List of Naval Ministers of France
Naval Ministers, 1893–1947

List of Naval Ministers of France

Section Title: Naval Ministers, 1893–1947
Table Section Text: None

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

Émile Muselier (commissioner for the navy, Free France)	24 September 1941	4 March 1942

Philippe Auboyneau (commissioner for the navy, Free France)	4 March 1942	7 June 1943

Gabriel Auphan	18 April 1942	18 November 1942

Jean-Marie Charles Abrial	18 November 1942	26 March 1943

Henri Bléhaut	26 March 1943	19 August 1944

Louis Jacquinot (commissioner for the navy, Free France)	9 November 1943	10 September 1944

Louis Jacquinot (Provisional Government, 1st Ministry of Charles de Gaulle)	10 September 1944	21 November 1945

Louis Jacquinot	22 January 1947	22 October 1947

Sentence(s)

Gaston Thomson was the Minister of the French Navy.

final_sentence: Gaston Thomson was the Minister of the French Navy.