List of Third Republic ministers of the Pétain administration

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The following is a list of the French government ministers in the administration of Pétain under the Third Republic.

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Title

! Office holder

! Party

bgcolor=#DDDDDD | Président du Conseil

| Philippe Pétain

| SE

rowspan=2 | Vice-Presidents of the Council

| Camille Chautemps (16 June - 12 July){{cite web |title=Anciens sénateurs IIIème République : CHAUTEMPS Camille |language=fr |url=https://www.senat.fr/senateur-3eme-republique/chautemps_camille0380r3.html}}

| RAD

Pierre Laval (starting 23 June 1940)

| SE

colspan=3 bgcolor=#CCCCCC align=center | Ministers of State
rowspan=3 | Ministers of State

| Camille Chautemps

| RAD

Adrien Marquet (starting 23 June 1940)

| SE

Pierre Laval (starting 23 June 1940)

| SE

colspan=3 bgcolor=#CCCCCC align=center | Ministers
Minister for Foreign Affairs

| Paul Baudoin

| SE

Minister of Finance and Commerce

| Yves Bouthillier

| SE

Minister of War

| {{ILL|Louis Colson|fr}}

| SE

Ministre of National Defense

| Maxime Weygand

| SE

Guardian of the Seals, Minister of Justice

| {{ILL|Charles Frémicourt|fr}}

| SE

Minister of National Education

| Albert Rivaud

| SE

rowspan=2 | Minister of the Interior

| Charles Pomaret

| USR

Adrien Marquet (starting 27 June 1940)

| SE

Minister of the Merchant and Military Marine

| François Darlan

| SE

Minister of Air

| Bertrand Pujo

| SE

Minister of Public Works and Information

| Ludovic-Oscar Frossard

| USR

Minister of Agriculture and Resupply |

| Albert Chichery

| RAD

Minister of Transmissions

| {{ILL|André Février|fr}} (starting 23 juin 1940)

| SFIO

Minister of the Colonies

| Albert Rivière

| SFIO

rowspan=2 | Minister of Labour and Public Health

| André Février

| SFIO

Charles Pomaret (starting 27 June 1940)

| USR

Minister for Veterans and the French Family

| Jean Ybarnegaray

| PSF

High Commissioner for French Propaganda

| Jean Prouvost (starting 19 June 1940)

| SE

colspan=3 bgcolor=#CCCCCC align=center | Commissioners-General
Commissioner-General for Resupply

| {{ILL|Joseph Frédéric Bernard|fr}} (starting 18 June 1940)

| SE

Commissioner-General for National Reconstruction

| {{ILL|Aimé Doumenc|fr}} (starting 26 June 1940)

| SE

colspan=3 bgcolor=#CCCCCC align=center | Under-Secretaries of State
Under-Secretary of State to the Office of the Council President

| Raphaël Alibert

| SE

Under-Secretary of State for Refugees

| Robert Schuman

| PDP

See also

References

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Sources

  • {{cite book |first1=Serge |last1=Bernstein |chapter=Le gouvernement Pétain du 16 juin au 10 juillet 1940 |trans-chapter=The Pétain government of 16 June to 10 July 1940 |editor1=Pierre Allorant |editor2=Noëlline Castagnez-Ruggiu |editor3=Antoine Prost (dir.) |title=Le moment 1940 : effondrement national et réalités locales : actes du colloque international d'Orléans, les 18 et 19 novembre 2010 |trans-title=The 1940 moment: national collapse and local realities: Proceedings of the International Colloquy in Orléans, November 18–19, 2010 |location=Paris |publisher=Harmattan/Pepper |series=Cliopolis |year=2012 |isbn=978-2-296-96634-5 |oclc=795496243 |pages=77–90 |access-date=}}

  • {{cite book |language=fr |first1=Michèle |last1=Cointet |title=Nouvelle histoire de Vichy (1940–1945) |trans-title=New History of Vichy (1940–1945) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ph1ApwAACAAJ |publisher=Fayard |location=Paris |year=2011 |isbn=978-2-213-63553-8 |oclc=760147069 |access-date=20 July 2020 }}

  • {{cite book |first1=Antoine |last1=Prost |author-link=Antoine Prost |title=Le moment 1940 : effondrement national et réalités locales : actes du colloque international d'Orléans, les 18 et 19 novembre 2010 |trans-title=The 1940 moment: national collapse and local realities: Proceedings of the International Colloquy in Orléans, November 18–19, 2010 |chapter=La controverse juridique : 16 juin ou 10 juillet? |trans-chapter=The judicial conteroversy: 16 June or 10 July? |editor1=Pierre Allorant |editor2=Noëlline Castagnez |editor3=Antoine Prost (dir.) |location=Paris |publisher=Harmattan/Pepper |series=Cliopolis |year=2012 |isbn=978-2-296-96634-5 |oclc=795496243 |pages=91–99 |access-date= }}

  • {{cite book |language=fr |first1=Bénédicte |last1=Vergez-Chaignon |title=Pétain |publisher=Perrin |location=Paris |year=2014 |isbn=978-2-262-03885-4 |oclc=896479806}}

Further reading

  • Diamond, Hanna, and Simon Kitson, eds. Vichy, resistance, liberation: new perspectives on wartime France (Bloomsbury, 2005).
  • Gordon, Bertram M. Historical Dictionary of World War II France: The Occupation, Vichy, and the Resistance, 1938-1946 (1998).
  • Jackson, Julian. France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944 (Oxford UP, 2004).
  • Paxton, Robert. Vichy France: Old Guard, New Order, 1940-1944 (Knopf, 1972). [https://archive.org/details/vichyfranceoldgu00paxt_0 online]