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Formed | 1547 |
Jurisdiction | Government of France |
Headquarters | Hôtel du ministre des Affaires étrangères, 37 Quai d'Orsay, Paris 7e |
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Website | diplomatie |
The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (French: Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, MEAE) is the ministry of the Government of France that handles France's foreign relations. Since 1855, its headquarters have been located at 37 Quai d'Orsay, close to the National Assembly. The term Quai d'Orsay is often used as a metonym for the ministry. Its cabinet minister, the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs (French: Ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères) is responsible for the foreign relations of France. The current officeholder, Stéphane Séjourné, was appointed in 2024.
In 1547, royal secretaries became specialised, writing correspondence to foreign governments and negotiating peace treaties. The four French secretaries of state where foreign relations were divided by region, in 1589, became centralised with one becoming first secretary responsible for international relations. The Ancien Régime position of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs became Foreign Minister around 1723;[1] it was renamed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1791 in the aftermath of early stages of the French Revolution. All ministerial positions were abolished in 1794 by the National Convention and reestablished with the Directory.
For a brief period in the 1980s from 1984 to 1986, the office was retitled Minister for External Relations. As of 2024, it is designated as Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs and occupied by Stéphane Séjourné, who is assisted by Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Secretary of State for Development and International Partnerships, and Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister Delegate for Europe, and Franck Riester, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Economic Attractiveness, Francophonie and French Nationals Abroad.
Central administration
There are multiple services under its authority, along with that of some other ministers. Under the authority of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, that of Cooperation and European Affairs, and that of Foreign and European Affairs, there are numerous services directly related to the ministers. Here is a list of those services.
- The ministers' cabinet
- The office of cabinets, which gathers a personnel in charge of the administrative and logistics aspects of the three ministers' cabinets
- The budget control service (CBCM)
- General inspection of foreign affairs (IGAE)
- The prospective office (DP)
- The Protocole, upon which the President's protocol cell relies
- The Crisis management Department (CDC)
Secretaries of State (1547–1723)
Name | from | to |
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Guillaume Bochetel, seigneur de Sussy | 1547 | 1558 |
Côme Clausse, seigneur de Marchaumont | 1547 | 1559 |
Claude de l’Aubespine | 1 April 1547 | 1567 |
Jean du Thiers, seigneur de Beauregard | 1547 | 1559 |
Jacques Bourdin, seigneur de Villeines | 1558 | 1567 |
Florimond II Robertet, seigneur de Fresnes | 1558 | 1567 |
Florimond III Robertet d'Alluye | 1559 | 1569 |
Simon Fizes, baron de Sauves | 22 October 1567 | 27 November 1579 |
Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy | 28 October 1567 | 1588 |
Pierre Brûlart, seigneur de Genlis | 8 June 1569 | 1588 |
Claude Pinart, seigneur de Comblisy and Crambailles | 1570 | 1588 |
Louis de Revol | 1 January 1589 | 17 September 1594 |
Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy | 30 December 1594 | 9 August 1616 |
Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, Bishop of Luçon | 30 November 1616 | 24 April 1617 |
Pierre Brulart, vicomte de Puysieux | 24 April 1617 | 11 March 1626 |
Raymond Phelypeaux, seigneur d'Herbault | 11 March 1626 | 2 May 1629 |
Claude Bouthillier | 2 May 1629 | 18 March 1632 |
Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny | 18 March 1632 | 23 June 1643 |
Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne | 23 June 1643 | 3 April 1663 |
Hugues de Lionne | 3 April 1663 | 1 September 1671 |
Simon Arnauld, marquis de Pomponne | 1 September 1671 | 18 November 1679 |
Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy | 12 February 1680 | 28 July 1696 |
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy | 28 July 1696 | 22 September 1715 |
Nicolas du Blé, marquis d'Huxelles | 23 September 1715 | 1 September 1718 |
Minister for Foreign Affairs (1718–1791)
Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1791–2007)
Consulate and First Empire
Name | from | to |
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent | 22 November 1799 | 9 August 1807 |
Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny, duc de Cadore | 9 August 1807 | 17 April 1811 |
Hugues Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano | 17 April 1811 | 20 November 1813 |
Armand Augustin Louis Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence | 20 November 1813 | 1 April 1814 |
Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de Laforest | 3 April 1814 | 13 May 1814 |
First Restoration and the Hundred Days
Name | from | to |
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent | 13 May 1814 | 20 March 1815 |
Armand Augustin Louis Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence | 20 March 1815 | 22 June 1815 |
Louis, baron Bignon | 22 June 1815 | 7 July 1815 |
Second Restoration
Name | from | to |
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent | 9 July 1815 | 26 September 1815 |
Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de Richelieu | 26 September 1815 | 29 December 1818 |
Jean Joseph Paul Augustin, marquis Dessolles | 29 December 1818 | 19 November 1819 |
Étienne Denis, baron Pasquier | 19 November 1819 | 14 December 1821 |
Mathieu Jean Félicité, duc de Montmorency-Laval | 14 December 1821 | 28 December 1822 |
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand | 28 December 1822 | 4 August 1824 |
Ange Hyacinthe Maxence, baron de Damas | 4 August 1824 | 4 January 1828 |
Auguste, comte de La Ferronays | 4 January 1828 | 24 April 1829 |
Anne Pierre Adrien, duc de Montmorency-Laval | 24 April 1829 | 14 May 1829 |
Joseph-Marie, comte Portalis | 14 May 1829 | 8 August 1829 |
Jules Armand Auguste Marie, prince de Polignac | 8 August 1829 | 29 July 1830 |
Victor Louis Victurnien, duc de Mortemart | 29 July 1830 | |
Louis, baron Bignon | 31 July 1830 | 1 August 1830 |