This page is a list of French education ministers

Minister of National Education (France)

The Ministry of National Education, Youth, and Sport , or simply "Minister of National Education," as the title has changed no small number of times in the course of the Fifth Republic) is the French government cabinet member charged with running France's public educational system and with the...

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A governmental position overseeing public education was first created in France

France

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 in 1802. Following the various regime changes in France in the first decades of the 19th century, the position changed official status and name a number of times before the position of Minister of Public Instruction was created in 1828. For much of its history, the position was combined with that of Minister of Public Worship, who dealt with issues related to the Roman Catholic Church

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, except in instances where the Minister of Public Instruction was a Protestant. The position has also occasionally been combined with Minister of Sports and Minister of Youth Affairs. In 1932, the office's title was changed to Minister of National Education, although it was briefly changed back in 1940-1941, and was renamed Minister of Education during the Presidency of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981...

 (1974-1981).

Administrators (various titles) of Public Instruction or the University, 1802-1828

Minister	Began	Ended
Antoine François Fourcroy (Directeur général de l'Instruction publique)	14 September 1802	17 March 1808
Louis de Fontanes (Grand maître de l'Université)	17 March 1808	17 February 1815
Louis-François de Bausset Louis-François de Bausset Louis-François de Bausset was a French cardinal, writer and member of the Académie Française.He was born in Pondichéry, and died in Paris.-External links:* *...  (Président du Conseil royal de l'Instruction publique)	17 February 1815	20 March 1815
Bernard Étienne Germain de la Ville sur Illon (Grand maître de l'Université impériale)	20 March 1815	9 May 1815
Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance Charles-François Lebrun, 1st Duke of Plaisance, prince of the Empire was a French statesman.-Ancien Régime:...  (Grand maître de l'Université impériale)	9 May 1815	15 August 1815
Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard (Président de la commission de l'Instruction publique)	15 August 1815	1818
Frédéric Cuvier Frédéric Cuvier Frédéric Cuvier was a French zoologist. He was the younger brother of noted naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier....  (Grand maître de l'Université)	13 September 1819	1 November 1820
Élie Decazes (Président de la commission de l'Instruction publique)	29 December 1818	21 February 1820
Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon Joseph Jérôme, comte Siméon was a French jurist and politician. His son, Joseph Balthasar, Comte Siméon, was a noted diplomat.-Revolution:...  (Président de la commission de l'Instruction publique)	21 February 1820	4 October 1820
Joseph Louis Joachim Lainé Joseph Lainé Joseph Henri Joachim, vicomte Lainé was a French lawyer and politician.Born in Bordeaux, he became a successful lawyer in Paris. In 1793 he was named administrator of the district of La Réole, returning to work as a lawyer under the French Directory...  (Président du Conseil royal de l'Instruction publique)	4 October 1820	21 December 1820
Joseph Louis Joachim Lainé	21 December 1820	31 July 1821
Jacques Joseph Guillaume François Pierre Corbière (Président du Conseil royal de l'Instruction publique)	31 July 1821	1 June 1822
Frédéric Cuvier Frédéric Cuvier Frédéric Cuvier was a French zoologist. He was the younger brother of noted naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier....  (Président par intérim du Conseil royal de l'Instruction publique)	1 June 1822	26 August 1824
Denis-Luc Frayssinous Denis-Luc Frayssinous Denis-Antoine-Luc, comte de Frayssinous was a French prelate and statesman, orator and writer. He was the eighth member elected to occupy Seat 3 of the Académie française in 1822.-Biography:...  (Grand maître de l'Université royale)	26 August 1824	1 February 1828
Denis-Luc Frayssinous Denis-Luc Frayssinous Denis-Antoine-Luc, comte de Frayssinous was a French prelate and statesman, orator and writer. He was the eighth member elected to occupy Seat 3 of the Académie française in 1822.-Biography:...  (Ministre des Affaires ecclésiastiques et de l'Instruction publique)	1 February 1828	10 February 1828

Ministers of Public Instruction, 1828-1932

Minister	Began	Ended
Antoine François Henri Lefebvre de Vatimesnil	10 February 1828	8 August 1829
