This is a list of justice ministers of France, working for the French Ministry of Justice. [1]
Minister | Titled | Party | Took office | Left office | Government | Ref. | ||
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![]() | Adolphe Crémieux | Minister of Justice | Opposition | 4 September 1870 | 19 February 1871 | Government of National Defense | ||
Presidency of Adolphe Thiers | ||||||||
![]() | Jules Dufaure | Minister of Justice | Centre Left | 19 February 1871 | 25 May 1873 | Dufaure I Dufaure II | ||
Presidency of Patrice de Mac Mahon | ||||||||
![]() | Jean Ernoul | Minister of Justice | Legitimist | 25 May 1873 | 26 November 1873 | de Broglie I | ||
![]() | Octave Depeyre | 26 November 1873 | 22 May 1874 | de Broglie II | ||||
![]() | Adrien Tailhand | Orléanist | 22 May 1874 | 10 March 1875 | Courtot de Cissey | |||
![]() | Jules Dufaure | Moderate Republicans | 10 March 1875 | 12 December 1876 | Buffet Dufaure III Dufaure IV | |||
![]() | Louis Martel | Centre Left | 12 December 1876 | 17 May 1877 | Simon | |||
![]() | Albert de Broglie | Orléanist | 17 May 1877 | 23 November 1877 | de Broglie III | |||
![]() | François Le Pelletier | Independent | 23 November 1877 | 13 December 1877 | de Rochebouët | |||
![]() | Jules Dufaure | Centre Left | 13 December 1877 | 4 February 1879 | Dufaure V | |||
![]() | Philippe Le Royer | Republican Left | 4 February 1879 | 28 December 1879 | Henry Waddington | |||
Presidency of Jules Grévy | ||||||||
![]() | Jules Cazot | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | Republican Left | 28 December 1879 | 30 January 1882 | de Freycinet I Ferry I Gambetta | ||
![]() | Gustave Humbert | Independent | 30 January 1882 | 7 August 1882 | de Freycinet II | |||
![]() | Paul Devès | Republican Left | 7 August 1882 | 21 February 1883 | Duclerc Fallières | |||
![]() | Félix Martin-Feuillée | Republican Union | 21 February 1883 | 6 April 1885 | Ferry II | |||
![]() | Henri Brisson | 6 April 1885 | 7 January 1886 | |||||
![]() | Charles Demôle | 7 January 1886 | 11 December 1886 | de Freycinet III | ||||
![]() | Ferdinand Sarrien | 11 December 1886 | 30 May 1887 | Goblet | ||||
![]() | Charles Mazeau | 30 May 1887 | 30 November 1887 | Rouvier I | ||||
Presidency of Sadi Carnot | ||||||||
![]() | Armand Fallières | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | Democratic Alliance | 30 November 1887 | 3 April 1888 | Tirard I | ||
![]() | Jean-Baptiste Ferrouillat | Republican Union | 3 April 1888 | 5 February 1889 | Floquet | |||
![]() | Edmond Guyot-Dessaigne | 6 February 1889 | 15 February 1889 | |||||
![]() | François Thévenet | Extreme Left | 22 February 1889 | 17 March 1890 | Tirard II | |||
![]() | Armand Fallières | Democratic Alliance | 17 March 1890 | 27 February 1892 | de Freycinet IV | |||
![]() | Louis Ricard | Independent | 27 February 1892 | 6 December 1892 | Loubet | |||
![]() | Léon Bourgeois | Radical Party | 6 December 1892 | 12 March 1893 | Ribot I Ribot II | |||
![]() | Jules Develle | Republican Union | 12 March 1893 | 13 March 1893 | Ribot II | |||
![]() | Léon Bourgeois | Radical Party | 13 March 1893 | 4 April 1893 | ||||
![]() | Eugène Guérin | 4 April 1893 | 3 December 1893 | Dupuy I | ||||
![]() | Antonin Dubost | Radical Left | 3 December 1893 | 30 May 1894 | Casimir-Perier | |||
