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The Minister of Foreign Affairs , in the Government of France , is the cabinet member in charge of relationships with foreign countries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located on the Quai d'Orsay in Paris , and Quai d'Orsay is often used as a synonym for the Ministry.
The current minister is Philippe Douste-Blazy .
In 1589 , the four French Secretaries of State became specialized, with one of the secretaries responsible for foreign affairs. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs became a Minister of Foreign Affairs' in 1791 . In 1794 , all ministerial positions were briefly abolished by the National Convention , but was re-established in 1795 with the establishment of the Directory . For a brief period in the 1980s , the office was retitled Minister for External Affairs .
Foreign Ministers of France, 1589-present
Minister
Began
Ended
Louis de Revol
1 January 1589
17 September 1594
Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
30 December 1594
9 August 1616
Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Bishop of Luçon
30 November 1616
24 April 1617
Pierre Brulart, vicomte de Puysieux
24 April 1617
11 March 1626
Raymond Phelypeaux, seigneur d'Herbault
11 March 1626
2 May 1629
Claude Bouthillier
2 May 1629
18 March 1632
Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny
18 March 1632
23 June 1643
Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne
23 June 1643
3 April 1663
Hugues de Lionne
3 April 1663
1 September 1671
Simon Arnaud, marquis de Pomponne
1 September 1671
18 November 1679
Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy
12 February 1680
28 July 1696
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy
28 July 1696
22 September 1715
Nicolas du Blé, marquis d'Huxelles
23 September 1715
1 September 1718
Guillaume Dubois
24 September 1718
10 August 1723
Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, comte de Morville
16 August 1723
19 August 1727
Germain Louis Chauvelin
23 August 1727
20 February 1737
Jean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou
22 February 1737
26 April 1744
Adrien Maurice, duc de Noailles
26 April 1744
19 November 1744
René de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'Argenson
19 November 1744
10 January 1747
Louis Philogène Brûlart, vicomte de Puisieulx
27 January 1747
9 September 1751
François Dominique de Barberie de Saint-Contest
11 September 1751
24 July 1754
Antoine Louis Rouillé
24 July 1754
28 June 1757
François Joachim de Pierre de Bernis
28 June 1757
9 October 1758
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul
3 December 1758
13 October 1761
César Gabriel de Choiseul-Chevigny, duc de Praslin
13 October 1761
10 April 1766
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul
10 April 1766
24 December 1770
Louis Phélypeaux, duc de La Vrillère
24 December 1770
6 June 1771
Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon
6 June 1771
2 June 1774
Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin
2 June 1774
21 July 1774
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
21 July 1774
13 February 1787
Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin Saint-Hérem
14 February 1787
13 July 1789
Paul François de Quelen, duc de la Vauguyon
13 July 1789
16 July 1789
Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin Saint-Hérem
16 July 1789
29 November 1791
Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart
29 November 1791
15 March 1792
Charles Dumouriez
15 March 1792
13 June 1792
Pierre Paul de Méredieu, baron de Naillac
13 June 1792
18 June 1792
Scipion Victor, marquis de Chambonas
18 June 1792
23 July 1792
François Joseph de Gratet, vicomte Dubouchage
23 July 1792
1 August 1792
Claude Bigot de Sainte-Croix
1 August 1792
10 August 1792
Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu
10 August 1792
21 June 1793
François Louis Michel Chemin Deforgues
21 June 1793
2 April 1794
Jean Marie Claude Alexandre Goujon
5 April 1794
8 April 1794
Martial Joseph Armand Herman
8 April 1794
20 April 1794
none
20 April 1794
3 November 1795
Charles Delacroix
3 November 1795
15 July 1797
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
15 July 1797
20 July 1799
Karl Reinhard
20 July 1799
22 November 1799
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
22 November 1799
9 August 1807
Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny, duc de Cadore
