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One of ancien régime France's 'Secretaries of State' was entrusted with control of the French Navy (Secretary of State of the Navy (France). In 1791, this title was changed to 'Minister of Marine'. Before the 1890s, this position also usually had responsibility for France's colonies, and was usually known as 'Minister of Marine and Colonies'.

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Secretaries of State for the Navy, 1683-1790

Ministers of Marine and the Colonies, 1790-1893

Ministers of Marine, 1893-1947

Secretaries of State for the Navy, 1683-1790

'Secretary'	'Began'	'Ended'
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay	September 1683	3 November 1690
Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain	November 1683	?
Jérôme Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain	6 September 1699	1 October 1715
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse and Victor Marie d'Estrées (Presidents of the Council of Marine)	1 October 1715	24 September 1718
Joseph Jean Baptiste Fleuriau d'Armenonville	24 September 1718	28 February 1722
Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, comte de Morville	28 February 1722	16 August 1723
Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas	16 August 1723	23 April 1749
Antoine Louis Rouillé	30 April 1749	24 July 1754
Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnovuille	24 July 1754	1 February 1757
François Marie Peyrenc de Moras	1 February 1757	31 May 1758
Claude Louis d'Espinchal, marquis de Massiac	31 May 1758	31 October 1758
Nicolas René Berryer	31 October 1758	13 October 1761
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul	13 October 1761	10 April 1766
César Gabriel de Choiseul-Chevigny, duc de Praslin	10 April 1766	24 December 1770
Joseph Marie Terray	24 December 1770	9 April 1771
Pierre Étienne Bourgeois de Boynes	9 April 1771	20 July 1774
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot	20 July 1774	24 August 1774
Antoine de Sartine	24 August 1774	13 October 1780
Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries	13 October 1780	24 August 1787
Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin Saint-Hérem	25 August 1787	24 December 1787
César Henri, comte de La Luzerne	24 December 1787	13 July 1789
Arnaud de Laporte	13 July 1789	16 July 1789
César Henri, comte de La Luzerne	16 July 1789	26 October 1790