Presidency of Jean Casimir-Perier | ||||||||
![]() | Eugène Guérin | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | Radical Party | 30 May 1894 | 26 January 1895 | Dupuy II Dupuy III | ||
Presidency of Félix Faure | ||||||||
![]() | Ludovic Trarieux | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | Republican Left | 26 January 1895 | 1 November 1895 | Ribot III | ||
![]() | Louis Ricard | Non-Attached | 1 November 1895 | 29 April 1896 | Bourgeois | |||
![]() | Jean-Baptiste Darlan | Progressive Union | 29 April 1896 | 1 December 1897 | Méline | |||
![]() | Victor Milliard | Non-Attached | 3 December 1897 | 28 June 1898 | ||||
![]() | Ferdinand Sarrien | Republican Union | 28 June 1898 | 1 November 1898 | Brisson II | |||
Presidency of Émile Loubet | ||||||||
![]() | Georges Lebret | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | Non-Attached | 1 November 1898 | 22 June 1899 | Dupuy IV Dupuy V | ||
![]() | Ernest Monis | Radical Party | 22 June 1899 | 7 June 1902 | Waldeck-Rousseau | |||
| Ernest Vallé | 7 June 1902 | 24 January 1905 | Combes | ||||
Presidency of Armand Fallières | ||||||||
![]() | Joseph Chaumié | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | Democratic Republican Alliance | 24 January 1905 | 14 March 1906 | Rouvier II Rouvier III | ||
![]() | Ferdinand Sarrien | PRRRS | 14 March 1906 | 25 October 1906 | Sarrien | |||
![]() | Edmond Guyot-Dessaigne | Radical Left | 25 October 1906 | 31 December 1907 | Clemenceau I | |||
![]() | Aristide Briand | SI | 4 January 1908 | 24 July 1909 | ||||
![]() | Louis Barthou | ARD | 24 July 1909 | 3 November 1910 | Briand I | |||
![]() | Théodore Girard | Non-Attached | 3 November 1910 | 2 March 1911 | Briand II | |||
![]() | Antoine Perrier | ARD | 2 March 1911 | 27 June 1911 | Monis | |||
![]() | Jean Cruppi | PRRRS | 27 June 1911 | 14 January 1912 | Caillaux | |||
![]() | Aristide Briand | PRS | 14 January 1912 | 21 January 1913 | Poincaré I | |||
![]() | Louis Barthou | PRD | 21 January 1913 | 18 February 1913 | Briand III | |||
Presidency of Raymond Poincaré | ||||||||
![]() | Louis Barthou | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | PRD | 18 February 1913 | 22 March 1913 | Briand IV | ||
![]() | Antony Ratier | 22 March 1913 | 9 December 1913 | Barthou | ||||
![]() | Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin | PRRRS | 9 December 1913 | 9 June 1914 | Doumergue I | |||
![]() | Alexandre Ribot | FR | 9 June 1914 | 13 June 1914 | Ribot IV | |||
![]() | Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin | PRRRS | 13 June 1914 | 26 August 1914 | Viviani I | |||
![]() | Aristide Briand | PRS | 26 August 1914 | 29 October 1915 | Viviani II | |||
![]() | René Viviani | 29 October 1915 | 12 September 1917 | Briand V Briand VI Ribot V | ||||
![]() | Raoul Péret | ARD | 12 September 1917 | 16 November 1917 | Painlevé I | |||
![]() | Louis Nail | PRRRS | 16 November 1917 | 20 January 1920 | Clemenceau II | |||
![]() | Gustave Lhopiteau | RI | 20 January 1920 | 18 February 1920 | Millerand I | |||
Presidency of Paul Deschanel | ||||||||
![]() | Gustave Lhopiteau | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | RI | 18 February 1920 | 23 September 1920 | Millerand II | ||
