Ministry of Economics and Finance (France)

The Ministry of the Economy and Finance (French: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances, pronounced [ministɛʁ dᵊ lekɔnɔmi e defiˈnɑ̃s]), informally referred to as Bercy, is one of the most important ministries in the Government of France.

Minister of the Economy and Finance Ministre de l'Économie et des Finances
Incumbent Bruno Le Maire since 17 May 2017
Style	Mister the Minister
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	President of the Republic and to Parliament
Residence	Bercy
Seat	Paris, France
Appointer	President of the Republic
Term length	No fixed term Remains in office while commanding the confidence of the National Assembly and the President of the Republic
Constituting instrument	Constitution of 4 October 1958
Precursor	The title of "Minister of Finance" has existed since 1518 in the Ancien Régime
Formation	23 July 1958
First holder	Antoine Pinay
Salary	€9,940 per month
Website	www.economie.gouv.fr

List

Minister	Term start	Term end
Aimé Lepercq	4 September 1944	9 November 1944
René Pleven	16 November 1944	26 January 1946
André Philip	26 January 1946	24 June 1946
Robert Schuman	24 June 1946	18 December 1946
André Philip	18 December 1946	22 January 1947
Robert Schuman	22 January 1947	24 November 1947
René Mayer	24 November 1947	26 July 1948
Paul Reynaud	26 July 1948	5 September 1948
Christian Pineau	5 September 1948	11 September 1948
Henri Queuille	11 September 1948	12 January 1949
Maurice Petsche	12 January 1949	11 August 1951
René Mayer	11 August 1951	20 January 1952
Edgar Faure	20 January 1952	8 March 1952
Antoine Pinay	8 March 1952	8 January 1953
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury	8 January 1953	28 June 1953
Edgar Faure	28 June 1953	20 January 1955
Robert Buron	20 January 1955	23 February 1955
Pierre Pflimlin	23 February 1955	1 February 1956
Robert Lacoste	1 February 1956	14 February 1956
Paul Ramadier	14 February 1956	13 June 1957
Félix Gaillard	13 June 1957	6 November 1957
Pierre Pflimlin	6 November 1957	14 May 1958
Edgar Faure	14 May 1958	1 June 1958
Antoine Pinay	1 June 1958	13 January 1960
Wilfrid Baumgartner	13 January 1960	19 January 1962
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	19 January 1962	8 January 1966
Michel Debré	8 January 1966	30 May 1968
Maurice Couve de Murville	30 May 1968	10 July 1968
François-Xavier Ortoli	10 July 1968	16 June 1969
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	16 June 1969	28 May 1974
Jean-Pierre Fourcade	28 May 1974	27 August 1976
Raymond Barre	27 August 1976	5 April 1978
René Monory	5 April 1978	22 May 1981
Jacques Delors	22 May 1981	19 July 1984
Pierre Bérégovoy	19 July 1984	20 March 1986
Édouard Balladur	20 March 1986	12 May 1988
Pierre Bérégovoy	12 May 1988	2 April 1992
Michel Sapin	2 April 1992	29 March 1993
Edmond Alphandéry	29 March 1993	18 May 1995
Alain Madelin	18 May 1995	25 August 1995
Jean Arthuis	25 August 1995	4 June 1997
Dominique Strauss-Kahn	4 June 1997	2 November 1999
Christian Sautter	2 November 1999	28 March 2000
Laurent Fabius	28 March 2000	7 May 2002
Francis Mer	7 May 2002	31 March 2004
Nicolas Sarkozy	31 March 2004	28 November 2004
Hervé Gaymard	30 November 2004	25 February 2005
Thierry Breton	25 February 2005	18 May 2007
Jean-Louis Borloo	18 May 2007	19 June 2007
Christine Lagarde	19 June 2007	29 June 2011
François Baroin	29 June 2011	15 May 2012
Pierre Moscovici	16 May 2012	31 March 2014
Emmanuel Macron	26 August 2014	30 August 2016
Michel Sapin	30 August 2016	17 May 2017
Bruno Le Maire	17 May 2017

Other websites

• Composition of Government
• Common site of the two ministries
• French taxation site