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–