Presidency of Alexandre Millerand | ||||||||
![]() | Gustave Lhopiteau | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | RI | 24 September 1920 | 16 January 1921 | Leygues | ||
![]() | Laurent Bonnevay | FR | 16 January 1921 | 15 January 1922 | Briand VII | |||
![]() | Louis Barthou | PRDS | 15 January 1922 | 5 October 1922 | Poincaré II | |||
![]() | Maurice Colrat | 5 October 1922 | 29 March 1924 | |||||
![]() | Edmond Lefebvre du Prey | FR | 29 March 1924 | 9 June 1924 | Poincaré III | |||
![]() | Antony Ratier | PRDS | 9 June 1924 | 14 June 1924 | François-Marsal | |||
Presidency of Gaston Doumergue | ||||||||
![]() | René Renoult | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | PRRRS | 14 June 1924 | 17 April 1925 | Herriot I | ||
![]() | Théodore Steeg | 17 April 1925 | 11 October 1925 | Painlevé II | ||||
![]() | Anatole de Monzie | PRS | 11 October 1925 | 29 October 1925 | ||||
![]() | Camille Chautemps | PRRRS | 29 October 1925 | 28 November 1925 | Painlevé III | |||
![]() | René Renoult | 28 November 1925 | 9 March 1926 | Briand VIII | ||||
![]() | Pierre Laval | SE | 9 March 1926 | 19 July 1926 | Briand IX Briand X | |||
![]() | Maurice Colrat | PRDS | 19 July 1926 | 23 July 1926 | Herriot II | |||
![]() | Louis Barthou | AD | 23 July 1926 | 3 November 1929 | Poincaré IV Poincaré V Briand XI | |||
![]() | Lucien Hubert | PRRRS | 3 November 1929 | 21 February 1930 | Tardieu I | |||
![]() | Théodore Steeg | 21 February 1930 | 2 March 1930 | Chautemps I | ||||
![]() | Raoul Péret | RI | 2 March 1930 | 17 November 1930 | Tardieu II | |||
![]() | Henry Chéron | AD | 17 November 1930 | 27 January 1931 | Tardieu II Steeg | |||
![]() | Léon Bérard | 27 January 1931 | 13 June 1931 | Laval I | ||||
Presidency of Paul Doumer | ||||||||
![]() | Léon Bérard | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | AD | 13 June 1931 | 20 February 1932 | Laval II Laval III | ||
![]() | Paul Reynaud | 20 February 1932 | 3 June 1932 | Tardieu III | ||||
Presidency of Albert Lebrun | ||||||||
![]() | René Renoult | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | PRRRS | 3 June 1932 | 18 December 1932 | Herriot III | ||
![]() | Abel Gardey | 18 December 1932 | 31 January 1933 | Paul-Boncour | ||||
![]() | Eugène Penancier | 31 January 1933 | 26 October 1933 | Daladier I | ||||
![]() | Albert Dalimier | 26 October 1933 | 26 November 1933 | Sarraut I | ||||
![]() | Eugène Raynaldy | AD | 26 November 1933 | 27 January 1934 | Chautemps II | |||
![]() | Eugène Penancier | PRRRS | 30 January 1934 | 9 February 1934 | Daladier II | |||
![]() | Henry Chéron | AD | 9 February 1934 | 15 October 1934 | Doumergue II | |||
![]() | Henry Lémery | Non-Attached | 15 October 1934 | 8 November 1934 | ||||
![]() | Georges Pernot | FR | 8 November 1934 | 7 June 1935 | Flandin I Bouisson | |||
![]() | Léon Bérard | AD | 7 June 1935 | 24 January 1936 | Laval IV | |||
![]() | Yvon Delbos | PRRRS | 24 January 1936 | 4 June 1936 | Sarraut II | |||
![]() | Marc Rucart | 4 June 1936 | 22 June 1937 | Blum I | ||||
![]() | Vincent Auriol | SFIO | 22 June 1937 | 18 January 1938 | Chautemps III | |||
![]() | César Campinchi | PRRRS | 18 January 1938 | 13 March 1938 | Chautemps IV | |||
![]() | Marc Rucart | 13 March 1938 | 10 April 1938 | Blum II | ||||