Guillaume Isidore, comte de Montbel	8 August 1829	18 November 1829
Martial, comte de Guernon-Ranville	18 November 1829	31 July 1830
François Guizot François Guizot François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, a conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, and worked to sustain a constitutional...	31 July 1830	1 August 1830
Louis, baron Bignon	1 August 1830	11 August 1830
Achille Léonce Victor Charles, duc de Broglie	11 August 1830	2 November 1830
Joseph Mérilhou	2 November 1830	27 November 1830
Félix Barthe	27 November 1830	13 March 1831
Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet Marthe Camille Bachasson, 3rd Count of Montalivet was a French statesman and a Peer of France.-Family:...	13 March 1831	30 April 1832
Louis Gaspard Amédée, baron Girod de l'Ain	30 April 1832	11 October 1832
François Guizot François Guizot François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, a conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, and worked to sustain a constitutional...	11 October 1832	10 November 1834
Jean-Baptiste Teste Jean-Baptiste Teste Jean-Baptiste Teste was a French politician of the July Monarchy. He fell from grace in the Teste-Cubières scandal.-Early life:...	10 November 1834	18 November 1834
François Guizot François Guizot François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, a conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, and worked to sustain a constitutional...	18 November 1834	22 February 1836
Privat Joseph Claramont, comte Pelet de la Lozère	22 February 1836	6 September 1836
François Guizot François Guizot François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, a conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, and worked to sustain a constitutional...	6 September 1836	15 April 1837
Narcisse Achille de Salvandy	15 April 1837	31 March 1839
Narcisse Parant	31 March 1839	12 May 1839
Abel-François Villemain Abel-François Villemain Abel-François Villemain was a French politician and writer.-Biography:Villemain was born in Paris and educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He became assistant master at the Lycée Charlemagne, and subsequently at the École Normale. In 1812 he gained a prize from the Academy with an essay on Michel...	12 May 1839	1 March 1840
Victor Cousin Victor Cousin Victor Cousin was a French philosopher. He was a proponent of Scottish Common Sense Realism and had an important influence on French educational policy.-Early life:...	1 March 1840	29 October 1840
Abel-François Villemain Abel-François Villemain Abel-François Villemain was a French politician and writer.-Biography:Villemain was born in Paris and educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He became assistant master at the Lycée Charlemagne, and subsequently at the École Normale. In 1812 he gained a prize from the Academy with an essay on Michel...	29 October 1840	1 February 1845
Narcisse Achille de Salvandy	1 February 1845	24 February 1848
Hippolyte Carnot Hippolyte Carnot Lazare Hippolyte Carnot was a French statesman.- Early life :Lazare was the younger brother of the founder of thermodynamics Sadi Carnot and second son of the revolutionary politician Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, who also served in the government of Napoleon. He was born at Saint-Omer,...	24 February 1848	5 July 1848
Achille Tenaille de Vaulabelle	5 July 1848	13 October 1848
Alexandre Pierre Freslon	13 October 1848	20 December 1848
Alfred Frédéric, comte de Falloux	20 December 1848	31 October 1849
Marie Louis Pierre Félix Esquirou de Parieu	31 October 1849	24 January 1851
Charles Giraud	24 January 1851	10 April 1851
Marie Jean Pierre Pie Frédéric Dombidau de Crouseilhes	10 April 1851	26 October 1851
Charles Giraud	26 October 1851	3 December 1851
Hippolyte Fortoul	3 December 1851	7 June 1856
Gustave Rouland	13 August 1856	23 June 1863
Victor Duruy Victor Duruy Jean Victor Duruy was a French historian and statesman.He was born in Paris, the son of a factory worker, and at first intended for his father's trade...	23 June 1863	17 July 1869
Louis Olivier Bourbeau	17 July 1869	2 January 1870
Émile Alexis Segris	2 January 1870	14 April 1870
Maurice Richard Maurice Richard Joseph Henri Maurice "the Rocket" Richard, Sr., was a French-Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League from 1942 to 1960. The "Rocket" was the most prolific goal-scorer of his era, the first to achieve the feat of 50 goals in 50...	14 April 1870	15 May 1870
Jacques Philippe Mège	15 May 1870	10 August 1870
Jules Louis Joseph Brame	10 August 1870	4 September 1870
