Ministry of War (France)

The Ministry of War (French: Ministère de la guerre) was the ministry in charge of the French Army, the National Gendarmerie and until 1934, the French Air Force, from 25 May 1791 to 31 October 1947, date to which it was merged with the Ministries of the Navy and of Air into the Ministry of Defence (today Ministry of the Armed Forces).

Ministry of War
Ministère de la guerre
Ministry overview
Formed25 May 1791 (1791-05-25)
Preceding Ministry
Dissolved31 October 1947 (1947-10-31)
Superseding agency
  • Ministry of the Armed Forces
Minister responsible
  • Minister of War
Child agencies

This department was headed by the Minister of War (occasionally taking other titles varying with governments), either civilian or military, from its inception until its merger.

History

The Ministry of War was the heir of the Secretary of State for War existing during the Ancien Regime. On 27 April 1791, the National Constituent Assembly issued a decree organizing the six ministries of Justice, Interior, Finances, War, Navy and Foreign Affairs. The decree was signed into law on 25 May 1791 by King Louis XVI.[1] This law determined the responsibilities of the minister, giving him full authority on the French Army and the sole provost duties of the National Gendarmerie. It also resolved that the minister would be responsible for the administration and finances of his department.

The Committee of Public Safety suspended all six ministries in April 1794 and implemented instead twelve Executive Commissions ; this act dismembered the department into numerous commissions. The ministry was reinstated with the formation of the Directory in November 1795.[2]

For most of its existence and until the beginning of the 20th century, ministers had always been Marshals or Generals. The Third Republic saw the gradual replacement of the military by civilian politicians to the office. It was also subject to the governmental instability of the regime, leading to ministers seating only for few days.

In 1915, during the First World War, an Under Secretariat of State of the Military Aeronautics was created.[3] It would eventually become independent in 1928 as the Ministry of Air.

The ministry remained in place in all subsequent governments, with some temporary name changes, until its final merger with the Ministry of the Navy and the Ministry of Air into the Ministry of Defence on 31 October 1947.[4]

List of ministers

Kingdom of France (1791 – 1792)
No. Portrait Name Term Cabinet King Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Ministry established
1 Louis Lebègue Duportail 25 May 1791 7 December 1791 196 days Louis XVI Louis XVI [lower-alpha 1]
2 Louis de Narbonne-Lara 7 December 1791 10 March 1792 94 days Louis XVI Louis XVI [5]
3 Pierre Marie de Grave 10 March 1792 10 May 1792 61 days Louis XVI Louis XVI [6]
4 Joseph Servan 10 May 1792 13 June 1792 34 days Louis XVI Louis XVI [7]
5 Charles du Périer Dumouriez 13 June 1792 18 June 1792 5 days Louis XVI Louis XVI [8]
6 Pierre de Lajard 18 June 1792 23 July 1792 35 days Louis XVI Louis XVI [9]
7 Charles d'Abancourt 23 July 1792 10 August 1792 18 days Louis XVI Louis XVI [10]
8 Joseph Servan 10 August 1792 22 September 1792 43 days Louis XVI Louis XVI [11]

