List of Interior Ministers of France
Ministers of the Interior, 1790–present

List of Interior Ministers of France

Section Title: Ministers of the Interior, 1790–present
Table Section Text: None

Minister	Began	Ended

François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest	7 August 1790	25 January 1791

Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart	25 January 1791	29 November 1791

Bon-Claude Cahier de Gerville	29 November 1791	24 March 1792

Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière	24 March 1792	13 June 1792

Jacques Augustin Mourgue	13 June 1792	18 June 1792

Antoine René, marquis de Terrier de Monciel	18 June 1792	17 July 1792

Étienne Louis Hector Dejoly	17 July 1792	21 July 1792

Clément Felix Champion de Villeneuve	21 July 1792	10 August 1792

Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière	10 August 1792	23 January 1793

Dominique Joseph Garat	23 January 1793	20 August 1793

Jules-François Paré	20 August 1793	5 April 1794

Jean Marie Claude Alexandre Goujon	5 April 1794	8 April 1794

Martial Joseph Armand Herman	8 April 1794	20 April 1794

none	20 April 1794	3 November 1795

Pierre Bénézech	3 November 1795	15 July 1797

Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau	15 July 1797	13 September 1797

François Sébastien Letourneux	13 September 1797	17 June 1798

Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau	17 June 1798	22 June 1799

Nicolas Marie Quinette	22 June 1799	10 November 1799

Pierre-Simon Laplace	12 November 1799	25 December 1799

Lucien Bonaparte	25 December 1799	7 November 1800

Jean-Antoine Chaptal	7 November 1800	7 August 1804

Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny	7 August 1804	9 August 1807

Emmanuel Crétet, comte de Champmol	9 August 1807	29 June 1809

Joseph Fouché, duc d'Otrante	29 June 1809	1 October 1809

Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet	1 October 1809	1 April 1814

Jacques, comte Beugnot	3 April 1814	13 May 1814

François Xavier de Montesquiou-Fezensac	13 May 1814	20 March 1815

Lazare, comte Carnot	20 March 1815	22 June 1815

Claude Carnot-Feulin	22 June 1815	7 July 1815

Étienne-Denis, baron Pasquier	7 July 1815	26 September 1815

Vincent-Marie Viénot, comte de Vaublanc	26 September 1815	7 May 1816

Joseph, vicomte Lainé	7 May 1816	29 December 1818

Élie, comte Decazes	29 December 1818	20 February 1820

Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon	20 February 1820	14 December 1821

Jacques Joseph Guillaume Pierre, comte de Corbière	14 December 1821	4 January 1828

Jean-Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac	4 January 1828	8 August 1829

François Régis de La Bourdonnaye, comte de La Bretèche	8 August 1829	18 November 1829

Guillaume-Isidore Baron de Montbel	18 November 1829	19 May 1830

Charles Ignace, comte de Peyronnet	19 May 1830	31 July 1830

Victor, duc de Broglie	31 July 1830	1 August 1830

François Guizot	1 August 1830	2 November 1830

Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet	2 November 1830	13 March 1831

Casimir Pierre Perier	13 March 1831	27 April 1832

Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet	27 April 1832	11 October 1832

Adolphe Thiers	11 October 1832	31 December 1832

Antoine, comte d'Argout	31 December 1832	4 April 1834

Adolphe Thiers	4 April 1834	10 November 1834

Hugues Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano	10 November 1834	18 November 1834

Adolphe Thiers	18 November 1834	22 February 1836

Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet	22 February 1836	6 September 1836

Adrien de Gasparin	6 September 1836	15 April 1837

Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet	15 April 1837	31 March 1839

Adrien de Gasparin	31 March 1839	12 May 1839

Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel	12 May 1839	1 March 1840

Charles, comte de Rémusat	1 March 1840	29 October 1840

Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel	29 October 1840	24 February 1848

