This is a list of ministers of finance of France, including the equivalent positions of Superintendent of Finances and Controller-General of Finances during the Ancien Régime. The position of Superintendent of Finances was abolished following the arrest of Nicolas Fouquet; his powers were transferred to First Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who would become ex officio Controller-General of Finances four years later after the elevation of the office.
Superintendents of Finances, 1518–1661
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; margin:1em auto 1em auto;"
! width="400px" | Superintendent
! width="150px" | Term start
! width="150px" | Term end
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|align="center"|Jacques de Beaune, lord de Semblançay
|align="center"|1518
|align="center"|1524
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|align="center"|Philibert Babou
|align="center"|1524
|align="center"|1544
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|align="center"|Jean du Thiers, lord de Beauregard
|align="center"|1544
|align="center"|1546
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|align="center"|Claude d'Annebault
|align="center"|1546
|align="center"|1552
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|align="center"|André Guillart
|align="center"|1552
|align="center"|1556
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|align="center"|Jean d'Avançon
|align="center"|1556
|align="center"|1559
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|align="center"|Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine
|align="center"|1559
|align="center"|1560
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|align="center"|Artus de Cossé-Brissac and Louis d'Ongnyes, comte de Chaulnes
|align="center"|1561
|align="center"|1567
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|align="center"|René de Birague
|align="center"|1568
|align="center"|1570
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|align="center"|Pomponne de Bellièvre
|align="center"|1574
|align="center"|1588
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|align="center"|François d'O
|align="center"|1588
|align="center"|1594
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|align="center"|Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully
|align="center"|1598
|align="center"|1611
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|align="center"|Pierre Jeannin
|align="center"|1614
|align="center"|1619
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|align="center"|Henri de Schomberg, comte de Nanteuil
|align="center"|1619
|align="center"|1622
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|align="center"|Charles, marquis de La Vieuville
|align="center"|1623
|align="center"|1624
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|align="center"|Jean Bochart de Champigny and Michel de Marillac
|align="center"|1624
|align="center"|1626
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|align="center"|Antoine Coëffier de Ruzé, marquis d'Effiat
|align="center"|1626
|align="center"|1632
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|align="center"|Claude de Bullion and Claude Bouthillier
|align="center"|1632
|align="center"|1640
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|align="center"|Claude Bouthillier
|align="center"|1640
|align="center"|1643
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|align="center"|Nicolas de Bailleul and Claude de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux
|align="center"|1643
|align="center"|1647
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|align="center"|Michel Particelli d'Émery
|align="center"|1647
|align="center"|1648
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|align="center"|Armand-Charles de La Porte, maréchal-duc de La Meilleraye
|align="center"|1648
|align="center"|1649
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|align="center"|Michel Particelli d'Émery and Claude de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux
|align="center"|1649
|align="center"|1650
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|align="center"|René de Longueil, marquis de Maisons
|align="center"|1650
|align="center"|1651
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|align="center"|Charles, duc de La Vieuville
|align="center"|1651
|align="center"|1653
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|align="center"|Abel Servien and Nicolas Fouquet
|align="center"|3 February 1653
|align="center"|16 February 1659
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|align="center"|Nicolas Fouquet
|align="center"|16 February 1659
|align="center"|4 May 1661
|}
Controller-General of Finances, 1661–1791
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; margin:1em auto 1em auto;"
! width="400px" | Controller-General
! width="150px" | Term start
! width="150px" | Term end
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|align="center"|Jean-Baptiste Colbert
|align="center"|12 December 1665
|align="center"|6 September 1683
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|align="center"|Claude Le Pelletier
|align="center"|1683
|align="center"|1689
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|align="center"|Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain
|align="center"|20 September 1689
|align="center"|1699
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|align="center"|Michel Chamillart
|align="center"|5 September 1699
|align="center"|20 February 1708
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|align="center"|Nicolas Desmarets
|align="center"|20 February 1708
|align="center"|15 September 1715
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|align="center"|Adrien Maurice, duc de Noailles
(President of the Finances Council)
|align="center"|1 October 1715
|align="center"|28 January 1718
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|align="center"|Henri-Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force