First Republic (1792 – 1804)
No. Portrait Name Term[lower-alpha 2] Cabinet Head of State Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
8 Joseph Servan 22 September 1792
1 Vendémiaire Year I		 3 October 1792
12 Vendémiaire Year I		 11 days National Convention National Convention [lower-alpha 3]
Interim by Pierre Lebrun-Tondu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 3 October 1792 to 24 January 1793. -
9 Jean-Nicolas Pache 24 January 1793
5 Pluviôse Year I		 4 February 1793
16 Pluviôse Year I		 11 days National Convention National Convention [12]
10 Pierre Riel de Beurnonville 4 February 1793
16 Pluviôse Year I		 4 April 1793
15 Germinal Year I		 59 days National Convention National Convention [13]
11 Jean Bouchotte 4 April 1793
15 Germinal Year I		 20 April 1794
1 Floréal Year II		 1 year, 16 days National Convention National Convention [14]
All ministries suspended and replaced by the Executive Commissions between 20 April 1794 and 3 November 1795. [15]
12 Jean-Baptiste Aubert du Bayet 3 November 1795
12 Brumaire Year IV		 8 February 1796
19 Pluviôse Year IV		 97 days Directory Directory [16]
13 Claude Petiet 8 February 1796
19 Pluviôse Year IV		 23 July 1797
5 Thermidor Year V		 1 year, 165 days Directory Directory -
14 Barthélemy Schérer 23 July 1797
5 Thermidor Year V		 21 February 1799
3 Ventôse Year VII		 1 year, 213 days Directory Directory [17]
15 Louis de Milet de Mureau 21 February 1799
3 Ventôse Year VII		 2 July 1799
14 Messidor Year VII		 131 days Directory Directory [18]
16 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte 2 July 1799
14 Messidor Year VII		 14 September 1799
28 Fructidor Year VII		 74 days Directory Directory [19]
17 Edmond Dubois-Crancé 14 September 1799
28 Fructidor Year VII		 7 November 1799
16 Brumaire Year VIII		 54 days Directory Directory [20]
18 Louis-Alexandre Berthier 7 November 1799
16 Brumaire Year VIII		 2 April 1800
12 Germinal Year VIII		 146 days Consulate Napoléon Bonaparte [21]
19 Lazare Carnot 2 April 1800
12 Germinal Year VIII		 5 May 1800
16 Floréal Year VIII		 33 days Consulate Napoléon Bonaparte [22]
Interim by Jean-Gérard Lacuée, Councillor of State, from 5 May to 8 October 1800. [23]
20 Louis-Alexandre Berthier 8 October 1800
16 Vendémiaire Year IX		 18 May 1804
28 Floréal Year XII		 3 years, 223 days Consulate Napoléon Bonaparte [24]

First Empire (1804 – 1814)
No. Portrait Name Term Cabinet Emperor Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
20 Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Prince de Neuchâtel		 18 May 1804 9 August 1807 3 years, 83 days Napoléon Napoleon I [lower-alpha 4]
21 Henri Guillaume Clarke
Duc de Feltre		 9 August 1807 20 November 1813 6 years, 103 days Napoléon Napoleon I [25]
22 Pierre Antoine Noël Bruno
Comte Daru		 20 November 1813 1 April 1814 132 days Napoléon Napoleon I [26]

Restoration (1814 – 1815)
No. Portrait Name Term Cabinet King Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
23 Pierre Antoine
Comte Dupont de l'Étang		 3 April 1814 26 November 1814 237 days Provisional Government
Restoration		 Louis XVIII [27]
24 Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Duc de Dalmatie		 26 November 1814 11 March 1815 105 days Restoration Louis XVIII [lower-alpha 5]
25 Henri Guillaume Clarke
Duc de Feltre		 11 March 1815 20 March 1815 9 days Restoration Louis XVIII -

Hundred Days (1815)
No. Portrait Name Term Cabinet Emperor Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
26 Louis Nicolas d'Avout
Duc d'Auerstaedt, Prince d'Eckmühl		 20 March 1815 9 July 1815 111 days Hundred Days
Executive Commission		 Napoleon I
Napoleon II		 [28]

