List of Education Ministers of France
Minister Began Ended
Anatole de Monzie 3 June 1932 30 January 1934
Aimé Berthod 30 January 1934 8 November 1934
André Mallarmé 8 November 1934 1 June 1935
Mario Roustan 1 June 1935 7 June 1935
Philippe Marcombes 7 June 1935 13 June 1935
Mario Roustan 17 June 1935 24 January 1936
Henri Guernut 24 January 1936 4 June 1936
Jean Zay 4 June 1936 10 September 1939
Yvon Delbos 13 September 1939 21 March 1940
Albert Sarraut 21 March 1940 5 June 1940
Yvon Delbos 5 June 1940 16 June 1940
Albert Rivaud 16 June 1940 12 July 1940
Émile Mireaux ( Minister of Public Instruction ) 12 July 1940 6 September 1940
Georges Ripert ( Minister of Public Instruction ) 6 September 1940 13 December 1940
Jacques Chevalier ( Minister of Public Instruction ) 13 December 1940 23 February 1941
Jérôme Carcopino 25 February 1941 18 April 1942
Abel Bonnard 18 April 1942 19 August 1944
René Capitant 19 August 1944 21 November 1945
Paul Giacobbi 21 November 1945 26 January 1946
Marcel Edmond Naegelen 26 January 1946 12 February 1948
Ministers of National Education , 1932–present
This page is a list of French education ministers. A governmental position overseeing public education was first created in France in 1802. Following the various regime changes in France in the first decades of the 19th century, the position changed official status and name a number of times before the position of Minister of Public Instruction was created in 1828. For much of its history, the position was combined with that of Minister of Public Worship, who dealt with issues related to the Roman Catholic Church, except in instances where the Minister of Public Instruction was a Protestant. The position has also occasionally been combined with Minister of Sports and Minister of Youth Affairs. In 1932, the office's title was changed to Minister of National Education, although it was briefly changed back in 1940-1941, and was renamed Minister of Education during the Presidency of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974-1981).