(vice-president of the Finances Council)
|align="center"|28 January 1718
|align="center"|5 January 1720
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|align="center"|Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652–1721)
(President of the Finances Council)
|align="center"|28 January 1718
|align="center"|5 January 1720
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|align="center"|John Law
|align="center"|5 January 1720
|align="center"|28 May 1720
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|align="center"|Michel Robert Le Peletier des Forts
(Commissioner of Finance)
|align="center"|28 May 1720
|align="center"|11 December 1720
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|align="center"|Félix Le Pelletier de La Houssaye
|align="center"|11 December 1720
|align="center"|21 April 1722
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|align="center"|Charles Gaspard Dodun
|align="center"|21 April 1722
|align="center"|14 June 1726
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|align="center"|Michel Robert Le Peletier des Forts
|align="center"|14 June 1726
|align="center"|19 March 1730
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|align="center"|Philibert Orry
|align="center"|19 March 1730
|align="center"|5 December 1745
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|align="center"|Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville
|align="center"|6 December 1745
|align="center"|30 July 1754
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|align="center"|Jean Moreau de Séchelles
|align="center"|30 July 1754
|align="center"|24 April 1756
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|align="center"|François Marie Peyrenc de Moras
|align="center"|24 April 1756
|align="center"|25 August 1757
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|align="center"|Jean de Boullonges
|align="center"|25 August 1757
|align="center"|4 March 1759
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|align="center"|Étienne de Silhouette
|align="center"|4 March 1759
|align="center"|21 November 1759
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|align="center"|Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin
|align="center"|23 November 1759
|align="center"|14 December 1763
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|align="center"|Clément Charles François de Laverdy
|align="center"|14 December 1763
|align="center"|20 September 1768
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|align="center"|Étienne Maynon d'Invault
|align="center"|22 September 1768
|align="center"|19 December 1769
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|align="center"|Joseph Marie Terray
|align="center"|22 December 1769
|align="center"|24 August 1774
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|align="center"|Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
|align="center"|24 August 1774
|align="center"|12 May 1776
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|align="center"|Jean Étienne Bernard Clugny de Nuits
|align="center"|21 May 1776
|align="center"|18 October 1776
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|align="center"|Louis-Gabriel Taboureau des Réaux
|align="center"|21 October 1776
|align="center"|29 June 1777
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|align="center"|Jacques Necker
(Director-General of Finances)
|align="center"|29 June 1777
|align="center"|19 May 1781
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|align="center"|Jean-François Joly de Fleury
|align="center"|21 May 1781
|align="center"|29 March 1783
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|align="center"|Henri François de Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson
|align="center"|29 March 1783
|align="center"|1 November 1783
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|align="center"|Charles Alexandre de Calonne
|align="center"|3 November 1783
|align="center"|9 April 1787
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|align="center"|Michel Bouvard de Fourqueux
|align="center"|10 April 1787
|align="center"|1 May 1787
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|align="center"|Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne
(President of the Royal Council of Finances)
|align="center"|1 May 1787
|align="center"|25 August 1788
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|align="center"|Jacques Necker
(Director-General of Finances)
|align="center"|26 August 1788
|align="center"|11 July 1789
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|align="center"|Joseph Foullon de Doué
|align="center"|13 July 1789
|align="center"|16 July 1789
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|align="center"|Jacques Necker
(Director-General of Finances)
|align="center"|16 July 1789
|align="center"|4 September 1790
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|align="center"|Charles Claude Guillaume Lambert
|align="center"|4 September 1790
|align="center"|4 December 1790
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|align="center"|Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart
|align="center"|4 December 1790
|align="center"|27 April 1791
|}
Ministers of Finance, 1791–1944
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; margin:1em auto 1em auto;"
! width="400px" | Minister
! width="150px" | Term start
! width="150px" | Term end
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|align="center"|Claude Antoine Valdec de Lessart
|align="center"|27 April 1791
|align="center"|29 May 1791
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|align="center"|Louis Hardouin Tarbé
|align="center"|29 May 1791
|align="center"|24 March 1792
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|align="center"|Étienne Clavière
|align="center"|24 March 1792
|align="center"|13 June 1792
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|align="center"|Antoine Duranthon
|align="center"|13 June 1792
|align="center"|18 June 1792
