Minister of Sports (France)
The Minister of Sports is a cabinet member in the Government of France.
The position has changed names a number of times since its creation, having occasionally been discontinued or regrouped with the Minister of National Education. Since 2022 Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has served Minister for Sport and the Olympic & Paralympic Games.
Officeholders
Fourth republic
- Andrée Viénot : 24 June 1946 - 22 January 1947
- Pierre Bourdan : 22 January – 22 October 1947
- André Morice : 11 September 1948 – 11 August 1951
- Pierre Chevalier : 11 August – 12 August 1951
- Claude Lemaître-Basset : 12 August 1951 – 20 January 1952
- Jean Masson : 20 January 1952 – 28 June 1953
- René Billères : 1 February 1956 – 14 May 1958
Fifth republic
- Maurice Herzog 27 September 1958 – 8 January 1966
- François Missoffe : 8 January 1966 – 30 May 1968
- Roland Nungesser : 30 May – 10 July 1968
- Jean-Pierre Soisson : 5 April 1978 – 22 May 1981
- André Henry : 22 May 1981 – 22 March 1983
- Alain Calmat : 23 July 1984 – 20 March 1986
- Christian Bergelin : 20 March 1986 – 13 May 1988
- Lionel Jospin : 13 May 1988 – 16 May 1991
- Frédérique Bredin : 16 May 1991 – 29 March 1993
- Michèle Alliot-Marie : 29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995
- Guy Drut : 7 November 1995 – 4 June 1997
- Marie-George Buffet : 4 June 1997 – 7 May 2002
- Jean-François Lamour : 7 May 2002 – 18 May 2007
- Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin : 18 May 2007 – 14 November 2010
- Chantal Jouanno : 14 November 2010 – 26 September 2011
- David Douillet : 26 September 2011 – 16 May 2012
- Valérie Fourneyron : 16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014
- Najat Vallaud-Belkacem : 2 April – 25 August 2014, with Thierry Braillard as minister delegate for sports
- Patrick Kanner : 26 August 2014 – 17 May 2017, with Thierry Braillard as minister delegate for sports
- Laura Flessel : 17 May 2017 – 4 September 2018
- Roxana Maracineanu : 4 September 2018 – 6 July 2020
- Roxana Maracineanu : 6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022
- Amélie Oudéa-Castéra : 20 May 2022 – 21 September 2024
- Gil Avérous : 21 September 2024 – 23 December 2024
- Marie Barsacq : 23 December 2024 – ''incumbent''