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This is a list of ministers of finance of France, including the equivalent positions of Superintendent of Finances and Controller-General of Finances during the Ancien Régime. The position of Superintendent of Finances was abolished following the arrest of Nicolas Fouquet; his powers were transferred to First Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who would become ex officio Controller-General of Finances four years later after the elevation of the office.
Superintendents of Finances, 1518–1661
Controller-General of Finances, 1661–1791
Controller-General | Term start | Term end |
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert | 12 December 1665 | 6 September 1683 |
Claude Le Pelletier | 1683 | 1689 |
Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain | 20 September 1689 | 1699 |
Michel Chamillart | 5 September 1699 | 20 February 1708 |
Nicolas Desmarets | 20 February 1708 | 15 September 1715 |
Adrien Maurice, duc de Noailles
(President of the Finances Council) |
1 October 1715 | 28 January 1718 |
Henri-Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force
(vice-President of the Finances Council) |
28 January 1718 | 5 January 1720 |
Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652–1721)
(President of the Finances Council) |
28 January 1718 | 5 January 1720 |
John Law | 5 January 1720 | 28 May 1720 |
Michel Robert Le Peletier des Forts
(Commissioner of Finance) |
28 May 1720 | 11 December 1720 |
Félix Le Pelletier de La Houssaye | 11 December 1720 | 21 April 1722 |
Charles Gaspard Dodun | 21 April 1722 | 14 June 1726 |
Michel Robert Le Peletier des Forts | 14 June 1726 | 19 March 1730 |
Philibert Orry | 19 March 1730 | 5 December 1745 |
Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville | 6 December 1745 | 30 July 1754 |
Jean Moreau de Séchelles | 30 July 1754 | 24 April 1756 |
François Marie Peyrenc de Moras | 24 April 1756 | 25 August 1757 |
Jean de Boullonges | 25 August 1757 | 4 March 1759 |
Étienne de Silhouette | 4 March 1759 | 21 November 1759 |
Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin | 23 November 1759 | 14 December 1763 |
Clément Charles François de Laverdy | 14 December 1763 | 20 September 1768 |
Étienne Maynon d'Invault | 22 September 1768 | 19 December 1769 |
Joseph Marie Terray | 22 December 1769 | 24 August 1774 |
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot | 24 August 1774 | 12 May 1776 |
Jean Étienne Bernard Clugny de Nuits | 21 May 1776 | 18 October 1776 |
Louis-Gabriel Taboureau des Réaux | 21 October 1776 | 29 June 1777 |
Jacques Necker
(Director-General of Finances) |
29 June 1777 | 19 May 1781 |
Jean-François Joly de Fleury | 21 May 1781 | 29 March 1783 |
Henri François de Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson | 29 March 1783 | 1 November 1783 |
Charles Alexandre de Calonne | 3 November 1783 | 9 April 1787 |
Michel Bouvard de Fourqueux | 10 April 1787 | 1 May 1787 |
Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne
(President of the Royal Council of Finances) |
1 May 1787 | 25 August 1788 |
Jacques Necker
(Director-General of Finances) |
26 August 1788 | 11 July 1789 |
Joseph Foullon de Doué | 13 July 1789 | 16 July 1789 |
Jacques Necker
(Director-General of Finances) |
16 July 1789 | 4 September 1790 |
Charles Claude Guillaume Lambert | 4 September 1790 | 4 December 1790 |
Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart | 4 December 1790 | 27 April 1791 |
Ministers of Finance, 1791–1944
Minister | Term start | Term end |
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Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart | 27 April 1791 | 29 May 1791 |