Jules Simon Jules Simon Jules François Simon was a French statesman and philosopher, and one of the leader of the Opportunist Republicans faction.-Biography:Simon was born at Lorient. His father was a linen-draper from Lorraine, who renounced Protestantism before his second marriage with a Catholic Breton. Jules Simon...	5 September 1870	17 May 1873
William Henry Waddington William Henry Waddington William Henry Waddington was a French statesman who was Prime Minister of France in 1879.-Early life and education:...	18 May 1873	25 May 1873
Anselme Batbie	25 May 1873	26 November 1873
Oscar Bardi de Fourtou	26 November 1873	22 May 1874
Arthur de Cumont	22 May 1874	10 March 1875
Henri Wallon Henri Wallon Henri-Alexandre Wallon was a French historian and statesman whose decisive contribution to the creation of the Third Republic led him to be called the "Father of the Republic"...	10 March 1875	9 March 1876
William Henry Waddington William Henry Waddington William Henry Waddington was a French statesman who was Prime Minister of France in 1879.-Early life and education:...	9 March 1876	17 May 1877
Joseph Brunet Joseph Brunet Joseph Brunet was a politician and businessman. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1902 election to represent the riding of St. James. His election was declared void on December 22, 1902...	17 May 1877	23 November 1877
Hervé Faye Hervé Faye Hervé Auguste Étienne Albans Faye was a French astronomer, born at Saint-Benoît-du-Sault and educated at the Ecole Polytechnique, which he left in 1834, before completing his course, to accept a position in the Paris Observatory to which he had been appointed on the recommendation of M. Arago.He...	23 November 1877	13 December 1877
Agénor Bardoux Agénor Bardoux Agénor Bardoux was a French statesman and republican, son of Jacques Bardoux and wife Thérèse Pignet Agénor Bardoux (Bourges, Cher, 15 January 1829–Paris, 23 November 1897) was a French statesman and republican, son of Jacques Bardoux (Moulins, 3 February 1795 - Clermont-Ferrand, 8 January...	13 December 1877	4 February 1879
Jules Ferry Jules Ferry Jules François Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion.- Early life :Born in Saint-Dié, in the Vosges département, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris in 1854, but soon went into politics, contributing to...	4 February 1879	14 November 1881
Paul Bert Paul Bert Paul Bert was a French zoologist, physiologist and politician. He is sometimes given the sobriquet "Father of Aviation Medicine".-Life:Bert was born at Auxerre...	14 November 1881	30 January 1882
Jules Ferry Jules Ferry Jules François Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion.- Early life :Born in Saint-Dié, in the Vosges département, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris in 1854, but soon went into politics, contributing to...	30 January 1882	7 August 1882
Jules Duvaux	7 August 1882	21 February 1883
Jules Ferry Jules Ferry Jules François Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion.- Early life :Born in Saint-Dié, in the Vosges département, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris in 1854, but soon went into politics, contributing to...	21 February 1883	20 November 1883
Armand Fallières Armand Fallières Clément Armand Fallières was a French politician, president of the French republic from 1906 to 1913.He was born at Mézin in the département of Lot-et-Garonne, France, where his father was clerk of the peace...	20 November 1883	6 April 1885
René Goblet René Goblet René Goblet was a French politician, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1886–1887.He was born at Aire-sur-la-Lys, Pas-de-Calais and was trained in law. Under the Second Empire, he helped found a Liberal journal, Le Progrès de la Somme, and in July 1871 he was sent by the département of the...	6 April 1885	11 December 1886
Marcellin Berthelot Marcellin Berthelot Marcelin Pierre Eugène Berthelot was a French chemist and politician noted for the Thomsen-Berthelot principle of thermochemistry. He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substances and disproved the theory of vitalism. He is considered as one of the greatest chemists of all time.He...	11 December 1886	30 May 1887
Eugène Spuller Eugène Spuller Eugène Spuller was a French politician and writer.He was born at Seurre , his father being a German who had married and settled in France. After studying law at Dijon, he went to Paris, where he was called to the bar, and became close to Léon Gambetta, collaborating with him in 1868 in the...	30 May 1887	12 December 1887
Léopold Faye	12 December 1887	3 April 1888
Édouard Locroy	3 April 1888	22 February 1889
Armand Fallières Armand Fallières Clément Armand Fallières was a French politician, president of the French republic from 1906 to 1913.He was born at Mézin in the département of Lot-et-Garonne, France, where his father was clerk of the peace...	22 February 1889	17 March 1890
