848
| Minister of War | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Étienne Maurice, comte Gérard | 31 July 1830 | 17 November 1830 |
| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie | 17 November 1830 | 18 July 1834 |
| Étienne Maurice, comte Gérard | 18 July 1834 | 10 November 1834 |
| Simon Bernard | 10 November 1834 | 18 November 1834 |
| Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, duc de Trévise | 18 November 1834 | 12 March 1835 |
| Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny | 12 March 1835 | 30 April 1835 |
| Nicolas Joseph, marquis Maison | 30 April 1835 | 6 September 1836 |
| Simon Bernard | 6 September 1836 | 31 March 1839 |
| Amédée Louis Despans-Cubières | 31 March 1839 | 12 May 1839 |
| Antoine Virgile Schneider | 12 May 1839 | 1 March 1840 |
| Amédée Louis Despans-Cubières | 1 March 1840 | 29 October 1840 |
| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie | 29 October 1840 | 10 November 1845 |
| Alexandre Pierre Chevalier Moline de Saint-Yon | 10 November 1845 | 9 May 1847 |
| Camille Alphonse Trézel | 9 May 1847 | 24 February 1848 |
| Minister of War | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Marie Alphonse Bedeau | 24 February 1848 | 25 February 1848 |
| Jacques Gervais, baron Subervie | 25 February 1848 | 20 March 1848 |
| Louis Eugène Cavaignac | 20 March 1848 | 5 April 1848 |
| François Arago | 5 April 1848 | 11 May 1848 |
| Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Charras | 11 May 1848 | 17 May 1848 |
| Louis Eugène Cavaignac | 17 May 1848 | 28 June 1848 |
| Louis Juchault de Lamoricière | 28 June 1848 | 20 December 1848 |
| Joseph Marcellin Rulhières | 20 December 1848 | 31 October 1849 |
| Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul | 31 October 1849 | 22 October 1850 |
| Jean-Paul, comte de Schramm | 22 October 1850 | 9 January 1851 |
| Auguste Étienne, comte Régnault de Saint-Jean d'Angély | 9 January 1851 | 24 January 1851 |
| Jacques Louis Randon | 24 January 1851 | 26 October 1851 |
| Minister of War | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud | 26 October 1851 | 11 March 1854 |
| Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant | 11 March 1854 | 5 May 1859 |
| Jacques Louis Randon | 5 May 1859 | 20 January 1867 |
| Adolphe Niel | 20 January 1867 | 13 August 1869 |
| Charles Rigault de Genouilly | 13 August 1869 | 21 August 1869 |
| Edmond Leboeuf | 21 August 1869 | 20 July 1870 |
| Pierre Charles Dejean | 20 July 1870 | 10 August 1870 |
| Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao | 10 August 1870 | 4 September 1870 |
| Minister of War | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Adolphe Charles Le Flô | 4 September 1870 | 5 June 1871 |
| Ernest Courtot de Cissey | 5 June 1871 | 25 May 1873 |
| François Claude du Barail | 29 May 1873 | 22 May 1874 |
| Ernest Courtot de Cissey | 22 May 1874 | 15 August 1876 |
| Jean Auguste Berthaut | 15 August 1876 | 23 November 1877 |
| Gaétan de Grimaudet de Rochebouët | 23 November 1877 | 13 December 1877 |
| Jean-Louis Borel | 13 December 1877 | 16 May 1878 |
| Henri François Xavier Gresley | 16 May 1878 | 28 December 1879 |
| Jean Joseph Frédéric Adolphe Farre | 28 December 1879 | 14 November 1881 |
| Jean-Baptiste Campenon | 14 November 1881 | 26 January 1882 |
| Jean-Baptiste Billot | 30 January 1882 | 29 January 1883 |
| Jean Thibaudin | 31 January 1883 | 9 October 1883 |
| Jean-Baptiste Campenon | 9 October 1883 | 3 January 1885 |
| Jules Louis Lewal | 3 January 1885 | 6 April 1885 |
| Jean-Baptiste Campenon | 6 April 1885 | 7 January 1886 |
| Georges Boulanger | 7 January 1886 | 30 May 1887 |
| Théophile Ferron | 30 May 1887 | 12 December 1887 |
| François Auguste Logerot | 12 December 1887 | 3 April 1888 |
| Charles de Freycinet | 3 April 1888 | 11 January 1893 |
| Julien Léon Loizillon | 11 January 1893 | 3 December 1893 |
| Auguste Mercier | 3 December 1893 | 24 January 1895 |
| Émile Zurlinden | 28 January 1895 | 1 November 1895 |
| Godefroy Cavaignac | 1 November 1895 | 29 April 1896 |
| Jean-Baptiste Billot | 29 April 1896 | 28 June 1898 |
| Godefroy Cavaignac | 28 June 1898 | 5 September 1898 |
| Émile Zurlinden | 5 September 1898 | 17 September 1898 |