9 August 1807
17 April 1811
Hugues Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano
17 April 1811
20 November 1813
Armand Augustin Louis Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence
20 November 1813
1 April 1814
Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de Laforest
3 April 1814
13 May 1814
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent
13 May 1814
20 March 1815
Armand Augustin Louis Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence
20 March 1815
22 June 1815
Louis, baron Bignon
22 June 1815
7 July 1815
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent
9 July 1815
26 September 1815
Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
26 September 1815
29 December 1818
Jean Joseph Paul Augustin, marquis Dessolles
29 December 1818
19 November 1819
Étienne Denis, baron Pasquier
19 November 1819
14 December 1821
Mathieu Jean Félicité, duc de Montmorency-Laval
14 December 1821
28 December 1822
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand
28 December 1822
4 August 1824
Ange Hyacinthe Maxence, baron de Damas
4 August 1824
4 January 1828
Auguste, comte de La Ferronays
4 January 1828
24 April 1829
Anne Pierre Adrien, duc de Montmorency-Laval
24 April 1829
14 May 1829
Joseph-Marie, comte Portalis
14 May 1829
8 August 1829
Jules Armand Auguste Marie, prince de Polignac
8 August 1829
29 July 1830
Victor Louis Victurnien, duc de Mortemart
29 July 1830
29 July 1830
Louis, baron Bignon
31 July 1830
1 August 1830
Jean-Baptiste, comte Jourdan
1 August 1830
11 August 1830
Louis, comte Molé
11 August 1830
2 November 1830
Nicolas Joseph, marquis Maison
2 November 1830
17 November 1830
Horace François Bastien, baron Sébastiani
17 November 1830
11 October 1832
Victor, duc de Broglie
11 October 1832
4 April 1834
Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny
4 April 1834
10 November 1834
Charles Joseph, comte Bresson
10 November 1834
18 November 1834
Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny
18 November 1834
12 March 1835
Victor, duc de Broglie
12 March 1835
22 February 1836
Adolphe Thiers
22 February 1836
6 September 1836
Louis, comte Molé
6 September 1836
31 March 1839
Napoléon Auguste Lannes, duc de Montebello
31 March 1839
12 May 1839
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie
12 May 1839
1 March 1840
Adolphe Thiers
1 March 1840
29 October 1840
François Guizot
29 October 1840
23 February 1848
Alphonse de Lamartine
24 February 1848
11 May 1848
Jules Bastide
11 May 1848
29 June 1848
Marie-Alphonse Bedeau
29 June 1848
17 July 1848
Jules Bastide
17 July 1848
20 December 1848
Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
20 December 1848
2 June 1849
Alexis de Tocqueville
2 June 1849
31 October 1849
Alphonse de Rayneval
31 October 1849
17 November 1849
Jean-Ernest Ducos, vicomte de La Hitte
17 November 1849
9 January 1851
Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
9 January 1851
24 January 1851
Anatole, baron Brénier de Renaudière
24 January 1851
10 April 1851
Jules Baroche
10 April 1851
26 October 1851
Louis Félix Étienne, marquis de Turgot
26 October 1851
28 July 1852
Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
28 July 1852
7 May 1855
Alexandre Colonna, comte Walewski
7 May 1855
4 January 1860
Jules Baroche
4 January 1860
24 January 1860
Édouard Thouvenel
24 January 1860
15 October 1862
Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
15 October 1862
1 September 1866
Charles, marquis de La Valette
1 September 1866
2 October 1866
Lionel, marquis de Moustier
2 October 1866
17 December 1868
Charles, marquis de La Valette
17 December 1868
17 July 1869
Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne
17 July 1869
2 January 1870
Napoléon, comte Daru
2 January 1870
14 April 1870
Émile Ollivier
14 April 1870
15 May 1870
Agenor, duc de Gramont
15 May 1870
10 August 1870
Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne
10 August 1870
4 September 1870
Jules Favre
4 September 1870
2 August 1871
Charles, comte de Rémusat
2 August 1871
25 May 1873
Albert, duc de Broglie
25 May 1873
26 November 1873
Louis Decazes, duc de Glucksberg
29 November 1873
23 November 1877
Gaston-Robert, marquis de Banneville
23 November 1877
13 December 1877
William Henry Waddington
13 December 1877
28 December 1879
Charles de Freycinet
28 December 1879
23 September 1880
Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire
23 September 1880
14 November 1881
Léon Gambetta
