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French colonization


William Cohen
Rulers of Empire: the French Colonial Service in Africa

Hoover Institution Press. Stanford University. 1971. 279 p.

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.


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