List of ministers of justice of France

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

• Eugène Protot, 16 April-28 May 1871

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

• Raphaël Alibert, 1940–1941
• Joseph Barthélémy, 1941–1943
• Maurice Gabolde, 1943–1944

Free France

• René Cassin, September 1941 – June 1943
• Jules Abadie, June–September, 1943
• François de Menthon, 1943–1944

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

• Grand Chancellor of France

References