title: List of Ministers of Justice of France
text: # List of Ministers of Justice of France
  
  This is a list of justice ministers of France, working for the French Ministry of Justice.
  
  ## 1790 to the Third Republic
  
  * Marguerite-Louis-François Duport-Dutertre, 1790–1792
  * Jean Marie Roland de la Platière, March–April, 1792
  * Antoine Duranton, April–July, 1792
  * Étienne Dejoly, July–August, 1792
  * Georges Jacques Danton, August–October, 1792
  * Dominique Joseph Garat, 1792–1793
  * Louis Gohier, 1793–1794
  * Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai, 1795–1796
  * Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu, January–April, 1796
  * Philippe Antoine Merlin de Douai, 1796–1797
  * Charles Joseph Lambrechts, 1797–1799
  * Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, July–December, 1799
  * André Joseph Abrial, 1799–1802
  * Claude Ambroise Régnier, duc de Massa, 1802–1813
  * Mathieu Louis Molé, 1813–1814
  * Pierre Paul Nicolas Henrion de Pansey, April–May, 1814
  * Charles-Henri Dambray, 1814–1815
  * Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, March–June, 1815
  * Antoine Boulay de la Meurthe, June–July, 1815
  * Étienne-Denis Pasquier, July–September, 1815
  * François de Barbé-Marbois, 1815–1816
  * Charles-Henri Dambray, 1816–1817
  * Étienne-Denis Pasquier, 1817–1818
  * Pierre François Hercule de Serre, 1818–1821
  * Pierre-Denis, Comte de Peyronnet, 1821–1828
  * Joseph Marie Portalis, 1828–1829
  * Pierre Bourdeau, May–August 1829
  * Jean de Courvoisier, 1829–1830
  * Jean de Chantelauze, May–July, 1830
  * Jacques Charles Dupont de l'Eure, July–December, 1830
  * Joseph Mérilhou, 1830–1831
  * Félix Barthe, 1831–1834
  * Jean-Charles Persil, 1834–1836
  * Paul Jean Pierre Sauzet, February–September, 1836
  * Jean-Charles Persil, 1836–1837
  * Félix Barthe, 1837–1839
  * Amédée Girod de l'Ain, March–May, 1839
  * Jean-Baptiste Teste, 1839–1840
  * Alexandre-François Vivien, March–October, 1840
  * Nicolas Martin du Nord, 1840–1847
  * Michel Hébert, 1847–1848
  * Adolphe Crémieux, February–June, 1848
  * Eugène Bethmont, June–July, 1848
  * Alexandre Marie, July–December, 1848
  * Eugène Rouher, 1847–1851
  * Eugène Corbin, October–November, 1851
  * Alfred Daviel, November–December, 1851
  * Eugène Rouher, 1851–1852
  * Jacques Pierre Abbatucci, 1852–1857
  * Paul de Royer, 1857–1859
  * Claude Delangle, 1859–1863
  * Pierre Jules Baroche, 1863–1869
  * Jean-Baptiste Duvergier, 1869–1870
  * Émile Ollivier, January–August 1870
  * Théodore Grandperret, August–September, 1870
  