Louis Hardouin Tarbé | 29 May 1791 | 24 March 1792 |
Étienne Clavière | 24 March 1792 | 13 June 1792 |
Antoine Duranthon | 13 June 1792 | 18 June 1792 |
Jules Émile François Hervé de Beaulieu | 18 June 1792 | 29 July 1792 |
Joseph Delaville-Leroulx | 29 July 1792 | 10 August 1792 |
Étienne Clavière | 10 August 1792 | 13 June 1793 |
Louis Grégoire Des Champs des Tournelles | 13 June 1793 | 20 April 1794 |
20 April 1794 | 8 November 1795 | |
Guillaume-Charles Faipoult | 8 November 1795 | 14 February 1796 |
Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret | 14 February 1796 | 20 July 1799 |
Robert Lindet | 20 July 1799 | 10 November 1799 |
Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaète | 10 November 1799 | 1 April 1814 |
Joseph Dominique, baron Louis | 3 April 1814 | 20 March 1815 |
Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaète | 20 March 1815 | 7 July 1815 |
Joseph Dominique, baron Louis | 9 July 1815 | 26 September 1815 |
Louis Emmanuel, comte Corvetto | 26 September 1815 | 7 December 1818 |
Antoine Roy | 7 December 1818 | 29 December 1818 |
Joseph Dominique, baron Louis | 29 December 1818 | 19 November 1819 |
Antoine Roy | 19 November 1819 | 14 December 1821 |
Jean-Baptiste de Villèle | 14 December 1821 | 4 January 1828 |
Antoine, comte Roy | 4 January 1828 | 8 August 1829 |
Christophe, comte de Chabrol de Crouzol | 8 August 1829 | 19 May 1830 |
Guillaume Isidore, comte de Montbel | 19 May 1830 | 31 July 1830 |
Joseph Dominique, baron Louis | 31 July 1830 | 2 November 1830 |
Jacques Laffitte | 2 November 1830 | 13 March 1831 |
Joseph Dominique, baron Louis | 13 March 1831 | 11 October 1832 |
Jean-Georges Humann | 11 October 1832 | 10 November 1834 |
Hippolyte Passy | 10 November 1834 | 18 November 1834 |
Jean-Georges Humann | 18 November 1834 | 18 January 1836 |
Antoine, comte d'Argout | 18 January 1836 | 6 September 1836 |
Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel | 6 September 1836 | 15 April 1837 |
Jean Pierre Joseph Lacave-Laplagne | 15 April 1837 | 31 March 1839 |
Jean-Élie Gautier | 31 March 1839 | 12 May 1839 |
Hippolyte Passy | 12 May 1839 | 1 March 1840 |
Privat Joseph Claramont, comte Pelet de la Lozère | 1 March 1840 | 29 October 1840 |
Jean-Georges Humann | 29 October 1840 | 25 April 1842 |
Jean Pierre Joseph Lacave-Laplagne | 25 April 1842 | 9 May 1847 |
Pierre Sylvain Dumon | 9 May 1847 | 24 February 1848 |
Michel Goudchaux | 24 February 1848 | 5 March 1848 |
Louis Antoine Garnier-Pagès | 5 March 1848 | 11 May 1848 |
Charles Duclerc | 11 May 1848 | 28 June 1848 |
Michel Goudchaux | 28 June 1848 | 25 October 1848 |
Ariste Jacques Trouvé-Chauvel | 25 October 1848 | 20 December 1848 |
Hippolyte Passy | 20 December 1848 | 31 October 1849 |
Achille Fould | 31 October 1849 | 24 January 1851 |
Charles Le Bègue de Germiny | 24 January 1851 | 10 April 1851 |
Achille Fould | 10 April 1851 | 26 October 1851 |
Antoine Blondel | 26 October 1851 | 23 November 1851 |
François, comte de Casabianca | 23 November 1851 | 3 December 1851 |
Achille Fould | 3 December 1851 | 22 January 1852 |
Jean-Martial Bineau | 22 January 1852 | 3 February 1855 |
Pierre Magne | 3 February 1855 | 26 November 1860 |
Adolphe Forcade La Roquette | 26 November 1860 | 14 November 1861 |
Achille Fould | 14 November 1861 | 20 January 1867 |
Eugène Rouher | 20 January 1867 | 13 November 1867 |
Pierre Magne | 13 November 1867 | 2 January 1870 |
Louis Buffet | 2 January 1870 | 14 April 1870 |
Émile Alexis Segris | 14 April 1870 | 10 August 1870 |
Pierre Magne | 10 August 1870 | 4 September 1870 |
Ernest Picard | 4 September 1870 | 19 February 1871 |
Louis Buffet | 19 February 1871 | 25 February 1871 |
Augustin Pouyer-Quertier | 25 February 1871 | 23 April 1872 |