| Charles Chanoine | 17 September 1898 | 25 October 1898 |
| Édouard Locroy | 25 October 1898 | 1 November 1898 |
| Charles de Freycinet | 1 November 1898 | 6 May 1899 |
| Camille Krantz | 6 May 1899 | 22 June 1899 |
| Gaston, marquis de Gallifet | 22 June 1899 | 20 May 1900 |
| Louis André | 20 May 1900 | 14 November 1904 |
| Maurice Berteaux | 14 November 1904 | 12 November 1905 |
| Eugène Étienne | 12 November 1905 | 25 October 1906 |
| Georges Picquart | 25 October 1906 | 24 July 1909 |
| Jean Brun | 24 July 1909 | 23 February 1911 |
| Aristide Briand | 23 February 1911 | 2 March 1911 |
| Maurice Berteaux | 2 March 1911 | 21 May 1911 |
| François Louis Auguste Goiran | 27 May 1911 | 27 June 1911 |
| Adolphe Messimy | 27 June 1911 | 14 January 1912 |
| Alexandre Millerand | 14 January 1912 | 12 January 1913 |
| Albert Lebrun | 12 January 1913 | 21 January 1913 |
| Eugène Étienne | 21 January 1913 | 9 December 1913 |
| Joseph Noulens | 9 December 1913 | 9 June 1914 |
| Théophile Delcassé | 9 June 1914 | 13 June 1914 |
| Adolphe Messimy | 13 June 1914 | 26 August 1914 |
| Alexandre Millerand | 26 August 1914 | 29 October 1915 |
| Joseph Gallieni | 29 October 1915 | 16 March 1916 |
| Pierre Roques | 16 March 1916 | 12 December 1916 |
| Hubert Lyautey | 12 December 1916 | 14 March 1917 |
| Lucien Lacaze | 14 March 1917 | 20 March 1917 |
| Paul Painlevé | 20 March 1917 | 16 November 1917 |
| Georges Clemenceau | 16 November 1917 | 20 January 1920 |
| André Joseph Lefèvre | 20 January 1920 | 16 December 1920 |
| Flaminius Raiberti | 16 December 1920 | 16 January 1921 |
| Louis Barthou | 16 January 1921 | 15 January 1922 |
| André Maginot | 15 January 1922 | 14 June 1924 |
| Charles Nollet | 14 June 1924 | 17 April 1925 |
| Paul Painlevé | 17 April 1925 | 29 October 1925 |
| Édouard Daladier | 29 October 1925 | 28 November 1925 |
| Paul Painlevé | 28 November 1925 | 23 June 1926 |
| Adolphe Guillaumat | 23 June 1926 | 19 July 1926 |
| Paul Painlevé | 19 July 1926 | 3 November 1929 |
| André Maginot | 3 November 1929 | 21 February 1930 |
| René Besnard | 21 February 1930 | 2 March 1930 |
| André Maginot | 2 March 1930 | 13 December 1930 |
| Louis Barthou | 13 December 1930 | 27 January 1931 |
| André Maginot | 27 January 1931 | 6 January 1932 |
| André Tardieu | 14 January 1932 | 20 February 1932 |
| Minister of National Defense | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| François Piétri | 20 February 1932 | 3 June 1932 |
| Minister of War | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Joseph Paul-Boncour | 3 June 1932 | 18 December 1932 |
| Édouard Daladier | 18 December 1932 | 30 January 1934 |
| Minister of War and National Defense | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Jean Fabry | 30 January 1934 | 4 February 1934 |
| Joseph Paul-Boncour | 4 February 1934 | 9 February 1934 |
| Minister of War | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Philippe Pétain | 9 February 1934 | 8 November 1934 |
| Louis Maurin | 8 November 1934 | 7 June 1935 |
| Jean Fabry | 7 June 1935 | 24 January 1936 |
| Louis Maurin | 24 January 1936 | 4 June 1936 |
| Minister of War and National Defense | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Édouard Daladier | 4 June 1936 | 18 May 1940 |
| Paul Reynaud | 18 May 1940 | 16 June 1940 |
| Minister of War and National Defense | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Maxime Weygand (Minister of National Defense) | 16 June 1940 | 11 July 1940 |
| Louis Colson (Minister of War) | 16 June 1940 | 11 July 1940 |
| Secretary of State of War | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Charles Huntziger | 6 September 1940 | 11 August 1941 |
| Minister of National Defense | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| François Darlan | 11 August 1941 | 18 April 1942 |
| Eugène Bridoux | 18 April 1942 | 20 August 1944 |
Commissioners for War, 1941–1944
| Commissioner | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Paul Legentilhomme | 24 September 1941 | 9 November 1943 |
| Template:André Le Troquer | 9 November 1943 | 4 April 1944 |
| André Diethelm | 4 April 1944 | 10 September 1944 |
Ministre of Armed Forces :
- 21 November 1945 - 24 June 1946 : Edmond Michelet
