List of Finance Ministers of France


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

Controller-General of Finances, 1661–1791

Ministers of Finance, 1791–1944

Free French Commissioners of Finance, 1941–1944

Ministers of Finance, 1944–present