List of Education Ministers of France
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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).
[edit] Administrators (various titles) of Public Instruction or the University, 1802-1828
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Antoine François Fourcroy (Directeur général de l'Instruction publique) | September 14, 1802 | March 17, 1808 |
| Louis de Fontanes (Grand maître de l'Université) | March 17, 1808 | February 17, 1815 |
| Louis-François de Bausset (Président du Conseil royal de l'Instruction publique) | February 17, 1815 | March 20, 1815 |
| Bernard Étienne Germain de la Ville sur Illon (Grand maître de l'Université impériale) | March 20, 1815 | May 9, 1815 |
| Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance (Grand maître de l'Université impériale) | May 9, 1815 | August 15, 1815 |
| Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard (Président de la commission de l'Instruction publique) | August 15, 1815 | 1818 |
| Frédéric Cuvier (Grand maître de l'Université) | September 13, 1819 | November 1, 1820 |
| Élie Decazes (Président de la commission de l'Instruction publique) | December 29, 1818 | February 21, 1820 |
| Joseph Jérôme Simeon (Président de la commission de l'Instruction publique) | February 21, 1820 | October 4, 1820 |
| Joseph Louis Joachim Lainé (Président du Conseil royal de l'Instruction publique) | October 4, 1820 | December 21, 1820 |
| Joseph Louis Joachim Lainé | December 21, 1820 | July 31, 1821 |
| Jacques Joseph Guillaume François Pierre Corbière (Président du Conseil royal de l'Instruction publique) | July 31, 1821 | June 1, 1822 |
| Frédéric Cuvier (Président par intérim du Conseil royal de l'Instruction publique) | June 1, 1822 | August 26, 1824 |
| Denis Antoine Luc (Grand maître de l'Université royale) | August 26, 1824 | February 1, 1828 |
| Denis Antoine Luc (Ministre des Affaires ecclésiastiques et de l'Instruction publique) | February 1, 1828 | February 10, 1828 |
