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list of French defence ministers .
Secretary of State for War was one of the four specialized secretaries of state established in France in 1589 . This Secretary of State was responsible for the Army. In 1791 , the Secretary of State became Minister of War . Along with the other ministerial positions, it was abolished in 1794 and restored the next year. After the Second World War , the War Ministry merged with the Ministry of Marine, with a Minister of National Defense (from 1974 simply Minister of Defense ) directing the entire military.
Secretaries of State for War, 1643-1791 Secretary Began Ended Michel le Tellier 1643 1666 François Michel le Tellier, marquis de Louvois 1666 16 July 1691 Louis-François le Tellier de Louvois, marquis de Barbezieux 16 July 1691 5 January 1701 Michel de Chamillart 5 January 1701 9 June 1709 Daniel Voysin de la Noiraye 9 June 1709 14 September 1715 Louis Hector, duc de Villars 1 October 1715 24 September 1718 Claude le Blanc 24 September 1718 1 July 1723 François Victor le Tonnelier de Breteuil 1 July 1723 19 June 1726 Claude le Blanc 19 June 1726 1728 Nicolas Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers July 1728 February 1740 François Victor le Tonnelier de Breteuil February 1740 7 January 1743 Marc Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte d'Argenson 7 January 1743 1 February 1757 Antoine René de Voyer, marquis de Paulmy 1 February 1757 3 March 1758 Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle 3 March 1758 27 January 1761 Étienne François, duc de Choiseul 27 January 1761 24 December 1770 Louis François, marquis de Monteynard 26 January 1771 27 January 1774 Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon 27 January 1774 2 June 1774 Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix d'Ollières, comte du Muy 5 June 1774 10 October 1775 Claude Louis, comte de Saint-Germain 27 October 1775 27 September 1777 Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint-Mauris de Montbarrey 27 September 1777 19 December 1780 Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur 23 December 1780 29 August 1787 Louis Charles-Auguste le Tonnelier, baron de Breteuil 29 August 1787 23 September 1787 Athanase Louis Marie de Loménie, comte de Brienne 23 September 1787 30 November 1788 Louis Pierre de Chastenet, comte de Puységur 30 November 1788 13 July 1789 Victor François, Duc de Broglie 13 July 1789 16 July 1789 Jean-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin-Gouvernet 4 August 1789 16 November 1790 Louis le Bègue du Presle Duportail 16 November 1790 7 December 1791
Ministers of War, 1791-1940 Minister Began Ended Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara 7 December 1791 9 March 1792 Pierre Marie de Grave 9 March 1792 9 May 1792 Joseph Marie Servan de Gerbey 9 May 1792 13 June 1792 Charles Dumouriez 13 June 1792 18 June 1792 Pierre August Lajard 18 June 1792 23 July 1792 Charles Franqueville d'Abancourt 23 July 1792 10 August 1792 Joseph Marie Servan de Gerbey 10 August 1792 3 October 1792 Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu 3 October 1792 18 October 1792 Jean-Nicolas Pache 18 October 1792 4 February 1793 Pierre Riel de Beurnonville 4 February 1793 1 April 1793 Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu 1 April 1793 4 April 1793 Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte 4 April 1793 20 April 1794 none 20 April 1794 3 November 1795 Jean-Baptiste Aubert-Dubayet 3 November 1795 8 February 1796 Claude Louis Petiet 8 February 1796 15 July 1797 Lazare Hoche 15 July 1797 22 July 1797 Barthélemy Louis Joseph Scherer 22 July 1797 21 February 1799 Louis Marie de Milet de Mureau 21 February 1799 2 July 1799 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte 2 July 1799 14 September 1799 Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé 14 September 1799 10 November 1799 Louis-Alexandre Berthier 11 November 1799 2 April 1800 Lazare Carnot 2 April 1800 8 October 1800 Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel 8 October 1800 19 August 1807 Henry Clarke, duc de Feltre 19 August 1807 1 April 1814 Pierre-Antoine, comte Dupont de l'Étang 3 April 1814 3 December 1814 Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie 3 December 1814 11 March 1815 Henry Clarke, duc de Feltre 11 March 1815 20 March 1815 Louis Nicolas Davout, duc d'Auerstadt 20 March 1815 7 July 1815 Laurent, comte de Gouvion de Saint-Cyr 7 July 1815 26 September 1815 Henry Clarke, duc de Feltre 26 September 