This is a list of justice ministers of France, working for the French Ministry of Justice.
1790 to the Consulate
21 November 1790 – 23 March 1792: 23 March 1792 – 12 April 1792: Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière 13 April 1792 – 4 July 1792: Antoine Duranton 4 July 1792 – 10 August 1792: Étienne de Joly 10 August 1792 – 6 October 1792: Georges Jacques Danton 9 October 1792 – 19 March 1793: Dominique Joseph Garat 20 March 1793 – 23 April 1794: Louis-Jérôme Gohier 4 November 1795 – 2 January 1796: Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai 5 January 1796 – 4 April 1796: Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu 10 February 1797 – 3 September 1797: Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai 24 September 1797 – 20 July 1799: Charles Lambrechts 14 June 1799 – 9 November 1799: Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès 9 November 1799 – 13 September 1802: André Joseph Abrial
Consulate to the Revolution of 1848
14 September 1802 – 18 November 1813: Claude Ambroise Régnier 19 November 1813 – 11 April 1814: Mathieu Molé 3 April 1814 – 13 May 1814: Pierre Paul Nicolas Henrion de Pansey 13 May 1814 – 20 March 1815: Charles Henri Dambray (interim) 20 March 1815 – 22 June 1815: Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès 22 June 1815 – 7 July 1815: Antoine Boulay de la Meurthe 9 July 1815 – 27 September 1815: Étienne-Denis Pasquier 28 September 1815 – 10 May 1816: François Barbé-Marbois 11 May 1816 – 19 January 1817: Charles Henri Dambray (interim) 19 January 1817 – 27 December 1818: Étienne-Denis Pasquier 28 December 1818 – 13 December 1821: Pierre de Serre 14 December 1821 – 4 January1828: Pierre-Denis de Peyronnet 5 January 1828 – 13 March 1829: Joseph-Marie Portalis 14 May 1829 – 8 August 1829: Pierre-Alpinien Bourdeau 8 August 1829 – 19 May 1830: Jean de Courvoisier 19 May 1830 – 31 July 1830: Jean de Chantelauze 31 July 1830 – 27 December 1830: Jacques Charles Dupont de l'Eure 27 December 1830 – 13 March 1831: Joseph Mérilhou 13 March 1831 – 11 February 1832: Félix Barthe 11 February 1832 – 22 February 1836: Jean-Charles Persil 22 February 1836 – 5 September 1836: Paul Jean Pierre Sauzet 6 September 1836 – 15 April 1837: Jean-Charles Persil 15 April 1837 – 31 March 1839: Félix Barthe 31 March 1839 – 12 May 1839: Amédée Girod de l'Ain 12 May 1839 – 1 March 1840: Jean-Baptiste Teste 1 March 1840 – 29 October 1840: Alexandre-François Vivien 29 October 1840 – 13 March 1847: Nicolas Martin du Nord 14 March 1847 – 24 February 1848: Michel Hébert
Under the Provisional Government of 1848 and the Second Republic
24 February 1848 – 7 June 1848: Adolphe Crémieux 7 June 1848 – 17 July 1848: Eugène Bethmont 17 July 1848 – 20 December 1848: Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges 20 December 1848 – 31 October 1849: Odilon Barrot, simultaneously President of the Council 31 October 1849 – 24 January 1851: Eugène Rouher 24 January 1851 – 10 April 1851: Ernest de Royer 10 April 1851 – 26 October 1851: Eugène Rouher 26 October 1851 – 1 November 1851: Eugène Corbin 1 November 1851 – 3 December 1851: Alfred Daviel 3 December 1851 – 22 January 1852: Eugène Rouher
Second Empire
22 January 1852 – 11 November 1857: Jacques Pierre Abbatucci 16 November 1857 – 5 May 1859: Ernest de Royer 5 May 1859 – 23 June 1863: Claude Delangle 23 June 1863 – 17 July 1869: Pierre Jules Baroche 17 July 1869 – 2 January 1870: Jean-Baptiste Duvergier 2 January 1870 – 10 August 1870: Émile Ollivier 10 August 1870 – 4 September 1870: Théodore Grandperret
Paris Commune 16 April 1871 – 28 May 1871: Eugène Protot
