Minister of Overseas France

The position is currently held by Michèle Alliot-Marie, who is also the Minister of the Interior (France). Since the ministry is a dual one, matters pertaining specifically to Overseas France are in part delegated to a Secretary of State for Overseas, Yves Jégo.

Minister of Overseas France (1894 to present)

• 20 March, 1894 - 30 May, 1894 : Ernest Boulanger
• 30 May, 1894 - 26 January, 1895 : Théophile Delcassé
• 26 January, 1895 - 1 November, 1895 : Émile Chautemps
• 4 November, 1895 - 29 April, 1896 : Pierre-Paul Guieysse
• 29 April, 1896 - 31 May, 1898 : André Lebon
• 31 May, 1898 - 28 June, 1898 : Gabriel Hanotaux
• 28 June, 1898 - 1 November, 1898 : Georges Trouillot
• 1 November, 1898 - 22 June, 1899 : Antoine Guillain
• 22 June, 1899 - 7 June, 1902 : Albert Decrais
• 7 June, 1902 - 24 January, 1905 : Gaston Doumergue
• 24 January, 1905 - 14 March, 1906 : Étienne Clémentel
• 14 March, 1906 - 25 October, 1906 : Georges Leygues
• 25 October, 1906 - 24 July, 1909 : Raphaël Milliès-Lacroix
• 24 July, 1909 - 3 November, 1910 : Georges Trouillot
• 3 November, 1910 - 2 March, 1911 : Jean Morel
• 2 March, 1911 - 27 June, 1911 : Adolphe Messimy
• 27 June, 1911 - 12 January, 1913 : Albert Lebrun
• 12 January, 1913 - 21 January, 1913 : René Besnard
• 21 January, 1913 - 9 December, 1913 : Jean Morel
• 9 December, 1913 - 9 June, 1914 : Albert Lebrun
• 9 June, 1914 - 13 June, 1914 : Maurice Maunoury
• 13 June, 1914 - 26 August, 1914 : Maurice Raynaud
• 26 August, 1914 - 20 March, 1917 : Gaston Doumergue
• 20 March, 1917 - 12 September, 1917 : André Maginot
• 12 September, 1917 - 16 November, 1917 : René Besnard
• 16 November, 1917 - 20 January, 1920 : Henry Simon
• 20 January, 1920 - 29 March, 1924 : Albert Sarraut
• 29 March, 1924 - 14 June, 1924 : Jean Fabry
• 14 June, 1924 - 17 April, 1925 : Édouard Daladier
• 17 April, 1925 - 29 October, 1925 : Orly André-Hesse
• 29 October, 1925 - 19 July, 1926 : Léon Perrier
• 19 July, 1926 - 23 July, 1926 : Adrien Dariac
• 23 July, 1926 - 6 November, 1928 : Léon Perrier
• 11 November, 1928 - 3 November, 1929 : André Maginot
• 3 November, 1929 - 21 February, 1930 : François Piétri
• 21 February, 1930 - 2 March, 1930 : Lucien Lamoureux
• 2 March, 1930 - 13 December, 1930 : François Piétri
• 13 December, 1930 - 27 January, 1931 : Théodore Steeg
• 27 January, 1931 - 20 February, 1932 : Paul Reynaud
• 20 February, 1932 - 3 June, 1932 : Louis de Chappedelaine
• 3 June, 1932 - 6 September, 1933 : Albert Sarraut
• 6 September, 1933 - 26 October, 1933 : Albert Dalimier
• 26 October, 1933 - 26 November, 1933 : François Piétri
• 26 November, 1933 - 9 January, 1934 : Albert Dalimier
• 9 January, 1934 - 30 January, 1934 : Lucien Lamoureux
• 30 January, 1934 - 9 February, 1934 : Henry de Jouvenel
• 9 February, 1934 - 13 October, 1934 : Pierre Laval
• 13 October, 1934 - 24 January, 1936 : Louis Rollin
• 24 January, 1936 - 4 June, 1936 : Jacques Stern
• 4 June, 1936 - 18 January, 1938 : Marius Moutet
