Minister of Information (France)

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.

Minister of Information
Ministre de l'information
Longest serving
Alain Peyrefitte
6 December 1962 – 8 January 1966
Ministry of Information
StatusAbolished
Member ofGovernment
Reports toPrime Minister
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation13 March 1938
First holderLudovic-Oscar Frossard
Final holderJean-Philippe Lecat
Abolished28 May 1974

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.

Powers and functions

Officeholders

Third Republic
No. Portrait Name Term Government President Ref.
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
No. Portrait Name Term Government Chief Ref.
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
No. Portrait Name Term Government Leader Ref.
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
No. Portrait Name Term Government President Ref.
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
No. Portrait Name Term Government President Ref.
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
No. Portrait Name Term Government President Ref.
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

    References
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    2. Government of the French Republic (29 July 1939). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
    3. Government of the French Republic (21 March 1940). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
    4. Government of the French Republic (5 June 1940). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
    5. Government of the French State (12 July 1940). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
    6. Government of the French State (13 December 1940). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
    7. Government of the French State (23 February 1941). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
    8. Government of the French State (18 April 1942). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
    9. Government of the French Republic (24 September 1941). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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    13. Government of the French Republic (30 May 1945). "Decree on the composition of the government". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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