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The honour entrance to the Ministry building on the Quai d'Orsay
The honour entrance to the Ministry building on the Quai d'Orsay

The Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of France, is the cabinet minister responsible for the foreign relations of France.

The minister is in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose headquarters are located on the Quai d'Orsay in Paris close to the National Assembly of France. "Quai d'Orsay" is often used as a metonym for the ministry. Part of the ministry's central administration is located in Nantes.

The current minister is Bernard Kouchner, who also holds the title of Minister of European Affairs.

In 1589, the four French secretaries of state became specialized, with one becoming responsible for international relations. The Ancien Régime position of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was renamed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1791 after the French Revolution. All ministerial positions were abolished in 1794 by the National Convention and re-established with the Directory. For a brief period in the 1980s, the office was retitled Minister for External Relations.

[edit] Foreign Minister of France (1589-present)

Minister Began Ended
Louis de Revol 1 January, 1589 17 September, 1594
Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy 30 December, 1594 9 August, 1616
Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, Bishop of Luçon 30 November, 1616 24 April, 1617
Pierre Brulart, vicomte de Puysieux 24 April, 1617 11 March, 1626
Raymond Phelypeaux, seigneur d'Herbault 11 March, 1626 2 May, 1629
Claude Bouthillier 2 May, 1629 18 March, 1632
Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny 18 March, 1632 23 June, 1643
Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne 23 June, 1643 3 April, 1663
Hugues de Lionne 3 April, 1663 1 September, 1671
Simon Arnauld, marquis de Pomponne 1 September, 1671 18 November, 1679
Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy 12 February, 1680 28 July, 1696
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy 28 July, 1696 22 September, 1715
Nicolas du Blé, marquis d'Huxelles 23 September, 1715 1 September, 1718
Guillaume Dubois 24 September, 1718 10 August, 1723
Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, comte de Morville 16 August, 1723 19 August, 1727
Germain Louis Chauvelin 23 August, 1727 20 February, 1737
Jean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou 22 February, 1737 26 April, 1744
Adrien Maurice, duc de Noailles 26 April, 1744 19 November, 1744
René de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'Argenson 19 November, 1744 10 January, 1747
Louis Philogène Brûlart, vicomte de Puisieulx 27 January, 1747 9 September, 1751
François Dominique de Barberie de Saint-Contest 11 September, 1751 24 July, 1754
Antoine Louis Rouillé 24 July, 1754 28 June, 1757
François Joachim de Pierre de Bernis 28 June, 1757 9 October, 1758
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul 3 December, 1758 13 October, 1761
César Gabriel de Choiseul-Chevigny, duc de Praslin 13 October, 1761 10 April, 1766
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul 10 April, 1766 24 December, 1770
Louis Phélypeaux, duc de La Vrillère 24 December, 1770 6 June, 1771
Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon 6 June, 1771 2 June, 1774
Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin 2 June, 1774 21 July, 1774
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes 21 July, 1774 13 February, 1787
Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin Saint-Hérem 14 February, 1787 13 July, 1789
Paul François de Quelen, duc de la Vauguyon 13 July, 1789 16 July, 1789
Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin Saint-Hérem 16 July, 1789 29 November, 1791
Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart 29 November, 1791 15 March, 1792
Charles Dumouriez 15 March, 1792 13 June, 1792
Pierre Paul de Méredieu, baron de Naillac 13 June, 1792 18 June, 1792
Scipion Victor, marquis de Chambonas 18 June, 1792 23 July, 1792
François Joseph de Gratet, vicomte Dubouchage 23 July, 1792 1 August, 1792
Claude Bigot de Sainte-Croix 1 August, 1792 10 August, 1792
Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu 10 August, 1792 21 June, 1793
François Louis Michel Chemin Deforgues 21 June, 1793 2 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
Charles Delacroix 3 November, 1795 15 July, 1797
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord 15 July, 1797 20 July, 1799
Karl Reinhard 20 July, 1799 22 November, 1799
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent 22 November, 1799 9 August, 1807
Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny, duc de Cadore 9 August, 1807 17 April, 1811
Hugues Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano 17 April, 1811 20 November, 1813
Armand Augustin Louis Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence 20 November, 1813 1 April, 1814
Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de Laforest 3 April, 1814 13 May, 1814
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent 13 May, 1814 20 March, 1815
Armand Augustin Louis Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence 20 March, 1815 22 June, 1815
Louis, baron Bignon 22 June, 1815 7 July, 1815
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent 9 July, 1815 26 September, 1815
Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de Richelieu 26 September, 1815 29 December, 1818
Jean Joseph Paul Augustin, marquis Dessolles 29 December, 1818 19 November, 1819
Étienne Denis, baron Pasquier 19 November, 1819 14 December, 1821
Mathieu Jean Félicité, duc de Montmorency-Laval 14 December, 1821 28 December, 1822
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand 28 December, 1822 4 August, 1824
Ange Hyacinthe Maxence, baron de Damas 4 August, 1824 4 January, 1828
Auguste, comte de La Ferronays 4 January, 1828 24 April, 1829
Anne Pierre Adrien, duc de Montmorency-Laval 24 April, 1829 14 May, 1829
Joseph-Marie, comte Portalis 14 May, 1829 8 August, 1829
Jules Armand Auguste Marie, prince de Polignac 8 August, 1829 29 July, 1830
Victor Louis Victurnien, duc de Mortemart 29 July, 1830 29 July, 1830
Louis, baron Bignon 31 July, 1830 1 August, 1830
Jean-Baptiste, comte Jourdan 1 August, 1830 11 August, 1830
Louis, comte Molé 11 August, 1830 2 November, 1830
Nicolas Joseph, marquis Maison 2 November, 1830 17 November, 1830
Horace François Bastien, baron Sébastiani 17 November, 1830 11 October, 1832
Victor, duc de Broglie 11 October, 1832 4 April, 1834
Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny 4 April, 1834 10 November, 1834
Charles Joseph, comte Bresson 10 November, 1834 18 November, 1834
Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny 18 November, 1834 12 March, 1835
Victor, duc de Broglie 12 March, 1835 22 February, 1836
Adolphe Thiers 22 February, 1836 6 September, 1836
Louis, comte Molé 6 September, 1836 31 March, 1839
Napoléon Auguste Lannes, duc de Montebello 31 March, 1839 12 May, 1839
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie 12 May, 1839 1 March, 1840
Adolphe Thiers 1 March, 1840 29 October, 1840
François Guizot 29 October, 1840 23 February, 1848
Alphonse de Lamartine 24 February, 1848 11 May, 1848
Jules Bastide 11 May, 1848 29 June, 1848
Marie-Alphonse Bedeau 29 June, 1848 17 July, 1848
Jules Bastide 17 July, 1848 20 December, 1848
Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys 20 December, 1848 2 June, 1849
Alexis de Tocqueville 2 June, 1849 31 October, 1849
Alphonse de Rayneval 31 October, 1849 17 November, 1849
Jean-Ernest Ducos, vicomte de La Hitte 17 November, 1849 9 January, 1851
Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys 9 January, 1851 24 January, 1851
Anatole, baron Brénier de Renaudière 24 January, 1851 10 April, 1851
Jules Baroche 10 April, 1851 26 October, 1851
Louis Félix Étienne, marquis de Turgot 26 October, 1851 28 July, 1852
Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys 28 July, 1852 7 May, 1855
Alexandre Colonna, comte Walewski 7 May, 1855 4 January, 1860
Jules Baroche 4 January, 1860 24 January, 1860
Édouard Thouvenel 24 January, 1860 15 October, 1862
Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys 15 October, 1862 1 September, 1866
Charles, marquis de La Valette 1 September, 1866 2 October, 1866
Lionel, marquis de Moustier 2 October, 1866 17 December, 1868
Charles, marquis de La Valette 17 December, 1868 17 July, 1869
Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne 17 July, 1869 2 January, 1870
Napoléon, comte Daru 2 January, 1870 14 April, 1870
Émile Ollivier 14 April, 1870 15 May, 1870
Agenor, duc de Gramont 15 May, 1870 10 August, 1870
Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne 10 August, 1870 4 September, 1870
Jules Favre 4 September, 1870 2 August, 1871
Charles, comte de Rémusat 2 August, 1871 25 May, 1873
Albert, duc de Broglie 25 May, 1873 26 November, 1873
Louis Decazes, duc de Glucksberg 29 November, 1873 23 November, 1877
Gaston-Robert, marquis de Banneville 23 November, 1877 13 December, 1877
William Henry Waddington 13 December, 1877 28 December, 1879
Charles de Freycinet 28 December, 1879 23 September, 1880
Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire 23 September, 1880 14 November, 1881
