List of interior ministers of France
This is a list of ministers of the interior of France (French: Ministres de l'Intérieur).
Ministers of the interior (1790–present)
[edit]| Minister | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest | 7 August 1790 | 25 January 1791 |
| Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart | 25 January 1791 | 29 November 1791 |
| Bon-Claude Cahier de Gerville | 29 November 1791 | 24 March 1792 |
| Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière | 24 March 1792 | 13 June 1792 |
| Jacques Augustin Mourgue | 13 June 1792 | 18 June 1792 |
| Antoine René, marquis de Terrier de Monciel | 18 June 1792 | 17 July 1792 |
| Étienne Louis Hector Dejoly | 17 July 1792 | 21 July 1792 |
| Clément Felix Champion de Villeneuve | 21 July 1792 | 10 August 1792 |
| Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière | 10 August 1792 | 23 January 1793 |
| Dominique Joseph Garat | 23 January 1793 | 20 August 1793 |
| Jules-François Paré | 20 August 1793 | 5 April 1794 |
| Jean Marie Claude Alexandre Goujon | 5 April 1794 | 8 April 1794 |
| Martial Joseph Armand Herman | 8 April 1794 | 20 April 1794 |
| none | 20 April 1794 | 3 November 1795 |
| Pierre Bénézech | 3 November 1795 | 15 July 1797 |
| Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau | 15 July 1797 | 13 September 1797 |
| François Sébastien Letourneux | 13 September 1797 | 17 June 1798 |
| Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau | 17 June 1798 | 22 June 1799 |
| Nicolas Marie Quinette | 22 June 1799 | 10 November 1799 |
| Pierre-Simon Laplace | 12 November 1799 | 25 December 1799 |
| Lucien Bonaparte | 25 December 1799 | 7 November 1800 |
| Jean-Antoine Chaptal | 7 November 1800 | 7 August 1804 |
| Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny | 7 August 1804 | 9 August 1807 |
| Emmanuel Crétet, comte de Champmol | 9 August 1807 | 29 June 1809 |
| Joseph Fouché, duc d'Otrante | 29 June 1809 | 1 October 1809 |
| Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet | 1 October 1809 | 1 April 1814 |
| Jacques, comte Beugnot | 3 April 1814 | 13 May 1814 |
| François Xavier de Montesquiou-Fezensac | 13 May 1814 | 20 March 1815 |
| Lazare, comte Carnot | 20 March 1815 | 22 June 1815 |
| Claude Carnot-Feulin | 22 June 1815 | 7 July 1815 |
| Étienne-Denis, baron Pasquier | 7 July 1815 | 26 September 1815 |
| Vincent-Marie Viénot, comte de Vaublanc | 26 September 1815 | 7 May 1816 |
| Joseph, vicomte Lainé | 7 May 1816 | 29 December 1818 |
| Élie, comte Decazes | 29 December 1818 | 20 February 1820 |
| Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon | 20 February 1820 | 14 December 1821 |
| Jacques Joseph Guillaume Pierre, comte de Corbière | 14 December 1821 | 4 January 1828 |
| Jean-Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac | 4 January 1828 | 8 August 1829 |
| François Régis de La Bourdonnaye, comte de La Bretèche | 8 August 1829 | 18 November 1829 |
| Guillaume-Isidore Baron de Montbel | 18 November 1829 | 19 May 1830 |
| Pierre-Denis, Comte de Peyronnet | 19 May 1830 | 31 July 1830 |
| Victor, duc de Broglie | 31 July 1830 | 1 August 1830 |
| François Guizot | 1 August 1830 | 2 November 1830 |
| Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet | 2 November 1830 | 13 March 1831 |
| Casimir Pierre Perier | 13 March 1831 | 27 April 1832 |
| Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet | 27 April 1832 | 11 October 1832 |
| Adolphe Thiers | 11 October 1832 | 31 December 1832 |
| Antoine, comte d'Argout | 31 December 1832 | 4 April 1834 |
