# Minister of the Overseas

The Minister of the Overseas (French: Ministre des Outre-mer) is the official in charge of the Ministry of the Overseas in the Government of the French Republic, responsible for overseeing Overseas France. The office was titled Minister of the Colonies (Ministre des Colonies) until 1946.
The position is currently held by Manuel Valls in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou with the title of Minister to the Prime Minister, in charge of the Overseas (Ministre auprès du Premier ministre, chargé des Outre-mer). He succeeded François-Noël Buffet on 23 December 2024.

## Officeholders
### Minister of the Colonies (1894–1946)

| Minister | Term of office |
| Ernest Boulanger | 20 March – 30 May 1894 |
| Théophile Delcassé | 30 May 1894 – 26 January 1895 |
| Émile Chautemps | 26 January – 1 November 1895 |
| Pierre-Paul Guieysse | 4 November 1895 – 29 April 1896 |
| André Lebon | 29 April 1896 – 31 May 1898 |
| Gabriel Hanotaux | 31 May – 28 June 1898 |
| Georges Trouillot | 28 June – 1 November 1898 |
| Florent Guillain | 1 November 1898 – 22 June 1899 |
| Albert Decrais | 22 June 1899 – 7 June 1902 |
| Gaston Doumergue | 7 June 1902 – 24 January 1905 |
| Étienne Clémentel | 24 January 1905 – 14 March 1906 |
| Georges Leygues | 14 March – 25 October 1906 |
| Raphaël Milliès-Lacroix | 25 October 1906 – 24 July 1909 |
| Georges Trouillot | 24 July 1909 – 3 November 1910 |
| Jean Morel | 3 November 1910 – 2 March 1911 |
| Adolphe Messimy | 2 March – 27 June 1911 |
| Albert François Lebrun | 27 June 1911 – 12 January 1913 |
| René Besnard | 12–21 January 1913 |
| Jean Morel | 21 January – 9 December 1913 |
| Albert François Lebrun | 9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914 |
| Maurice Maunoury | 9–13 June 1914 |
| Maurice Raynaud | 13 June – 26 August 1914 |
| Gaston Doumergue | 26 August 1914 – 20 March 1917 |
| André Maginot | 20 March – 12 September 1917 |
| René Besnard | 12 September – 16 November 1917 |
| Henry Simon | 16 November 1917 – 20 January 1920 |
| Albert Sarraut | 20 January 1920 – 29 March 1924 |
| Jean Fabry | 29 March – 14 June 1924 |
| Édouard Daladier | 14 June 1924 – 17 April 1925 |
| André Hesse | 17 April – 29 October 1925 |
| Léon Perrier | 29 October 1925 – 19 July 1926 |
| Adrien Dariac | 19–23 July 1926 |
| Léon Perrier | 23 July 1926 – 6 November 1928 |
| André Maginot | 11 November 1928 – 3 November 1929 |
| François Piétri | 3 November 1929 – 21 February 1930 |
| Lucien Lamoureux | 21 February – 2 March 1930 |
| François Piétri | 2 March – 13 December 1930 |
| Théodore Steeg | 13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931 |
| Paul Reynaud | 27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932 |
| Louis de Chappedelaine | 20 February – 3 June 1932 |
| Albert Sarraut | 3 June 1932 – 6 September 1933 |
| Albert Dalimier | 6 September – 26 October 1933 |
| François Piétri | 26 October – 26 November 1933 |
| Albert Dalimier | 26 November 1933 – 9 January 1934 |
| Lucien Lamoureux | 9–30 January 1934 |
| Henry de Jouvenel | 30 January – 9 February 1934 |
| Pierre Laval | 9 February – 13 October 1934 |
| Louis Rollin | 13 October 1934 – 24 January 1936 |
| Jacques Stern | 24 January – 4 June 1936 |
| Marius Moutet | 4 June 1936 – 18 January 1938 |
| Théodore Steeg | 18 January – 13 March 1938 |
| Marius Moutet | 13 March – 10 April 1938 |
| Georges Mandel | 10 April 1938 – 18 May 1940 |
| Louis Rollin | 18 May – 16 June 1940 |
| Albert Rivière | 16 June – 12 July 1940 |
| Henry Lémery | 12 July – 6 September 1940 |
| Charles Platon | 6 September 1940 – 18 April 1942 |
| René Pleven (Commissaire) | 24 September 1941 – 28 July 1942 |
| Jules Brévié | 18 April 1942 – 26 March 1943 |
| Hervé Alphand (Commissaire) | 28 July – 17 October 1942 |
| René Pleven (Commissaire) | 17 October 1942 – 10 September 1944 |
| Henri Bléhaut | 26 March 1943 – 20 August 1944 |
| René Pleven | 10 September – 16 November 1944 |
| Paul Giacobbi | 16 November 1944 – 21 November 1945 |
| Jacques Soustelle | 21 November 1945 – 26 January 1946 |