14 November 1881
30 January 1882
Charles de Freycinet
30 January 1882
7 August 1882
Charles Duclerc
7 August 1882
29 January 1883
Armand Fallières
29 January 1883
21 February 1883
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
21 February 1883
20 November 1883
Jules Ferry
20 November 1883
6 April 1885
Charles de Freycinet
6 April 1885
11 December 1886
Émile Flourens
11 December 1886
3 April 1888
René Goblet
3 April 1888
22 February 1889
Eugène Spuller
22 February 1889
17 March 1890
Alexandre Ribot
17 March 1890
11 January 1893
Jules Develle
11 January 1893
3 December 1893
Jean Casimir-Périer
3 December 1893
30 May 1894
Gabriel Hanotaux
30 May 1894
1 November 1895
Marcellin Berthelot
1 November 1895
28 March 1896
Léon Bourgeois
28 March 1896
29 April 1896
Gabriel Hanotaux
29 April 1896
28 June 1898
Théophile Delcassé
28 June 1898
6 June 1905
Maurice Rouvier
6 June 1905
13 March 1906
Léon Bourgeois
14 March 1906
25 October 1906
Stéphen Pichon
25 October 1906
2 March 1911
Jean Cruppi
2 March 1911
27 June 1911
Justin de Selves
27 June 1911
9 January 1912
Raymond Poincaré
14 January 1912
22 January 1913
Charles Jonnart
22 January 1913
22 March 1913
Stéphen Pichon
22 March 1913
9 December 1913
Gaston Doumergue
9 December 1913
9 June 1914
Léon Bourgeois
9 June 1914
13 June 1914
René Viviani
13 June 1914
3 August 1914
Gaston Doumergue
3 August 1914
26 August 1914
Théophile Delcassé
26 August 1914
13 October 1915
René Viviani
13 October 1915
29 October 1915
Aristide Briand
29 October 1915
20 March 1917
Alexandre Ribot
20 March 1917
23 October 1917
Louis Barthou
23 October 1917
16 November 1917
Stéphen Pichon
16 November 1917
20 January 1920
Alexandre Millerand
20 January 1920
24 September 1920
Georges Leygues
24 September 1920
16 January 1921
Aristide Briand
16 January 1921
15 January 1922
Raymond Poincaré
15 January 1922
9 June 1924
Edmond Lefebvre du Prey
9 June 1924
14 June 1924
Édouard Herriot
14 June 1924
17 April 1925
Aristide Briand
17 April 1925
19 July 1926
Édouard Herriot
19 July 1926
23 July 1926
Aristide Briand
23 July 1926
14 January 1932
Pierre Laval
14 January 1932
20 February 1932
André Tardieu
20 February 1932
3 June 1932
Édouard Herriot
3 June 1932
18 December 1932
Joseph Paul-Boncour
18 December 1932
30 January 1934
Édouard Daladier
30 January 1934
9 February 1934
Louis Barthou
9 February 1934
9 October 1934
Pierre Laval
13 October 1934
24 January 1936
Pierre Étienne Flandin
24 January 1936
4 June 1936
Yvon Delbos
4 June 1936
13 March 1938
Joseph Paul-Boncour
13 March 1938
10 April 1938
Georges Bonnet
10 April 1938
13 September 1939
Édouard Daladier
13 September 1939
21 March 1940
Paul Reynaud
21 March 1940
18 May 1940
Édouard Daladier
18 May 1940
5 June 1940
Paul Reynaud
5 June 1940
16 June 1940
Paul Baudoin
16 June 1940
28 October 1940
Pierre Laval
28 October 1940
13 December 1940
Pierre Étienne Flandin
13 December 1940
9 February 1941
François Darlan
10 February 1941
18 April 1942
Pierre Laval
18 April 1942
20 August 1944
Free French Commissioners
Maurice Dejean
24 September 1941
17 October 1942
René Pleven
17 October 1942
5 February 1943
René Massigli
5 February 1943
10 September 1944
Ministers
Georges Bidault
10 September 1944
16 December 1946
Léon Blum
16 December 1946
22 January 1947
Georges Bidault
22 January 1947
26 July 1948
Robert Schuman
26 July 1948
8 January 1953
Georges Bidault
8 January 1953
19 June 1954
Pierre Mendès-France
19 June 1954
20 January 1955
Edgar Faure
20 January 1955
23 February 1955
Antoine Pinay
23 February 1955
1 February 1956
Christian Pineau
1 February 1956
14 May 1958
René Pleven
14 May 1958
1 June 1958
Maurice Couve de Murville
1 June 1958
30 May 1968
Michel Debré
30 May 1968
22 June 1969
Maurice Schumann
22 June 1969
15 March 1973
André Bettencourt
15 March 1973
4 April 1973
Michel Jobert
4 April 1973
28 May 1974
Jean Sauvagnargues
28 May 1974
27 August 1976
Louis de Guiringaud
27 August 1976
29 November 1978
Jean François-Poncet
29 November 1978
22 May 1981
Claude Cheysson
22 May 1981
7 December 1984
Roland Dumas
7 December 1984
20 March 1986
Jean-Bernard Raimond
20 March 1986
12 May 1988
Roland Dumas
12 May 1988
29 March 1993
Alain Juppé
29 March 1993
18 May 1995
Hervé de Charette
18 May 1995
4 June 1997
Hubert Védrine
4 June 1997
7 May 2002
Dominique de Villepin
7 May 2002
31 March 2004
Michel Barnier
31 March 2004
2 June 2005
Philippe Douste-Blazy
2 June 2005
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