Kingdom of France (1815 – 1848)
No. Portrait Name Term Cabinet King Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
27 Laurent de Gouvion
Marquis de Saint-Cyr		 9 July 1815 28 September 1815 81 days Talleyrand Louis XVIII [29]
28 Henri Guillaume Clarke
Duc de Feltre		 28 September 1815 12 September 1817 1 year, 349 days De Richelieu I Louis XVIII -
29 Laurent de Gouvion
Marquis de Saint-Cyr		 12 September 1817 19 November 1819 2 years, 68 days De Richelieu I
Dessolles		 Louis XVIII [30]
30 Victor de Faÿ
Marquis de La Tour-Maubourg		 19 November 1819 14 December 1821 2 years, 25 days Decazes
De Richelieu II		 Louis XVIII [31]
31 Claude Victor Perrin
Duc de Bellune		 14 December 1821 23 March 1823 1 year, 99 days De Villèle Louis XVIII [32]
Interim by Alexandre Elisabeth Michel, Vicomte Digeon, from 23 March to 15 April 1823. [33]
32 Claude Victor Perrin
Duc de Bellune		 15 April 1823 19 October 1823 187 days De Villèle Louis XVIII -
33 Ange Hyacinthe Maxence
Baron de Damas		 19 October 1823 4 August 1824 175 days De Villèle Louis XVIII [34]
34 Aimé Marie Gaspard
Comte de Clermont-Tonnerre		 4 August 1824 4 January 1828 3 years, 268 days De Villèle Louis XVIII
Charles X		 [35]
35 Louis Victor de Caux
Vicomte de Blacquetot		 4 January 1828 8 August 1829 1 year, 216 days De Martignac Charles X [36]
36 Louis Auguste Victor
Comte de Ghaisnes de Bourmont		 8 August 1829 29 July 1830 355 days De Polignac Charles X [37]
37 Étienne Maurice
Comte Gérard		 29 July 1830 17 November 1830 115 days De Rochechouart de Mortemart
Paris Municipal Commission Cabinet
Provisional cabinet
First cabinet		 Charles X
Louis Philippe I		 [38]
38 Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Duc de Dalmatie		 17 November 1830 18 July 1834 3 years, 243 days Laffitte
Casimir-Périer
Soult I		 Louis Philippe I [39]
39 Étienne Maurice
Comte Gérard		 18 July 1834 10 November 1834 115 days Gérard Louis Philippe I -
40 Simon Bernard
Général-Baron		 10 November 1834 18 November 1834 8 days Maret Louis Philippe I -
41 Édouard Mortier
Duc de Trévise		 18 November 1834 12 March 1835 114 days Mortier Louis Philippe I -
Interim by Henri de Rigny, Minister without portfolio, from 12 March to 30 April 1835. -
42 Nicolas Joseph
Marquis Maison		 30 April 1835 19 September 1836 1 year, 142 days De Broglie
Thiers I		 Louis Philippe I -
Interim by Claude du Campe de Rosamel, Minister of Navy, from 6 September to 19 September 1836. [40]
43 Simon Bernard
Général-Baron		 19 September 1836 31 March 1839 2 years, 193 days Molé I–II Louis Philippe I [41]
44 Amédée Despans-Cubières 31 March 1839 12 May 1839 42 days Transitional cabinet Louis Philippe I [42]
45 Antoine Schneider 12 May 1839 1 March 1840 294 days Soult II Louis Philippe I [43]
46 Amédée Despans-Cubières 1 March 1840 29 October 1840 242 days Thiers II Louis Philippe I [44]
47 Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Duc de Dalmatie		 29 October 1840 10 November 1845 5 years, 12 days Soult III Louis Philippe I [45]
48 Alexandre Moline de Saint-Yon 10 November 1845 9 May 1847 1 year, 180 days Soult III Louis Philippe I [46]
49 Camille Trézel 9 May 1847 24 February 1848 291 days Soult III
Guizot		 Louis Philippe I [47]

