Naval Ministers, 1893-1947
| Minister | Began | Ended |
| Adrien, Barthélemy, Louis, Henri Rieunier | 12 January 1893 | 3 December 1893 |
| Auguste Alfred Lefèvre | 3 December 1893 | 30 May 1894 |
| Félix Faure | 30 May 1894 | 17 January 1895 |
| Armand Louis Charles Gustave Besnard | 17 January 1895 | 1 November 1895 |
| Édouard Locroy | 1 November 1895 | 29 April 1896 |
| Armand Louis Charles Gustave Besnard | 29 April 1896 | 28 June 1898 |
| Édouard Locroy | 28 June 1898 | 22 June 1899 |
| Jean-Marie de Lanessan | 22 June 1899 | 7 June 1902 |
| Charles Camille Pelletan | 7 June 1902 | 24 January 1905 |
| Gaston Thomson | 24 January 1905 | 22 October 1908 |
| Alfred Picard | 22 October 1908 | 24 July 1909 |
| Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère | 24 July 1909 | 2 March 1911 |
| Théophile Delcassé | 2 March 1911 | 21 January 1913 |
| Pierre Baudin | 21 January 1913 | 9 December 1913 |
| Ernest Monis | 9 December 1913 | 20 March 1914 |
| Armand Gauthier de l'Aude | 20 March 1914 | 9 June 1914 |
| Émile Chautemps | 9 June 1914 | 13 June 1914 |
| Armand Gauthier de l'Aude | 13 June 1914 | 3 August 1914 |
| Victor Augagneur | 3 August 1914 | 29 October 1915 |
| Lucien Lacaze | 29 October 1915 | 2 August 1917 |
| Charles Chaumet | 2 August 1917 | 16 November 1917 |
| Georges Leygues | 16 November 1917 | 20 January 1920 |
| Adolphe Landry | 20 January 1920 | 16 January 1921 |
| Gabriel Guist'hau | 16 January 1921 | 15 January 1922 |
| Flaminius Raiberti | 15 January 1922 | 29 March 1924 |
| Maurice Bokanowski | 29 March 1924 | 9 June 1924 |
| Désiré Ferry | 9 June 1924 | 14 June 1924 |
| Jacques-Louis Dumesnil | 14 June 1924 | 17 April 1925 |
| Émile Borel | 17 April 1925 | 28 November 1925 |
| Georges Leygues | 28 November 1925 | 19 July 1926 |
| René Renoult | 19 July 1926 | 23 July 1926 |
| Georges Leygues | 23 July 1926 | 21 February 1930 |
| Albert Sarraut | 21 February 1930 | 2 March 1930 |
| Jacques-Louis Dumesnil | 2 March 1930 | 13 December 1930 |
| Albert Sarraut | 13 December 1930 | 27 January 1931 |
| Charles Dumont | 27 January 1931 | 20 February 1932 |
| Georges Leygues | 3 June 1932 | 2 September 1933 |
| Albert Sarraut | 6 September 1933 | 30 January 1934 |
| Louis de Chappedelaine | 30 January 1934 | 9 February 1934 |
| François Piétri | 9 February 1934 | 1 June 1936 |
| Alphonse Gasnier-Duparc | 1 June 1936 | 22 June 1937 |
| César Campinchi | 22 June 1937 | 18 January 1938 |
| William Bertrand | 18 January 1938 | 13 March 1938 |
| César Campinchi | 13 March 1938 | 16 June 1940 |
| François Darlan | 16 June 1940 | 18 April 1942 |
| Gabriel Auphan | 18 April 1942 | 18 November 1942 |
| Jean-Marie Charles Abrial | 18 November 1942 | 26 March 1943 |
| Henri Bléhaut | 26 March 1943 | 19 August 1944 |
| Louis Jacquinot | 9 November 1943 | 21 November 1945 |
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