Third Republic +List of ministers of justice of the French Third RepublicMinisterTitledPartyTook officeLeft officeGovernmentRef.Adolphe CrémieuxMinister of JusticeOpposition4 September 187019 February 1871Government of National DefensePresidency of Adolphe ThiersJules DufaureMinister of Justice19 February 187125 May 1873Dufaure IDufaure IIPresidency of Patrice de Mac MahonMinister of JusticeLegitimist25 May 187326 November 1873de Broglie I26 November 187322 May 1874de Broglie IIAdrien TailhandOrléanist22 May 187410 March 1875Courtot de CisseyJules DufaureModerate Republicans10 March 187512 December 1876BuffetDufaure IIIDufaure IV12 December 187617 May 1877SimonAlbert de BroglieOrléanist17 May 187723 November 1877de Broglie IIIIndependent23 November 187713 December 1877de RochebouëtJules Dufaure13 December 18774 February 1879Dufaure VPhilippe Le Royer4 February 187928 December 1879Henry WaddingtonPresidency of Jules GrévyJules CazotKeeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice28 December 187930 January 1882de Freycinet IFerry IGambettaIndependent30 January 18827 August 1882de Freycinet IIPaul Devès7 August 188221 February 1883DuclercFallièresFélix Martin-FeuilléeRepublican Union21 February 18836 April 1885Ferry IIHenri Brisson6 April 18857 January 1886Charles Demôle7 January 188611 December 1886de Freycinet IIIFerdinand Sarrien11 December 188630 May 1887Goblet30 May 188730 November 1887Rouvier IPresidency of Sadi CarnotArmand FallièresKeeper of the Seals, Minister of JusticeDemocratic Alliance30 November 18873 April 1888Tirard IRepublican Union3 April 18885 February 1889Floquet6 February 188915 February 1889Extreme Left22 February 188917 March 1890Tirard IIArmand FallièresDemocratic Alliance17 March 189027 February 1892de Freycinet IVLouis RicardIndependent27 February 18926 December 1892LoubetLéon BourgeoisRadical Party6 December 189212 March 1893Ribot IRibot IIJules DevelleRepublican Union12 March 189313 March 1893Ribot IILéon BourgeoisRadical Party13 March 18934 April 1893Eugène Guérin4 April 18933 December 1893Dupuy IAntonin Dubost3 December 189330 May 1894Casimir-PerierPresidency of Jean Casimir-PerierEugène GuérinKeeper of the Seals, Minister of JusticeRadical Party30 May 189426 January 1895Dupuy IIDupuy IIIPresidency of Félix FaureLudovic TrarieuxKeeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice26 January 18951 November 1895Ribot IIILouis RicardNon-Attached1 November 189529 April 1896BourgeoisJean-Baptiste Darlan29 April 18961 December 1897MélineVictor MilliardNon-Attached3 December 189728 June 1898Ferdinand SarrienRepublican Union28 June 18981 November 1898Brisson IIPresidency of Émile LoubetGeorges LebretKeeper of the Seals, Minister of JusticeNon-Attached1 November 189822 June 1899Dupuy IVDupuy VErnest MonisRadical Party22 June 18997 June 1902Waldeck-RousseauErnest Vallé7 June 190224 January 1905CombesPresidency of Armand FallièresJoseph ChaumiéKeeper of the Seals, Minister of JusticeDemocratic Republican Alliance24 January 190514 March 1906Rouvier IIRouvier IIIFerdinand SarrienPRRRS14 March 190625 October 1906Sarrien25 October 190631 December 1907Clemenceau IAristide BriandSI4 January 190824 July 1909Louis BarthouARD24 July 19093 November 1910Briand INon-Attached3 November 19102 March 1911Briand IIARD2 March 191127 June 1911MonisJean CruppiPRRRS27 June 191114 January 1912CaillauxAristide BriandPRS14 January 191221 January 1913Poincaré ILouis BarthouPRD21 January 191318 February 1913Briand IIIPresidency of Raymond PoincaréLouis BarthouKeeper of the Seals, Minister of JusticePRD18 February 191322 March 1913Briand IV22 March 19139 December 1913BarthouJean-Baptiste Bienvenu-MartinPRRRS9 December 19139 June 1914Doumergue IAlexandre RibotFR9 June 191413 June 1914Ribot IVJean-Baptiste Bienvenu-MartinPRRRS13 June 191426 August 1914Viviani IAristide BriandPRS26 August 191429 October 1915Viviani IIRené Viviani29 October 191512 September 1917Briand VBriand VIRibot