List of ministers of justice of France explained
This is a list of justice ministers of France, working for the French Ministry of Justice.
1790 to the Third Republic
- Marguerite-Louis-François Duport-Dutertre, 1790–1792
- Jean Marie Roland de la Platière, March–April, 1792
- Antoine Duranton, April–July, 1792
- Étienne Dejoly, July–August, 1792
- Georges Jacques Danton, August–October, 1792
- Dominique Joseph Garat, 1792–1793
- Louis Gohier, 1793–1794
- Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai, 1795–1796
- Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu, January–April, 1796
- Philippe Antoine Merlin de Douai, 1796–1797
- Charles Joseph Lambrechts, 1797–1799
- Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, July–December, 1799
- André Joseph Abrial, 1799–1802
- Claude Ambroise Régnier, duc de Massa, 1802–1813
- Mathieu Louis Molé, 1813–1814
- Pierre Paul Nicolas Henrion de Pansey, April–May, 1814
- Charles-Henri Dambray, 1814–1815
- Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, March–June, 1815
- Antoine Boulay de la Meurthe, June–July, 1815
- Étienne-Denis Pasquier, July–September, 1815
- François de Barbé-Marbois, 1815–1816
- Charles-Henri Dambray, 1816–1817
- Étienne-Denis Pasquier, 1817–1818
- Pierre François Hercule de Serre, 1818–1821
- Pierre-Denis, Comte de Peyronnet, 1821–1828
- Joseph Marie Portalis, 1828–1829
- Pierre Bourdeau, May–August 1829
- Jean de Courvoisier, 1829–1830
- Jean de Chantelauze, May–July, 1830
- Jacques Charles Dupont de l'Eure, July–December, 1830
- Joseph Mérilhou, 1830–1831
- Félix Barthe, 1831–1834
- Jean-Charles Persil, 1834–1836
- Paul Jean Pierre Sauzet, February–September, 1836
- Jean-Charles Persil, 1836–1837
- Félix Barthe, 1837–1839
- Amédée Girod de l'Ain, March–May, 1839
- Jean-Baptiste Teste, 1839–1840
- Alexandre-François Vivien, March–October, 1840
- Nicolas Martin du Nord, 1840–1847
- Michel Hébert, 1847–1848
- Adolphe Crémieux, February–June, 1848
- Eugène Bethmont, June–July, 1848
- Alexandre Marie, July–December, 1848
- Eugène Rouher, 1847–1851
- Eugène Corbin, October–November, 1851
- Alfred Daviel, November–December, 1851
- Eugène Rouher, 1851–1852
- Jacques Pierre Abbatucci, 1852–1857
- Paul de Royer, 1857–1859
- Claude Delangle, 1859–1863
- Pierre Jules Baroche, 1863–1869
- Jean-Baptiste Duvergier, 1869–1870
- Émile Ollivier, January–August 1870
- Théodore Grandperret, August–September, 1870
Paris Commune
Third Republic
- Adolphe Crémieux, 1870–1871
- Jules Dufaure, 1871–1873
- Jean Ernoul, May–November, 1873
- Octave Depeyre, 1873–1874
- Adrien Tailhand, 1874–1875
- Jules Dufaure, 1875–1876
- Louis Martel, 1876–1877
- Albert, duc de Broglie, May–November, 1877
- François Le Pelletier, November–December, 1877
- Jules Dufaure, 1877–1879
- Philippe Le Royer, February–December, 1879
- Jules Cazot, 1879–1882
- Gustave Humbert, January–August, 1882
- Paul Devès, 1882–1883
- Félix Martin-Feuillée, 1883–1885
- Henri Brisson, 1885–1886
- Charles Demôle, January–December, 1886
- Ferdinand Sarrien, 1886–1887
- Charles Mazeau, May–November, 1887
- Armand Fallières, 1887–1888
- Jean-Baptiste Ferrouillat, 1888–1889
- Jean François Edmond Guyot Dessaigne, February, 1889
- François Thévenet, 1889–1890
- Armand Fallières, 1890–1892
- Louis Ricard, February–December, 1892
- Léon Bourgeois, 1892–1893
- Jules Develle, March, 1893
- Léon Bourgeois, March–April, 1893
- Eugène Guérin, April–December, 1893
- Antonin Dubost, 1893–1894
- Eugène Guérin, 1894–1895
- Ludovic Trarieux, January–November, 1895
- Louis Ricard, 1895–1896
- Jean-Baptiste Darlan, 1896–1897
- Victor Milliard, 1897–1898