### Minister of the Overseas (1946–present)

| Minister | Term of office |
| Marius Moutet | 26 January – 23 December 1946 |
| Auguste Laurent | 23 December 1946 – 22 January 1947 |
| Marius Moutet | 22 January – 22 October 1947 |
| Paul Coste-Floret | 22 October 1947 – 29 October 1949 |
| Jean Letourneau | 29 October 1949 – 3 July 1950 |
| Paul Coste-Floret | 3–12 July 1950 |
| François Mitterrand | 12 July 1950 – 11 August 1951 |
| Louis Jacquinot | 11 August 1951 – 8 March 1952 |
| Pierre Pflimlin | 8 March 1952 – 8 January 1953 |
| Louis Jacquinot | 8 January 1953 – 19 June 1954 |
| Robert Buron | 19 June 1954 – 20 January 1955 |
| Jean-Jacques Juglas | 20 January – 23 February 1955 |
| Pierre-Henri Teitgen | 23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956 |
| Gaston Defferre | 1 February 1956 – 13 June 1957 |
| Gérard Jaquet | 13 June 1957 – 14 May 1958 |
| André Colin | 14 May – 9 June 1958 |
| Bernard Cornut-Gentille | 9 June 1958 – 8 January 1959 |
| Robert Lecourt | 5 February 1960 – 24 August 1961 |
| Louis Jacquinot | 24 August 1961 – 8 January 1966 |
| Pierre Billotte | 8 January 1966 – 30 May 1968 |
| Joël Le Theule | 30 May – 10 July 1968 |
| Pierre Messmer | 25 February 1971 – 7 July 1972 |
| Bernard Stasi | 2 April 1973 – 27 February 1974 |
| Bernard Pons | 20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988 |
| Louis Le Pensec | 23 June 1988 – 29 March 1993 |
| Dominique Perben | 29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995 |
| Jean-Jacques de Peretti | 18 May – 7 November 1995 |
| Brigitte Girardin | 7 May 2002 – 2 June 2005 |
| François Baroin | 2 June 2005 – 26 March 2007 |
| Hervé Mariton | 26 March – 19 June 2007 |
| Michèle Alliot-Marie | 19 June 2007 – 23 June 2009 |
| Brice Hortefeux | 23 June – 6 November 2009 |
| Marie-Luce Penchard | 6 November 2009 – 10 May 2012 |
| Victorin Lurel | 16 May 2012 – 2 April 2014 |
| George Pau-Langevin | 2 April 2014 – 30 August 2016 |
| George Pau-Langevin | 2 April 2014 – 30 August 2016 |
| Annick Girardin | 17 May 2017 – 6 July 2020 |
| Sébastien Lecornu | 6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022 |
| Yaël Braun-Pivet | 20 May 2022 – 25 June 2022 |
| Élisabeth Borne (acting) | 25 June 2022 – 4 July 2022 |
| Jean-François Carenco | 4 July 2022 – 20 July 2023 |
| Philippe Vigier | 20 July 2023 – 8 February 2024 |
| Marie Guévenoux | 8 February 2024 – 21 September 2024 |
| François-Noël Buffet | 21 September 2024 – 23 December 2024 |
| Manuel Valls | 23 December 2024 - incumbent |