| Adolphe Thiers | 4 April 1834 | 10 November 1834 |
| Hugues Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano | 10 November 1834 | 18 November 1834 |
| Adolphe Thiers | 18 November 1834 | 22 February 1836 |
| Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet | 22 February 1836 | 6 September 1836 |
| Adrien de Gasparin | 6 September 1836 | 15 April 1837 |
| Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet | 15 April 1837 | 31 March 1839 |
| Adrien de Gasparin | 31 March 1839 | 12 May 1839 |
| Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel | 12 May 1839 | 1 March 1840 |
| Charles, comte de Rémusat | 1 March 1840 | 29 October 1840 |
| Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel | 29 October 1840 | 24 February 1848 |
| Alexandre Ledru-Rollin | 24 February 1848 | 11 May 1848 |
| Adrien Recurt | 11 May 1848 | 28 June 1848 |
| Antoine Sénard | 28 June 1848 | 13 October 1848 |
| Jules Armand Dufaure | 13 October 1848 | 20 December 1848 |
| Léon de Malleville | 20 December 1848 | 29 December 1848 |
| Léon Faucher | 29 December 1848 | 2 June 1849 |
| Jules Armand Dufaure | 2 June 1849 | 31 October 1849 |
| Ferdinand Barrot | 31 October 1849 | 15 March 1850 |
| Jules Baroche | 15 March 1850 | 24 January 1851 |
| Claude-Marius Vaïsse | 24 January 1851 | 10 April 1851 |
| Léon Faucher | 10 April 1851 | 26 October 1851 |
| René de Thorigny | 26 October 1851 | 2 December 1851 |
| Charles Auguste, duc de Morny | 2 December 1851 | 22 January 1852 |
| Victor Fialin, comte de Persigny | 22 January 1852 | 23 June 1854 |
| Adolphe Billault | 23 June 1854 | 7 February 1858 |
| Charles Esprit Espinasse | 7 February 1858 | 14 June 1858 |
| Claude Alphonse Delangle | 14 June 1858 | 5 May 1859 |
| Ernest Arrighi de Casanova | 5 May 1859 | 1 November 1859 |
| Adolphe Billault | 1 November 1859 | 5 December 1860 |
| Victor Fialin, comte de Persigny | 5 December 1860 | 23 June 1863 |
| Paul Boudet | 23 June 1863 | 28 March 1865 |
| Charles, marquis de La Valette | 28 March 1865 | 13 November 1867 |
| Ernest Pinard | 13 November 1867 | 17 December 1868 |
| Adolphe Forcade La Roquette | 17 December 1868 | 2 January 1870 |
| Jean-Pierre Napoléon Eugène Chevandier de Valdrôme | 2 January 1870 | 18 August 1870 |
| Julien-Théophile-Henri Chevreau | 18 August 1870 | 4 September 1870 |
| Léon Gambetta | 4 September 1870 | 6 February 1871 |
| Emmanuel Arago | 6 February 1871 | 19 February 1871 |
| Ernest Picard | 19 February 1871 | 5 June 1871 |
| Félix Lambrecht | 5 June 1871 | 8 October 1871 |
| Auguste Casimir-Perier | 11 October 1871 | 6 February 1872 |
| Victor Lefranc | 6 February 1872 | 7 December 1872 |
| Eugène de Goulard | 7 December 1872 | 18 May 1873 |
| Auguste Casimir-Perier | 18 May 1873 | 25 May 1873 |
| Charles Beulé | 25 May 1873 | 26 November 1873 |
| Albert, duc de Broglie | 26 November 1873 | 22 May 1874 |
| Oscar Bardi de Fourtou | 22 May 1874 | 20 July 1874 |
| François, baron de Chabaud-Latour | 20 July 1874 | 10 March 1875 |
| Louis Buffet | 10 March 1875 | 23 February 1876 |
| Jules Armand Dufaure | 23 February 1876 | 9 March 1876 |
| Amable Ricard | 9 March 1876 | 11 May 1876 |
| Émile de Marcère | 15 May 1876 | 12 December 1876 |
| Jules Simon | 12 December 1876 | 17 May 1877 |
| Oscar Bardi de Fourtou | 17 May 1877 | 23 November 1877 |
| Charles Welche | 23 November 1877 | 13 December 1877 |
| Émile de Marcère | 13 December 1877 | 4 March 1879 |
| Charles Lepère | 4 March 1879 | 17 May 1880 |
| Ernest Constans | 17 May 1880 | 14 November 1881 |
| Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau | 14 November 1881 | 30 January 1882 |
| René Goblet | 30 January 1882 | 7 August 1882 |
| Armand Fallières | 7 August 1882 | 21 February 1883 |
| Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau | 21 February 1883 | 6 April 1885 |
| François Allain-Targé | 6 April 1885 | 7 January 1886 |
| Ferdinand Sarrien | 7 January 1886 | 11 December 1886 |
| René Goblet | 11 December 1886 | 30 May 1877 |
| Armand Fallières | 30 May 1887 | 12 December 1887 |
| Ferdinand Sarrien | 12 December 1887 | 3 April 1888 |
| Charles Floquet | 3 April 1888 | 22 February 1889 |
| Ernest Constans | 22 February 1889 | 1 March 1890 |
| Léon Bourgeois | 1 March 1890 | 17 March 1890 |
| Ernest Constans | 17 March 1890 | 27 February 1892 |
| Émile Loubet | 27 February 1892 | 11 January 1893 |
| Alexandre Ribot | 11 January 1893 | 4 April 1893 |
| Charles Dupuy | 4 April 1893 | 3 December 1893 |
| David Raynal | 3 December 1893 | 30 May 1894 |
| Charles Dupuy | 30 May 1894 | 26 January 1895 |
| Georges Leygues | 26 January 1895 | 1 November 1895 |
| Léon Bourgeois | 1 November 1895 | 28 March 1896 |
| Ferdinand Sarrien | 30 March 1896 | 29 April 1896 |
| Louis Barthou | 29 April 1896 | 28 June 1898 |
| Henri Brisson | 28 June 1898 | 1 November 1898 |
| Charles Dupuy | 1 November 1898 | 22 June 1899 |
| René Waldeck-Rousseau | 22 June 1899 | 7 June 1902 |
| Émile Combes | 7 June 1902 | 24 January 1905 |
| Eugène Étienne | 24 January 1905 | 12 November 1905 |
| Fernand Dubief | 12 November 1905 | 14 March 1906 |
| Georges Clemenceau | 14 March 1906 | 24 July 1909 |
| Aristide Briand | 24 July 1909 | 2 March 1911 |
| Ernest Monis | 2 March 1911 | 27 June 1911 |
| Joseph Caillaux | 27 June 1911 | 14 January 1912 |
| Théodore Steeg | 14 January 1912 | 21 January 1913 |
| Aristide Briand | 21 January 1913 | 22 March 1913 |
| Louis Lucien Klotz | 22 March 1913 | 9 December 1913 |
| René Renoult | 9 December 1913 | 17 March 1914 |
| Louis Malvy | 17 March 1914 | 9 June 1914 |
| Paul Peytral | 9 June 1914 | 13 June 1914 |
| Louis Malvy | 13 June 1914 | 31 August 1917 |
| Théodore Steeg | 1 September 1917 | 16 November 1917 |
| Jules Pams | 16 November 1917 | 20 January 1920 |
| Théodore Steeg | 20 January 1920 | 16 January 1921 |
| Pierre Marraud | 16 January 1921 | 15 January 1922 |
| Maurice Maunoury | 15 January 1922 | 29 March 1924 |
| Justin de Selves | 29 March 1924 | 14 June 1924 |
| Camille Chautemps | 14 June 1924 | 17 April 1925 |
| Abraham Schrameck | 17 April 1925 | 22 November 1925 |
| Camille Chautemps | 28 November 1925 | 9 March 1926 |
| Louis Malvy | 9 March 1926 | 10 April 1926 |
| Jean Durand | 10 April 1926 | 19 July 1926 |
| Camille Chautemps | 19 July 1926 | 23 July 1926 |
| Albert Sarraut | 23 July 1926 | 11 November 1928 |
| André Tardieu | 11 November 1928 | 21 February 1930 |
| Camille Chautemps | 21 February 1930 | 2 March 1930 |
| André Tardieu | 2 March 1930 | 13 December 1930 |
| Georges Leygues | 13 December 1930 | 27 January 1931 |
| Pierre Laval | 27 January 1931 | 14 January 1932 |
| Pierre Cathala | 14 January 1932 | 20 February 1932 |
| Albert Mahieu | 20 February 1932 | 3 June 1932 |
| Camille Chautemps | 3 June 1932 | 30 January 1934 |
| Eugène Frot | 30 January 1934 | 9 February 1934 |
| Albert Sarraut | 9 February 1934 | 13 October 1934 |
| Paul Marchandeau | 13 October 1934 | 8 November 1934 |
| Marcel Régnier | 8 November 1934 | 1 June 1935 |
| Fernand Bouisson | 1 June 1935 | 7 June 1935 |
| Joseph Paganon | 7 June 1935 | 24 January 1936 |
