# Minister of Information (France)

The Minister of Information (French: Ministre de l'information) was the leader and most senior official of the French Ministry of Information. It was a position in the Government of France from 1938 to 1974 and no longer exists.

## History

Initially created under the name of Minister of Propaganda under the second government of Léon Blum, the office adopted the Information denomination with the following administrations until 1974, date to which it was definitely disestablished.

## Officeholders
### Third Republic

| No. | Portrait | Name | Name | Term | Term | Term | Government | President | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Time in office | | | Government | President | Ref. |
| Ministry established ||||||||||
| 1 | | | Ludovic-Oscar Frossard | 13 March 1938 | 10 April 1938 | 28 days | Blum II | Albert Lebrun | |
| Office vacant from 10 April 1938 to 29 July 1939. ||||||||||
| 2 | | | Jean Giraudoux | 29 July 1939 | 21 March 1940 | 236 days | Daladier IV–V | Albert Lebrun | |
| 3 | | | Ludovic-Oscar Frossard | 21 March 1940 | 5 June 1940 | 76 days | Raynaud | Albert Lebrun | |
| 4 | | | Jean Prouvost | 5 June 1940 | 12 July 1940 | 37 days | Raynaud Pétain | Albert Lebrun | |

### Vichy France

| No. | Portrait | Name | Name | Term | Term | Term | Government | Chief | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Time in office | | | Government | Chief | Ref. |
| - | | | Pierre Laval | 12 July 1940 | 13 December 1940 | 154 days | Laval V | Philippe Pétain | |
| - | | | Paul Baudoin | 13 December 1940 | 2 January 1941 | 20 days | Flandin | Philippe Pétain | |
| - | | | Paul Marion | 23 February 1941 | 18 April 1942 | 1 year, 54 days | Darlan | Philippe Pétain | |
| - | | | Pierre Laval | 18 April 1942 | 20 August 1944 | 2 years, 124 days | Laval VI | Philippe Pétain | |

### Free France

| No. | Portrait | Name | Name | Term | Term | Term | Government | Leader | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Time in office | | | Government | Leader | Ref. |
| 5 | | | André Diethelm | 24 September 1941 | 28 July 1942 | 307 days | CNF | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 6 | | | Jacques Soustelle | 28 July 1942 | 7 June 1943 | 314 days | CNF | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 7 | | | Henri Bonnet | 7 June 1943 | 10 September 1944 | 1 year, 95 days | CFLN | Charles de Gaulle | |

### Provisional Government

| No. | Portrait | Name | Name | Term | Term | Term | Government | President | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Time in office | | | Government | President | Ref. |
| 8 | | | Pierre-Henri Teitgen | 10 September 1944 | 30 May 1945 | 262 days | de Gaulle I | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 9 | | | Jacques Soustelle | 30 May 1945 | 21 November 1945 | 175 days | de Gaulle I | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 10 | | | André Malraux | 21 November 1945 | 26 January 1946 | 66 days | de Gaulle II | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 11 | | | Gaston Defferre | 26 January 1946 | 24 June 1946 | 149 days | Gouin | Félix Gouin | |
| 12 | | | Robert Bichet | 24 June 1946 | 16 December 1946 | 172 days | Bidault I | Georges Bidault | |
| Office vacant from 16 December 1946 to 26 July 1948. ||||||||||

