The Minister of Labour, Employment and Economic Inclusion (Ministre du Travail, de l'Emploi et de l'Insertion), commonly just referred to as Minister of Labour, is a cabinet member in the Government of France. The minister is responsible for employment, labour legislation as well as the integration of foreigners.
Following Sébastien Lecornu's second appointment as Prime Minister, the minister is Jean-Pierre Farandou.
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History
The position was originally known as Minister of Labour (Ministre du Travail), created in 1906, and later, Minister of Labour and Social Security Provisions (Ministre du Travail et Prévoyance sociale). After its 1906 creation, the Inspection du travail (IT, Labour Inspection) service was integrated to it.
After the Second World War, the position was renamed Minister of Social Affairs. In its current state, the position was brought back in 1981 (after almost a decade) under the presidency of François Mitterrand—as a result of the economic situation of France in the 1980s—to oversee issues of social exclusion, unemployment, racism, sexism and social justice.
The seat of the ministry is the hôtel du Châtelet, an 18th-century neoclassical palace located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
List of ministers of labour
Third Republic
Gaston Doumergue (14 March 1906 – 25 October 1906)
René Viviani (25 October 1906 – 2 November 1910)
Louis Lafferre (3 November 1910 – 1 March 1911)
Joseph Paul-Boncour (2 March 1911 – 26 November 1911)
René Renoult (27 November 1911 – 13 January 1912)
Léon Bourgeois (14 January 1912 – 20 January 1913)
René Besnard (21 January 1913 – 21 March 1913)
Henry Chéron (22 March 1913 – 8 December 1913)
Albert Métin (9 December 1913 – 8 June 1914)
Jean-Baptiste Abel (9 June 1914 – 13 June 1914)
Maurice Couyba (13 June 1914 – 26 August 1914)
Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin (27 August 1914 – 30 October 1915)
Albert Métin (30 October 1915 – 14 December 1916)
Étienne Clémentel (14 December 1916 – 20 March 1917)
Léon Bourgeois (20 March 1917 – 12 September 1917)
André Renard (12 September 1917 – 11 November 1917)
Pierre Colliard (11 November 1917 – 2 December 1919)
Paul Jourdain ( 2 December 1919 – 16 January 1921)
Vichy France
René Belin (15 July 1940 – 18 April 1942)
Hubert Lagardelle (20 April 1942 – 23 November 1943)
Jean Bichelonne (23 November 1943 – 17 March 1944)
Marcel Déat (17 March 1944 – 20 August 1944)
Provisional Government of the French Republic
Adrien Tixier (7 June 1944 – 9 September 1944) (French Committee of National Liberation)
René Sanson (28 August 1944 – 5 September 1944) (Provisional Government of the French Republic)
Alexandre Parodi (10 September 1944 – 21 November 1945) (Provisional Government of the French Republic)
Ambroise Croizat (21 November 1945 – 16 December 1946) (Provisional Government of the French Republic)
Fourth Republic
Daniel Mayer (16 December 1946 – 22 January 1947)
Ambroise Croizat (22 January 1947 – 4 May 1947)
Robert Lacoste (4 May 1947 – 9 May 1947)
Daniel Mayer (9 May 1947 – 28 October 1949)
Pierre Ségelle (29 October 1949 – 7 February 1950)
Paul Bacon (7 February 1950 – 8 March 1952)
Pierre Garet (8 March 1952 – 8 January 1953)
Paul Bacon (8 January 1953 – 19 June 1954)
Eugène Claudius-Petit (19 June 1954 – 3 September 1954)
Louis-Paul Aujoulat (3 September 1954 – 23 February 1955)
Paul Bacon (23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956)
Albert Gazier (1 February 1956 – 6 November 1957)
Paul Bacon (6 November 1957 – 8 January 1959)
Fifth Republic
Jean-Marcel Jeanneney (8 January 1966 – 30 May 1968)
Maurice Schumann (30 May 1968 – 20 June 1969)
Edgar Faure (6 July 1972 – 28 March 1973)
Nicole Questiaux (22 May 1981 – 29 June 1982)
Pierre Bérégovoy (29 June 1982 – 17 July 1984)
Georgina Dufoix (19 July 1984 – 7 December 1984)
Philippe Séguin (20 March 1986 – 12 May 1988)
Michel Delebarre (12 May 1988 – 23 June 1988)
Claude Évin (23 June 1988 – 16 May 1991)
Jean-Louis Bianco (16 May 1991 – 2 April 1992)
René Teulade (2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993)
Simone Veil (29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995)
Colette Codaccioni (18 May 1995 – 7 November 1995)
Eric Raoult (18 May 1995 – 7 November 1995)
Jacques Barrot (7 November 1995 – 4 June 1997)
Jean-Claude Gaudin (7 November 1995 – 4 June 1997)
Martine Aubry (4 June 1997 – 18 October 2000)
Élisabeth Guigou (18 October 2000 – 7 May 2002)
François Fillon (7 May 2002 – 31 March 2004)