Léon Bourgeois Léon Bourgeois -Biography:He was born in Paris, and was trained in law. After holding a subordinate office in the department of public works, he became successively prefect of the Tarn and the Haute-Garonne , and then returned to Paris to enter the ministry of the interior...	17 March 1890	6 December 1892
Charles Dupuy Charles Dupuy Charles Alexandre Dupuy was a French statesman, three times prime minister.-Biography:He was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, where his father was a minor official. After a period as a professor of philosophy in the provinces, he was appointed a school inspector, thus obtaining a...	6 December 1892	4 April 1893
Raymond Poincaré Raymond Poincaré Raymond Poincaré was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five separate occasions and as President of France from 1913 to 1920. Poincaré was a conservative leader primarily committed to political and social stability...	4 April 1893	3 December 1893
Eugène Spuller Eugène Spuller Eugène Spuller was a French politician and writer.He was born at Seurre , his father being a German who had married and settled in France. After studying law at Dijon, he went to Paris, where he was called to the bar, and became close to Léon Gambetta, collaborating with him in 1868 in the...	3 December 1893	30 May 1894
Georges Leygues Georges Leygues Georges Leygues was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line.He was born...	30 May 1894	26 January 1895
Raymond Poincaré Raymond Poincaré Raymond Poincaré was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five separate occasions and as President of France from 1913 to 1920. Poincaré was a conservative leader primarily committed to political and social stability...	26 January 1895	1 November 1895
Émile Combes Émile Combes Émile Combes was a French statesman who led the Bloc des gauches's cabinet from June 1902 – January 1905.-Biography:Émile Combes was born in Roquecourbe, Tarn. He studied for the priesthood, but abandoned the idea before ordination. His anti-clericalism would later lead him into becoming a...	1 November 1895	29 April 1896
Alfred Rambaud	29 April 1896	28 June 1898
Léon Bourgeois Léon Bourgeois -Biography:He was born in Paris, and was trained in law. After holding a subordinate office in the department of public works, he became successively prefect of the Tarn and the Haute-Garonne , and then returned to Paris to enter the ministry of the interior...	28 June 1898	1 November 1898
Georges Leygues Georges Leygues Georges Leygues was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the Maginot Line.He was born...	1 November 1898	7 June 1902
Joseph Chaumié Joseph Chaumié Joseph Chaumié was a French politician, Senator for Lot-et-Garonne from 1897 until his death.Joseph Chaumié was born in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, into a family of modest means...	7 June 1902	24 January 1905
Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin Bienvenu Martin Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu Martin was a French Radical leader and cabinet officer. He was born at Saint-Bris-le-Vineux , and was educated in the law. He held an underprefecture, entered the Council of State, and in 1894 became director under the Minister of the Colonies...	24 January 1905	14 March 1906
Aristide Briand Aristide Briand Aristide Briand was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic and received the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize.- Early life :...	14 March 1906	4 January 1908
Gaston Doumergue Gaston Doumergue Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue was a French politician of the Third Republic.Doumergue came from a Protestant family. Beginning as a Radical, he turned more towards the political right in his old age. He served as Prime Minister from 9 December 1913 to 2 June 1914...	4 January 1908	3 November 1910
Maurice Faure Maurice Faure Maurice Faure at Azerat, Dordogne is a former member of the French Resistance and a former minister in several French governments....	3 November 1910	2 March 1911
Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg was a French politician of the Third Republic, deputy of the Seine from 1906 to 1914 and senator of the same department from 1914 to 1940....	2 March 1911	14 January 1912
Gabriel Guist'hau Gabriel Guist'hau Gabriel Guist'hau, was a French politician .Guist'hau left Réunion for Nantes to study law there, and was elected the mayor of Nantes in 1908. He went on to become a deputy to the Assemblée nationale from 1910 to 1924...	14 January 1912	21 January 1913
Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg was a French politician of the Third Republic, deputy of the Seine from 1906 to 1914 and senator of the same department from 1914 to 1940....	21 January 1913	22 March 1913
Louis Barthou Louis Barthou Jean Louis Barthou was a French politician of the Third Republic.-Early years:He was born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, and served as Deputy from that constituency. He was an authority on trade union history and law. Barthou was Prime Minister in 1913, and held ministerial office...	22 March 1913	9 December 1913
René Viviani René Viviani Jean Raphaël Adrien René Viviani was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served as Prime Minister for the first year of World War I. He was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, in French Algeria. In France he sought to protect the rights of socialists and trade union workers.-Biography:His...	9 December 1913	9 June 1914
Arthur Dessoyes	9 June 1914	13 June 1914
Victor Augagneur	13 June 1914	3 August 1914
Albert Sarraut Albert Sarraut Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919....	3 August 1914	29 October 1915
Paul Painlevé Paul Painlevé Paul Painlevé was a French mathematician and politician. He served twice as Prime Minister of the Third Republic: 12 September – 13 November 1917 and 17 April – 22 November 1925.-Early life:Painlevé was born in Paris....	29 October 1915	12 December 1916
René Viviani René Viviani Jean Raphaël Adrien René Viviani was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served as Prime Minister for the first year of World War I. He was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, in French Algeria. In France he sought to protect the rights of socialists and trade union workers.-Biography:His...	12 December 1916	20 March 1917
Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg Théodore Steeg was a French politician of the Third Republic, deputy of the Seine from 1906 to 1914 and senator of the same department from 1914 to 1940....	20 March 1917	12 September 1917
Charles Daniel-Vincent	12 September 1917	16 November 1917
Louis Lafferre	16 November 1917	27 November 1919
Léon Bérard Léon Bérard Léon Bérard was a French politician and lawyer.He was Minister of Public Instruction in 1919 and from 1921 to 1924, and Minister of Justice from 1931 to 1932 and was elected to the Académie française in 1934.Bérard was the Ambassador from Vichy France to the Holy See from 1940 to 1945.-Léon Bérard...	27 November 1919	20 January 1920
André Honorrat	20 January 1920	16 January 1921
Léon Bérard Léon Bérard Léon Bérard was a French politician and lawyer.He was Minister of Public Instruction in 1919 and from 1921 to 1924, and Minister of Justice from 1931 to 1932 and was elected to the Académie française in 1934.Bérard was the Ambassador from Vichy France to the Holy See from 1940 to 1945.-Léon Bérard...	16 January 1921	29 March 1924
Henry de Jouvenel	29 March 1924	9 June 1924
Adolphe Landry	9 June 1924	14 June 1924
François Albert	14 June 1924	17 April 1925
Anatole de Monzie Anatole de Monzie Anatole de Monzie was a French administrator, encyclopaedist , political figure and scholar. His father was a tax collector in Bazas, Gironde where Anatole - a name he disliked from an early age - was born in 1876...	17 April 1925	11 October 1925
Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos was a French Radical-Socialist Party politician and minister.Delbos was born in Thonac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, entered a career as a journalist, and became a member of the Radical-Socialist Party...	11 October 1925	28 November 1925
Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier was a French Radical politician and the Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War.-Career:Daladier was born in Carpentras, Vaucluse. Later, he would become known to many as "the bull of Vaucluse" because of his thick neck and large shoulders and determined...	28 November 1925	9 March 1926
Lucien Lamoureux Lucien Lamoureux Lucien Lamoureux, PC, OC was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1966 to 1974...	9 March 1926	23 June 1926
Bertrand Nogaro	23 June 1926	19 July 1926
Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier was a French Radical politician and the Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War.-Career:Daladier was born in Carpentras, Vaucluse. Later, he would become known to many as "the bull of Vaucluse" because of his thick neck and large shoulders and determined...	19 July 1926	23 July 1926
Édouard Herriot Édouard Herriot Édouard Marie Herriot was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister and for many years as President of the Chamber of Deputies....	23 July 1926	11 November 1928