### Fourth Republic

| No. | Portrait | Name | Name | Term | Term | Term | Government | President | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Time in office | | | Government | President | Ref. |
| 13 | | | François Mitterrand | 26 July 1948 | 5 September 1948 | 41 days | Marie | Vincent Auriol | |
| Office vacant from 5 September 1948 to 28 October 1949. ||||||||||
| 14 | | | Pierre-Henri Teitgen | 28 October 1949 | 2 July 1950 | 247 days | Bidault I–II | Vincent Auriol | |
| 15 | | | Jean Letourneau | 2 July 1950 | 12 July 1950 | 10 days | Queuille II | Vincent Auriol | |
| 16 | | | Albert Gazier | 12 July 1950 | 11 August 1951 | 1 year, 30 days | Pleven I Queuille III | Vincent Auriol | |
| 17 | | | Robert Buron | 11 August 1951 | 20 January 1952 | 162 days | Pleven II | Vincent Auriol | |
| 18 | | | Paul Coste-Floret | 20 January 1952 | 8 March 1952 | 48 days | Faure I | Vincent Auriol | |
| Office vacant from 8 March 1952 to 8 January 1953. ||||||||||
| 19 | | | Émile Hugues | 8 January 1953 | 18 June 1954 | 1 year, 161 days | Mayer Laniel I–II | Vincent Auriol | |
| 19 | | | Émile Hugues | 8 January 1953 | 18 June 1954 | 1 year, 161 days | Mayer Laniel I–II | René Coty | |
| Office vacant from 18 June 1954 to 20 February 1955. ||||||||||
| 20 | | | Georges Galy-Gasparrou | 20 January 1955 | 23 February 1955 | 34 days | Mendès-France | René Coty | |
| Office vacant from 23 February 1955 to 1 February 1956. ||||||||||
| 21 | | | Gérard Jacquet | 1 February 1956 | 17 June 1957 | 1 year, 136 days | Mollet | René Coty | |
| 22 | | | Michel Soulié | 17 June 1957 | 11 November 1957 | 147 days | Bourgès-Maunoury | René Coty | |
| 23 | | | Émile Claparède | 11 November 1957 | 17 May 1958 | 187 days | Gaillard | René Coty | |
| 24 | | | Albert Gazier | 17 May 1958 | 1 June 1958 | 15 days | Pflimlin | René Coty | |
| 25 | | | André Malraux | 1 June 1958 | 7 July 1958 | 36 days | de Gaulle III | René Coty | |
| 26 | | | Jacques Soustelle | 7 July 1958 | 8 January 1959 | 185 days | de Gaulle III | René Coty | |

### Fifth Republic

| No. | Portrait | Name | Name | Term | Term | Term | Government | President | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Time in office | | | Government | President | Ref. |
| 27 | | | Roger Frey | 8 January 1959 | 5 February 1960 | 1 year, 28 days | Debré | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 28 | | | Louis Terrenoire | 5 February 1960 | 24 August 1961 | 1 year, 178 days | Debré | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 29 | | | Christian de La Malène | 24 August 1961 | 15 April 1962 | 234 days | Debré | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 30 | | | Alain Peyrefitte | 15 April 1962 | 11 September 1962 | 149 days | Pompidou I | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 31 | | | Christian Fouchet | 11 September 1962 | 6 December 1962 | 86 days | Pompidou I | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 32 | | | Alain Peyrefitte | 6 December 1962 | 8 January 1966 | 3 years, 33 days | Pompidou II | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 33 | | | Yvon Bourges | 8 January 1966 | 7 April 1967 | 1 year, 89 days | Pompidou III | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 34 | | | Georges Gorse | 7 April 1967 | 31 May 1968 | 1 year, 54 days | Pompidou IV | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 35 | | | Yves Guéna | 31 May 1968 | 12 July 1968 | 42 days | Pompidou IV | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 36 | | | Joël Le Theule | 12 July 1968 | 22 June 1969 | 345 days | Couve de Murville | Charles de Gaulle | |
| 36 | | | Joël Le Theule | 12 July 1968 | 22 June 1969 | 345 days | Couve de Murville | Interim : Alain Poher | |
| Office vacant from 22 June 1969 to 6 July 1972. ||||||||||
| 37 | | | Philippe Malaud | 6 July 1972 | 23 October 1973 | 1 year, 109 days | Messmer I–II | Georges Pompidou | |
| 38 | | | Jean-Philippe Lecat | 23 October 1973 | 28 May 1974 | 217 days | Messmer II–III | Georges Pompidou | |
| 38 | | | Jean-Philippe Lecat | 23 October 1973 | 28 May 1974 | 217 days | Messmer II–III | Interim : Alain Poher | |
| Ministry disestablished ||||||||||