List of Police Ministers of France
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Minister of Police was a major French ministerial position under the Directory
, Consulate
, First Empire
, and Restored Bourbon Dynasty. The most famous Minister of Police was Joseph Fouché
. The position was merged into the Ministry of the Interior in 1818, although it was briefly restored by Napoleon III in 1852.
French Directory
The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate...
, Consulate
French Consulate
The Consulate was the government of France between the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire in 1804...
, First Empire
First French Empire
The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France...
, and Restored Bourbon Dynasty. The most famous Minister of Police was Joseph Fouché
Joseph Fouché
Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte. In English texts his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto.-Youth:Fouché was born in Le Pellerin, a small village near Nantes...
. The position was merged into the Ministry of the Interior in 1818, although it was briefly restored by Napoleon III in 1852.
Ministers of Police, 1796-1814
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Philippe Antoine Merlin de Douai | 4 January 1796 | 4 April 1796 |
| Charles Cochon de Lapparent Charles Cochon de Lapparent Charles Cochon Lapparent, was born in Champdeniers-Saint-Denis on 24 January 1750 and died in Poitiers on 17 July 1825. He was a French politician and Minister of Police.... |
4 April 1796 | 15 July 1797 |
| Jean-Jacques Lenoir-Laroche | 15 July 1797 | 25 July 1797 |
| Jean-Marie Sotin de la Coindière | 25 July 1797 | 13 February 1798 |
| Nicolas Dondeau | 13 February 1798 | 16 May 1798 |
| Marie Jean François Philibert Lecarlier d'Ardon | 16 May 1798 | 29 October 1798 |
| Jean-Pierre Duval | 29 October 1798 | 23 June 1799 |
| Claude Sébastien Bourguignon-Dumolard | 23 June 1799 | 20 July 1799 |
| Joseph Fouché Joseph Fouché Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte. In English texts his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto.-Youth:Fouché was born in Le Pellerin, a small village near Nantes... |
20 July 1799 | 3 June 1810 |
| René Savary, duc de Rovigo Anne Jean Marie René Savary Anne Jean Marie René Savary, 1st Duc de Rovigo , French general and diplomat, was born at Marcq in the Ardennes.-Biography:... |
3 June 1810 | 1 April 1814 |
| Jules Anglès | 3 April 1814 | 13 May 1814 |
Ministers of Police, 1815-1818
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Joseph Fouché, duc d'Otrante Joseph Fouché Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte. In English texts his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto.-Youth:Fouché was born in Le Pellerin, a small village near Nantes... |
20 March 1815 | 22 June 1815 |
| Jean, comte Pelet de la Lozère | 22 June 1815 | 7 July 1815 |
| Joseph Fouché, duc d'Otrante Joseph Fouché Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte. In English texts his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto.-Youth:Fouché was born in Le Pellerin, a small village near Nantes... |
7 July 1815 | 26 September 1815 |
| Élie, comte Decazes Élie, duc Decazes Élie Decazes, 1st duc Decazes and 1st Duke of Glücksbierg , was a French statesman, known from 1815 to 1820 as 1st comte Decazes in France, 1st Duke of Glücksbierg in Denmark in 1818, and 1st duc Decazes in France in 1820 .-Early life:Élie Decazes was born at Saint-Martin-de-Laye, Gironde, son of... |
26 September 1815 | 29 December 1818 |
Ministers of Police, 1852-1853
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Charlemagne de Maupas | 22 January 1852 | 21 June 1853 |