Ministers of Marine and the Colonies, 1790-1893

'Minister'	'Began'	'Ended'
Charles Pierre Claret de Fleuriau	26 October 1790	17 May 1791
Antoine Jean Marie Thévenard	17 May 1791	18 September 1791
Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart	18 September 1791	7 October 1791
Antoine François, comte Bertrand de Molleville	7 October 1791	16 March 1792
Jean de Lacoste	16 March 1792	21 July 1792
François Joseph de Gratet, vicomte Dubouchage	21 July 1792	10 August 1792
Gaspard Monge	10 August 1792	10 April 1793
Jean Dalbarade (commissioner from 20 April 1794)	10 April 1793	2 July 1795
Jean-Claude Redon de Beaupréau (commissioner)	2 July 1795	4 November 1795
Laurent Jean François Truguet	4 November 1795	15 July 1797
Georges René Le Peley de Pléville	15 July 1797	27 April 1798
Eustache Bruix	27 April 1798	4 March 1799
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord	7 March 1799	2 July 1799
Marc Antoine Bourdon de Vatry	2 July 1799	22 November 1799
Pierre Alexandre Laurent Forfait	22 November 1799	3 October 1801
Denis Decrès	3 October 1801	1 April 1814
Pierre-Victor, baron Malouet	3 April 1814	7 September 1814
Jacques, comte Beugnot	7 September 1814	20 March 1815
Denis, duc Decrès	20 March 1815	7 July 1815
François Arnail, comte de Jaucourt	9 July 1815	26 September 1815
François Joseph de Gratet, vicomte Dubouchage	26 September 1815	23 June 1817
Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr	23 June 1817	12 September 1817
Mathieu Louis, comte Molé	12 September 1817	29 December 1818
Pierre Barthélemy, baron Portal	29 December 1818	14 December 1821
Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre	14 December 1821	4 August 1824
Christophe, comte de Chabrol de Crouzol	4 August 1824	3 March 1828
Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville	3 March 1828	8 August 1829
Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny	8 August 1829	23 August 1829
Charles Lemercier de Longpré, baron d'Haussez	23 August 1829	31 July 1830
Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny	31 July 1830	11 August 1830
Horace François Bastien, baron Sébastiani	11 August 1830	17 November 1830
Antoine, comte d'Argout	17 November 1830	13 March 1831
Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny	13 March 1831	4 April 1834
Albin Reine, baron Roussin	4 April 1834	19 May 1834
Louis Léon, comte Jacob	19 May 1834	10 November 1834
Charles, baron Dupin	10 November 1834	18 November 1834
Victor Guy, baron Duperré	18 November 1834	6 September 1836
Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel	6 September 1836	31 March 1839
Jean Marguerite Tupinier	31 March 1839	12 May 1839
Victor Guy, baron Duperré	12 May 1839	1 March 1840
Albin Reine, baron Roussin	1 March 1840	29 October 1840
Victor Guy, baron Duperré	29 October 1840	7 February 1843
Albin Reine, baron Roussin	7 February 1843	24 July 1843
Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau	24 July 1843	9 May 1847
Napoléon Auguste Lannes, duc de Montebello	9 May 1847	24 February 1848
François Arago	24 February 1848	11 May 1848
Joseph Grégoire Cazy	11 May 1848	28 June 1848
Jules Bastide	28 June 1848	17 July 1848
Raymond Verninac de Saint-Maur	17 July 1848	20 December 1848
Alexandre César Victor Charles Destutt de Tracy	20 December 1848	31 October 1849
Joseph Romain-Desfossés	31 October 1849	9 January 1851
Théodore Ducos	9 January 1851	24 January 1851
Auguste Nicolas Vaillant	24 January 1851	10 April 1851
Justin de Chasseloup-Laubat	10 April 1851	26 October 1851
Hippolyte Fortoul	26 October 1851	3 December 1851
Théodore Ducos	3 December 1851	17 April 1855
Ferdinand Hamelin	19 April 1855	24 November 1860
Justin de Chasseloup-Laubat	24 November 1860	20 January 1867
Charles Rigault de Genouilly	20 January 1867	4 September 1870
Maurice Fourichon
Louis Marie Alexis Pothuau
Charles Dompierre d'Hormoy
Louis Raymond de Montaignac de Chauvance
Martin Fourichon
Albert Gicquel des Touches
Albert Roussin
Louis Marie Alexis Pothuau
Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry
Georges Charles Cloué
Auguste Gougeard (Marine only)
Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry
François de Mahy
Charles Brun
Alexandre Louis François Peyron
Charles Eugène Galiber
Théophile Aube
Édouard Barbey
François de Mahy
Jules François Émile Krantz
Benjamin Jaurès
Jules François Émile Krantz (Marine only)
Édouard Barbey (Marine only)
Godefroy Cavaignac (Marine only to 8 March 1892)
Auguste Burdeau

Ministers of Marine, 1893-1947

'Minister'	'Began'	'Ended'
Adrien Barthélemy Louis Henri Rieunier
Auguste Alfred Lefèvre
Félix Faure
Armand Louis Charles Gustave Besnard
Édouard Locroy
Armand Louis Charles Gustave Besnard
Édouard Locroy
Jean-Marie de Lanessan
Charles Camille Pelletan	7 June 1902	24 January 1905
Gaston Thomson
Alfred Picard
Auguste Boué de Lapeyrère
Théophile Delcassé
Pierre Baudin
Ernest Monis
Armand Gauthier de l'Aude
Émile Chautemps
Armand Gauthier de l'Aude
Victor Augagneur
Lucien Lacaze	October 1915	1917
Charles Chaumet
Georges Leygues
Adolphe Landry
Gabriel Guist'hau
Flaminius Raiberti
Maurice Bokanowski
Désiré Ferry
Jacques-Louis Dumesnil
Émile Borel
Georges Leygues
René Renoult
Georges Leygues
Albert Sarraut
Jacques-Louis Dumesnil
Albert Sarraut
Charles Dumont
Georges Leygues
Albert Sarraut
Louis de Chappedelaine
François Piétri
Alphonse Gasnier-Duparc
César Campinchi
William Bertrand
César Campinchi
François Darlan
Gabriel Auphan		18 November 1942
Jean-Marie Charles Abrial
Henri Bléhaut
Louis Jacquinot