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|align="center"|Jules Émile François Hervé de Beaulieu
|align="center"|18 June 1792
|align="center"|29 July 1792
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|align="center"|Joseph Delaville-Leroulx
|align="center"|29 July 1792
|align="center"|10 August 1792
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|align="center"|Étienne Clavière
|align="center"|10 August 1792
|align="center"|13 June 1793
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|align="center"|Louis Grégoire Des Champs des Tournelles
|align="center"|13 June 1793
|align="center"|20 April 1794
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|align="center"|
|align="center"|20 April 1794
|align="center"|8 November 1795
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|align="center"|Guillaume-Charles Faipoult
|align="center"|8 November 1795
|align="center"|14 February 1796
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|align="center"|Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret
|align="center"|14 February 1796
|align="center"|20 July 1799
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|align="center"|Robert Lindet
|align="center"|20 July 1799
|align="center"|10 November 1799
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|align="center"|Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaète
|align="center"|10 November 1799
|align="center"|1 April 1814
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|align="center"|Joseph Dominique, baron Louis
|align="center"|3 April 1814
|align="center"|20 March 1815
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|align="center"|Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaète
|align="center"|20 March 1815
|align="center"|7 July 1815
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|align="center"|Joseph Dominique, baron Louis
|align="center"|9 July 1815
|align="center"|26 September 1815
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|align="center"|Louis Emmanuel, comte Corvetto
|align="center"|26 September 1815
|align="center"|7 December 1818
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|align="center"|Antoine Roy
|align="center"|7 December 1818
|align="center"|29 December 1818
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|align="center"|Joseph Dominique, baron Louis
|align="center"|29 December 1818
|align="center"|19 November 1819
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|align="center"|Antoine Roy
|align="center"|19 November 1819
|align="center"|14 December 1821
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|align="center"|Jean-Baptiste de Villèle
|align="center"|14 December 1821
|align="center"|4 January 1828
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|align="center"|Antoine, comte Roy
|align="center"|4 January 1828
|align="center"|8 August 1829
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|align="center"|Christophe, comte de Chabrol de Crouzol
|align="center"|8 August 1829
|align="center"|19 May 1830
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|align="center"|Guillaume Isidore, comte de Montbel
|align="center"|19 May 1830
|align="center"|31 July 1830
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|align="center"|Joseph Dominique, baron Louis
|align="center"|31 July 1830
|align="center"|2 November 1830
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|align="center"|Jacques Laffitte
|align="center"|2 November 1830
|align="center"|13 March 1831
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|align="center"|Joseph Dominique, baron Louis
|align="center"|13 March 1831
|align="center"|11 October 1832
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|align="center"|Jean-Georges Humann
|align="center"|11 October 1832
|align="center"|10 November 1834
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|align="center"|Hippolyte Passy
|align="center"|10 November 1834
|align="center"|18 November 1834
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|align="center"|Jean-Georges Humann
|align="center"|18 November 1834
|align="center"|18 January 1836
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|align="center"|Antoine, comte d'Argout
|align="center"|18 January 1836
|align="center"|6 September 1836
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|align="center"|Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchâtel
|align="center"|6 September 1836
|align="center"|15 April 1837
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|align="center"|Jean Pierre Joseph Lacave-Laplagne
|align="center"|15 April 1837
|align="center"|31 March 1839
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|align="center"|Jean-Élie Gautier
|align="center"|31 March 1839
|align="center"|12 May 1839
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|align="center"|Hippolyte Passy
|align="center"|12 May 1839
|align="center"|1 March 1840
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|align="center"|Privat Joseph Claramont, comte Pelet de la Lozère
|align="center"|1 March 1840
|align="center"|29 October 1840
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|align="center"|Jean-Georges Humann
|align="center"|29 October 1840
|align="center"|25 April 1842
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|align="center"|Jean Pierre Joseph Lacave-Laplagne
|align="center"|25 April 1842
|align="center"|9 May 1847
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|align="center"|Pierre Sylvain Dumon
|align="center"|9 May 1847
|align="center"|24 February 1848
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|align="center"|Michel Goudchaux
|align="center"|24 February 1848
|align="center"|5 March 1848
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|align="center"|Louis Antoine Garnier-Pagès
|align="center"|5 March 1848
|align="center"|11 May 1848
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|align="center"|Charles Duclerc
|align="center"|11 May 1848
|align="center"|28 June 1848
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|align="center"|Michel Goudchaux