  ## Paris Commune
  
  * Eugène Protot, 16 April-28 May 1871
  
  ## Third Republic
  
  * Adolphe Crémieux, 1870–1871
  * Jules Dufaure, 1871–1873
  * Jean Ernoul, May–November, 1873
  * Octave Depeyre, 1873–1874
  * Adrien Tailhand, 1874–1875
  * Jules Dufaure, 1875–1876
  * Louis Martel, 1876–1877
  * Albert, duc de Broglie, May–November, 1877
  * François Le Pelletier, November–December, 1877
  * Jules Dufaure, 1877–1879
  * Philippe Le Royer, February–December, 1879
  * Jules Cazot, 1879–1882
  * Gustave Humbert, January–August, 1882
  * Paul Devès, 1882–1883
  * Félix Martin-Feuillée, 1883–1885
  * Henri Brisson, 1885–1886
  * Charles Demôle, January–December, 1886
  * Ferdinand Sarrien, 1886–1887
  * Charles Mazeau, May–November, 1887
  * Armand Fallières, 1887–1888
  * Jean-Baptiste Ferrouillat, 1888–1889
  * Jean François Edmond Guyot Dessaigne, February, 1889
  * François Thévenet, 1889–1890
  * Armand Fallières, 1890–1892
  * Louis Ricard, February–December, 1892
  * Léon Bourgeois, 1892–1893
  * Jules Develle, March, 1893
  * Léon Bourgeois, March–April, 1893
  * Eugène Guérin, April–December, 1893
  * Antonin Dubost, 1893–1894
  * Eugène Guérin, 1894–1895
  * Ludovic Trarieux, January–November, 1895
  * Louis Ricard, 1895–1896
  * Jean-Baptiste Darlan, 1896–1897
  * Victor Milliard, 1897–1898
  * Ferdinand Sarrien, June–November, 1898
  * Georges Lebret, 1898–1899
  * Ernest Monis, 1899–1902
  * Ernest Vallé, 1902–1905
  * Joseph Chaumié, 1905–1906
  * Ferdinand Sarrien, March–October, 1906
  * Jean François Edmond Guyot Dessaigne, 1906–1907
  * Aristide Briand, 1908–1909
  * Louis Barthou, 1909–1910
  * Théodore Girard, 1910–1911
  * Antoine Perrier, March–June, 1911
  * Jean Cruppi, 1911–1912
  * Aristide Briand, 1912–1913
  * Louis Barthou, January–March, 1913
  * Antony Ratier, March–December, 1913
  * Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin, 1913–1914
  * Alexandre Ribot, June, 1914
  * Jean Bienvenu-Martin, June–August, 1914
  * Aristide Briand, 1914–1915
  * René Viviani, 1915–1917
  * Raoul Péret, September–November, 1917
  * Louis Nail, 1917–1920
  * Gustave L'Hopiteau, 1920–1921
  * Laurent Bonnevay, 1921–1922
  * Louis Barthou, January–October, 1922
  * Maurice Colrat, 1922–1924
  * Edmond Lefebvre du Prey, March–June, 1924
  * Antony Ratier, June, 1924
  * René Renoult, 1924–1925
  * Théodore Steeg, April–October, 1925
  * Anatole de Monzie, October, 1925
  * Camille Chautemps, October–November, 1925
  * René Renoult, 1925–1926
  * Pierre Laval, March–July 1926
  * Maurice Colrat, July, 1926
  * Louis Barthou, 1926–1929
  * Lucien Hubert, 1929–1930
  * Théodore Steeg, February–March, 1930
  * Raoul Péret, March–November 1930
  * Henry Chéron, 1931
  * Léon Bérard, 1931–1932
  * Paul Reynaud, February–June, 1932
  * René Renoult, June–December 1932
  * Abel Gardey, 1932–1933
  * Eugène Penancier, January–October, 1933
  * Albert Dalimier, October–November 1933
  * Eugène Raynaldy, 1933–1934
  * Eugène Penancier, January–February, 1934
  * Henry Chéron, February–October, 1934
  * Henry Lémery, October–November, 1934
  * Georges Pernot, 1934–1935
  * Léon Bérard, 1935–1936
  * Marc Rucart, 1936–1937
  * Vincent Auriol, 1937–1938
  * César Campinchi, January–March 1938
  * Marc Rucart, March–April, 1938
  * Paul Reynaud, April–November 1938
  * Paul Marchandeau, 1938–1939
  * Georges Bonnet, 1939–1940
  * Albert Sérol, March–June 1940
  * Charles Frémicourt, June–July 1940
  
  ## Vichy France
  
  * Raphaël Alibert, 1940–1941
  * Joseph Barthélémy, 1941–1943
  * Maurice Gabolde, 1943–1944
  
  ## Free France
  
  * René Cassin, September 1941 – June 1943
  * Jules Abadie, June–September, 1943
  * François de Menthon, 1943–1944
  
  ## Fourth Republic
  
  * François de Menthon, 1944–1945
  * Pierre-Henri Teitgen, 1945–1946
  * Paul Ramadier, 1946–1947
  * André Marie, 1947–1948
  * Robert Lecourt, July–September 1948
  * André Marie, 1948–1949
  * Robert Lecourt, February–October 1949
  * René Mayer, 1949–1951
  * Edgar Faure, 1952–1952
  * Léon Martinaud-Déplat 1952–1953
  * Paul Ribeyre, 1953–1954
  * Émile Hugues, June–September 1954
  * Jean Michel Guérin du Bosq de Beaumont, 1954–1955
  * Emmanuel Temple, January–February 1955
  * Robert Schuman, 1955–1956
  * François Mitterrand, 1956–1957
  * Édouard Corniglion-Molinier, February–June 1957
  * Robert Lecourt, 1957–1958
  
  ## Fifth Republic
  
  * Michel Debré, 1958–1959
  * Edmond Michelet, 1959–1962
  * Bernard Chenot, 1961–1962
  * Jean Foyer, 1962–1967
  * Louis Joxe, 1968
  * René Capitant, 1968–1969
  * Jean-Marcel Jeanneney, April–June, 1969
  * René Pleven, 1969–1973
  * Jean Taittinger, 1973–1974
  * Jean Lecanuet, 1974–1976
  * Olivier Guichard, 1976–1977
  * Alain Peyrefitte, 1977–1981
  * Maurice Faure, May–June, 1981
  * Robert Badinter, 1981–1986
  * Michel Crépeau, February–March, 1986
  * Albin Chalandon, 1986–1988
  * Pierre Arpaillange, 1988–1990
  * Henri Nallet, 1990–1992
  * Michel Vauzelle, 1992–1993
  * Pierre Méhaignerie, 1993–1995
  * Jacques Toubon, 1994–1997
  * Élisabeth Guigou, 1997–2000
  * Marylise Lebranchu, 2000–2002
  * Dominique Perben, 2002–2005
  * Pascal Clément, 2005–2007
  * Rachida Dati, 2007–2009
  * Michèle Alliot-Marie, 2009–2010
  * Michel Mercier, 2010–2012
  * Christiane Taubira, 2012–2016
  * Jean-Jacques Urvoas, 2016–2017
  * François Bayrou, May–June, 2017
  * Nicole Belloubet, 2017–2020
  * Éric Dupond-Moretti, 2020–
  