![]() | Paul Marchandeau | 10 April 1938 | 1 November 1938 | Daladier III | ||||
![]() | Paul Reynaud | AD | 1 November 1938 | 13 September 1939 | Daladier III Daladier IV | |||
![]() | Georges Bonnet | PRRRS | 13 September 1939 | 21 March 1940 | Daladier V | |||
![]() | Albert Sérol | SFIO | 21 March 1940 | 16 June 1940 | Reynaud | |||
![]() | Charles Frémicourt | SE | 16 June 1940 | 12 July 1940 | Pétain |
Minister | Titled | Party | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Government | Ref. | ||
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![]() | Raphaël Alibert | Keeper of the Seals and Minister of State for Justice | SE | 12 July 1940 | 27 January 1941 | 199 days | Laval V Flandin II | ||
![]() | Joseph Barthélemy | 27 January 1941 | 26 March 1943 | 2 years, 58 days | Flandin II Darlan Laval VI | ||||
![]() | Maurice Gabolde | 26 March 1943 | 20 August 1944 | 1 year, 147 days | Laval VI |
Minister | Titled | Party | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Government | Ref. | ||
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![]() | François de Menthon | Keeper of the Seals | MRP | 20 August 1944 | 30 May 1945 | 283 days | De Gaulle I | ||
![]() | Pierre-Henri Teitgen | 30 May 1945 | 20 January 1946 | 1 year, 202 days | De Gaulle II | ||||
20 January 1946 | 18 December 1946 | Gouin | |||||||
![]() | Paul Ramadier | SFIO | 18 December 1946 | 21 January 1947 | 34 days | Blum III |
Minister | Titled | Party | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Government | Ref. | ||
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Presidency of Vincent Auriol | |||||||||
![]() | André Marie | Keeper of the Seals | PRV | 22 January 1947 | 21 October 1947 | 1 year, 185 days | Ramadier I | ||
21 October 1947 | 19 November 1947 | Ramadier II | |||||||
24 November 1947 | 25 July 1948 | Schuman I | |||||||
![]() | Robert Lecourt | MRP | 26 July 1948 | 28 August 1948 | 43 days | Marie | |||
5 September 1948 | 7 September 1948 | Schuman II | |||||||
![]() | André Marie | Vice-President of the Council and Keeper of the Seals | PRV | 11 September 1948 | 12 February 1949 | 154 days | Queuille I | ||
![]() | Robert Lecourt | MRP | 13 February 1949 | 27 October 1949 | 256 days | ||||
![]() | René Mayer | Keeper of the Seals | PRV | 28 October 1949 | 7 February 1950 | 1 year, 255 days | Bidault II | ||
7 February 1950 | 24 June 1950 | Bidault III | |||||||
Minister of Justice | 2 July 1950 | 4 July 1950 | Queuille II | ||||||
12 July 1950 | 21 February 1951 | Pleven I | |||||||
10 March 1951 | 10 July 1951 | Queuille III | |||||||
![]() | Edgar Faure | 11 August 1951 | 19 January 1952 | 161 days | Pleven II | ||||
![]() | Léon Martinaud-Déplat | 20 January 1952 | 28 February 1952 | 1 year, 158 days | Faure I | ||||
8 March 1952 | 23 December 1952 | Pinay | |||||||
8 January 1953 | 27 June 1953 | Mayer | |||||||
![]() | Paul Ribeyre | CNIP | 28 June 1953 | 16 January 1954 | 202 days | Laniel I | |||
Presidency of René Coty | |||||||||
![]() | Paul Ribeyre | Minister of Justice | CNIP | 16 January 1954 | 18 June 1954 | 153 days(Total: 355 days) | Laniel II | ||
![]() | Émile Hugues | PRV | 19 June 1954 | 2 September 1954 | 75 days | Mendès France | |||
![]() | Jean-Michel Guérin de Beaumont | CNIP | 3 September 1954 | 20 January 1955 | 139 days | ||||
