Minister of Information (France) explained

The Minister of Information (fr|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

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.

Officeholders

Third Republic

	Portrait	Name	Term			Government	President	Ref.
Took office	Left office	Time in office
1			Ludovic-Oscar Frossard				Blum II	Albert Lebrun	[1]
Office vacant from 10 April 1938 to 29 July 1939.
2			Jean Giraudoux				Daladier IV–V	Albert Lebrun	[2]
3			Ludovic-Oscar Frossard				Raynaud		[3]
4			Jean Prouvost				Raynaud Pétain		[4]

Vichy France

	Portrait	Name	Term			Government	Chief	Ref.
Took office	Left office	Time in office
-			Pierre Laval				Laval V	Philippe Pétain	[5]
-			Paul Baudoin				Flandin		[6]
-			Paul Marion				Darlan		[7]
-			Pierre Laval				Laval VI		[8]

Free France

	Portrait	Name	Term			Government	Leader	Ref.
Took office	Left office	Time in office
5			André Diethelm				CNF	Charles de Gaulle	[9]
6			Jacques Soustelle						[10]
7			Henri Bonnet				CFLN		[11]

Provisional Government

	Portrait	Name	Term			Government	President	Ref.
Took office	Left office	Time in office
8			Pierre-Henri Teitgen				de Gaulle I	Charles de Gaulle	[12]
9			Jacques Soustelle						[13]
10			André Malraux				de Gaulle II		[14]
11			Gaston Defferre				Gouin	Félix Gouin	[15]
12			Robert Bichet				Bidault I	Georges Bidault	[16]
Office vacant from 16 December 1946 to 26 July 1948.

Fourth Republic

	Portrait	Name	Term			Government	President	Ref.
Took office	Left office	Time in office
13			François Mitterrand				Marie	Vincent Auriol	[17]
Office vacant from 5 September 1948 to 28 October 1949.
14			Pierre-Henri Teitgen				Bidault I–II	Vincent Auriol	[18]
15			Jean Letourneau				Queuille II		[19]
16			Albert Gazier				Pleven I Queuille III		[20]
17			Robert Buron				Pleven II		[21]
18			Paul Coste-Floret				Faure I		[22]
Office vacant from 8 March 1952 to 8 January 1953.
19			Émile Hugues				Mayer Laniel I–II	Vincent Auriol	[23]
		René Coty
Office vacant from 18 June 1954 to 20 February 1955.
20			Georges Galy-Gasparrou				Mendès-France	René Coty	[24]
Office vacant from 23 February 1955 to 1 February 1956.
21			Gérard Jacquet				Mollet	René Coty	[25]
22			Michel Soulié				Bourgès-Maunoury		[26]
23			Émile Claparède				Gaillard		[27]
24			Albert Gazier				Pflimlin		[28]
25			André Malraux				de Gaulle III		[29]
26			Jacques Soustelle						[30]

Fifth Republic

	Portrait	Name	Term			Government	President	Ref.
Took office	Left office	Time in office
27			Roger Frey				Debré	Charles de Gaulle	[31]
28			Louis Terrenoire						[32]
29			Christian de La Malène						[33]
30			Alain Peyrefitte				Pompidou I		[34]
31			Christian Fouchet						[35]
32			Alain Peyrefitte				Pompidou II		[36]
33			Yvon Bourges				Pompidou III		[37]
34			Georges Gorse				Pompidou IV		[38]
35			Yves Guéna						[39]
36			Joël Le Theule				Couve de Murville		[40]
		Interim : Alain Poher
Office vacant from 22 June 1969 to 6 July 1972.
37			Philippe Malaud				Messmer I–II	Georges Pompidou	[41]
38			Jean-Philippe Lecat				Messmer II–III		[42]
		Interim : Alain Poher

Notes and References

1. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 13 March 1938. 14 July 2020.
2. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 29 July 1939. 14 July 2020.
3. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 21 March 1940. 14 July 2020.
4. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 5 June 1940. 14 July 2020.
5. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French State. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 12 July 1940. 14 July 2020.
6. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French State. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 13 December 1940. 14 July 2020.
7. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French State. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 23 February 1941. 14 July 2020.
8. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French State. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 18 April 1942. 14 July 2020.
9. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 24 September 1941. 10 March 2020.
10. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 28 July 1942. 13 July 2020.
11. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 7 June 1943. 13 July 2020.
12. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 10 September 1944. 13 July 2020.
13. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 30 May 1945. 13 July 2020.
14. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 21 November 1945. 13 July 2020.
15. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 26 January 1946. 13 July 2020.
16. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 24 June 1946. 13 July 2020.
17. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 26 July 1948. 13 September 2020.
18. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. gallica.bnf.fr. French. 28 October 1949. 13 September 2020.
19. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 2 July 1950. 13 July 2020.
20. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 12 July 1950. 13 July 2020.
21. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 11 August 1951. 13 July 2020.
22. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 20 January 1952. 13 July 2020.
23. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 8 January 1953. 13 July 2020.
24. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 20 January 1955. 13 July 2020.
25. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 1 February 1956. 13 July 2020.
26. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 17 June 1957. 13 July 2020.
27. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 11 November 1957. 13 July 2020.
28. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 17 May 1958. 13 July 2020.
29. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 1 June 1958. 13 July 2020.
30. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 7 July 1958. 13 July 2020.
31. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 8 January 1959. 13 July 2020.
32. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 5 February 1960. 13 July 2020.
33. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 24 August 1961. 13 July 2020.
34. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 15 April 1962. 13 July 2020.
35. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 11 September 1962. 13 July 2020.
36. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 6 December 1962. 13 July 2020.
37. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 8 January 1966. 13 July 2020.
38. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 7 April 1967. 13 July 2020.
39. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 31 May 1968. 13 July 2020.
40. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 12 July 1968. 13 July 2020.
41. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 6 July 1972. 13 July 2020.
42. Web site: Decree on the composition of the government. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. French. 23 October 1973. 13 July 2020.