List of Ministers of Justice of France
# List of Ministers of Justice of France

This is a list of justice ministers of France, working for the French Ministry of Justice.

## 1790 to the Third Republic

* Marguerite-Louis-François Duport-Dutertre, 1790–1792
* Jean Marie Roland de la Platière, March–April, 1792
* Antoine Duranton, April–July, 1792
* Étienne Dejoly, July–August, 1792
* Georges Jacques Danton, August–October, 1792
* Dominique Joseph Garat, 1792–1793
* Louis Gohier, 1793–1794
* Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai, 1795–1796
* Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu, January–April, 1796
* Philippe Antoine Merlin de Douai, 1796–1797
* Charles Joseph Lambrechts, 1797–1799
* Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, July–December, 1799
* André Joseph Abrial, 1799–1802
* Claude Ambroise Régnier, duc de Massa, 1802–1813
* Mathieu Louis Molé, 1813–1814
* Pierre Paul Nicolas Henrion de Pansey, April–May, 1814
* Charles-Henri Dambray, 1814–1815
* Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, March–June, 1815
* Antoine Boulay de la Meurthe, June–July, 1815
* Étienne-Denis Pasquier, July–September, 1815
* François de Barbé-Marbois, 1815–1816
* Charles-Henri Dambray, 1816–1817
* Étienne-Denis Pasquier, 1817–1818
* Pierre François Hercule de Serre, 1818–1821
* Pierre-Denis, Comte de Peyronnet, 1821–1828
* Joseph Marie Portalis, 1828–1829
* Pierre Bourdeau, May–August 1829
* Jean de Courvoisier, 1829–1830
* Jean de Chantelauze, May–July, 1830
* Jacques Charles Dupont de l'Eure, July–December, 1830
* Joseph Mérilhou, 1830–1831
* Félix Barthe, 1831–1834
* Jean-Charles Persil, 1834–1836
* Paul Jean Pierre Sauzet, February–September, 1836
* Jean-Charles Persil, 1836–1837
* Félix Barthe, 1837–1839
* Amédée Girod de l'Ain, March–May, 1839
* Jean-Baptiste Teste, 1839–1840
* Alexandre-François Vivien, March–October, 1840
* Nicolas Martin du Nord, 1840–1847
* Michel Hébert, 1847–1848
* Adolphe Crémieux, February–June, 1848
* Eugène Bethmont, June–July, 1848
* Alexandre Marie, July–December, 1848
* Eugène Rouher, 1847–1851
* Eugène Corbin, October–November, 1851
* Alfred Daviel, November–December, 1851
* Eugène Rouher, 1851–1852
* Jacques Pierre Abbatucci, 1852–1857
* Paul de Royer, 1857–1859
* Claude Delangle, 1859–1863
* Pierre Jules Baroche, 1863–1869
* Jean-Baptiste Duvergier, 1869–1870
* Émile Ollivier, January–August 1870
* Théodore Grandperret, August–September, 1870

