Minister of Police (France)

The Minister of Police (Template:Langx) was the leader and most senior official of the French Ministry of Police. It was a position in the Government of France from 1796 to 1818 and briefly from 1852 to 1853.

History

The office was created on 2 January 1796 by taking police powers away from the Minister of Interior and giving them to the new Minister of Police. The move was motivated by an apparent overload of the Interior department.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The first minister, Philippe-Antoine Merlin, was appointed two days later, as Armand-Gaston Camus refused the office. The most famous minister was Joseph Fouché, whose service spanned over a decade.

It was a major French ministerial position under the Directory, Consulate, First Empire, and Restored Bourbon Dynasty. The position was merged into the Ministry of Interior in 1818, although it was briefly restored by Napoleon III in 1852.

Officeholders

First Republic

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name		TermTemplate:Efn			Government	Head of State	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
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Template:Efn		style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Armand-Gaston Camus	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Directory	Directory	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1		style="background:Template:Party color" |	Philippe-Antoine Merlin	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2		style="background:Template:Party color" |	Charles Cochon de Lapparent	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3		style="background:Template:Party color" |	Jean-Jacques Lenoir-Laroche	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4		style="background:Template:Party color" |	Pierre Jean-Marie Sotin de La Coindière	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
5		style="background:Template:Party color" |	Nicolas Dondeau	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
6		style="background:Template:Party color" |	Marie Jean François Philibert Lecarlier	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
7		style="background:Template:Party color" |	Jean-Pierre Duval	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
8		style="background:Template:Party color" |	Claude Sébastien Bourguignon	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
9		rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" |	Joseph Fouché	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Consulate					Napoléon Bonaparte

First Empire

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name		Term			Government	Emperor	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
(9)		style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Joseph Fouché Duc d'Otrante	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Napoléon	Napoléon I	Template:Efn
10		style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Anne Jean Marie René Savary Duc de Rovigo	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Restoration

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name		Term			Government	King	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
11		style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Jules Anglès	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Provisional Government	Louis XVIII	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
12		style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Jacques ClaudeTemplate:Efn Comte Beugnot	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Restoration		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Hundred Days

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name		Term			Government	Emperor	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
13		style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Joseph Fouché Duc d'Otrante	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Hundred Days	Napoléon I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
14		style="background:Template:Party color" |	Jean Pelet Comte de la Lozère	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Kingdom of France

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name		Term			Government	King	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
15		style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Joseph Fouché Duc d'Otrante	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Talleyrand-Périgord	Louis XVIII	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
16		style="background:Template:Party color" |	Élie Louis Duc Decazes	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Richelieu

Second Republic

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name		Term			Government	President	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
17		style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Charlemagne de Maupas	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Napoléon II – III	Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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