The Minister of Information () was the leader and most senior official of the French Ministry of Information. It was a position in the Government of France from 1938 to 1974 and no longer exists.
History Initially created under the name of Minister of Propaganda under the second government of Léon Blum, the office adopted the Information denomination with the following administrations until 1974, date to which it was definitely disestablished.
Powers and functions
Officeholders Third Republic Portrait Name Term Government President Ref. Took office Left office Time in office 1 Ludovic-Oscar Frossard Blum II Albert Lebrun Office vacant from 10 April 1938 to 29 July 1939. 2 Jean Giraudoux Daladier IV–V Albert Lebrun 3 Ludovic-Oscar Frossard Raynaud 4 Jean Prouvost RaynaudPétain
Vichy France Portrait Name Term Government Chief Ref. Took office Left office Time in office - Pierre Laval Laval V Philippe Pétain - Paul Baudoin Flandin - Paul Marion Darlan - Pierre Laval Laval VI
Free France Portrait Name Term Government Leader Ref. Took office Left office Time in office 5 André Diethelm CNF Charles de Gaulle 6 Jacques Soustelle 7 Henri Bonnet CFLN
Provisional Government Portrait Name Term Government President Ref. Took office Left office Time in office 8 Pierre-Henri Teitgen de Gaulle I Charles de Gaulle 9 Jacques Soustelle 10 André Malraux de Gaulle II 11 Gaston Defferre Gouin Félix Gouin 12 Robert Bichet Bidault I Georges Bidault Office vacant from 16 December 1946 to 26 July 1948.
Fourth Republic Portrait Name Term Government President Ref. Took office Left office Time in office 13 François Mitterrand Marie Vincent Auriol Office vacant from 5 September 1948 to 28 October 1949. 14 Pierre-Henri Teitgen Bidault I–II Vincent Auriol 15 Jean Letourneau Queuille II 16 Albert Gazier Pleven IQueuille III 17 Robert Buron Pleven II 18 Paul Coste-Floret Faure I Office vacant from 8 March 1952 to 8 January 1953. 19 Émile Hugues MayerLaniel I–II Vincent Auriol René Coty Office vacant from 18 June 1954 to 20 February 1955. 20 Georges Galy-Gasparrou Mendès-France René Coty Office vacant from 23 February 1955 to 1 February 1956. 21 Gérard Jacquet Mollet René Coty 22 Michel Soulié Bourgès-Maunoury 23 Émile Claparède Gaillard 24 Albert Gazier Pflimlin 25 André Malraux de Gaulle III 26 Jacques Soustelle
Fifth Republic Portrait Name Term Government President Ref. Took office Left office Time in office 27 Roger Frey Debré Charles de Gaulle 28 Louis Terrenoire 29 Christian de La Malène 30 Alain Peyrefitte Pompidou I 31 Christian Fouchet 32 Alain Peyrefitte Pompidou II 33 Yvon Bourges Pompidou III 34 Georges Gorse Pompidou IV 35 Yves Guéna 36 Joël Le Theule Couve de Murville Interim : Alain Poher Office vacant from 22 June 1969 to 6 July 1972. 37 Philippe Malaud Messmer I–II Georges Pompidou 38 Jean-Philippe Lecat Messmer II–III Interim : Alain Poher
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References
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