Second Republic (1848 – 1852)
No. Portrait Name Term Cabinet President Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
50 Alphonse Bedeau 24 February 1848 25 February 1848 1 day Provisional Government Provisional Government [48]
51 Jacques Subervie 25 February 1848 19 March 1848 23 days Provisional Government Provisional Government [49]
Interim by François Arago, Minister of Navy, from 19 March to 20 March 1848. [50]
52 Louis-Eugène Cavaignac 20 March 1848 5 April 1848 16 days Provisional Government Provisional Government [51]
53 François Arago 5 April 1848 11 May 1848 42 days Executive Commission Executive Commission [52]
Interim by Jean-Baptiste Charras, Under Secretary of State of War, from 11 May to 17 May 1848. [53]
54 Louis-Eugène Cavaignac 17 May 1848 28 June 1848 42 days Executive Commission Executive Commission [54]
55 Louis Juchault de Lamoricière 28 June 1848 20 December 1848 175 days Cavaignac Louis-Eugène Cavaignac[lower-alpha 6] [55]
56 Joseph Rullière 20 December 1848 31 October 1849 315 days Barrot I–II Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte -
57 Alphonse d'Hautpoul 31 October 1849 22 October 1850 356 days D'Hautpoul Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte -
58 Jean-Paul de Schramm 22 October 1850 9 January 1851 79 days D'Hautpoul Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte [56]
59 Auguste Regnaud
de Saint-Jean d'Angély		 9 January 1851 24 January 1851 15 days D'Hautpoul Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte [57]
60 Jacques Randon 24 January 1851 26 October 1851 275 days Rouher
Faucher		 Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte [58]
61 Jacques Leroy
de Saint-Arnaud		 26 October 1851 2 December 1852 1 year, 37 days Last cabinet
Napoléon I–II		 Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte [59]

Second Empire (1852 – 1870)
No. Portrait Name Term Cabinet Emperor Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
61 Jacques Leroy
de Saint-Arnaud		 2 December 1852 11 March 1854 1 year, 99 days Napoléon III Napoleon III [lower-alpha 4]
62 Jean-Baptiste Vaillant 11 March 1854 5 May 1859 5 years, 55 days Napoléon III Napoleon III [60]
63 Jacques Randon 5 May 1859 20 January 1867 7 years, 260 days Napoléon III Napoleon III [61]
64 Adolphe Niel 20 January 1867 13 August 1869† 2 years, 205 days Napoléon III–IV Napoleon III [62]
Interim by Charles Rigault de Genouilly, Minister of Navy, from 13 August to 21 August 1869. -
65 Edmond Le Bœuf 21 August 1869 19 July 1870 332 days Napoléon IV
Ollivier		 Napoleon III [63]
Interim by Charles Dejean, Councillor of State, from 19 July to 9 August 1870. [64]
66 Charles Cousin-Montauban 9 August 1870 4 September 1870 26 days Cousin-Montauban Napoleon III [65]