Pierre Marraud Pierre Marraud Pierre Marraud was a French politician born in Port-Sainte-Marie, Lot-et-Garonne, 8 January 1861, died in Paris 13.*Préfet in 1900, Councillor of State, commissaire du gouvernement at the end of the First World War until becoming prefect of in 1918.*Senator for Lot-et-Garonne from 1920 to...	11 November 1928	21 February 1930
Jean Durand	21 February 1930	2 March 1930
Pierre Marraud Pierre Marraud Pierre Marraud was a French politician born in Port-Sainte-Marie, Lot-et-Garonne, 8 January 1861, died in Paris 13.*Préfet in 1900, Councillor of State, commissaire du gouvernement at the end of the First World War until becoming prefect of in 1918.*Senator for Lot-et-Garonne from 1920 to...	2 March 1930	13 December 1930
Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council .-Career:Described as "intellectually bereft", Chautemps nevertheless entered politics and became Mayor of Tours in 1912, and a Radical deputy in 1919...	13 December 1930	27 January 1931
Mario Roustan	27 January 1931	3 June 1932

Ministers of National Education, 1932-present

Minister	Began	Ended
Anatole de Monzie Anatole de Monzie Anatole de Monzie was a French administrator, encyclopaedist , political figure and scholar. His father was a tax collector in Bazas, Gironde where Anatole - a name he disliked from an early age - was born in 1876...	3 June 1932	30 January 1934
Aimé Berthod	30 January 1934	8 November 1934
André Mallarmé	8 November 1934	1 June 1935
Mario Roustan	1 June 1935	7 June 1935
Philippe Marcombes	7 June 1935	13 June 1935
Mario Roustan	17 June 1935	24 January 1936
Henri Guernut	24 January 1936	4 June 1936
Jean Zay Jean Zay Jean Zay is a French politician born in Orléans on 6 August 1904 and assassinated 20 June 1944 by the miliciens in Molles . He was the Minister of National Education and Fine Arts from 1936 until 1939....	4 June 1936	10 September 1939
Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos was a French Radical-Socialist Party politician and minister.Delbos was born in Thonac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, entered a career as a journalist, and became a member of the Radical-Socialist Party...	13 September 1939	21 March 1940
Albert Sarraut Albert Sarraut Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919....	21 March 1940	5 June 1940
Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos was a French Radical-Socialist Party politician and minister.Delbos was born in Thonac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, entered a career as a journalist, and became a member of the Radical-Socialist Party...	5 June 1940	16 June 1940
Albert Rivaud Albert Rivaud Albert Rivaud was a French philosopher and classical scholar. In 1908 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Poitiers. In 1927 he succeeded Léon Brunschvicg as professor of philosophy at the Sorbonne. In 1940 he served as Minister of National Education in the government of...	16 June 1940	12 July 1940
Émile Miraud (Minister of Public Instruction)	12 July 1940	6 September 1940
Georges Ripert (Minister of Public Instruction)	6 September 1940	13 December 1940
Jacques Chevalier Jacques Chevalier Jacques Chevalier was a French philosopher.Chevalier was born in Cérilly, Allier, and taught at the Faculty of Letters in Grenoble. He was the author of many books, mainly about the history of philosophy....  (Minister of Public Instruction)	13 December 1940	23 February 1941
Jérôme Carcopino Jérôme Carcopino Jérôme Carcopino was a French historian and author. He was the fifteen member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1955.-Biography:...	25 February 1941	18 April 1942
Abel Bonnard Abel Bonnard Abel Bonnard was a French poet, novelist and politician.-Biography:Born in Poitiers, Vienne, his early education was in Marseilles with secondary studies at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris...	18 April 1942	20 August 1944
René Capitant René Capitant René Marie Alphonse Charles Capitant was a French lawyer and politician.He was the son of a lawyer, Henri Capitant, and attended the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris...	20 August 1944	21 November 1945
Paul Giacobbi Paul Giacobbi Paul Giacobbi is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haute-Corse department, and is a member of the Radical Party of the Left.-References:...	21 November 1945	26 January 1946
Marcel Edmond Naegelen	26 January 1946	12 February 1948
Édouard Depreux Édouard Depreux Édouard Depreux was a French socialist journalist, essayist, and politician of the French Fourth Republic; he was born in Viesly and died in Paris.- Early career :...	12 February 1948	26 July 1948
Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos was a French Radical-Socialist Party politician and minister.Delbos was born in Thonac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, entered a career as a journalist, and became a member of the Radical-Socialist Party...	26 July 1948	5 September 1948
Tony Revillon	5 September 1948	11 September 1948
Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos Yvon Delbos was a French Radical-Socialist Party politician and minister.Delbos was born in Thonac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, entered a career as a journalist, and became a member of the Radical-Socialist Party...	11 September 1948	2 July 1950
André Morice	2 July 1950	12 July 1950
Pierre-Olivier Lapie	12 July 1950	11 August 1952
André Marie André Marie André Marie was a French Radical politician who served as Prime Minister during the Fourth Republic in 1948.-Biography:...	11 August 1952	19 June 1954
Jean Berthoin Jean Berthoin Jean Berthoin was a French Politician....	19 June 1954	1 February 1956
René Billères René Billères René Billères was a French politician.Billères served as a Radical-Socialist deputy for the Hautes-Pyrénées from 1946 till 1973 and Senator for the same department from 1973 till 1983...	1 February 1956	14 May 1958
Jacques Bordeneuve Jacques Bordeneuve Jacques Bordeneuve was a French politician....	14 May 1958	1 June 1958
Jean Berthoin Jean Berthoin Jean Berthoin was a French Politician....	1 June 1958	8 January 1959
André Boulloche André Boulloche André Boulloche was a French politician who belonged to the Socialist party....	8 January 1959	23 December 1959
Michel Debré Michel Debré Michel Jean-Pierre Debré was a French Gaullist politician. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France, and was the first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic...	23 December 1959	15 January 1960
Louis Joxe Louis Joxe Louis Joxe was a French statesman, judge and politician.-Career:* Ambassador of France to the USSR * Ambassador of France to the Federal Republic of Germany...	15 January 1960	23 November 1960
Pierre Guillaumat Pierre Guillaumat Pierre Guillaumat was a Minister of National Education and Minister of the Armies under French President Charles De Gaulle and founder of the Elf Aquitaine oil company in 1967. He was the son of French general Adolphe Guillaumat....	23 November 1960	20 February 1961
Lucien Paye Lucien Paye Lucien Paye was a former French politician.He was doctor of letters. He was Minister of National Education from 20 February 1961 to 15 April 1962 in the Government Michel Debré, then senior representative of France in Senegal in 1962. He was the first ambassador of France in China from 1964 to 1969...	20 February 1961	15 April 1962
Pierre Sudreau Pierre Sudreau Pierre Sudreau is a former French politician. He was born in Paris.He announced his resignation as education minister in October 1962 to protest a proposal by Charles de Gaulle to amend the constitution.-References:...	15 April 1962	15 October 1962
Louis Joxe Louis Joxe Louis Joxe was a French statesman, judge and politician.-Career:* Ambassador of France to the USSR * Ambassador of France to the Federal Republic of Germany...	15 October 1962	28 November 1962
Christian Fouchet Christian Fouchet Christian Fouchet was a French politician.He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines.He was the French Minister of National Education from 28 November 1962 to 6 April 1967. He was the colonial head of Algeria from 19 March 1962 to 3 July 1962....	28 November 1962	6 April 1967
Alain Peyrefitte Alain Peyrefitte Alain Peyrefitte was a French scholar and politician.He was a confidant of Charles De Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland....	6 April 1967	30 May 1968
François-Xavier Ortoli François-Xavier Ortoli François-Xavier Ortoli was a French Gaullist politician and businessman. He served with the Free French Forces during World War II and was decorated with the Croix de guerre, Médaille militaire and Médaille de la Résistance...	30 May 1968	10 July 1968
Edgar Faure Edgar Faure Edgar Faure was a French politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist.-Career:Faure was born in Béziers, Languedoc-Roussillon. He trained as a lawyer in Paris and became a member of the Bar at 27, the youngest lawyer in France to do so at the time...	10 July 1968	23 June 1969
Olivier Guichard Olivier Guichard Olivier Guichard was a French politician. He was born in Néac and joined the French Army in 1944 and served until the end of World War II, during which, he earned the Médaille militaire and the Croix de guerre. At the end of his life he also was a grand officer of the Légion d'honneur.In 1947, he...	23 June 1969	7 July 1972