Léon Gambetta 14 November, 1881 30 January, 1882
Charles de Freycinet 30 January, 1882 7 August, 1882
Charles Duclerc 7 August, 1882 29 January, 1883
Armand Fallières 29 January, 1883 21 February, 1883
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour 21 February, 1883 20 November, 1883
Jules Ferry 20 November, 1883 6 April, 1885
Charles de Freycinet 6 April, 1885 11 December, 1886
Émile Flourens 11 December, 1886 3 April, 1888
René Goblet 3 April, 1888 22 February, 1889
Eugène Spuller 22 February, 1889 17 March, 1890
Alexandre Ribot 17 March, 1890 11 January, 1893
Jules Develle 11 January, 1893 3 December, 1893
Jean Casimir-Perier 3 December, 1893 30 May, 1894
Gabriel Hanotaux 30 May, 1894 1 November, 1895
Marcellin Berthelot 1 November, 1895 28 March, 1896
Léon Bourgeois 28 March, 1896 29 April, 1896
Gabriel Hanotaux 29 April, 1896 28 June, 1898
Théophile Delcassé 28 June, 1898 6 June, 1905
Maurice Rouvier 6 June, 1905 13 March, 1906
Léon Bourgeois 14 March, 1906 25 October, 1906
Stéphen Pichon 25 October, 1906 2 March, 1911
Jean Cruppi 2 March, 1911 27 June, 1911
Justin de Selves 27 June, 1911 9 January, 1912
Raymond Poincaré 14 January, 1912 22 January, 1913
Charles Jonnart 22 January, 1913 22 March, 1913
Stéphen Pichon 22 March, 1913 9 December, 1913
Gaston Doumergue 9 December, 1913 9 June, 1914
Léon Bourgeois 9 June, 1914 13 June, 1914
René Viviani 13 June, 1914 3 August, 1914
Gaston Doumergue 3 August, 1914 26 August, 1914
Théophile Delcassé 26 August, 1914 13 October, 1915
René Viviani 13 October, 1915 29 October, 1915
Aristide Briand 29 October, 1915 20 March, 1917
Alexandre Ribot 20 March, 1917 23 October, 1917
Louis Barthou 23 October, 1917 16 November, 1917
Stéphen Pichon 16 November, 1917 20 January, 1920
Alexandre Millerand 20 January, 1920 24 September, 1920
Georges Leygues 24 September, 1920 16 January, 1921
Aristide Briand 16 January, 1921 15 January, 1922
Raymond Poincaré 15 January, 1922 9 June, 1924
Edmond Lefebvre du Prey 9 June, 1924 14 June, 1924
Édouard Herriot 14 June, 1924 17 April, 1925
Aristide Briand 17 April, 1925 19 July, 1926
Édouard Herriot 19 July, 1926 23 July, 1926
Aristide Briand 23 July, 1926 14 January, 1932
Pierre Laval 14 January, 1932 20 February, 1932
André Tardieu 20 February, 1932 3 June, 1932
Édouard Herriot 3 June, 1932 18 December, 1932
Joseph Paul-Boncour 18 December, 1932 30 January, 1934
Édouard Daladier 30 January, 1934 9 February, 1934
Louis Barthou 9 February, 1934 9 October, 1934
Pierre Laval 13 October, 1934 24 January, 1936
Pierre Étienne Flandin 24 January, 1936 4 June, 1936
Yvon Delbos 4 June, 1936 13 March, 1938
Joseph Paul-Boncour 13 March, 1938 10 April, 1938
Georges Bonnet 10 April, 1938 13 September, 1939
Édouard Daladier 13 September, 1939 21 March, 1940
Paul Reynaud 21 March, 1940 18 May, 1940
Édouard Daladier 18 May, 1940 5 June, 1940
Paul Reynaud 5 June, 1940 16 June, 1940
Paul Baudoin 16 June, 1940 28 October, 1940
Pierre Laval 28 October, 1940 13 December, 1940
Pierre Étienne Flandin 13 December, 1940 9 February, 1941
François Darlan 10 February, 1941 18 April, 1942
Pierre Laval 18 April, 1942 20 August, 1944
Free French Commissioners
Maurice Dejean 24 September, 1941 17 October, 1942
René Pleven 17 October, 1942 5 February, 1943
René Massigli 5 February, 1943 10 September, 1944
Ministers
Georges Bidault 10 September, 1944 16 December, 1946
Léon Blum 16 December, 1946 22 January, 1947
Georges Bidault 22 January, 1947 26 July, 1948
Robert Schuman 26 July, 1948 8 January, 1953
Georges Bidault 8 January, 1953 19 June, 1954
Pierre Mendès-France 19 June, 1954 20 January, 1955
Edgar Faure 20 January, 1955 23 February, 1955
Antoine Pinay 23 February, 1955 1 February, 1956
Christian Pineau 1 February, 1956 14 May, 1958
René Pleven 14 May, 1958 1 June, 1958
Maurice Couve de Murville 1 June, 1958 30 May, 1968
Michel Debré 30 May, 1968 22 June, 1969
Maurice Schumann 22 June, 1969 15 March, 1973
André Bettencourt 15 March, 1973 4 April, 1973
Michel Jobert 4 April, 1973 28 May, 1974
Jean Sauvagnargues 28 May, 1974 27 August, 1976
Louis de Guiringaud 27 August, 1976 29 November, 1978
Jean François-Poncet 29 November, 1978 22 May, 1981
Claude Cheysson 22 May, 1981 7 December, 1984
Roland Dumas 7 December, 1984 20 March, 1986
Jean-Bernard Raimond 20 March, 1986 12 May, 1988
Roland Dumas 12 May, 1988 29 March, 1993
Alain Juppé 29 March, 1993 18 May, 1995
Hervé de Charette 18 May, 1995 4 June, 1997
Hubert Védrine 4 June, 1997 7 May, 2002
Dominique de Villepin 7 May, 2002 31 March, 2004
Michel Barnier 31 March, 2004 2 June, 2005
Philippe Douste-Blazy 2 June, 2005 15 May, 2007
Bernard Kouchner 16 May, 2007  

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