Minister of the Overseas explained

Post:Minister of the Overseas
Flag:Ministre-DOMTOM.svg
Flagcaption:Jack of the Minister of the Overseas
Incumbent:Marie Guévenoux
Incumbentsince:8 February 2024
Department: Ministry of the Overseas
Member Of:Government
Council of Ministers
Reports To:President of the Republic
Prime Minister
Seat:Hôtel de Montmorin
Paris 7e, France
Nominator:Prime Minister
Appointer:President of the Republic
Termlength:No fixed term
Formation:20 March 1894
First:Ernest Boulanger
Salary:€10,135 per month
Website:outre-mer.gouv.fr

The Minister of the Overseas (French: Ministre des Outre-mer) is the official in charge of the Ministry of the Overseas in the Government of the French Republic, responsible for overseeing Overseas France. The office was titled Minister of the Colonies (Ministre des Colonies) until 1946.[1]

The position is currently held by Marie Guévenoux in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal with the title of Minister Delegate for the Overseas (Ministre déléguée chargée des Outre-mer). She succeeded Philippe Vigier on 8 February 2024.

Officeholders

Minister of the Colonies (1894–1946)

MinisterTerm of office
Ernest Boulanger20 March – 30 May 1894
Théophile Delcassé30 May 1894 – 26 January 1895
Émile Chautemps26 January – 1 November 1895
4 November 1895 – 29 April 1896
André Lebon29 April 1896 – 31 May 1898
Gabriel Hanotaux31 May – 28 June 1898
Georges Trouillot28 June – 1 November 1898
Florent Guillain1 November 1898 – 22 June 1899
Albert Decrais22 June 1899 – 7 June 1902
Gaston Doumergue7 June 1902 – 24 January 1905
Étienne Clémentel24 January 1905 – 14 March 1906
Georges Leygues14 March – 25 October 1906
Raphaël Milliès-Lacroix25 October 1906 – 24 July 1909
Georges Trouillot24 July 1909 – 3 November 1910
Jean Morel3 November 1910 – 2 March 1911
Adolphe Messimy2 March – 27 June 1911
Albert François Lebrun27 June 1911 – 12 January 1913
René Besnard12–21 January 1913
Jean Morel21 January – 9 December 1913
Albert François Lebrun9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914
Maurice Maunoury9–13 June 1914
Maurice Raynaud13 June – 26 August 1914
Gaston Doumergue26 August 1914 – 20 March 1917
André Maginot20 March – 12 September 1917
René Besnard12 September – 16 November 1917
Henry Simon16 November 1917 – 20 January 1920
Albert Sarraut20 January 1920 – 29 March 1924
Jean Fabry29 March – 14 June 1924
Édouard Daladier14 June 1924 – 17 April 1925
André Hesse17 April – 29 October 1925
Léon Perrier29 October 1925 – 19 July 1926
Adrien Dariac19–23 July 1926
Léon Perrier23 July 1926 – 6 November 1928
André Maginot11 November 1928 – 3 November 1929
François Piétri3 November 1929 – 21 February 1930
Lucien Lamoureux21 February – 2 March 1930
François Piétri2 March – 13 December 1930
Théodore Steeg13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931
Paul Reynaud27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932
Louis de Chappedelaine20 February – 3 June 1932
Albert Sarraut3 June 1932 – 6 September 1933
Albert Dalimier6 September – 26 October 1933
François Piétri26 October – 26 November 1933
Albert Dalimier26 November 1933 – 9 January 1934
Lucien Lamoureux9–30 January 1934
Henry de Jouvenel30 January – 9 February 1934
Pierre Laval9 February – 13 October 1934
Louis Rollin13 October 1934 – 24 January 1936
Jacques Stern24 January – 4 June 1936
Marius Moutet4 June 1936 – 18 January 1938
Théodore Steeg18 January – 13 March 1938
Marius Moutet13 March – 10 April 1938
Georges Mandel10 April 1938 – 18 May 1940
Louis Rollin18 May – 16 June 1940
Albert Rivière16 June – 12 July 1940
Henry Lémery12 July – 6 September 1940
Charles Platon6 September 1940 – 18 April 1942
René Pleven (Commissaire)24 September 1941 – 28 July 1942
Jules Brévié18 April 1942 – 26 March 1943
Hervé Alphand (Commissaire)28 July – 17 October 1942
René Pleven (Commissaire)17 October 1942 – 10 September 1944
Henri Bléhaut26 March 1943 – 20 August 1944
René Pleven10 September – 16 November 1944
Paul Giacobbi16 November 1944 – 21 November 1945
Jacques Soustelle21 November 1945 – 26 January 1946

Minister of the Overseas (1946–present)

MinisterTerm of office
Marius Moutet26 January – 23 December 1946
Auguste Laurent23 December 1946 – 22 January 1947
Marius Moutet22 January – 22 October 1947
Paul Coste-Floret22 October 1947 – 29 October 1949
Jean Letourneau29 October 1949 – 3 July 1950
Paul Coste-Floret3–12 July 1950
François Mitterrand12 July 1950 – 11 August 1951
Louis Jacquinot11 August 1951 – 8 March 1952
Pierre Pflimlin8 March 1952 – 8 January 1953
Louis Jacquinot8 January 1953 – 19 June 1954
Robert Buron19 June 1954 – 20 January 1955
Jean-Jacques Juglas20 January – 23 February 1955
Pierre-Henri Teitgen23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956
Gaston Defferre1 February 1956 – 13 June 1957
Gérard Jaquet13 June 1957 – 14 May 1958
André Colin14 May – 9 June 1958
Bernard Cornut-Gentille9 June 1958 – 8 January 1959
Robert Lecourt5 February 1960 – 24 August 1961
Louis Jacquinot24 August 1961 – 8 January 1966
Pierre Billotte8 January 1966 – 30 May 1968
Joël Le Theule30 May – 10 July 1968
Pierre Messmer25 February 1971 – 7 July 1972
Bernard Stasi2 April 1973 – 27 February 1974
Bernard Pons20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988
Louis Le Pensec23 June 1988 – 29 March 1993
Dominique Perben29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995
Jean-Jacques de Peretti18 May – 7 November 1995
Brigitte Girardin7 May 2002 – 2 June 2005
François Baroin2 June 2005 – 26 March 2007
Hervé Mariton26 March – 19 June 2007
Michèle Alliot-Marie19 June 2007 – 23 June 2009
Brice Hortefeux23 June – 6 November 2009
Marie-Luce Penchard6 November 2009 – 10 May 2012
Victorin Lurel16 May 2012 – 2 April 2014
George Pau-Langevin2 April 2014 – 30 August 2016
George Pau-Langevin2 April 2014 – 30 August 2016
Annick Girardin17 May 2017 – 6 July 2020
Sébastien Lecornu6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022
Yaël Braun-Pivet20 May 2022 – 25 June 2022
Élisabeth Borne (acting)25 June 2022 – 4 July 2022
Jean-François Carenco4 July 2022 – 20 July 2023
Philippe Vigier20 July 2023 – 8 February 2024
Marie Guévenoux8 February 2024 – Present

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constitution du Gouvernement provisoire de la République Française. Government of the French Republic. 20 January 1946. 17 July 2019.