![]() | Emmanuel Temple | 20 January 1955 | 22 February 1955 | 33 days | |||||
![]() | Robert Schuman | MRP | 23 February 1955 | 31 January 1956 | 342 days | Faure II | |||
| François Mitterrand | Minister of State, Responsible for Justice | UDSR | 1 February 1956 | 12 June 1957 | 1 year, 131 days | Mollet | ||
![]() | Édouard Corniglion-Molinier | Minister of Justice | RS | 13 June 1957 | 5 November 1957 | 145 days | Bourgès-Maunoury | ||
![]() | Robert Lecourt | MRP | 6 November 1957 | 15 April 1958 | 207 days | Gaillard | |||
13 May 1958 | 1 June 1958 | Pflimlin | |||||||
![]() | Michel Debré | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | RS then UNR | 1 June 1958 | 8 January 1959 | 221 days | De Gaulle III |
Minister | Titled | Party | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Government | Ref. | ||
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Presidency of Charles de Gaulle | |||||||||
![]() | Edmond Michelet | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | UNR | 8 January 1959 | 24 August 1961 | 2 years, 228 days | Debré | ||
![]() | Bernard Chenot | 24 August 1961 | 14 April 1962 | 233 days | |||||
![]() | Jean Foyer | UNR then UDR | 15 April 1962 | 28 November 1962 | 4 years, 351 days | Pompidou I | |||
6 December 1962 | 8 January 1966 | Pompidou II | |||||||
8 January 1966 | 1 April 1967 | Pompidou III | |||||||
![]() | Louis Joxe | UDR | 7 April 1967 | 31 May 1968 | 1 year, 54 days | Pompidou IV | |||
![]() | René Capitant | 31 May 1968 | 10 July 1968 | 332 days | |||||
12 July 1968 | 28 April 1969 | Couve de Murville | |||||||
Interim Presidency of Alain Poher | |||||||||
![]() | Jean-Marcel Jeanneney | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice (interim) | UDR | 28 April 1969 | 20 June 1969 | 53 days | Couve de Murville | ||
Presidency of Georges Pompidou | |||||||||
![]() | René Pleven | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | CDP | 22 June 1969 | 5 July 1972 | 3 years, 266 days | Chaban-Delmas | ||
6 July 1972 | 15 March 1973 | Messmer I | |||||||
![]() | Jean Taittinger | UDR | 5 April 1973 | 27 February 1974 | 1 year, 52 days | Messmer II | |||
Minister of the State, Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | 1 March 1974 | 27 May 1974 | Messmer III | ||||||
Presidency of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | |||||||||
![]() | Jean Lecanuet | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | CD | 28 May 1974 | 12 January 1976 | 2 years, 89 days | Chirac I | ||
Minister of the State, Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | 12 January 1976 | 25 August 1976 | |||||||
![]() | Olivier Guichard | UDR then RPR | 27 August 1976 | 29 March 1977 | 214 days | Barre I | |||
![]() | Alain Peyrefitte | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | RPR | 30 March 1977 | 31 March 1978 | 4 years, 44 days | Barre II | ||
5 April 1978 | 13 May 1981 | Barre III | |||||||
Presidency of François Mitterrand | |||||||||
![]() | Maurice Faure | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | MRG | 22 May 1981 | 22 June 1981 | 31 days | Mauroy I | ||
![]() | Robert Badinter | PS | 23 June 1981 | 22 March 1983 | 4 years, 241 days | Mauroy II | |||
22 March 1983 | 17 July 1984 | Mauroy III | |||||||