|align="center"|28 June 1848
|align="center"|25 October 1848
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|align="center"|Ariste Jacques Trouvé-Chauvel
|align="center"|25 October 1848
|align="center"|20 December 1848
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|align="center"|Hippolyte Passy
|align="center"|20 December 1848
|align="center"|31 October 1849
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|align="center"|Achille Fould
|align="center"|31 October 1849
|align="center"|24 January 1851
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|align="center"|Charles Le Bègue de Germiny
|align="center"|24 January 1851
|align="center"|10 April 1851
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|align="center"|Achille Fould
|align="center"|10 April 1851
|align="center"|26 October 1851
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|align="center"|Antoine Blondel
|align="center"|26 October 1851
|align="center"|23 November 1851
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|align="center"|François, comte de Casabianca
|align="center"|23 November 1851
|align="center"|3 December 1851
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|align="center"|Achille Fould
|align="center"|3 December 1851
|align="center"|22 January 1852
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|align="center"|Jean-Martial Bineau
|align="center"|22 January 1852
|align="center"|3 February 1855
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|align="center"|Pierre Magne
|align="center"|3 February 1855
|align="center"|26 November 1860
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|align="center"|Adolphe Forcade La Roquette
|align="center"|26 November 1860
|align="center"|14 November 1861
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|align="center"|Achille Fould
|align="center"|14 November 1861
|align="center"|20 January 1867
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|align="center"|Eugène Rouher
|align="center"|20 January 1867
|align="center"|13 November 1867
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|align="center"|Pierre Magne
|align="center"|13 November 1867
|align="center"|2 January 1870
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|align="center"|Louis Buffet
|align="center"|2 January 1870
|align="center"|14 April 1870
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|align="center"|Émile Alexis Segris
|align="center"|14 April 1870
|align="center"|10 August 1870
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|align="center"|Pierre Magne
|align="center"|10 August 1870
|align="center"|4 September 1870
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|align="center"|Ernest Picard
|align="center"|4 September 1870
|align="center"|19 February 1871
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|align="center"|Louis Buffet
|align="center"|19 February 1871
|align="center"|25 February 1871
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|align="center"|Augustin Pouyer-Quertier
|align="center"|25 February 1871
|align="center"|23 April 1872
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|align="center"|Eugène de Goulard
|align="center"|23 April 1872
|align="center"|7 December 1872
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|align="center"|Léon Say
|align="center"|7 December 1872
|align="center"|25 May 1873
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|align="center"|Pierre Magne
|align="center"|25 May 1873
|align="center"|20 July 1874
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|align="center"|Pierre Mathieu-Bodet
|align="center"|20 July 1874
|align="center"|10 March 1875
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|align="center"|Léon Say
|align="center"|10 March 1875
|align="center"|17 May 1877
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|align="center"|Eugène Caillaux
|align="center"|17 May 1877
|align="center"|23 November 1877
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|align="center"|François Dutilleul
|align="center"|23 November 1877
|align="center"|13 December 1877
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|align="center"|Léon Say
|align="center"|13 December 1877
|align="center"|28 December 1879
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|align="center"|Pierre Magnin
|align="center"|28 December 1879
|align="center"|14 November 1881
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|align="center"|François Allain-Targé
|align="center"|14 November 1881
|align="center"|30 January 1882
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|align="center"|Léon Say
|align="center"|30 January 1882
|align="center"|7 August 1882
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|align="center"|Pierre Tirard
|align="center"|7 August 1882
|align="center"|6 April 1885
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|align="center"|Jean Clamageran
|align="center"|6 April 1885
|align="center"|16 April 1885
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|align="center"|Marie François Sadi Carnot
|align="center"|16 April 1885
|align="center"|11 December 1886
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|align="center"|Albert Dauphin
|align="center"|11 December 1886
|align="center"|30 May 1887
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|align="center"|Maurice Rouvier
|align="center"|30 May 1887
|align="center"|12 December 1887
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|align="center"|Pierre Tirard
|align="center"|12 December 1887
|align="center"|3 April 1888
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|align="center"|Paul Peytral
|align="center"|3 April 1888
|align="center"|22 February 1889
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|align="center"|Maurice Rouvier
|align="center"|22 February 1889
|align="center"|12 December 1892
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|align="center"|Pierre Tirard
|align="center"|13 December 1892
|align="center"|4 April 1893