Alexandre Ledru-Rollin	24 February 1848	11 May 1848

Adrien Recurt	11 May 1848	28 June 1848

Antoine Sénard	28 June 1848	13 October 1848

Jules Armand Dufaure	13 October 1848	20 December 1848

Léon de Malleville	20 December 1848	29 December 1848

Léon Faucher	29 December 1848	2 June 1849

Jules Armand Dufaure	2 June 1849	31 October 1849

Ferdinand Barrot	31 October 1849	15 March 1850

Jules Baroche	15 March 1850	24 January 1851

Claude-Marius Vaïsse	24 January 1851	10 April 1851

Léon Faucher	10 April 1851	26 October 1851

René de Thorigny	26 October 1851	2 December 1851

Charles Auguste, duc de Morny	2 December 1851	22 January 1852

Victor Fialin, comte de Persigny	22 January 1852	23 June 1854

Adolphe Billault	23 June 1854	7 February 1858

Charles Esprit Espinasse	7 February 1858	14 June 1858

Claude Alphonse Delangle	14 June 1858	5 May 1859

Ernest Arrighi de Casanova	5 May 1859	1 November 1859

Adolphe Billault	1 November 1859	5 December 1860

Victor Fialin, comte de Persigny	5 December 1860	23 June 1863

Paul Boudet	23 June 1863	28 March 1865

Charles, marquis de La Valette	28 March 1865	13 November 1867

Ernest Pinard	13 November 1867	17 December 1868

Adolphe Forcade La Roquette	17 December 1868	2 January 1870

Jean-Pierre Napoléon Eugène Chevandier de Valdrôme	2 January 1870	18 August 1870

Julien-Théophile-Henri Chevreau	18 August 1870	4 September 1870

Léon Gambetta	4 September 1870	6 February 1871

Emmanuel Arago	6 February 1871	19 February 1871

Ernest Picard	19 February 1871	5 June 1871

Félix Lambrecht	5 June 1871	8 October 1871

Auguste Casimir-Perier	11 October 1871	6 February 1872

Victor Lefranc	6 February 1872	7 December 1872

Eugène de Goulard	7 December 1872	18 May 1873

Auguste Casimir-Perier	18 May 1873	25 May 1873

Charles Beulé	25 May 1873	26 November 1873

Albert, duc de Broglie	26 November 1873	22 May 1874

Oscar Bardi de Fourtou	22 May 1874	20 July 1874

François, baron de Chabaud-Latour	20 July 1874	10 March 1875

Louis Buffet	10 March 1875	23 February 1876

Jules Armand Dufaure	23 February 1876	9 March 1876

Amable Richard	9 March 1876	11 May 1876

Émile de Marcère	15 May 1876	12 December 1876

Jules Simon	12 December 1876	17 May 1877

Oscar Bardi de Fourtou	17 May 1877	23 November 1877

Charles Welche	23 November 1877	13 December 1877

Émile de Marcère	13 December 1877	4 March 1879

Charles Lepère	4 March 1879	17 May 1880

Ernest Constans	17 May 1880	14 November 1881

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau	14 November 1881	30 January 1882

René Goblet	30 January 1882	7 August 1882

Armand Fallières	7 August 1882	21 February 1883

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau	21 February 1883	6 April 1885

