Minister of Information (France)

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The Minister of Information was a cabinet member in the Government of France from 1938 to 1974. The position no longer exists.

Ministers of Information

Ludovic-Oscar Frossard 13 March 1938 – 10 April 1938

Ludovic-Oscar Frossard 21 March 1940 – 5 June 1940

Jean Prouvost 5 June 1940 – 16 June 1940

Paul Baudoin December 1940 – 2 January 1941

Henri Moysset 25 February 1941 – 12 August 1941

Paul Marion 12 August 1941 – 18 April 1942

Pierre Laval 18 April 1942 – 20 August 1944

André Diethelm 24 September 1941 – 28 July 1942

Jacques Soustelle 28 July 1942 – 7 June 1943

Henri Bonnet 7 June 1943 – 10 September 1944

Pierre-Henri Teitgen 10 September 1944 – 30 May 1945

Jacques Soustelle 30 May 1945 – 21 November 1945

André Malraux 21 November 1945 – 26 January 1946

Jean Letourneau 2 July 1950 – 12 July 1950

Albert Gazier 12 July 1950 – 11 August 1951

Robert Buron 11 August 1951 – 8 March 1952

Albert Gazier 17 May 1958 – 1 June 1958

André Malraux 12 June 1958 – 7 July 1958

Jacques Soustelle 7 July 1958 – 8 January 1959

Roger Frey 8 January 1959 – 5 February 1960

Louis Terrenoire 5 February 1960 – 24 August 1961

Alain Peyrefitte 28 November 1962 – 8 January 1966

Georges Gorse 6 April 1967 – 30 May 1968

Yves Guéna 30 May 1968 – 10 July 1968

Philippe Malaud 5 April 1973 – 23 October 1973

Jean-Philippe Lecat 23 October 1973 – 24 May 1974

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