| Albert Sarraut | 24 January 1936 | 4 June 1936 |
| Roger Salengro | 4 June 1936 | 18 November 1936 |
| Marx Dormoy | 24 November 1936 | 18 January 1938 |
| Albert Sarraut | 18 January 1938 | 13 March 1938 |
| Marx Dormoy | 13 March 1938 | 10 April 1938 |
| Albert Sarraut | 10 April 1938 | 21 March 1940 |
| Henri Roy | 21 March 1940 | 18 May 1940 |
| Georges Mandel | 18 May 1940 | 16 June 1940 |
| Charles Pomaret | 16 June 1940 | 26 June 1940 |
| Adrien Marquet | 27 June 1940 | 6 September 1940 |
| Marcel Peyrouton | 6 September 1940 | 14 February 1941 |
| François Darlan | 14 February 1941 | 18 July 1941 |
| Pierre Pucheu | 18 July 1941 | 18 April 1942 |
| Pierre Laval | 18 April 1942 | 19 August 1944 |
| Free French Commissioners | ||
| André Diethelm | 24 September 1941 | 28 July 1942 |
| André Philip | 28 July 1942 | 9 November 1943 |
| Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie | 9 November 1943 | 10 September 1944 |
| Ministers | ||
| Adrien Tixier | 10 September 1944 | 26 January 1946 |
| André Le Troquer | 26 January 1946 | 24 June 1946 |
| Édouard Depreux | 24 June 1946 | 24 November 1947 |
| Jules Moch | 24 November 1947 | 7 February 1950 |
| Henri Queuille | 7 February 1950 | 11 August 1951 |
| Charles Brune | 11 August 1951 | 28 June 1953 |
| Léon Martinaud-Deplat | 28 June 1953 | 19 June 1954 |
| François Mitterrand | 19 June 1954 | 23 February 1955 |
| Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury | 23 February 1955 | 1 December 1955 |
| Edgar Faure | 1 December 1955 | 1 February 1956 |
| Jean Gilbert-Jules | 1 February 1956 | 6 November 1957 |
| Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury | 6 November 1957 | 14 May 1958 |
| Maurice Faure | 14 May 1958 | 17 May 1958 |
| Jules Moch | 17 May 1958 | 1 June 1958 |
| Émile Pelletier | 1 June 1958 | 8 January 1959 |
| Jean Berthoin | 8 January 1959 | 28 May 1959 |
| Pierre Chatenet | 28 May 1959 | 6 May 1961 |
| Roger Frey | 6 May 1961 | 6 April 1967 |
| Christian Fouchet | 6 April 1967 | 30 May 1968 |
| Raymond Marcellin | 30 May 1968 | 27 February 1974 |
| Jacques Chirac | 27 February 1974 | 28 May 1974 |
| Michel Poniatowski | 28 May 1974 | 30 March 1977 |
| Christian Bonnet | 30 March 1977 | 22 May 1981 |
| Gaston Defferre | 22 May 1981 | 19 July 1984 |
| Pierre Joxe | 19 July 1984 | 20 March 1986 |
| Charles Pasqua | 20 March 1986 | 12 May 1988 |
| Pierre Joxe | 12 May 1988 | 29 January 1991 |
| Philippe Marchand | 29 January 1991 | 2 April 1992 |
| Paul Quilès | 2 April 1992 | 29 March 1993 |
| Charles Pasqua | 29 March 1993 | 18 May 1995 |
| Jean-Louis Debré | 18 May 1995 | 4 June 1997 |
| Jean-Pierre Chevènement | 4 June 1997 | 29 August 2000 |
| Daniel Vaillant | 29 August 2000 | 7 May 2002 |
| Nicolas Sarkozy | 7 May 2002 | 31 March 2004 |
| Dominique de Villepin | 31 March 2004 | 31 May 2005 |
| Nicolas Sarkozy | 31 May 2005 | 26 March 2007 |
| François Baroin | 26 March 2007 | 15 May 2007 |
| Michèle Alliot-Marie | 18 May 2007 | 23 June 2009 |
| Brice Hortefeux | 23 June 2009 | 27 February 2011 |
| Claude Guéant | 27 February 2011 | 16 May 2012 |
| Manuel Valls | 16 May 2012 | 31 March 2014 |
| Bernard Cazeneuve | 31 March 2014 | 6 December 2016 |
| Bruno Le Roux | 6 December 2016 | 21 March 2017 |
| Matthias Fekl | 21 March 2017 | 17 May 2017 |
| Gérard Collomb | 17 May 2017 | 3 October 2018 |
| Édouard Philippe | 3 October 2018 | 16 October 2018 |
| Christophe Castaner | 16 October 2018 | 6 July 2020 |
| Gérald Darmanin | 6 July 2020 | 21 September 2024 |
| Bruno Retailleau | 21 September 2024 | Present |