1815 12 September 1817 Laurent, marquis de Gouvion de Saint-Cyr 12 September 1817 19 November 1819 Marie Victor Nicolas de Fay, marquis de La Tour-Maubourg 19 November 1819 14 December 1821 Claude Victor, duc de Bellune 14 December 1821 23 March 1823 Alexandre, vicomte Digeon 23 March 1823 15 April 1823 Claude Victor, duc de Bellune 15 April 1823 19 October 1823 Ange Hyacinthe Maxence, baron de Damas 19 October 1823 4 August 1824 Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre 4 August 1824 4 January 1828 Louis Victor de Blacquetot de Caux 4 January 1828 8 August 1829 Louis, comte de Ghaisne de Bourmont 8 August 1829 31 July 1830 Étienne Maurice, comte Gérard 31 July 1830 17 November 1830 Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie 17 November 1830 18 July 1834 Étienne Maurice, comte Gérard 18 July 1834 10 November 1834 Simon Bernard 10 November 1834 18 November 1834 Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, duc de Trévise 18 November 1834 12 March 1835 Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny 12 March 1835 30 April 1835 Nicolas Joseph, marquis Maison 30 April 1835 6 September 1836 Simon Bernard 6 September 1836 31 March 1839 Amédée Louis Despans-Cubières 31 March 1839 12 May 1839 Antoine Virgile Schneider 12 May 1839 1 March 1840 Amédée Louis Despans-Cubières 1 March 1840 29 October 1840 Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie 29 October 1840 10 November 1845 Alexandre Pierre Chevalier Moline de Saint-Yon 10 November 1845 9 May 1847 Camille Alphonse Trézel 9 May 1847 24 February 1848 Marie Alphonse Bedeau 24 February 1848 25 February 1848 Jacques Gervais, baron Subervie 25 February 1848 20 March 1848 Louis Eugène Cavaignac 20 March 1848 5 April 1848 François Arago 5 April 1848 11 May 1848 Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Charras 11 May 1848 17 May 1848 Louis Eugène Cavaignac 17 May 1848 28 June 1848 Louis Juchault de Lamoricière 28 June 1848 20 December 1848 Joseph Marcelin Rulhières 20 December 1848 31 October 1849 Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul 31 October 1849 22 October 1850 Jean-Paul, comte de Schramm 22 October 1850 9 January 1851 Auguste Étienne, comte Régnault de Saint-Jean d'Angély 9 January 1851 24 January 1851 Jacques Louis César Alexandre, comte de Randon 24 January 1851 26 October 1851 Achille de Saint-Arnaud 26 October 1851 11 March 1854 Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant 11 March 1854 5 May 1859 Jacques Louis César Alexandre, comte de Randon 5 May 1859 20 January 1867 Adolphe Niel 20 January 1867 13 August 1869 Charles Rigault de Genouilly 13 August 1869 21 August 1869 Edmond Leboeuf 21 August 1869 20 July 1870 Pierre Charles Dejean 20 July 1870 10 August 1870 Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, duc de Palikao 10 August 1870 4 September 1870 Adolphe Charles Le Flô 4 September 1870 5 June 1871 Ernest Courtot de Cissey 5 June 1871 25 May 1873 François Claude du Barail 29 May 1873 22 May 1874 Ernest Courtot de Cissey 22 May 1874 15 August 1876 Jean Auguste Berthaud 15 August 1876 23 November 1877 Gaétan de Grimaudet de Rochebouët 23 November 1877 13 December 1877 Jean-Louis Borel 13 December 1877 16 May 1878 Henri François Xavier Gresley 16 May 1878 28 December 1879 Jean Joseph Frédéric Adolphe Farre 28 December 1879 14 November 1881 Jean-Baptiste Campenon 14 November 1881 26 January 1882 Jean-Baptiste Billot 30 January 1882 29 January 1883 Jean Thibaudin 31 January 1883 9 October 1883 Jean-Baptiste Campenon 9 October 1883 3 January 1885 Jules Louis Lewal 3 January 1885 6 April 1885 Jean-Baptiste Campenon 6 April 1885 7 January 1886 Georges Boulanger 7 January 1886 30 May 1887 Théophile Adrien Ferron 30 May 1887 12 December 1887 François Auguste Logerot 12 December 1887 3 April 1888 Charles de Freycinet 3 April 1888 11 January 1893 Julien Léon Loizillon 11 January 1893 3 December 1893 Auguste Mercier 3 December 1893 24 January 1895 Émile Zurlinder 28 January 1895 1 November 1895 Godefroy Cavaignac 1 November 1895 29 April 1896 Jean-Baptiste Billot 29 April 1896 28 June 1898 Godefroy Cavaignac 28 June 1898 5 September 1898 Émile Zurlinden 5 September 1898 17 September 1898 Charles Chanoine 17 September 1898 25 October 1898 Édouard Locroy 25 October 1898 1 November 1898 Charles de Freycinet 1 November 1898 6 May 1899 Camille Krantz 6 May 1899 22 June 1899 Gaston, marquis de Gallifet 22 June 1899 20 May 1900 Louis André 20 May 1900 14 November 1904 Maurice Berteaux
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