Minister of the Overseas

The Minister of the Overseas (French: Ministre des Outre-mer) is the official in charge of the Ministry of the Overseas in the Government of the French Republic, responsible for overseeing Overseas France. The office was titled Minister of the Colonies (Ministre des Colonies) until 1946.[1]

Minister of the Overseas
Ministre des Outre-mer
Jack of the Minister of the Overseas
since 21 September 2024
France Ministry of the Overseas
Member ofGovernment
Council of Ministers
Reports toPresident of the Republic
Prime Minister
SeatHôtel de Montmorin
Paris 7e, France
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident of the Republic
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation20 March 1894
First holderErnest Boulanger
Salary€10,135 per month
Websiteoutre-mer.gouv.fr

The position is currently held by Françaois-Noël Buffet in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier with the title of Minister to the Prime Minister, in charge of the Overseas (Ministre auprès du Premier ministre, chargé des Outre-mer). He succeeded Marie Guévenoux on 21 September 2024.

Officeholders

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Minister of the Colonies (1894–1946)

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Minister Term of office
Ernest Boulanger 20 March – 30 May 1894
Théophile Delcassé 30 May 1894 – 26 January 1895
Émile Chautemps 26 January – 1 November 1895
Pierre-Paul Guieysse 4 November 1895 – 29 April 1896
André Lebon 29 April 1896 – 31 May 1898
Gabriel Hanotaux 31 May – 28 June 1898
Georges Trouillot 28 June – 1 November 1898
Florent Guillain 1 November 1898 – 22 June 1899
Albert Decrais 22 June 1899 – 7 June 1902
Gaston Doumergue 7 June 1902 – 24 January 1905
Étienne Clémentel 24 January 1905 – 14 March 1906
Georges Leygues 14 March – 25 October 1906
Raphaël Milliès-Lacroix 25 October 1906 – 24 July 1909
Georges Trouillot 24 July 1909 – 3 November 1910
Jean Morel 3 November 1910 – 2 March 1911
Adolphe Messimy 2 March – 27 June 1911
Albert François Lebrun 27 June 1911 – 12 January 1913
René Besnard 12–21 January 1913
Jean Morel 21 January – 9 December 1913
Albert François Lebrun 9 December 1913 – 9 June 1914
Maurice Maunoury 9–13 June 1914
Maurice Raynaud 13 June – 26 August 1914
Gaston Doumergue 26 August 1914 – 20 March 1917
André Maginot 20 March – 12 September 1917
René Besnard 12 September – 16 November 1917
Henry Simon 16 November 1917 – 20 January 1920
Albert Sarraut 20 January 1920 – 29 March 1924
Jean Fabry 29 March – 14 June 1924
Édouard Daladier 14 June 1924 – 17 April 1925
André Hesse 17 April – 29 October 1925
Léon Perrier 29 October 1925 – 19 July 1926
Adrien Dariac 19–23 July 1926
Léon Perrier 23 July 1926 – 6 November 1928
André Maginot 11 November 1928 – 3 November 1929
François Piétri 3 November 1929 – 21 February 1930
Lucien Lamoureux 21 February – 2 March 1930
François Piétri 2 March – 13 December 1930
Théodore Steeg 13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931
Paul Reynaud 27 January 1931 – 20 February 1932
Louis de Chappedelaine 20 February – 3 June 1932
Albert Sarraut 3 June 1932 – 6 September 1933
Albert Dalimier 6 September – 26 October 1933
François Piétri 26 October – 26 November 1933
Albert Dalimier 26 November 1933 – 9 January 1934
Lucien Lamoureux 9–30 January 1934
Henry de Jouvenel 30 January – 9 February 1934
Pierre Laval 9 February – 13 October 1934
Louis Rollin 13 October 1934 – 24 January 1936
Jacques Stern 24 January – 4 June 1936
Marius Moutet 4 June 1936 – 18 January 1938
Théodore Steeg 18 January – 13 March 1938
Marius Moutet 13 March – 10 April 1938
Georges Mandel 10 April 1938 – 18 May 1940
Louis Rollin 18 May – 16 June 1940
Albert Rivière 16 June – 12 July 1940
Henry Lémery 12 July – 6 September 1940
Charles Platon 6 September 1940 – 18 April 1942
René Pleven (Commissaire) 24 September 1941 – 28 July 1942
Jules Brévié 18 April 1942 – 26 March 1943
Hervé Alphand (Commissaire) 28 July – 17 October 1942
René Pleven (Commissaire) 17 October 1942 – 10 September 1944
Henri Bléhaut 26 March 1943 – 20 August 1944
René Pleven 10 September – 16 November 1944
Paul Giacobbi 16 November 1944 – 21 November 1945
Jacques Soustelle 21 November 1945 – 26 January 1946