Third Republic (1870 – 1940)
No. Portrait Name Term Cabinet President Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
67 Adolphe Le Flô 4 September 1870 5 June 1871 274 days National Defence
Dufaure I		 Jules Trochu[lower-alpha 7]
Adolphe Thiers		 [66]
68 Ernest de Cissey 5 June 1871 29 May 1873 1 year, 358 days Dufaure I – II Adolphe Thiers [67]
69 François du Barail 29 May 1873 22 May 1874 358 days De Broglie I – II Patrice de MacMahon [68]
70 Ernest de Cissey 22 May 1874 15 August 1876 2 years, 85 days De Cissey
Buffet
Dufaure III–IV		 Patrice de MacMahon [69]
71 Jean Berthaut 15 August 1876 23 November 1877 1 year, 100 days Dufaure IV
Simon
De Broglie III		 Patrice de MacMahon [70]
72 Gaëtan de Rochebouët 23 November 1877 13 December 1877 20 days De Rochebouët Patrice de MacMahon [71]
73 Jean-Louis Borel 13 December 1877 13 January 1879 1 year, 31 days Dufaure V Patrice de MacMahon [72]
74 Henri Gresley 13 January 1879 28 December 1879 349 days Dufaure V
Waddington		 Patrice de MacMahon
Jules Grévy		 [73]
75 Jean-Joseph Farre 28 December 1879 14 November 1881 1 year, 260 days Waddington
De Freycinet I
Ferry I		 Jules Grévy [74]
76 Jean-Baptiste Campenon 14 November 1881 30 January 1882 77 days Gambetta Jules Grévy [75]
77 Jean-Baptiste Billot 30 January 1882 31 January 1883 1 year, 1 day De Freycinet II
Duclerc		 Jules Grévy [76]
78 Jean Thibaudin 31 January 1883 9 October 1883 251 days Fallières
Ferry II		 Jules Grévy [77]
79 Jean-Baptiste Campenon 9 October 1883 3 January 1885 1 year, 86 days Ferry II Jules Grévy [78]
80 Jules Lewal 3 January 1885 6 April 1885 36 days Ferry II Jules Grévy [79]
81 Jean-Baptiste Campenon 6 April 1885 7 January 1886 276 days Brisson I Jules Grévy [80]
82 Georges Boulanger 7 January 1886 30 May 1887 1 year, 143 days De Freycinet III
Goblet		 Jules Grévy [81]
83 Théophile Ferron 30 May 1887 12 December 1887 196 days Rouvier I Jules Grévy [82]
84 François Logerot 12 December 1887 3 April 1888 113 days Tirard I Sadi Carnot [83]
85 Charles de Freycinet 3 April 1888 11 January 1893 4 years, 283 days Floquet
Tirard II
De Freycinet IV
Loubet
Ribot I		 Sadi Carnot [84]
86 Julien Loizillon 11 January 1893 3 December 1893 326 days Ribot II
Dupuy I		 Sadi Carnot [85]
87 Auguste Mercier 3 December 1893 28 January 1895 1 year, 56 days Casimir-Perier
Dupuy II–III		 Sadi Carnot
Jean Casimir-Perier		 [86]
88 Émile Zurlinden 28 January 1895 1 November 1895 277 days Ribot III Jean Casimir-Perier [87]
89 Jacques Cavaignac 1 November 1895 29 April 1896 180 days Bourgeois Félix Faure [88]
90 Jean-Baptiste Billot 29 April 1896 28 June 1898 2 years, 60 days Méline Félix Faure [89]
91 Jacques Cavaignac 28 June 1898 5 September 1898 69 days Brisson II Félix Faure [90]
92 Émile Zurlinden 5 September 1898 17 September 1898 12 days Brisson II Félix Faure [91]
93 Charles Chanoine 17 September 1898 25 October 1898 38 days Brisson II Félix Faure [92]
Interim by Édouard Lockroy, Minister of Navy, from 25 October to 1 November 1898. [93]
94 Charles de Freycinet 1 November 1898 6 May 1899 186 days Dupuy IV–V Félix Faure
Émile Loubet		 [94]
95 Camille Krantz 6 May 1899 22 June 1899 47 days Dupuy V Émile Loubet [95]
96 Gaston de Galliffet 22 June 1899 29 May 1900 341 days Waldeck-Rousseau Émile Loubet [96]
97 Louis André 29 May 1900 15 November 1904 4 years, 170 days Waldeck-Rousseau
Combes		 Émile Loubet [97]
98 Henri Berteaux 15 November 1904 12 November 1905 362 days Combes
Rouvier II		 Émile Loubet [98]
99 Eugène Étienne 12 November 1905 25 October 1906 347 days Rouvier II–III
Sarrien		 Émile Loubet
Armand Fallières		 [99]
100 Georges Picquart 25 October 1906 24 July 1909 2 years, 272 days Clemenceau I Armand Fallières [100]
101 Jean Brun 24 July 1909 23 February 1911† 1 year, 214 days Briand I–II Armand Fallières [101]
Interim by Aristide Briand, President of the Council of Ministers, from 23 February to 2 March 1911. [102]
102 Henri Berteaux 2 March 1911 21 May 1911† 80 days Monis Armand Fallières [103]
Interim by Jean Cruppi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 21 May to 27 May 1911. [104]
103 François Goiran 27 May 1911 27 June 1911 15 days Monis Armand Fallières [105]