Minister of National Defence :
- 24 June 1946 - 16 December 1946 : Félix Gouin
- 16 December 1946 - 22 January 1947 : André Le Troquer
- 22 January 1947 - 4 May 1947 : François Billoux
- 4 May 1947 - 22 October 1947 : Yvon Delbos (by interim)
Ministre of the Armed Forces :
- 24 June 1946 - 16 December 1946 : Edmond Michelet
Minister of War :
- 22 January 1947 - 22 October 1947 : Paul Coste-Floret
Minister of the Navy :
- 22 January 1947 - 22 October 1947 : Louis Jacquinot
Minister of the Air Force :
- 22 January 1947 - 22 October 1947 : André Maroselli
Minister of National Defence :
- 22 October 1947 - 26 July 1948 : Pierre-Henri Teitgen
- 26 July 1948 - 11 September 1948 : René Mayer
- 11 September 1948 - 28 October 1949 : Paul Ramadier
- 28 October 1949 - 12 July 1950 : René Pleven
- 12 July 1950 - 11 August 1951 : Jules Moch
- 11 August 1951 - 8 March 1952 : Georges Bidault
- 8 March 1952 - 8 January 1953 : René Pleven
Minister of Natinonal Defence and the Armed Forces :
- 8 January 1953 - 19 June 1954 : René Pleven
- 19 June 1954 - 14 August 1954 : Marie-Pierre Kœnig
- 14 August 1954 - 20 January 1955 Emmanuel Temple – By interim until 3 September 1954
Minister of National Defence :
- 20 January 1955 - 23 February 1955 : Jacques Chevallier
Ministre of the Armed Forces :
- 20 January 1955 - 23 February 1955 : Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
Minister of National Defence and the Armed Forces:
- 23 February 1955 - 6 October 1955 : Pierre Kœnig
- 6 October 1955 - 1 February 1956 : Pierre Billotte
Minister of National Defence:
- 1 February 1956 - 13 June 1957 : Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
Minister of National Defence and the Armed Forces:
- 13 June 1957 - 6 November 1957 : André Morice
- 6 November 1957 - 14 May 1958 : Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Minister of the Armed Forces :
- 14 May 1958 - 1 June 1958 : Pierre de Chevigné
Minister of National Defence :
- 1 June 1958 - 8 January 1959 : Charles de Gaulle
Minister of the Armed Forces :
- 1 June 1958 - 5 February 1960 : Pierre Guillaumat (1909-1991)
Minister of the Armed Forces:
- 8 January 1959 – 5 February 1960: Pierre Guillaumat
- 5 February 1960 – 22 June 1969: Pierre Messmer
Minister of National Defence:
- 22 June 1969 – 4 April 1973: Michel Debré
Minister of the Armed Forces:
- 4 April 1973 – 28 May 1974: Robert Galley
| Minister of Defence | Tenure start | Tenure end |
| Jacques Soufflet | 28 May 1974 | 1 February 1975 |
| Yvon Bourges | 1 February 1975 | 2 October 1980 |
| Joël Le Theule | 2 October 1980 | 14 December 1980 |
| Robert Galley | 22 December 1980 | 22 May 1981 |
| Charles Hernu | 22 May 1981 | 20 September 1985 |
| Paul Quilès | 20 September 1985 | 20 March 1986 |
| André Giraud | 20 March 1986 | 12 May 1988 |
| Jean-Pierre Chevènement | 12 May 1988 | 29 January 1991 |
| Pierre Joxe | 29 January 1991 | 9 March 1993 |
| Pierre Bérégovoy | 9 March 1993 | 29 March 1993 |
| François Léotard | 29 March 1993 | 18 May 1995 |
| Charles Millon | 18 May 1995 | 4 June 1997 |
| Alain Richard | 4 June 1997 | 7 May 2002 |
| Michèle Alliot-Marie | 7 May 2002 | 15 May 2007 |
| Hervé Morin | 18 May 2007 | 14 November 2010 |
| Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs | Tenure start | Tenure end |
| Alain Juppé | 14 November 2010 | 27 February 2011 |
| Gérard Longuet | 27 February 2011 | 16 May 2012 |
| Jean-Yves Le Drian | 16 May 2012 | 17 May 2017 |
Minister of the Armed Forces:
- 21 June 2017–present: Florence Parly
See also
- Secretary of State of the Navy (France)
- Secretary of State for War (France)
- Minister of the Navy (France)
- Chief of the Defence Staff of the Armed Forces (French: Chef d'État-Major des Armées, CEMA)
- Chief of Staff of the French Army (French: Chef d'État-Major de l'Armée de Terre, CEMAT)
- Chief of Staff of the French Air Force (French: Chef d'État-Major de l'Armée de l'Air, CEMAA)
- Chief of Staff of the French Navy (French: Chef d'État-Major de la Marine, CEMM)
- Direction générale de la Gendarmerie Nationale (French: Direction Générale de la Gendarmerie nationale (DGGN))
- French Special Operations Command (French: Commandement des Opérations Spéciales (COS))
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