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|align="center"|Paul Peytral
|align="center"|4 April 1893
|align="center"|3 December 1893
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|align="center"|Auguste Burdeau
|align="center"|3 December 1893
|align="center"|30 May 1894
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|align="center"|Raymond Poincaré
|align="center"|30 May 1894
|align="center"|26 January 1895
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|align="center"|Alexandre Ribot
|align="center"|26 January 1895
|align="center"|1 November 1895
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|align="center"|Paul Doumer
|align="center"|1 November 1895
|align="center"|29 April 1896
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|align="center"|Georges Cochery
|align="center"|29 April 1896
|align="center"|28 June 1898
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|align="center"|Paul Peytral
|align="center"|28 June 1898
|align="center"|22 June 1899
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|align="center"|Joseph Caillaux
|align="center"|22 June 1899
|align="center"|7 June 1902
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|align="center"|Maurice Rouvier
|align="center"|7 June 1902
|align="center"|17 June 1905
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|align="center"|Pierre Merlou
|align="center"|17 June 1905
|align="center"|14 March 1906
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|align="center"|Raymond Poincaré
|align="center"|14 March 1906
|align="center"|25 October 1906
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|align="center"|Joseph Caillaux
|align="center"|25 October 1906
|align="center"|24 July 1909
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|align="center"|Georges Cochery
|align="center"|24 July 1909
|align="center"|3 November 1910
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|align="center"|Louis Lucien Klotz
|align="center"|3 November 1910
|align="center"|2 March 1911
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|align="center"|Joseph Caillaux
|align="center"|2 March 1911
|align="center"|27 June 1911
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|align="center"|Louis Lucien Klotz
|align="center"|27 June 1911
|align="center"|22 March 1913
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|align="center"|Charles Dumont
|align="center"|22 March 1913
|align="center"|9 December 1913
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|align="center"|Joseph Caillaux
|align="center"|9 December 1913
|align="center"|17 March 1914
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|align="center"|René Renoult
|align="center"|17 March 1914
|align="center"|9 June 1914
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|align="center"|Étienne Clémentel
|align="center"|9 June 1914
|align="center"|13 June 1914
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|align="center"|Joseph Noulens
|align="center"|13 June 1914
|align="center"|26 August 1914
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|align="center"|Alexandre Ribot
|align="center"|26 August 1914
|align="center"|20 March 1917
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|align="center"|Joseph Thierry
|align="center"|20 March 1917
|align="center"|12 September 1917
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|align="center"|Louis Lucien Klotz
|align="center"|12 September 1917
|align="center"|20 January 1920
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|align="center"|Frédéric François-Marsal
|align="center"|20 January 1920
|align="center"|16 January 1921
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|align="center"|Paul Doumer
|align="center"|16 January 1921
|align="center"|15 January 1922
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|align="center"|Charles de Lasteyrie
|align="center"|15 January 1922
|align="center"|29 March 1924
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|align="center"|Frédéric François-Marsal
|align="center"|29 March 1924
|align="center"|14 June 1924
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|align="center"|Étienne Clémentel
|align="center"|14 June 1924
|align="center"|3 April 1925
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|align="center"|Anatole de Monzie
|align="center"|3 April 1925
|align="center"|17 April 1925
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|align="center"|Joseph Caillaux
|align="center"|17 April 1925
|align="center"|29 October 1925
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|align="center"|Paul Painlevé
|align="center"|29 October 1925
|align="center"|28 November 1925
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|align="center"|Louis Loucheur
|align="center"|28 November 1925
|align="center"|16 December 1925
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|align="center"|Paul Doumer
|align="center"|16 December 1925
|align="center"|9 March 1926
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|align="center"|Raoul Péret
|align="center"|9 March 1926
|align="center"|23 June 1926
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|align="center"|Joseph Caillaux
|align="center"|23 June 1926
|align="center"|19 July 1926
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|align="center"|Anatole de Monzie
|align="center"|19 July 1926
|align="center"|23 July 1926
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|align="center"|Raymond Poincaré
|align="center"|23 July 1926
|align="center"|11 November 1928
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|align="center"|Henry Chéron
|align="center"|11 November 1928
|align="center"|21 February 1930
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|align="center"|Charles Dumont
|align="center"|21 February 1930
|align="center"|2 March 1930
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|align="center"|Paul Reynaud
|align="center"|2 March 1930
|align="center"|13 December 1930
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|align="center"|Louis Germain-Martin