VRaoul PéretARD12 September 191716 November 1917Painlevé ILouis NailPRRRS16 November 191720 January 1920Clemenceau IIGustave LhopiteauRI20 January 192018 February 1920Millerand IPresidency of Paul DeschanelGustave LhopiteauKeeper of the Seals, Minister of JusticeRI18 February 192023 September 1920Millerand IIPresidency of Alexandre MillerandGustave LhopiteauKeeper of the Seals, Minister of JusticeRI24 September 192016 January 1921LeyguesLaurent BonnevayFR16 January 192115 January 1922Briand VIILouis BarthouPRDS15 January 19225 October 1922Poincaré IIMaurice Colrat5 October 192229 March 1924Edmond Lefebvre du PreyFR29 March 19249 June 1924Poincaré IIIPRDS9 June 192414 June 1924François-MarsalPresidency of Gaston DoumergueRené RenoultKeeper of the Seals, Minister of JusticePRRRS14 June 192417 April 1925Herriot IThéodore Steeg17 April 192511 October 1925Painlevé IIAnatole de MonziePRS11 October 192529 October 1925Camille ChautempsPRRRS29 October 192528 November 1925Painlevé IIIRené Renoult28 November 19259 March 1926Briand VIIIPierre LavalSE9 March 192619 July 1926Briand IXBriand XMaurice ColratPRDS19 July 192623 July 1926Herriot IILouis BarthouAD23 July 19263 November 1929Poincaré IVPoincaré VBriand XIPRRRS3 November 192921 February 1930Tardieu IThéodore Steeg21 February 19302 March 1930Chautemps IRaoul PéretRI2 March 193017 November 1930Tardieu IIHenry ChéronAD17 November 193027 January 1931Tardieu IISteegLéon Bérard27 January 193113 June 1931Laval IPresidency of Paul DoumerLéon BérardKeeper of the Seals, Minister of JusticeAD13 June 193120 February 1932Laval IILaval IIIPaul Reynaud20 February 19323 June 1932Tardieu IIIPresidency of Albert LebrunRené RenoultKeeper of the Seals, Minister of JusticePRRRS3 June 193218 December 1932Herriot IIIAbel Gardey18 December 193231 January 1933Paul-BoncourEugène Penancier31 January 193326 October 1933Daladier IAlbert Dalimier26 October 193326 November 1933Sarraut IEugène RaynaldyAD26 November 193327 January 1934Chautemps IIEugène PenancierPRRRS30 January 19349 February 1934Daladier IIHenry ChéronAD9 February 193415 October 1934Doumergue IIHenry LémeryNon-Attached15 October 19348 November 1934Georges PernotFR8 November 19347 June 1935Flandin IBouissonLéon BérardAD7 June 193524 January 1936Laval IVYvon DelbosPRRRS24 January 19364 June 1936Sarraut IIMarc Rucart4 June 193622 June 1937Blum IVincent AuriolSFIO22 June 193718 January 1938Chautemps IIICésar CampinchiPRRRS18 January 193813 March 1938Chautemps IVMarc Rucart13 March 193810 April 1938Blum IIPaul Marchandeau10 April 19381 November 1938Daladier IIIPaul ReynaudAD1 November 193813 September 1939Daladier IIIDaladier IVGeorges BonnetPRRRS13 September 193921 March 1940Daladier VSFIO21 March 194016 June 1940ReynaudSE16 June 194012 July 1940Pétain
Vichy France +List of Ministers of Justice of Vichy FranceMinisterTitledPartyTook officeLeft officeTime in officeGovernmentRef.Raphaël AlibertKeeper of the Seals and Minister of State for JusticeSE12 July 194027 January 1941Laval VFlandin IIJoseph Barthélemy27 January 194126 March 1943Flandin IIDarlanLaval VIMaurice Gabolde26 March 194320 August 1944Laval VI
Free France René Cassin, 24 September 1941 – 7 June 1943 (based in London) Jules Abadie, 7 June 1943 – 4 September 1943 (based in Algiers) François de Menthon, 4 September 1943 – 20 August 1944 (based in Algiers)
Provisional Government of the French Republic +List of Ministers of Justice of the Provisional Government of the French RepublicMinisterTitledPartyTook officeLeft officeTime in officeGovernmentRef.François de MenthonKeeper of the SealsMRP20 August 194430 May 1945De Gaulle IPierre-Henri Teitgen30 May 194520 January 1946De Gaulle II20 January 194618 December 1946GouinPaul RamadierSFIO18 December 194621 January 1947Blum III
Fourth Republic