Joseph Fontanet Joseph Fontanet Joseph Fontanet was a French politician.He was first elected to Parliament in 1956 as MP for Savoie. In his 17 years in Parliament he held various cabinet positions including Health, Labour and Employment, and trade and industry. He succeeded Bernard Chenot, one of the first openly gay officials...	7 July 1972	28 May 1974
René Haby René Haby René Haby was a French politician. He had been a prisoner of war during World War II....  (Minister of Education)	28 May 1974	5 April 1978
Christian Beullac Christian Beullac Christian Beullac, French politician, born 29 November 1923 in Marseillan, , died 16 June 1986.- Biography :After secondary education in Nice and at the Champollion lycée in Grenoble, he went to the École Polytechnique in 1943 and entered the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées...  (Minister of Education)	5 April 1978	22 May 1981
Alain Savary Alain Savary Alain Savary was a French Socialist politician, deputy to the National Assembly of France during the Fourth and Fifth Republic, chairman of the Socialist Party and a government minister in the 1950s and in 1981, when he was nominated by President François Mitterrand as Minister of National...	22 May 1981	19 July 1984
Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement is a French politician. He was Minister of Defense from 1988 to 1991 and Minister of the Interior from 1997 to 2000. He was a presidential candidate in 2002 and since 2008 has been a member of the Senate....	19 July 1984	20 March 1986
René Monory René Monory René Monory was a French centre-right politician.-Biography:René Monory was born in Loudun and began his career as the owner of a garage. He was the founder of the Poitiers Futuroscope.Monory first became a Senator in 1968...	20 March 1986	12 May 1988
Lionel Jospin Lionel Jospin Lionel Jospin is a French politician, who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.Jospin was the Socialist Party candidate for President of France in the elections of 1995 and 2002. He was narrowly defeated in the final runoff election by Jacques Chirac in 1995...	12 May 1988	2 April 1992
Jack Lang Jack Lang (French politician) Jack Mathieu Émile Lang is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as France's Minister of Culture from 1981 to 1986 and 1988 to 1992, and as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002. He was also the Mayor of Blois from 1989 to 2000...	2 April 1992	29 March 1993
François Bayrou François Bayrou François Bayrou is a French centrist politician, president of Union for French Democracy since 1998 and was a candidate in the 2002 and 2007 French presidential elections. In the first round, he received 18.6% of the vote, finishing in 3rd place and therefore was eliminated from the race....	29 March 1993	4 June 1997
Claude Allègre Claude Allègre Claude Allègre is a French politician and scientist.- Scientific work :The main scientific area of Claude Allègre is geochemistry....	4 June 1997	28 March 2000
Jack Lang Jack Lang (French politician) Jack Mathieu Émile Lang is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as France's Minister of Culture from 1981 to 1986 and 1988 to 1992, and as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002. He was also the Mayor of Blois from 1989 to 2000...	28 March 2000	7 May 2002
Luc Ferry Luc Ferry Luc Ferry is a French philosopher and a notable proponent of Secular Humanism. He is a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank....	7 May 2002	31 March 2004
François Fillon François Fillon François Charles Armand Fillon is the Prime Minister of France. He was appointed to that office by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007. He served initially until 13 November 2010 when he resigned from being prime minister before a planned cabinet reshuffle.On 14 November 2010, Sarkozy...	31 March 2004	2 June 2005
Gilles de Robien Gilles de Robien Count Gilles de Robien is a French politician. He is the son of count Jean de Robien and of Éliane Le Mesre de Pas. The Robien are a noble family originating from Brittany....	2 June 2005	15 May 2007
Xavier Darcos Xavier Darcos Xavier Darcos is a French politician, scholar and civil servant currently serving as Minister of Labour.An agrégé professor in literature and general inspector of the National Education system, he has been Mayor of Périgueux, a Senator, and a junior minister in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's...	18 May 2007	23 June 2009
Luc Chatel Luc Chatel Luc Marie Chatel is a French politician born on August 15, 1964 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He has been Minister of National Education since June 2009, overseeing a difficult transition in the conditions under which new secondary teachers begin their careers...	23 June 2009	present