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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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	File:Armand-Gaston Camus.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Armand-Gaston Camus	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Directory	Directory	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1	File:Merlin de Douai par Delpech.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Philippe-Antoine Merlin	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2	File:Cochon Lapparent Charles.png	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Charles Cochon de Lapparent	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
3	File:Jean-Jacques Lenoir-Laroche.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Jean-Jacques Lenoir-Laroche	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
4	File:Blanco portrait.svg	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Pierre Jean-Marie Sotin de La Coindière	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
5	File:Blanco portrait.svg	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Nicolas Dondeau	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
6	File:Le Carlier d'Ardon, vers 1792.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Marie Jean François Philibert Lecarlier	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
7	File:Blanco portrait.svg	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Jean-Pierre Duval	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
8	File:Blanco portrait.svg	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Claude Sébastien Bourguignon	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
9	File:Joseph Fouché.png	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" |	Joseph Fouché	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Consulate					Napoléon Bonaparte

First Empire

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name		Term			Government	Emperor	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
(9)	File:Fouché Joseph Duke of Otranto.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Joseph Fouché Duc d'Otrante	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Napoléon	Napoléon I	Template:Efn
10	File:Robert Lefevre 15.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Anne Jean Marie René Savary Duc de Rovigo	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Restoration

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name		Term			Government	King	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
11	File:Jules Anglès 1778-1828.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Jules Anglès	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Provisional Government	Louis XVIII	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
12	File:Jacques Claude, Comte Beugnot (circle of Louis Hersent).jpg	style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Jacques ClaudeTemplate:Efn Comte Beugnot	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Restoration		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hundred Days

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name		Term			Government	Emperor	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
13	File:Fouché Joseph Duke of Otranto.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Joseph Fouché Duc d'Otrante	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Hundred Days	Napoléon I	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
14	File:Jean Pelet de la Lozère (1759-1842).jpg	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Jean Pelet Comte de la Lozère	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Kingdom of France

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name		Term			Government	King	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
15	File:Fouché Joseph Duke of Otranto.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Joseph Fouché Duc d'Otrante	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Talleyrand-Périgord	Louis XVIII	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
16	File:Elie Decazes.jpg	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	File:Charlemagne de Maupas (1818-1888).jpg	style="background:Template:Party color; width:1%" |	Charlemagne de Maupas	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Ayd	Napoléon II – III	Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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