Minister of Information (France)
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Minister of Information | |
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Ministre de l'information | |
Ministry of Information | |
Status | Abolished |
Member of | Government |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | President |
Term length | No fixed term |
Formation | 13 March 1938 |
First holder | Ludovic-Oscar Frossard |
Final holder | Jean-Philippe Lecat |
Abolished | 28 May 1974 |
The Minister of Information (French: Ministre de l'information) was the leader and most senior official of the French Ministry of Information. It was a position in the Government of France from 1938 to 1974 and no longer exists.
History
[edit]Initially created under the name of Minister of Propaganda under the second government of Léon Blum, the office adopted the Information denomination with the following administrations until 1974, date to which it was definitely disestablished.
Powers and functions
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Officeholders
[edit]Third Republic
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Government | President | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
Ministry established | |||||||||
1 | ![]() |
Ludovic-Oscar Frossard | 13 March 1938 | 10 April 1938 | 28 days | Blum II | Albert Lebrun | [1] | |
Office vacant from 10 April 1938 to 29 July 1939. | |||||||||
2 | ![]() |
Jean Giraudoux | 29 July 1939 | 21 March 1940 | 236 days | Daladier IV–V | Albert Lebrun | [2] | |
3 | ![]() |
Ludovic-Oscar Frossard | 21 March 1940 | 5 June 1940 | 76 days | Raynaud | [3] | ||
4 | ![]() |
Jean Prouvost | 5 June 1940 | 12 July 1940 | 37 days | Raynaud Pétain |
[4] |
Vichy France
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Government | Chief | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
- | ![]() |
Pierre Laval | 12 July 1940 | 13 December 1940 | 154 days | Laval V | Philippe Pétain | [5] | |
- | ![]() |
Paul Baudoin | 13 December 1940 | 2 January 1941 | 20 days | Flandin | [6] | ||
- | ![]() |
Paul Marion | 23 February 1941 | 18 April 1942 | 1 year, 54 days | Darlan | [7] | ||
- | ![]() |
Pierre Laval | 18 April 1942 | 20 August 1944 | 2 years, 124 days | Laval VI | [8] |
Free France
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Government | Leader | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
5 | ![]() |
André Diethelm | 24 September 1941 | 28 July 1942 | 307 days | CNF | Charles de Gaulle | [9] | |
6 | ![]() |
Jacques Soustelle | 28 July 1942 | 7 June 1943 | 314 days | [10] | |||
7 | ![]() |
Henri Bonnet | 7 June 1943 | 10 September 1944 | 1 year, 95 days | CFLN | [11] |
Provisional Government
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Government | President | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
8 | ![]() |
Pierre-Henri Teitgen | 10 September 1944 | 30 May 1945 | 262 days | de Gaulle I | Charles de Gaulle | [12] | |
9 | ![]() |
Jacques Soustelle | 30 May 1945 | 21 November 1945 | 175 days | [13] | |||
10 | ![]() |
André Malraux | 21 November 1945 | 26 January 1946 | 66 days | de Gaulle II | [14] | ||
11 | ![]() |
Gaston Defferre | 26 January 1946 | 24 June 1946 | 149 days | Gouin | Félix Gouin | [15] | |
12 | ![]() |
Robert Bichet | 24 June 1946 | 16 December 1946 | 172 days | Bidault I | Georges Bidault | [16] | |
Office vacant from 16 December 1946 to 26 July 1948. |
Fourth Republic
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Government | President | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
13 | ![]() |
François Mitterrand | 26 July 1948 | 5 September 1948 | 41 days | Marie | Vincent Auriol | [17] | |
Office vacant from 5 September 1948 to 28 October 1949. | |||||||||
14 | ![]() |
Pierre-Henri Teitgen | 28 October 1949 | 2 July 1950 | 247 days | Bidault I–II | Vincent Auriol | [18] | |
15 | ![]() |
Jean Letourneau | 2 July 1950 | 12 July 1950 | 10 days | Queuille II | [19] | ||
16 | ![]() |
Albert Gazier | 12 July 1950 | 11 August 1951 | 1 year, 30 days | Pleven I Queuille III |
[20] | ||
17 | ![]() |
Robert Buron | 11 August 1951 | 20 January 1952 | 162 days | Pleven II | [21] | ||
18 | ![]() |
Paul Coste-Floret | 20 January 1952 | 8 March 1952 | 48 days | Faure I | [22] | ||
Office vacant from 8 March 1952 to 8 January 1953. | |||||||||
19 | ![]() |
Émile Hugues | 8 January 1953 | 18 June 1954 | 1 year, 161 days | Mayer Laniel I–II |
Vincent Auriol | [23] | |
René Coty | |||||||||
Office vacant from 18 June 1954 to 20 February 1955. | |||||||||
20 | ![]() |
Georges Galy-Gasparrou | 20 January 1955 | 23 February 1955 | 34 days | Mendès-France | René Coty | [24] | |
Office vacant from 23 February 1955 to 1 February 1956. | |||||||||
21 | ![]() |
Gérard Jacquet | 1 February 1956 | 17 June 1957 | 1 year, 136 days | Mollet | René Coty | [25] | |
22 | ![]() |
Michel Soulié | 17 June 1957 | 11 November 1957 | 147 days | Bourgès-Maunoury | [26] | ||
23 | ![]() |