François Allain-Targé	6 April 1885	7 January 1886

Ferdinand Sarrien	7 January 1886	11 December 1886

René Goblet	11 December 1886	30 May 1877

Armand Fallières	30 May 1887	12 December 1887

Ferdinand Sarrien	12 December 1887	3 April 1888

Charles Floquet	3 April 1888	22 February 1889

Ernest Constans	22 February 1889	1 March 1890

Léon Bourgeois	1 March 1890	17 March 1890

Ernest Constans	17 March 1890	27 February 1892

Émile Loubet	27 February 1892	11 January 1893

Alexandre Ribot	11 January 1893	4 April 1893

Charles Dupuy	4 April 1893	3 December 1893

David Raynal	3 December 1893	30 May 1894

Charles Dupuy	30 May 1894	26 January 1895

Georges Leygues	26 January 1895	1 November 1895

Léon Bourgeois	1 November 1895	28 March 1896

Ferdinand Sarrien	30 March 1896	29 April 1896

Louis Barthou	29 April 1896	28 June 1898

Henri Brisson	28 June 1898	1 November 1898

Charles Dupuy	1 November 1898	22 June 1899

René Waldeck-Rousseau	22 June 1899	7 June 1902

Émile Combes	7 June 1902	24 January 1905

Eugène Étienne	24 January 1905	12 November 1905

Fernand Dubief	12 November 1905	14 March 1906

Georges Clemenceau	14 March 1906	24 July 1909

Aristide Briand	24 July 1909	2 March 1911

Ernest Monis	2 March 1911	27 June 1911

Joseph Caillaux	27 June 1911	14 January 1912

Théodore Steeg	14 January 1912	21 January 1913

Aristide Briand	21 January 1913	22 March 1913

Louis Lucien Klotz	22 March 1913	9 December 1913

René Renoult	9 December 1913	17 March 1914

Louis Malvy	17 March 1914	9 June 1914

Paul Peytral	9 June 1914	13 June 1914

Louis Malvy	13 June 1914	31 August 1917

Théodore Steeg	1 September 1917	16 November 1917

Jules Pams	16 November 1917	20 January 1920

Théodore Steeg	20 January 1920	16 January 1921

Pierre Marraud	16 January 1921	15 January 1922

Maurice Maunoury	15 January 1922	29 March 1924

Justin de Selves	29 March 1924	14 June 1924

Camille Chautemps	14 June 1924	17 April 1925

Abraham Schrameck	17 April 1925	22 November 1925

Camille Chautemps	28 November 1925	9 March 1926

Louis Malvy	9 March 1926	10 April 1926

Jean Durand	10 April 1926	19 July 1926

Camille Chautemps	19 July 1926	23 July 1926

Albert Sarraut	23 July 1926	11 November 1928

André Tardieu	11 November 1928	21 February 1930

Camille Chautemps	21 February 1930	2 March 1930

André Tardieu	2 March 1930	13 December 1930

Georges Leygues	13 December 1930	27 January 1931

Pierre Laval	27 January 1931	14 January 1932

Pierre Cathala	14 January 1932	20 February 1932

Albert Mahieu	20 February 1932	3 June 1932

Camille Chautemps	3 June 1932	30 January 1934

Eugène Frot	30 January 1934	9 February 1934

Albert Sarraut	9 February 1934	13 October 1934

Paul Marchandeau	13 October 1934	8 November 1934

Marcel Régnier	8 November 1934	1 June 1935

Fernand Bouisson	1 June 1935	7 June 1935

Joseph Paganon	7 June 1935	24 January 1936

Albert Sarraut	24 January 1936	4 June 1936

Roger Salengro	4 June 1936	18 November 1936

Marx Dormoy	24 November 1936	18 January 1938

Albert Sarraut	18 January 1938	13 March 1938

Marx Dormoy	13 March 1938	10 April 1938

Albert Sarraut	10 April 1938	21 March 1940

Henri Roy	21 March 1940	18 May 1940

Georges Mandel	18 May 1940	16 June 1940

Charles Pomaret	16 June 1940	26 June 1940

Adrien Marquet	27 June 1940	6 September 1940

Marcel Peyrouton	6 September 1940	14 February 1941

François Darlan	14 February 1941	18 July 1941

Pierre Pucheu	18 July 1941	18 April 1942

Pierre Laval	18 April 1942	19 August 1944

Free French Commissioners

André Diethelm	24 September 1941	28 July 1942

André Philip	28 July 1942	9 November 1943

Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie	9 November 1943	10 September 1944

Ministers

Adrien Tixier	10 September 1944	26 January 1946

André Le Troquer	26 January 1946	24 June 1946

Édouard Depreux	24 June 1946	24 November 1947

Jules Moch	24 November 1947	7 February 1950

Henri Queuille	7 February 1950	11 August 1951

Charles Brune	11 August 1951	28 June 1953

Léon Martinaud-Deplat	28 June 1953	19 June 1954

François Mitterrand	19 June 1954	23 February 1955

Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury	23 February 1955	1 December 1955

Edgar Faure	1 December 1955	1 February 1956

Jean Gilbert-Jules	1 February 1956	6 November 1957

Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury	6 November 1957	14 May 1958

Maurice Faure	14 May 1958	17 May 1958

Jules Moch	17 May 1958	1 June 1958

Émile Pelletier	1 June 1958	8 January 1959

Jean Berthoin	8 January 1959	28 May 1959

Pierre Chatenet	28 May 1959	6 May 1961

Roger Frey	6 May 1961	6 April 1967

Christian Fouchet	6 April 1967	30 May 1968

Raymond Marcellin	30 May 1968	27 February 1974

Jacques Chirac	27 February 1974	28 May 1974

Michel Poniatowski	28 May 1974	30 March 1977

Christian Bonnet	30 March 1977	22 May 1981

Gaston Defferre	22 May 1981	19 July 1984

Pierre Joxe	19 July 1984	20 March 1986

Charles Pasqua	20 March 1986	12 May 1988

Pierre Joxe	12 May 1988	29 January 1991

Philippe Marchand	29 January 1991	2 April 1992

Paul Quilès	2 April 1992	29 March 1993

Charles Pasqua	29 March 1993	18 May 1995

Jean-Louis Debré	18 May 1995	4 June 1997

Jean-Pierre Chevènement	4 June 1997	29 August 2000

Daniel Vaillant	29 August 2000	7 May 2002

Nicolas Sarkozy	7 May 2002	31 March 2004

Dominique de Villepin	31 March 2004	31 May 2005

Nicolas Sarkozy	31 May 2005	26 March 2007

François Baroin	26 March 2007	15 May 2007

Michèle Alliot-Marie	18 May 2007	23 June 2009

Brice Hortefeux	23 June 2009	27 February 2011

Claude Guéant	27 February 2011	16 May 2012

Manuel Valls	16 May 2012	31 March 2014

Bernard Cazeneuve	31 March 2014	6 December 2016

Bruno Le Roux	6 December 2016	21 March 2017

Matthias Fekl	21 March 2017	17 May 2017

Gérard Collomb	17 May 2017	3 October 2018

Edouard Philippe	3 October 2018	16 October 2018

Christophe Castaner	16 October 2018	present

Sentence(s)

Victor Lefranc became Interior Minister on February 6, 1872.

final_sentence: Victor Lefranc became Interior Minister on February 6, 1872.