Ministry of Economics and Finance (France)

The **Ministry of the Economy and Finance** (, pronounced ), informally referred to as **Bercy**, is one of the most important ministries in the Government of France.

## List

|width="400px"|Minister|width="150px"|Term start|width="150px"|Term end|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|Aimé Lepercq|align="center"|4 September 1944|align="center"|9 November 1944|
|align="center"|René Pleven|align="center"|16 November 1944|align="center"|26 January 1946|
|align="center"|André Philip|align="center"|26 January 1946|align="center"|24 June 1946|
|align="center"|Robert Schuman|align="center"|24 June 1946|align="center"|18 December 1946|
|align="center"|André Philip|align="center"|18 December 1946|align="center"|22 January 1947|
|align="center"|Robert Schuman|align="center"|22 January 1947|align="center"|24 November 1947|
|align="center"|René Mayer|align="center"|24 November 1947|align="center"|26 July 1948|
|align="center"|Paul Reynaud|align="center"|26 July 1948|align="center"|5 September 1948|
|align="center"|Christian Pineau|align="center"|5 September 1948|align="center"|11 September 1948|
|align="center"|Henri Queuille|align="center"|11 September 1948|align="center"|12 January 1949|
|align="center"|Maurice Petsche|align="center"|12 January 1949|align="center"|11 August 1951|
|align="center"|René Mayer|align="center"|11 August 1951|align="center"|20 January 1952|
|align="center"|Edgar Faure|align="center"|20 January 1952|align="center"|8 March 1952|
|align="center"|Antoine Pinay|align="center"|8 March 1952|align="center"|8 January 1953|
|align="center"|Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury|align="center"|8 January 1953|align="center"|28 June 1953|
|align="center"|Edgar Faure|align="center"|28 June 1953|align="center"|20 January 1955|
|align="center"|Robert Buron|align="center"|20 January 1955|align="center"|23 February 1955|
|align="center"|Pierre Pflimlin|align="center"|23 February 1955|align="center"|1 February 1956|
|align="center"|Robert Lacoste|align="center"|1 February 1956|align="center"|14 February 1956|
|align="center"|Paul Ramadier|align="center"|14 February 1956|align="center"|13 June 1957|
|align="center"|Félix Gaillard|align="center"|13 June 1957|align="center"|6 November 1957|
|align="center"|Pierre Pflimlin|align="center"|6 November 1957|align="center"|14 May 1958|
|align="center"|Edgar Faure|align="center"|14 May 1958|align="center"|1 June 1958|
|align="center"|Antoine Pinay|align="center"|1 June 1958|align="center"|13 January 1960|
|align="center"|Wilfrid Baumgartner|align="center"|13 January 1960|align="center"|19 January 1962|
|align="center"|Valéry Giscard d'Estaing|align="center"|19 January 1962|align="center"|8 January 1966|
|align="center"|Michel Debré|align="center"|8 January 1966|align="center"|30 May 1968|
|align="center"|Maurice Couve de Murville|align="center"|30 May 1968|align="center"|10 July 1968|
|align="center"|François-Xavier Ortoli|align="center"|10 July 1968|align="center"|16 June 1969|
|align="center"|Valéry Giscard d'Estaing|align="center"|16 June 1969|align="center"|28 May 1974|
|align="center"|Jean-Pierre Fourcade|align="center"|28 May 1974|align="center"|27 August 1976|
|align="center"|Raymond Barre|align="center"|27 August 1976|align="center"|5 April 1978|
|align="center"|René Monory|align="center"|5 April 1978|align="center"|22 May 1981|
|align="center"|Jacques Delors|align="center"|22 May 1981|align="center"|19 July 1984|
|align="center"|Pierre Bérégovoy|align="center"|19 July 1984|align="center"|20 March 1986|
|align="center"|Édouard Balladur|align="center"|20 March 1986|align="center"|12 May 1988|
|align="center"|Pierre Bérégovoy|align="center"|12 May 1988|align="center"|2 April 1992|
|align="center"|Michel Sapin|align="center"|2 April 1992|align="center"|29 March 1993|
|align="center"|Edmond Alphandéry|align="center"|29 March 1993|align="center"|18 May 1995|
|align="center"|Alain Madelin|align="center"|18 May 1995|align="center"|25 August 1995|
|align="center"|Jean Arthuis|align="center"|25 August 1995|align="center"|4 June 1997|
|align="center"|Dominique Strauss-Kahn|align="center"|4 June 1997|align="center"|2 November 1999|
|align="center"|Christian Sautter|align="center"|2 November 1999|align="center"|28 March 2000|
|align="center"|Laurent Fabius|align="center"|28 March 2000|align="center"|7 May 2002|
|align="center"|Francis Mer|align="center"|7 May 2002|align="center"|31 March 2004|
|align="center"|Nicolas Sarkozy|align="center"|31 March 2004|align="center"|28 November 2004|
|align="center"|Hervé Gaymard|align="center"|30 November 2004|align="center"|25 February 2005|
|align="center"|Thierry Breton|align="center"|25 February 2005|align="center"|18 May 2007|
|align="center"|Jean-Louis Borloo|align="center"|18 May 2007|align="center"|19 June 2007|
|align="center"|Christine Lagarde|align="center"|19 June 2007|align="center"|29 June 2011|
|align="center"|François Baroin|align="center"|29 June 2011|align="center"|15 May 2012|
|align="center"|Pierre Moscovici|align="center"|16 May 2012|align="center"|31 March 2014|
|align="center"|Emmanuel Macron|align="center"|26 August 2014|align="center"|30 August 2016|
|align="center"|Michel Sapin|align="center"|30 August 2016|align="center"|17 May 2017|
|align="center"|Bruno Le Maire|align="center"|17 May 2017|align="center"||

## Other websites

- Composition of Government
- Common site of the two ministries
- French taxation site

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Minister of the Economy and Finance
- **native name**: __
- **image**: Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (ECOFIN). Handshake, Eurogroup Toomas Tõniste and Bruno Le Maire (36840346850) (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: Bruno Le Maire
- **incumbentsince**: 17 May 2017
- **style**: Mister the Minister
- **member of**: Government of France, Council of Ministers
- **reports to**: President of France, President of the Republic
and to French Parliament, Parliament
- **residence**: Bercy
- **seat**: Paris, France
- **appointer**: President of France, President of the Republic
- **termlength**: No fixed term
- **termlength qualified**: Remains in office while commanding the confidence of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly and the President of France, President of the Republic
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of France, Constitution of 4 October 1958
- **precursor**: The title of "Minister of Finance" has existed since 1518 in the Ancien Régime
- **formation**: 23 July 1958
- **first**: Antoine Pinay
- **salary**: €9,940 per month