Minister of the Overseas (1946–present)

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Minister Term of office
Marius Moutet 26 January – 23 December 1946
Auguste Laurent 23 December 1946 – 22 January 1947
Marius Moutet 22 January – 22 October 1947
Paul Coste-Floret 22 October 1947 – 29 October 1949
Jean Letourneau 29 October 1949 – 3 July 1950
Paul Coste-Floret 3–12 July 1950
François Mitterrand 12 July 1950 – 11 August 1951
Louis Jacquinot 11 August 1951 – 8 March 1952
Pierre Pflimlin 8 March 1952 – 8 January 1953
Louis Jacquinot 8 January 1953 – 19 June 1954
Robert Buron 19 June 1954 – 20 January 1955
Jean-Jacques Juglas 20 January – 23 February 1955
Pierre-Henri Teitgen 23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956
Gaston Defferre 1 February 1956 – 13 June 1957
Gérard Jaquet 13 June 1957 – 14 May 1958
André Colin 14 May – 9 June 1958
Bernard Cornut-Gentille 9 June 1958 – 8 January 1959
Robert Lecourt 5 February 1960 – 24 August 1961
Louis Jacquinot 24 August 1961 – 8 January 1966
Pierre Billotte 8 January 1966 – 30 May 1968
Joël Le Theule 30 May – 10 July 1968
Pierre Messmer 25 February 1971 – 7 July 1972
Bernard Stasi 2 April 1973 – 27 February 1974
Bernard Pons 20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988
Louis Le Pensec 23 June 1988 – 29 March 1993
Dominique Perben 29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995
Jean-Jacques de Peretti 18 May – 7 November 1995
Brigitte Girardin 7 May 2002 – 2 June 2005
François Baroin 2 June 2005 – 26 March 2007
Hervé Mariton 26 March – 19 June 2007
Michèle Alliot-Marie 19 June 2007 – 23 June 2009
Brice Hortefeux 23 June – 6 November 2009
Marie-Luce Penchard 6 November 2009 – 10 May 2012
Victorin Lurel 16 May 2012 – 2 April 2014
George Pau-Langevin 2 April 2014 – 30 August 2016
George Pau-Langevin 2 April 2014 – 30 August 2016
Annick Girardin 17 May 2017 – 6 July 2020
Sébastien Lecornu 6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022
Yaël Braun-Pivet 20 May 2022 – 25 June 2022
Élisabeth Borne (acting) 25 June 2022 – 4 July 2022
Jean-François Carenco 4 July 2022 – 20 July 2023
Philippe Vigier 20 July 2023 – 8 February 2024
Marie Guévenoux 8 February 2024 – 21 Septembre 2024
François-Noël Buffet 21 September 2024 – incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Government of the French Republic (20 January 1946). "Constitution du Gouvernement provisoire de la République Française". Retrieved 17 July 2019.

Further reading

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  • Robert Aldrich. Greater France: A History of French Overseas Expansion. Macmillan (1996) ISBN 0-312-16000-3 pp109–114
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