Ministry of Overseas France

Flag of the Minister of Overseas France

The Ministry of Overseas France (French: "Ministère des Outre-mers") is a ministry in the Government of France, responsible for overseeing the Overseas departments and territories of France (such as the départements d'outre-mer and collectivités d'outre-mer). It was separated from the Ministry of the Navy in January 1893, and by a decree of 26 January 1946 its name was changed from the Ministry of the Colonies (ministère des Colonies) to the current Ministry of Overseas France (ministère de la France d'Outre-mer).

The minister position is currently held by George Pau-Langevin.

Minister of the Colonies (1894 to 1946)

• 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 : Florent 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 François Lebrun
• 12 January 1913 – 21 January 1913 : René Besnard
• 21 January 1913 – 9 December 1913 : Jean Morel
• 9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914 : Albert François 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 : 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 1942 : 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

Minister of Overseas France (1946 to present)

• 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 – 19 June 2007 : Hervé Mariton
• 19 June 2007 – 23 June 2009: Michèle Alliot-Marie
• 23 June 2009 – 6 November 2009: Brice Hortefeux
• 6 November 2009 – 10 May 2012: Marie-Luce Penchard
• 16 May 2012 – 2 April 2014: Victorin Lurel
• 2 April 2014 – incumbent: George Pau-Langevin

References

• Robert Aldrich. Greater France: A History of French Overseas Expansion. Macmillan (1996) ISBN 0-312-16000-3 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.

External links

• Official Website in French