|align="center"|13 December 1930
|align="center"|27 January 1931
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|align="center"|Pierre Étienne Flandin
|align="center"|27 January 1931
|align="center"|3 June 1932
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|align="center"|Louis Germain-Martin
|align="center"|3 June 1932
|align="center"|18 December 1932
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|align="center"|Henry Chéron
|align="center"|18 December 1932
|align="center"|31 January 1933
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|align="center"|Georges Bonnet
|align="center"|31 January 1933
|align="center"|30 January 1934
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|align="center"|François Piétri
|align="center"|30 January 1934
|align="center"|4 February 1934
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|align="center"|Paul Marchandeau
|align="center"|4 February 1934
|align="center"|9 February 1934
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|align="center"|Louis Germain-Martin
|align="center"|9 February 1934
|align="center"|1 June 1935
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|align="center"|Joseph Caillaux
|align="center"|1 June 1935
|align="center"|7 June 1935
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|align="center"|Marcel Régnier
|align="center"|7 June 1935
|align="center"|4 June 1936
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|align="center"|Vincent Auriol
|align="center"|4 June 1936
|align="center"|22 June 1937
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|align="center"|Georges Bonnet
|align="center"|22 June 1937
|align="center"|18 January 1938
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|align="center"|Paul Marchandeau
|align="center"|18 January 1938
|align="center"|13 March 1938
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|align="center"|Léon Blum
|align="center"|13 March 1938
|align="center"|10 April 1938
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|align="center"|Paul Marchandeau
|align="center"|10 April 1938
|align="center"|1 November 1938
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|align="center"|Paul Reynaud
|align="center"|1 November 1938
|align="center"|21 March 1940
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|align="center"|Lucien Lamoureux
|align="center"|21 March 1940
|align="center"|5 June 1940
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|align="center"|Yves Bouthillier
|align="center"|5 June 1940
|align="center"|18 April 1942
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|align="center"|Pierre Cathala
|align="center"|18 April 1942
|align="center"|19 August 1944
|}
Free French Commissioners of Finance, 1941–1944
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; margin:1em auto 1em auto;"
! width="400px" | Commissioner
! width="150px" | Term start
! width="150px" | Term end
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|align="center"|René Pleven
|align="center"|24 September 1941
|align="center"|17 October 1942
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|align="center"|André Diethelm
|align="center"|17 October 1942
|align="center"|7 June 1943
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|align="center"|Maurice Couve de Murville
|align="center"|7 June 1943
|align="center"|9 November 1943
|-
|align="center"|Pierre Mendès-France
|align="center"|9 November 1943
|align="center"|4 September 1944
|}
Ministers of Finance, 1944–present
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; margin:1em auto 1em auto;"
! width="400px" | Minister
! width="150px" | Term start
! width="150px" | Term end
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|align="center"|Aimé Lepercq
|align="center"|4 September 1944
|align="center"|9 November 1944
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|align="center"|René Pleven
|align="center"|16 November 1944
|align="center"|26 January 1946
|-
|align="center"|André Philip
|align="center"|26 January 1946
|align="center"|24 June 1946
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|align="center"|Robert Schuman
|align="center"|24 June 1946
|align="center"|18 December 1946
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|align="center"|André Philip
|align="center"|18 December 1946
|align="center"|22 January 1947
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|align="center"|Robert Schuman
|align="center"|22 January 1947
|align="center"|24 November 1947
|-
|align="center"|René Mayer
|align="center"|24 November 1947
|align="center"|26 July 1948
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|align="center"|Paul Reynaud
|align="center"|26 July 1948
|align="center"|5 September 1948
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|align="center"|Christian Pineau
|align="center"|5 September 1948
|align="center"|11 September 1948
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|align="center"|Henri Queuille
|align="center"|11 September 1948
|align="center"|12 January 1949
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|align="center"|Maurice Petsche
|align="center"|12 January 1949
|align="center"|11 August 1951
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|align="center"|René Mayer
|align="center"|11 August 1951
|align="center"|20 January 1952
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|align="center"|Edgar Faure
|align="center"|20 January 1952
|align="center"|8 March 1952
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|align="center"|Antoine Pinay
|align="center"|8 March 1952
|align="center"|8 January 1953
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|align="center"|Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
|align="center"|8 January 1953
|align="center"|28 June 1953
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|align="center"|Edgar Faure
|align="center"|28 June 1953
|align="center"|20 January 1955
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|align="center"|Robert Buron
