The Minister of Veterans Affairs has been a cabinet post in France since just after
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
(1914–18). The minister is responsible for former members of the armed forces, particularly the disabled and pensioners. At times the officeholder has been called Minister of Pensions (''Ministre des Pensions''), at times Minister of Veterans and Pensions (''Ministre des Anciens combattants et pensionnés'') and at times Minister for Veterans (''Ministre des Anciens combattants''). In recent years the ministry has been subordinate to the
Ministry of Defense
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and the officeholder may be a secretary of state or sub-minister.
Ministers of Pensions
*20 January 1920 – 15 January 1922:
André Maginot
André Maginot (; 17 February 1877 – 7 January 1932) was a French civil servant, soldier, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his advocacy of the string of forts known as the Maginot Line.
Early years, to World War I
Maginot was ...
Henri Maupoil
Henri Maupoil (11 July 1891 - 30 October 1971) was a French politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1924 to 1936, and the French Senate from 1936 to 1944, representing Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Son ...
World War II
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(1939–45) the office was renamed to "Veterans and the French Family" and then eliminated in the Vichy government. General Charles de Gaulle appointed commissioners for pensions and then for prisoners, deportees and refugees in his government in exile.
*10 April 1938 – 13 September 1939: Auguste Champetier de Ribes – Anciens combattants et pensionnés
*13 September 1939 – 21 March 1940: René Besse – Anciens combattants et pensionnés
*21 March 1940 – 16 June 1940: Albert Rivière – Anciens combattants et pensionnés
*16 June 1940 – 12 July 1940:
Jean Ybarnégaray
Michel Albert Jean Joseph Ybarnégaray (; 16 October 1883 – 25 April 1956) was a French Basque politician and founder of the International Federation of Basque Pelota.
Jean Ybarnegaray was born in Uhart-Cize, Department of Pyrénées-Atlan ...
– Anciens combattants et de la Famille française
*28 July 1942 – 7 June 1943:
André Diethelm
André Diethelm (3 July 1896 – 11 January 1954) was born in Bourg-en-Bresse ( Ain department) and was a French Resistance fighter and politician. As an Inspector General of Finance, he joined General de Gaulle and Free France during the Seco ...
(commissaire) – Finances et Pensions
*9 November 1943 – 21 November 1945:
Henri Frenay
Henri Frenay Sandoval (1905–1988) was a French military officer and French Resistance member.
He was born in Lyon, France, on 11 November 1905, into a Catholic family with a military tradition. He studied the Germanic languages at the Universit ...
(commissaire) – Prisonniers, Déportés et Réfugiés
Ministers of Veterans and War Victims
In the period up to March 1974 the office holder was generally entitled "Minister of Veterans and War Victims", sometimes simply "Minister of Veterans".
*26 January 1946 – 8 July 1946:
Laurent Casanova
Laurent Casanova (9 October 1906 — 20 March 1972) was a French politician and resistance fighter. He was a Communist deputy for Seine-et-Marne from 1945 to 1958 and Minister of Veterans and War Victims in 1946.
Biography
Political career
Bo ...
*16 December 1946 – 22 January 1947:
Max Lejeune
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Animals
* Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog
* Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE)
* Max (gorilla) ...
*22 January 1947 – 22 October 1947: François Mitterrand
*22 October 1947 – 24 November 1947:
Daniel Mayer
Daniel Raphaël Mayer (29 April 1909 – 29 December 1996) was a French politician and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and president of the ''Ligue des droits de l'homme'' (LDH, Human Rights League) from 195 ...
*24 November 1947 – 26 July 1948: François Mitterrand
*26 July 1948 – 5 September 1948:
André Maroselli
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*5 September 1948 – 11 September 1948: Jules Catoire
*11 September 1948 – 28 October 1949:
Robert Bétolaud
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
*29 October 1949 – 11 August 1951:
Louis Jacquinot
Louis Jacquinot (16 September 1898 – 14 June 1993) was a French lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré's office.
Jacquinot was born in Gondrecourt-le-Château (Meuse) in 1898. Entering parliament in 1932, he la ...
*11 août 1951 – 8 January 1953: Emmanuel Temple
*8 January 1953 – 28 June 1953:
Henry Bergasse
Henry may refer to:
People
* Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portuga ...
*28 June 1953 – 19 June 1954:
André Mutter
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*19 June 1954 – 3 September 1954: Emmanuel Temple
*3 September 1954 – 23 February 1955: Jean Masson
*23 February 1955 – 6 October 1955: Raymond Triboulet
*20 October 1955 – 1 February 1956: Vincent Badie
*1 February 1956 – 13 June 1957:
François Tanguy-Prigent
François Marie Tanguy Prigent (11 October 1909 – 20 January 1970) was a French Socialist politician who became a resistance fighter during World War II (1939–45).
He was Minister of Agriculture from September 1944 to October 1947 and was Mini ...
*13 June 1957 – 6 November 1957:
André Dulin
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*6 November 1957 – 14 May 1958: Antoine Quinson
*14 May 1958 – 1 June 1958: Vincent Badie
*3 June 1958 – 9 June 1958:
Michel Debré
Michel Jean-Pierre Debré (; 15 January 1912 – 2 August 1996) was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 195 ...
– Veteran Affairs
*9 June 1958 – 8 January 1959:
Edmond Michelet
Edmond Michelet (8 October 1899 – 9 October 1970) was a French politician. He is the father of the writer Claude Michelet.
On 17 June 1940, he distributed tracts calling to continue the war in all Brive-la-Gaillarde's mailboxes. It is consid ...
*8 January 1959 – 28 November 1962: Raymond Triboulet
*28 November 1962 – 8 January 1966:
Jean Sainteny
Jean Sainteny or Jean Roger (29 May 1907, in Vésinet – 25 February 1978) was a French politician who was sent to Vietnam after the end of the Second World War in order to accept the surrender of the Japanese forces and to attempt to re-annex V ...
*8 January 1966 – 6 April 1967:
Alexandre Sanguinetti Alexandre may refer to:
* Alexandre (given name)
* Alexandre (surname)
* Alexandre (film)
See also
* Alexander
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*6 April 1967 – 6 July 1972:
Henri Duvillard
Henri Duvillard (born 23 December 1947) is a French former alpine ski racer. He is one of just seven men to win World Cup races in every discipline contested at the time. Duvillard competed at the 1972 Olympics in the slalom, giant slalom and ...
Michèle Alliot-Marie
Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (; born 10 September 1946), known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans, part of the Eu ...
Jean-Marie Bockel
Jean-Marie Bockel (born 22 June 1950) is a French politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence and Veterans in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon appointed on 18 March 2008, having previously been Secretary of State ...
*23 June 2009 – 13 November 2010:
Hubert Falco
Hubert Falco (born 15 May 1947 in Pignans, Var) is a French politician who has been appointed Secretary of State for development of the territory in the government of François Fillon on 18 March 2008. He is the mayor of Toulon
Toulon (, ...
*14 November 2010 – 27 February 2011:
Alain Juppé
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*27 February 2011 – 29 June 2011:
Gérard Longuet
Gérard Longuet (; born 24 February 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French conservative politician who has served as a member of the Senate from 2001 to 2011 and again since 2012, representing Meuse. He served as Minister of ...
*29 June 2011 – 10 May 2012: Marc Laffineur
*16 May 2012 – 21 November 2014:
Kader Arif
Kader Arif ( ar, قادر عريف; born 3 July 1959 in Algiers) is a French politician of the French Socialist Party (PS) who served as Junior Minister for Veterans to the French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian from 2012 until 2014. ...