Appendix I

Undersecretaries and Ministers in Charge of Colonial Affairs

Louis Pothau

15 February 1871-25 May 1873

Charles de Dampierre d'Hornoy

25 May 1873-22 May 1874

Martin Fourichon

5 March 1875-23 May 1877

Albert Gicquet

23 May 1877-23 November 1877

Albert Roussin

23 November 1877-13 December 1877

Louis Pothau

13 December 1877-4 February 1879

Jean Jauréguiberry

4 February 1879-23 September 1880

Louis Pothau

23 September 1880-4 November 1881

Félix Faure

14 November 1881-30 January 1882

Albert Berlet

30 January 1882-22 September 1883

Félix Faure

22 September 1883-28 April 1885

Armand Rousseau

28 April 1885-15 January 1886

Jean de la Porte

15 January 1886-7 June 1887

Eugène Etienne

7 June 1887-5 January 1888

Félix Faure

5 January 1888-19 February 1888

Jean de la Porte

19 February 1888-14 March 1889

Eugène Etienne

14 March 1889-8 March 1892

Emile Jamais

8 March 1892-18 January 1893

Théophile Delcassé

18 January 1893-3 December 1893

Maurice Lebon 1

3 December 1893-20 March 1894

Ernest Boulanger

20 March 1894-30 May 1894

Théophile Delcassé

30 May 1894-26 January 1895

André Chautemps

26 January 1895-1 November 1895

Pierre Guieyesse

4 November 1895-29 April 1896

André Lebon

29 April 1896-31 May 1898

Georges Trouillot

28 June 1898-1 November 1898

Antoine Guillain

I November 1898-22 June 1899

Albert Decrais

22 June 1899-7 June 1902

Gaston Doumergue

7 June 1902-24 January 1905

Etienne Clémentel

24 January 1905-14 March 1906

Georges Leygues

14 March 1906-25 October 1906

Raphaël Milliès-Lacroix

25 October 1906-24 July 1909

Georges Trouillot

24 July 1909-3 November 1910

Jean Morel

3 November 1910-2 March 1911

Adolphe Messimy

2 March 1911-27 June 1911

Albert Lebrun

27 June 1911-12 January 1913

René Besnard

12 January 1913-21 January 1913

Jean Morel

21 January 1913-9 December 1913

Albert Lebrun

9 December 1913-9 June 1914

Maurice Manoury

9 June 1914-13 June 1914

Maurice Reynaud

13 June 1914-26 August 1914

Gaston Doumergue

26 August 1914-20 March 1917

André Maginot

20 March 1917-12 September 1917

René Besnard

12 September 1917-16 November 1917

Henry Simon

16 November 1917-20 January 1920

Albert Saffaut

20 January 1920-29 March 1924

Jean Fabry

29 March 1924-14 June 1924

Edouard Daladier

14 June 1924-17 April 1925

André Hesse

17 April 1925-29 October 1925

Léon Perier

29 October 1925-19 July 1926

Dariac

19 July 1926-23 July 1926

Léon Perier

23 July 1926-11 November 1928

André Maginot

11 November 1928-3 November 1929

Frangois Piétri

3 November 1929-21 February 1930

Lucien Lamoureux

21 February 1930-2 March 1930

Frangois Piétri

2 March 1930-13 December 1930

Théodore Steeg

13 December 1930-27 January 1931

Paul Reynaud

27 January 1931-20 February 1932

Louis de Chappedelaine

20 February 1932-10 May 1932

Albert Sarraut

3 June 1932-6 September 1933

Albert Dalimier

6 September 1933-26 October 1933

Frangois Piétri

26 October 1933-26 November 1933

Albert Dalimier 2

26 November 1933-30 January 1934

Henry de Jouvenel 2

30 January 1934-9 February 1934

Pierre Laval

9 February 1934-13 October 1934

Louis Rollin

13 October 1934-24 January 1936

Jacques Stern

24 January 1936-4 June 1936

Marius Moutet

4 June 1936-18 January 1938

Théodore Steeg

18 January 1938-13 March 1938

Marius Moutet

13 March 1938- 10 April 1938

Georges Mandel

10 April 1938-18 May 1940

Louis Rollin

18 May 1940-16 June 1940

1. First one to serve as minister after the undersecretariat of colonies was elevated to a ministry.
2. Only one to use the title of “Ministre de la France d'Outre-Mer” before World War II.