Eugène de Goulard | 23 April 1872 | 7 December 1872 |
Léon Say | 7 December 1872 | 25 May 1873 |
Pierre Magne | 25 May 1873 | 20 July 1874 |
Pierre Mathieu-Bodet | 20 July 1874 | 10 March 1875 |
Léon Say | 10 March 1875 | 17 May 1877 |
Eugène Caillaux | 17 May 1877 | 23 November 1877 |
François Dutilleul | 23 November 1877 | 13 December 1877 |
Léon Say | 13 December 1877 | 28 December 1879 |
Pierre Magnin | 28 December 1879 | 14 November 1881 |
François Allain-Targé | 14 November 1881 | 30 January 1882 |
Léon Say | 30 January 1882 | 7 August 1882 |
Pierre Tirard | 7 August 1882 | 6 April 1885 |
Jean Clamageran | 6 April 1885 | 16 April 1885 |
Marie François Sadi Carnot | 16 April 1885 | 11 December 1886 |
Albert Dauphin | 11 December 1886 | 30 May 1887 |
Maurice Rouvier | 30 May 1887 | 12 December 1887 |
Pierre Tirard | 12 December 1887 | 3 April 1888 |
Paul Peytral | 3 April 1888 | 22 February 1889 |
Maurice Rouvier | 22 February 1889 | 12 December 1892 |
Pierre Tirard | 13 December 1892 | 4 April 1893 |
Paul Peytral | 4 April 1893 | 3 December 1893 |
Auguste Burdeau | 3 December 1893 | 30 May 1894 |
Raymond Poincaré | 30 May 1894 | 26 January 1895 |
Alexandre Ribot | 26 January 1895 | 1 November 1895 |
Paul Doumer | 1 November 1895 | 29 April 1896 |
Georges Cochery | 29 April 1896 | 28 June 1898 |
Paul Peytral | 28 June 1898 | 22 June 1899 |
Joseph Caillaux | 22 June 1899 | 7 June 1902 |
Maurice Rouvier | 7 June 1902 | 17 June 1905 |
Pierre Merlou | 17 June 1905 | 14 March 1906 |
Raymond Poincaré | 14 March 1906 | 25 October 1906 |
Joseph Caillaux | 25 October 1906 | 24 July 1909 |
Georges Cochery | 24 July 1909 | 3 November 1910 |
Louis Lucien Klotz | 3 November 1910 | 2 March 1911 |
Joseph Caillaux | 2 March 1911 | 27 June 1911 |
Louis Lucien Klotz | 27 June 1911 | 22 March 1913 |
Charles Dumont | 22 March 1913 | 9 December 1913 |
Joseph Caillaux | 9 December 1913 | 17 March 1914 |
René Renoult | 17 March 1914 | 9 June 1914 |
Étienne Clémentel | 9 June 1914 | 13 June 1914 |
Joseph Noulens | 13 June 1914 | 26 August 1914 |
Alexandre Ribot | 26 August 1914 | 20 March 1917 |
Joseph Thierry | 20 March 1917 | 12 September 1917 |
Louis Lucien Klotz | 12 September 1917 | 20 January 1920 |
Frédéric François-Marsal | 20 January 1920 | 16 January 1921 |
Paul Doumer | 16 January 1921 | 15 January 1922 |
Charles de Lasteyrie | 15 January 1922 | 29 March 1924 |
Frédéric François-Marsal | 29 March 1924 | 14 June 1924 |
Étienne Clémentel | 14 June 1924 | 3 April 1925 |
Anatole de Monzie | 3 April 1925 | 17 April 1925 |
Joseph Caillaux | 17 April 1925 | 29 October 1925 |
Paul Painlevé | 29 October 1925 | 28 November 1925 |
Louis Loucheur | 28 November 1925 | 16 December 1925 |
Paul Doumer | 16 December 1925 | 9 March 1926 |
Raoul Péret | 9 March 1926 | 23 June 1926 |
Joseph Caillaux | 23 June 1926 | 19 July 1926 |
Anatole de Monzie | 19 July 1926 | 23 July 1926 |
Raymond Poincaré | 23 July 1926 | 11 November 1928 |
Henry Chéron | 11 November 1928 | 21 February 1930 |
Charles Dumont | 21 February 1930 | 2 March 1930 |
Paul Reynaud | 2 March 1930 | 13 December 1930 |
Louis Germain-Martin | 13 December 1930 | 27 January 1931 |
Pierre Étienne Flandin | 27 January 1931 | 3 June 1932 |
Louis Germain-Martin | 3 June 1932 | 18 December 1932 |
Henry Chéron | 18 December 1932 | 31 January 1933 |
Georges Bonnet | 31 January 1933 | 30 January 1934 |
François Piétri | 30 January 1934 | 4 February 1934 |
Paul Marchandeau | 4 February 1934 | 9 February 1934 |
Louis Germain-Martin | 9 February 1934 | 1 June 1935 |
Joseph Caillaux | 1 June 1935 | 7 June 1935 |
Marcel Régnier | 7 June 1935 | 4 June 1936 |
Vincent Auriol | 4 June 1936 | 22 June 1937 |
Georges Bonnet | 22 June 1937 | 18 January 1938 |