|align="center"|20 January 1955
|align="center"|23 February 1955
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|align="center"|Pierre Pflimlin
|align="center"|23 February 1955
|align="center"|1 February 1956
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|align="center"|Robert Lacoste
|align="center"|1 February 1956
|align="center"|14 February 1956
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|align="center"|Paul Ramadier
|align="center"|14 February 1956
|align="center"|13 June 1957
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|align="center"|Félix Gaillard
|align="center"|13 June 1957
|align="center"|6 November 1957
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|align="center"|Pierre Pflimlin
|align="center"|6 November 1957
|align="center"|14 May 1958
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|align="center"|Edgar Faure
|align="center"|14 May 1958
|align="center"|1 June 1958
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|align="center"|Antoine Pinay
|align="center"|1 June 1958
|align="center"|13 January 1960
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|align="center"|Wilfrid Baumgartner
|align="center"|13 January 1960
|align="center"|19 January 1962
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|align="center"|Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
|align="center"|19 January 1962
|align="center"|8 January 1966
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|align="center"|Michel Debré
|align="center"|8 January 1966
|align="center"|30 May 1968
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|align="center"|Maurice Couve de Murville
|align="center"|30 May 1968
|align="center"|10 July 1968
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|align="center"|François-Xavier Ortoli
|align="center"|10 July 1968
|align="center"|16 June 1969
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|align="center"|Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
|align="center"|16 June 1969
|align="center"|28 May 1974
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|align="center"|Jean-Pierre Fourcade
|align="center"|28 May 1974
|align="center"|27 August 1976
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|align="center"|Raymond Barre
|align="center"|27 August 1976
|align="center"|5 April 1978
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|align="center"|René Monory
|align="center"|5 April 1978
|align="center"|22 May 1981
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|align="center"|Jacques Delors
|align="center"|22 May 1981
|align="center"|19 July 1984
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|align="center"|Pierre Bérégovoy
|align="center"|19 July 1984
|align="center"|20 March 1986
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|align="center"|Édouard Balladur
|align="center"|20 March 1986
|align="center"|12 May 1988
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|align="center"|Pierre Bérégovoy
|align="center"|12 May 1988
|align="center"|2 April 1992
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|align="center"|Michel Sapin
|align="center"|2 April 1992
|align="center"|29 March 1993
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|align="center"|Edmond Alphandéry
|align="center"|29 March 1993
|align="center"|18 May 1995
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|align="center"|Alain Madelin
|align="center"|18 May 1995
|align="center"|25 August 1995
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|align="center"|Jean Arthuis
|align="center"|25 August 1995
|align="center"|4 June 1997
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|align="center"|Dominique Strauss-Kahn
|align="center"|4 June 1997
|align="center"|2 November 1999
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|align="center"|Christian Sautter
|align="center"|2 November 1999
|align="center"|28 March 2000
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|align="center"|Laurent Fabius
|align="center"|28 March 2000
|align="center"|7 May 2002
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|align="center"|Francis Mer
|align="center"|7 May 2002
|align="center"|31 March 2004
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|align="center"|Nicolas Sarkozy
|align="center"|31 March 2004
|align="center"|28 November 2004
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|align="center"|Hervé Gaymard
|align="center"|30 November 2004
|align="center"|25 February 2005
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|align="center"|Thierry Breton
|align="center"|25 February 2005
|align="center"|18 May 2007
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|align="center"|Jean-Louis Borloo
|align="center"|18 May 2007
|align="center"|19 June 2007
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|align="center"|Christine Lagarde
|align="center"|19 June 2007
|align="center"|29 June 2011
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|align="center"|François Baroin
|align="center"|29 June 2011
|align="center"|15 May 2012
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|align="center"|Pierre Moscovici
|align="center"|16 May 2012
|align="center"|31 March 2014
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|align="center"|Michel Sapin
|align="center"|2 April 2014
|align="center"|17 May 2017
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|align="center"|Bruno Le Maire
|align="center"|17 May 2017
|align="center"|21 September 2024
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|align="center"|Antoine Armand
|align="center"|21 September 2024
|align="center"|23 December 2024
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|align="center"|Éric Lombard
|align="center"|23 December 2024
|align="center"|5 October 2025
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|align="center"|Roland Lescure
|align="center"|5 October 2025
|align="center"|Incumbent
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See also
- Government of France
- List of budget ministers of France