• 18 January, 1938 - 13 March, 1938 : Théodore Steeg
• 13 March, 1938 - 10 April, 1938 : Marius Moutet
• 10 April, 1938 - 18 May, 1940 : Georges Mandel
• 18 May, 1940 - 16 June, 1940 : Louis Rollin
• 16 June, 1940 - 12 July, 1940 : Albert Rivière
• 12 July, 1940 - 6 September, 1940 : Henry Lémery
• 6 September, 1940 - 18 April, 1942 : Charles Platon
• 18 April, 1942 - 26 March, 1943 : Jules Brévié
• 26 March, 1943 - 20 August, 1944 : Henri Bléhaut
• 24 September, 1941 - 28 July, 194 : René Pleven (Commissaire)
• 28 July, 1942 - 17 October, 1942 : Hervé Alphand (Commissaire)
• 17 October, 1942 - 10 September, 1944 : René Pleven (Commissaire)
• 10 September, 1944 - 16 November, 1944 : René Pleven
• 16 November, 1944 - 21 November, 1945 : Paul Giacobbi
• 21 November, 1945 - 26 January, 1946 : Jacques Soustelle
• 26 January, 1946 - 23 December, 1946 : Marius Moutet
• 23 December, 1946 - 22 January, 1947 : Auguste Laurent
• 22 January, 1947 - 22 October, 1947 : Marius Moutet
• 22 October, 1947 - 29 October, 1949 : Paul Coste-Floret
• 29 October, 1949 - 3 July, 1950 : Jean Letourneau
• 3 July, 1950 - 12 July, 1950 : Paul Coste-Floret
• 12 July, 1950 - 11 August, 1951 : François Mitterrand
• 11 August, 1951 - 8 March, 1952 : Louis Jacquinot
• 8 March, 1952 - 8 January, 1953 : Pierre Pflimlin
• 8 January, 1953 - 19 June, 1954 : Louis Jacquinot
• 19 June, 1954 - 20 January, 1955 : Robert Buron
• 20 January, 1955 - 23 February, 1955 : Jean-Jacques Juglas
• 23 February, 1955 - 1 February, 1956 : Pierre-Henri Teitgen
• 1 February, 1956 - 13 June, 1957 : Gaston Defferre
• 13 June, 1957 - 14 May, 1958 : Gérard Jaquet
• 14 May, 1958 - 9 June, 1958 : André Colin
• 9 June, 1958 - 8 January, 1959 : Bernard Cornut-Gentille
• 5 February, 1960 - 24 August, 1961 : Robert Lecourt
• 24 August, 1961 - 8 January, 1966 : Louis Jacquinot
• 8 January, 1966 - 30 May, 1968 : Pierre Billotte
• 30 May, 1968 - 10 July, 1968 : Joël Le Theule
• 25 February, 1971 - 7 July, 1972 : Pierre Messmer
• 2 April, 1973 - 27 February, 1974 : Bernard Stasi
• 20 March, 1986 - 10 May, 1988 : Bernard Pons
• 23 June, 1988 - 29 March, 1993 : Louis Le Pensec
• 29 March, 1993 - 18 May, 1995 : Dominique Perben
• 18 May, 1995 - 7 November, 1995 : Jean-Jacques de Peretti
• 7 May, 2002 - 2 June, 2005 : Brigitte Girardin
• 2 June, 2005 - 26 March, 2007 : François Baroin
• 26 March, 2007 - June 2007 : Hervé Mariton
• 19 June 2007 - present: Michèle Alliot-Marie

References

• Robert Aldrich. Greater France: A History of French Overseas Expansion. Macmillan (1996) ISBN 0312160003 pp109-114
• Rulers: France. Ministries, political parties, etc. from 1870: Overseas Ministers (Colonies), Rulers.org
• Les Ministres de l'Outre-Mer sous la Vème République. Ministère de l'Outre-Mer outre-mer.gouv.fr
• L'administration centrale du Ministère de l'Outre-Mer: Ministère de l'Outre-Mer outre-mer.gouv.fr
• L'histoire du Ministère de l'Outre-Mer Ministère de l'Outre-Mer outre-mer.gouv.fr