Émile Claparède | 11 November 1957 | 17 May 1958 | 187 days | Gaillard | [27] | ||
24 | ![]() |
Albert Gazier | 17 May 1958 | 1 June 1958 | 15 days | Pflimlin | [28] | ||
25 | ![]() |
André Malraux | 1 June 1958 | 7 July 1958 | 36 days | de Gaulle III | [29] | ||
26 | ![]() |
Jacques Soustelle | 7 July 1958 | 8 January 1959 | 185 days | [30] |
Fifth Republic
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Government | President | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
27 | ![]() |
Roger Frey | 8 January 1959 | 5 February 1960 | 1 year, 28 days | Debré | Charles de Gaulle | [31] | |
28 | ![]() |
Louis Terrenoire | 5 February 1960 | 24 August 1961 | 1 year, 178 days | [32] | |||
29 | ![]() |
Christian de La Malène | 24 August 1961 | 15 April 1962 | 234 days | [33] | |||
30 | ![]() |
Alain Peyrefitte | 15 April 1962 | 11 September 1962 | 149 days | Pompidou I | [34] | ||
31 | ![]() |
Christian Fouchet | 11 September 1962 | 6 December 1962 | 86 days | [35] | |||
32 | ![]() |
Alain Peyrefitte | 6 December 1962 | 8 January 1966 | 3 years, 33 days | Pompidou II | [36] | ||
33 | ![]() |
Yvon Bourges | 8 January 1966 | 7 April 1967 | 1 year, 89 days | Pompidou III | [37] | ||
34 | ![]() |
Georges Gorse | 7 April 1967 | 31 May 1968 | 1 year, 54 days | Pompidou IV | [38] | ||
35 | Yves Guéna | 31 May 1968 | 12 July 1968 | 42 days | [39] | ||||
36 | ![]() |
Joël Le Theule | 12 July 1968 | 22 June 1969 | 345 days | Couve de Murville | [40] | ||
Interim : Alain Poher | |||||||||
Office vacant from 22 June 1969 to 6 July 1972. | |||||||||
37 | ![]() |
Philippe Malaud | 6 July 1972 | 23 October 1973 | 1 year, 109 days | Messmer I–II | Georges Pompidou | [41] | |
38 | ![]() |
Jean-Philippe Lecat | 23 October 1973 | 28 May 1974 | 217 days | Messmer II–III | [42] | ||
Interim : Alain Poher | |||||||||
Ministry disestablished |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Government of the French Republic (13 March 1938). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (29 July 1939). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (21 March 1940). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (5 June 1940). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French State (12 July 1940). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French State (13 December 1940). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French State (23 February 1941). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French State (18 April 1942). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (24 September 1941). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (28 July 1942). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (7 June 1943). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (10 September 1944). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (30 May 1945). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (21 November 1945). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (26 January 1946). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (24 June 1946). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (26 July 1948). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (28 October 1949). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (2 July 1950). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (12 July 1950). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (11 August 1951). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (20 January 1952). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (8 January 1953). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (20 January 1955). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (1 February 1956). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (17 June 1957). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (11 November 1957). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (17 May 1958). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (1 June 1958). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (7 July 1958). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (8 January 1959). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (5 February 1960). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (24 August 1961). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (15 April 1962). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (11 September 1962). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (6 December 1962). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (8 January 1966). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (7 April 1967). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (31 May 1968). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (12 July 1968). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (6 July 1972). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Government of the French Republic (23 October 1973). "Decree on the composition of the government". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.