19 July 1984 | 19 February 1986 | Fabius | |||||||
![]() | Michel Crépeau | MRG | 19 February 1986 | 20 March 1986 | 29 days | ||||
![]() | Albin Chalandon | RPR | 20 March 1986 | 10 May 1988 | 2 years, 51 days | Chirac II | |||
![]() | Pierre Arpaillange | DVG | 12 May 1988 | 23 June 1988 | 2 years, 143 days | Rocard I | |||
28 June 1988 | 2 October 1990 | Rocard II | |||||||
![]() | Henri Nallet | PS | 2 October 1990 | 15 May 1991 | 1 year, 183 days | ||||
16 May 1991 | 2 April 1992 | Cresson | |||||||
![]() | Michel Vauzelle | 2 April 1992 | 29 March 1993 | 361 days | Bérégovoy | ||||
![]() | Pierre Méhaignerie | Minister of the State, Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | UDF-CDS | 30 March 1993 | 11 May 1995 | 2 years, 42 days | Balladur | ||
Presidency of Jacques Chirac | |||||||||
![]() | Jacques Toubon | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | RPR | 18 May 1995 | 7 November 1995 | 2 years, 15 days | Juppé I | ||
7 November 1995 | 2 June 1997 | Juppé II | |||||||
![]() | Élisabeth Guigou | PS | 4 June 1997 | 18 October 2000 | 3 years, 136 days | Jospin | |||
![]() | Marylise Lebranchu | 18 October 2000 | 6 May 2002 | 1 year, 200 days | |||||
| Dominique Perben | RPR then UMP | 7 May 2002 | 17 June 2002 | 3 years, 24 days | Raffarin I | |||
17 June 2002 | 22 January 2004 | Raffarin II | |||||||
22 January 2004 | 31 May 2005 | Raffarin III | |||||||
![]() | Pascal Clément | UMP | 2 June 2005 | 15 May 2007 | 1 year, 347 days | Villepin | |||
Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy | |||||||||
![]() | Rachida Dati | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | UMP | 18 May 2007 | 18 June 2007 | 2 years, 36 days | Fillon I | ||
19 June 2007 | 23 June 2009 | Fillon II | |||||||
| Michèle Alliot-Marie | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice and Liberties | 23 June 2009 | 13 November 2010 | 1 year, 143 days | ||||
![]() | Michel Mercier | DVD | 14 November 2010 | 10 May 2012 | 1 year, 178 days | Fillon III | |||
Presidency of François Hollande | |||||||||
![]() | Christiane Taubira | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | DVG | 16 May 2012 | 18 June 2012 | 3 years, 256 days | Ayrault I | ||
21 June 2012 | 31 March 2014 | Ayrault II | |||||||
2 April 2014 | 25 August 2014 | Valls I | |||||||
26 August 2014 | 27 January 2016 | Valls II | |||||||
![]() | Jean-Jacques Urvoas | PS | 27 January 2016 | 6 December 2016 | 1 year, 110 days | ||||
6 December 2016 | 17 May 2017 | Cazeneuve | |||||||
Presidency of Emmanuel Macron | |||||||||
![]() | François Bayrou | Minister of the State, Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | MoDem | 17 May 2017 | 21 June 2017 | 35 days | Philippe I | ||
![]() | Nicole Belloubet | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | DVG | 21 June 2017 | 6 July 2020 | 3 years, 15 days | Philippe II | ||
![]() | Éric Dupond-Moretti | 6 July 2020 | 16 May 2022 | 4 years, 77 days | Castex | ||||
20 May 2022 | 11 January 2024 | Borne | |||||||
11 January 2024 | 21 September 2024 | Attal | |||||||
![]() | Didier Migaud | PS | 21 September 2024 | 23 December 2024 | 93 days | Barnier | [2] | ||
![]() | Gérald Darmanin | RE | 23 December 2024 | Present | 295 days | Bayrou Lecornu I Lecornu II | [3] |