104 Adolphe Messimy 27 June 1911 14 January 1912 201 days Caillaux Armand Fallières [106]
105 Alexandre Millerand 14 January 1912 12 January 1913 364 days Poincaré I Armand Fallières [107]
106 Albert Lebrun 12 January 1913 21 January 1913 9 days Poincaré I Armand Fallières [108]
107 Eugène Étienne 21 January 1913 9 December 1913 322 days Briand III–IV
Barthou		 Armand Fallières
Raymond Poincaré		 [109]
108 Joseph Noulens 9 December 1913 9 June 1914 182 days Doumergue I Raymond Poincaré [110]
109 Théophile Delcassé 9 June 1914 13 June 1914 4 days Ribot IV Raymond Poincaré [111]
110 Adolphe Messimy 13 June 1914 26 August 1914 74 days Viviani I Raymond Poincaré [112]
111 Alexandre Millerand 26 August 1914 29 October 1915 1 year, 64 days Viviani II Raymond Poincaré [113]
112 Joseph Gallieni 29 October 1915 16 March 1916 139 days Briand V Raymond Poincaré [114]
113 Pierre Roques 16 March 1916 12 December 1916 271 days Briand V Raymond Poincaré [115]
114 Hubert Lyautey 12 December 1916 15 March 1917 93 days Briand VI Raymond Poincaré [116]
Interim by Lucien Lacaze, Minister of Navy, from 15 March to 20 March 1917. [117]
115 Paul Painlevé 20 March 1917 16 November 1917 241 days Ribot V
Painlevé I		 Raymond Poincaré [118]
116 Georges Clemenceau 16 November 1917 20 January 1920 2 years, 65 days Clemenceau II Raymond Poincaré [119]
117 André Lefèvre 20 January 1920 16 December 1920 331 days Millerand I–II
Leygues		 Raymond Poincaré
Paul Deschanel
Alexandre Millerand		 [120]
118 Flaminius Raiberti 16 December 1920 16 January 1921 31 days Leygues Alexandre Millerand [121]
119 Louis Barthou 16 January 1921 15 January 1922 364 days Briand VII Alexandre Millerand [122]
120 André Maginot 15 January 1922 14 June 1924 2 years, 151 days Poincaré II–III
François-Marsal		 Alexandre Millerand [123]
121 Charles Nollet 14 June 1924 17 April 1925 307 days Herriot I Gaston Doumergue [124]
122 Paul Painlevé 17 April 1925 29 October 1925 195 days Painlevé II Gaston Doumergue [125]
123 Édouard Daladier 29 October 1925 28 November 1925 31 days Painlevé III Gaston Doumergue [126]
124 Paul Painlevé 28 November 1925 23 June 1926 207 days Briand VIII–IX Gaston Doumergue [127]
125 Adolphe Guillaumat 23 June 1926 19 July 1926 207 days Briand X Gaston Doumergue [128]
126 Paul Painlevé 19 July 1926 3 November 1929 3 years, 107 days Herriot II
Poincaré IV–V
Briand XI		 Gaston Doumergue [129]
127 André Maginot 3 November 1929 21 February 1930 110 days Tardieu I Gaston Doumergue [130]
128 René Besnard 21 February 1930 2 March 1930 9 days Chautemps I Gaston Doumergue [131]
129 André Maginot 2 March 1930 13 December 1930 286 days Tardieu II Gaston Doumergue [132]
130 Louis Barthou 13 December 1930 27 January 1931 45 days Steeg Gaston Doumergue [133]
131 André Maginot 27 January 1931 7 January 1932† 345 days Laval I–II Gaston Doumergue
Paul Doumer		 [134]
Interim by Charles Dumont, Minister of Navy, from 7 January to 14 January 1932. -
132 André Tardieu 14 January 1932 20 February 1932 37 days Laval III Paul Doumer [135]
133 François Piétri[lower-alpha 8] 20 February 1932 3 June 1932 104 days Tardieu III Paul Doumer [136]
134 Joseph Paul-Boncour 3 June 1932 18 December 1932 198 days Herriot III Albert Lebrun [137]
135 Édouard Daladier 18 December 1932 30 January 1934 1 year, 43 days Paul-Boncour
Daladier I
Sarraut I
Chautemps II		 Albert Lebrun [138]
136 Jean Fabry[lower-alpha 9] 30 January 1934 4 February 1934 5 days Daladier II Albert Lebrun [139]
137 Joseph Paul-Boncour[lower-alpha 9] 4 February 1934 9 February 1934 5 days Daladier II Albert Lebrun [140]
138 Philippe Pétain 9 February 1934 8 November 1934 272 days Doumergue II Albert Lebrun [141]
139 Louis Maurin 8 November 1934 7 June 1935 211 days Flandin I
Bouisson		 Albert Lebrun [142]
140 Jean Fabry 7 June 1935 24 January 1936 231 days Laval IV Albert Lebrun [143]
141 Louis Maurin 24 January 1936 4 June 1936 132 days Sarraut II Albert Lebrun [144]
142 Édouard Daladier[lower-alpha 9] 4 June 1936 18 May 1940 3 years, 349 days Blum I
Chautemps III–IV
Blum II
Daladier III–IV–V
Reynaud		 Albert Lebrun [145]
143 Paul Reynaud 18 May 1940 16 June 1940 29 days Reynaud Albert Lebrun [146]
144 Louis Colson 16 June 1940 10 July 1940 24 days Pétain Albert Lebrun [147]