Paul Marchandeau | 18 January 1938 | 13 March 1938 |
Léon Blum | 13 March 1938 | 10 April 1938 |
Paul Marchandeau | 10 April 1938 | 1 November 1938 |
Paul Reynaud | 1 November 1938 | 21 March 1940 |
Lucien Lamoureux | 21 March 1940 | 5 June 1940 |
Yves Bouthillier | 5 June 1940 | 18 April 1942 |
Pierre Cathala | 18 April 1942 | 19 August 1944 |
Free French Commissioners of Finance, 1941–1944
Commissioner | Term start | Term end |
---|---|---|
René Pleven | 24 September 1941 | 17 October 1942 |
André Diethelm | 17 October 1942 | 7 June 1943 |
Maurice Couve de Murville | 7 June 1943 | 9 November 1943 |
Pierre Mendès-France | 9 November 1943 | 4 September 1944 |
Ministers of Finance, 1944–present
Minister | Term start | Term end |
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Aimé Lepercq | 4 September 1944 | 9 November 1944 |
René Pleven | 16 November 1944 | 26 January 1946 |
André Philip | 26 January 1946 | 24 June 1946 |
Robert Schuman | 24 June 1946 | 18 December 1946 |
André Philip | 18 December 1946 | 22 January 1947 |
Robert Schuman | 22 January 1947 | 24 November 1947 |
René Mayer | 24 November 1947 | 26 July 1948 |
Paul Reynaud | 26 July 1948 | 5 September 1948 |
Christian Pineau | 5 September 1948 | 11 September 1948 |
Henri Queuille | 11 September 1948 | 12 January 1949 |
Maurice Petsche | 12 January 1949 | 11 August 1951 |
René Mayer | 11 August 1951 | 20 January 1952 |
Edgar Faure | 20 January 1952 | 8 March 1952 |
Antoine Pinay | 8 March 1952 | 8 January 1953 |
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury | 8 January 1953 | 28 June 1953 |
Edgar Faure | 28 June 1953 | 20 January 1955 |
Robert Buron | 20 January 1955 | 23 February 1955 |
Pierre Pflimlin | 23 February 1955 | 1 February 1956 |
Robert Lacoste | 1 February 1956 | 14 February 1956 |
Paul Ramadier | 14 February 1956 | 13 June 1957 |
Félix Gaillard | 13 June 1957 | 6 November 1957 |
Pierre Pflimlin | 6 November 1957 | 14 May 1958 |
Edgar Faure | 14 May 1958 | 1 June 1958 |
Antoine Pinay | 1 June 1958 | 13 January 1960 |
Wilfrid Baumgartner | 13 January 1960 | 19 January 1962 |
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 19 January 1962 | 8 January 1966 |
Michel Debré | 8 January 1966 | 30 May 1968 |
Maurice Couve de Murville | 30 May 1968 | 10 July 1968 |
François-Xavier Ortoli | 10 July 1968 | 16 June 1969 |
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 16 June 1969 | 28 May 1974 |
Jean-Pierre Fourcade | 28 May 1974 | 27 August 1976 |
Raymond Barre | 27 August 1976 | 5 April 1978 |
René Monory | 5 April 1978 | 22 May 1981 |
Jacques Delors | 22 May 1981 | 19 July 1984 |
Pierre Bérégovoy | 19 July 1984 | 20 March 1986 |
Édouard Balladur | 20 March 1986 | 12 May 1988 |
Pierre Bérégovoy | 12 May 1988 | 2 April 1992 |
Michel Sapin | 2 April 1992 | 29 March 1993 |
Edmond Alphandéry | 29 March 1993 | 18 May 1995 |
Alain Madelin | 18 May 1995 | 25 August 1995 |
Jean Arthuis | 25 August 1995 | 4 June 1997 |
Dominique Strauss-Kahn | 4 June 1997 | 2 November 1999 |
Christian Sautter | 2 November 1999 | 28 March 2000 |
Laurent Fabius | 28 March 2000 | 7 May 2002 |
Francis Mer | 7 May 2002 | 31 March 2004 |
Nicolas Sarkozy | 31 March 2004 | 28 November 2004 |
Hervé Gaymard | 30 November 2004 | 25 February 2005 |
Thierry Breton | 25 February 2005 | 18 May 2007 |
Jean-Louis Borloo | 18 May 2007 | 19 June 2007 |
Christine Lagarde | 19 June 2007 | 29 June 2011 |
François Baroin | 29 June 2011 | 15 May 2012 |
Pierre Moscovici | 16 May 2012 | 31 March 2014 |
Michel Sapin | 2 April 2014 | 17 May 2017 |
Bruno Le Maire | 17 May 2017 | 21 September 2024 |
Antoine Armand | 21 September 2024 | Incumbent |
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