- Ferdinand Sarrien, June–November, 1898
- Georges Lebret, 1898–1899
- Ernest Monis, 1899–1902
- Ernest Vallé, 1902–1905
- Joseph Chaumié, 1905–1906
- Ferdinand Sarrien, March–October, 1906
- Jean François Edmond Guyot Dessaigne, 1906–1907
- Aristide Briand, 1908–1909
- Louis Barthou, 1909–1910
- Théodore Girard, 1910–1911
- Antoine Perrier, March–June, 1911
- Jean Cruppi, 1911–1912
- Aristide Briand, 1912–1913
- Louis Barthou, January–March, 1913
- Antony Ratier, March–December, 1913
- Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin, 1913–1914
- Alexandre Ribot, June, 1914
- Jean Bienvenu-Martin, June–August, 1914
- Aristide Briand, 1914–1915
- René Viviani, 1915–1917
- Raoul Péret, September–November, 1917
- Louis Nail, 1917–1920
- Gustave L'Hopiteau, 1920–1921
- Laurent Bonnevay, 1921–1922
- Louis Barthou, January–October, 1922
- Maurice Colrat, 1922–1924
- Edmond Lefebvre du Prey, March–June, 1924
- Antony Ratier, June, 1924
- René Renoult, 1924–1925
- Théodore Steeg, April–October, 1925
- Anatole de Monzie, October, 1925
- Camille Chautemps, October–November, 1925
- René Renoult, 1925–1926
- Pierre Laval, March–July 1926
- Maurice Colrat, July, 1926
- Louis Barthou, 1926–1929
- Lucien Hubert, 1929–1930
- Théodore Steeg, February–March, 1930
- Raoul Péret, March–November 1930
- Henry Chéron, 1931
- Léon Bérard, 1931–1932
- Paul Reynaud, February–June, 1932
- René Renoult, June–December 1932
- Abel Gardey, 1932–1933
- Eugène Penancier, January–October, 1933
- Albert Dalimier, October–November 1933
- Eugène Raynaldy, 1933–1934
- Eugène Penancier, January–February, 1934
- Henry Chéron, February–October, 1934
- Henry Lémery, October–November, 1934
- Georges Pernot, 1934–1935
- Léon Bérard, 1935–1936
- Marc Rucart, 1936–1937
- Vincent Auriol, 1937–1938
- César Campinchi, January–March 1938
- Marc Rucart, March–April, 1938
- Paul Reynaud, April–November 1938
- Paul Marchandeau, 1938–1939
- Georges Bonnet, 1939–1940
- Albert Sérol, March–June 1940
- Charles Frémicourt, June–July 1940
Vichy France
Free France
Fourth Republic
- François de Menthon, 1944–1945
- Pierre-Henri Teitgen, 1945–1946
- Paul Ramadier, 1946–1947
- André Marie, 1947–1948
- Robert Lecourt, July–September 1948
- André Marie, 1948–1949
- Robert Lecourt, February–October 1949
- René Mayer, 1949–1951
- Edgar Faure, 1952–1952
- Léon Martinaud-Déplat 1952–1953
- Paul Ribeyre, 1953–1954
- Émile Hugues, June–September 1954
- Jean Michel Guérin du Bosq de Beaumont, 1954–1955
- Emmanuel Temple, January–February 1955
- Robert Schuman, 1955–1956
- François Mitterrand, 1956–1957
- Édouard Corniglion-Molinier, February–June 1957
- Robert Lecourt, 1957–1958
Fifth Republic
- Michel Debré, 1958–1959
- Edmond Michelet, 1959–1962
- Bernard Chenot, 1961–1962
- Jean Foyer, 1962–1967
- Louis Joxe, 1968
- René Capitant, 1968–1969
- Jean-Marcel Jeanneney, April–June 1969
- René Pleven, 1969–1973
- Jean Taittinger, 1973–1974
- Jean Lecanuet, 1974–1976
- Olivier Guichard, 1976–1977
- Alain Peyrefitte, 1977–1981
- Maurice Faure, May–June 1981
- Robert Badinter, 1981–1986
- Michel Crépeau, February–March 1986
- Albin Chalandon, 1986–1988
- Pierre Arpaillange, 1988–1990
- Henri Nallet, 1990–1992
- Michel Vauzelle, 1992–1993
- Pierre Méhaignerie, 1993–1995
- Jacques Toubon, 1994–1997
- Élisabeth Guigou, 1997–2000
- Marylise Lebranchu, 2000–2002
- Dominique Perben, 2002–2005
- Pascal Clément, 2005–2007
- Rachida Dati, 2007–2009
- Michèle Alliot-Marie, 2009–2010
- Michel Mercier, 2010–2012
- Christiane Taubira, 2012–2016
- Jean-Jacques Urvoas, 2016–2017
- François Bayrou, May–June 2017
- Nicole Belloubet, 2017–2020
- Éric Dupond-Moretti, 2020–
See also