Vichy France (1940 – 1944)
No. Portrait Name Term Cabinet Chief of State Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
- Louis Colson[lower-alpha 10] 10 July 1940 6 September 1940 58 days Laval V Philippe Pétain [148]
- Charles Huntziger[lower-alpha 10] 6 September 1940 11 November 1941† 1 year, 66 days Laval V
Flandin II
Darlan		 Philippe Pétain [149]
- François Darlan[lower-alpha 11][lower-alpha 10] 11 November 1941 18 April 1942 158 days Darlan Philippe Pétain -
- Eugène Bridoux[lower-alpha 10] 18 April 1942 20 August 1944 2 years, 124 days Laval VI Philippe Pétain [150]

Free France (1940 – 1944)
No. Portrait Name Term Cabinet Leader Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
- Paul Legentilhomme[lower-alpha 12] 24 September 1941 9 November 1943 2 years, 46 days National Committee
Committee of
National Liberation		 Charles de Gaulle [151]
- André Le Troquer[lower-alpha 12] 9 November 1943 4 April 1944 147 days Committee of
National Liberation		 Charles de Gaulle [152]
- André Diethelm[lower-alpha 12] 4 April 1944 10 September 1944 159 days Committee of
National Liberation		 Charles de Gaulle [153]

Provisional Government (1944 – 1946)
No. Portrait Name Term Cabinet Chairman Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
145 André Diethelm 10 September 1944 21 November 1945 1 year, 72 days De Gaulle I Charles de Gaulle [154]
Ministry disestablished

Notes
  1. Secretary of State for War at the creation of the ministry.
  2. Dates in italic correspond to the French Republican calendar, used between 1793 (and retroactively 1792) and 1805.
  3. Remained in office at the proclamation of the Republic.
  4. Remained in office at the proclamation of the Empire.
  5. Soult, as Minister of War, started countersigning the ordinance of Louis XVIII on 26 November 1814.
  6. As Chief of the Executive Power.
  7. President of the Government of National Defence.
  8. As Minister of National Defence.
  9. As Minister of War and National Defence.
  10. As Secretary of State of War.
  11. Ad interim initially, as Secretary of State of the Navy.
  12. As Commissioner of War.

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