List of Naval Ministers of France
Ministers of the Navy and the Colonies, 1790–1893

List of Naval Ministers of France

Section Title: Ministers of the Navy and the Colonies, 1790–1893
Table Section Text: None

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-Jean-Baptiste de Verninac 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

Léon Martin 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

Léon 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

Sentence(s)

Léon Martin Fourichon was Minister for the Navy and the Colonies from 1870 to 1871 and 1876 to 1877.

final_sentence: Léon Martin Fourichon was Minister for the Navy and the Colonies from 1870 to 1871 and 1876 to 1877.