## Paris Commune

* Eugène Protot, 16 April-28 May 1871

## Third Republic

* Adolphe Crémieux, 1870–1871
* Jules Dufaure, 1871–1873
* Jean Ernoul, May–November, 1873
* Octave Depeyre, 1873–1874
* Adrien Tailhand, 1874–1875
* Jules Dufaure, 1875–1876
* Louis Martel, 1876–1877
* Albert, duc de Broglie, May–November, 1877
* François Le Pelletier, November–December, 1877
* Jules Dufaure, 1877–1879
* Philippe Le Royer, February–December, 1879
* Jules Cazot, 1879–1882
* Gustave Humbert, January–August, 1882
* Paul Devès, 1882–1883
* Félix Martin-Feuillée, 1883–1885
* Henri Brisson, 1885–1886
* Charles Demôle, January–December, 1886
* Ferdinand Sarrien, 1886–1887
* Charles Mazeau, May–November, 1887
* Armand Fallières, 1887–1888
* Jean-Baptiste Ferrouillat, 1888–1889
* Jean François Edmond Guyot Dessaigne, February, 1889
* François Thévenet, 1889–1890
* Armand Fallières, 1890–1892
* Louis Ricard, February–December, 1892
* Léon Bourgeois, 1892–1893
* Jules Develle, March, 1893
* Léon Bourgeois, March–April, 1893
* Eugène Guérin, April–December, 1893
* Antonin Dubost, 1893–1894
* Eugène Guérin, 1894–1895
* Ludovic Trarieux, January–November, 1895
* Louis Ricard, 1895–1896
* Jean-Baptiste Darlan, 1896–1897
* Victor Milliard, 1897–1898
* Ferdinand Sarrien, June–November, 1898
* Georges Lebret, 1898–1899
* Ernest Monis, 1899–1902
* Ernest Vallé, 1902–1905
* Joseph Chaumié, 1905–1906
* Ferdinand Sarrien, March–October, 1906
* Jean François Edmond Guyot Dessaigne, 1906–1907
* Aristide Briand, 1908–1909
* Louis Barthou, 1909–1910
* Théodore Girard, 1910–1911
* Antoine Perrier, March–June, 1911
* Jean Cruppi, 1911–1912
* Aristide Briand, 1912–1913
* Louis Barthou, January–March, 1913
* Antony Ratier, March–December, 1913
* Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin, 1913–1914
* Alexandre Ribot, June, 1914
* Jean Bienvenu-Martin, June–August, 1914
* Aristide Briand, 1914–1915
* René Viviani, 1915–1917
* Raoul Péret, September–November, 1917
* Louis Nail, 1917–1920
* Gustave L'Hopiteau, 1920–1921
* Laurent Bonnevay, 1921–1922
* Louis Barthou, January–October, 1922
* Maurice Colrat, 1922–1924
* Edmond Lefebvre du Prey, March–June, 1924
* Antony Ratier, June, 1924
* René Renoult, 1924–1925
* Théodore Steeg, April–October, 1925
* Anatole de Monzie, October, 1925
* Camille Chautemps, October–November, 1925
* René Renoult, 1925–1926
* Pierre Laval, March–July 1926
* Maurice Colrat, July, 1926
* Louis Barthou, 1926–1929
* Lucien Hubert, 1929–1930
* Théodore Steeg, February–March, 1930
* Raoul Péret, March–November 1930
* Henry Chéron, 1931
* Léon Bérard, 1931–1932
* Paul Reynaud, February–June, 1932
* René Renoult, June–December 1932
* Abel Gardey, 1932–1933
* Eugène Penancier, January–October, 1933
* Albert Dalimier, October–November 1933
* Eugène Raynaldy, 1933–1934
* Eugène Penancier, January–February, 1934
* Henry Chéron, February–October, 1934
* Henry Lémery, October–November, 1934
* Georges Pernot, 1934–1935
* Léon Bérard, 1935–1936
* Marc Rucart, 1936–1937
* Vincent Auriol, 1937–1938
* César Campinchi, January–March 1938
* Marc Rucart, March–April, 1938
* Paul Reynaud, April–November 1938
* Paul Marchandeau, 1938–1939
* Georges Bonnet, 1939–1940
* Albert Sérol, March–June 1940
* Charles Frémicourt, June–July 1940

## Vichy France

* Raphaël Alibert, 1940–1941
* Joseph Barthélémy, 1941–1943
* Maurice Gabolde, 1943–1944

## Free France

* René Cassin, September 1941 – June 1943
* Jules Abadie, June–September, 1943
* François de Menthon, 1943–1944

## Fourth Republic

* François de Menthon, 1944–1945
* Pierre-Henri Teitgen, 1945–1946
* Paul Ramadier, 1946–1947
* André Marie, 1947–1948
* Robert Lecourt, July–September 1948
* André Marie, 1948–1949
* Robert Lecourt, February–October 1949
* René Mayer, 1949–1951
* Edgar Faure, 1952–1952
* Léon Martinaud-Déplat 1952–1953
* Paul Ribeyre, 1953–1954
* Émile Hugues, June–September 1954
* Jean Michel Guérin du Bosq de Beaumont, 1954–1955
* Emmanuel Temple, January–February 1955
* Robert Schuman, 1955–1956
* François Mitterrand, 1956–1957
* Édouard Corniglion-Molinier, February–June 1957
* Robert Lecourt, 1957–1958

## Fifth Republic

* Michel Debré, 1958–1959
* Edmond Michelet, 1959–1962
* Bernard Chenot, 1961–1962
* Jean Foyer, 1962–1967
* Louis Joxe, 1968
* René Capitant, 1968–1969
* Jean-Marcel Jeanneney, April–June, 1969
* René Pleven, 1969–1973
* Jean Taittinger, 1973–1974
* Jean Lecanuet, 1974–1976
* Olivier Guichard, 1976–1977
* Alain Peyrefitte, 1977–1981
* Maurice Faure, May–June, 1981
* Robert Badinter, 1981–1986
* Michel Crépeau, February–March, 1986
* Albin Chalandon, 1986–1988
* Pierre Arpaillange, 1988–1990
* Henri Nallet, 1990–1992
* Michel Vauzelle, 1992–1993
* Pierre Méhaignerie, 1993–1995
* Jacques Toubon, 1994–1997
* Élisabeth Guigou, 1997–2000
* Marylise Lebranchu, 2000–2002
* Dominique Perben, 2002–2005
* Pascal Clément, 2005–2007
* Rachida Dati, 2007–2009
* Michèle Alliot-Marie, 2009–2010
* Michel Mercier, 2010–2012
* Christiane Taubira, 2012–2016
* Jean-Jacques Urvoas, 2016–2017
* François Bayrou, May–June, 2017
* Nicole Belloubet, 2017–2020
* Éric Dupond-Moretti, 2020–
