| Jean Berthoin | |
| Office: | Minister of the Interior |
| Term Start: | 8 January 1959 |
| Term End: | 27 May 1959 |
| President: | Charles de Gaulle |
| Primeminister: | Michel Debré |
| Predecessor: | Émile Pelletier |
| Successor: | Pierre Chatenet |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1895 |
| Birth Place: | Enghien-les-Bains, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Children: | Georges Berthoin |
| Party: | Radical Party |
Jean Berthoin (January 12, 1895 in Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise – February 25, 1979 in Paris) was a French politician. As Minister of National Education under Charles de Gaulle, he instituted a policy of compulsory education for all children, both French and foreign citizens, until the age of sixteen, building on the earlier reforms of 1936.[1] Implemented in 1959, this was known as the Berthoin Ordinance.[2] He also suggested that the Baccalauréat be abolished, prompting a significant backlash in the Parisian press.[3]
Prior to World War II, Berthoin had been the director of national security (Sûreté) in the French Interior Ministry.[4]