List of naval ministers of France

Minister of the Navy and Colonies
Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies
Ensign of France (1848–present)
Ministry of the Navy (Ministère de la Marine)
Formation	14 September 1547 (1547-09-14)
First holder	Côme Clausse
Final holder	Louis Jacquinot
Abolished	22 October 1947 (1947-10-22)
Succession	Minister of Defence Minister of the Overseas

One of France's Secretaries of State under the Ancien Régime was entrusted with control of the French Navy (Secretary of State of the Navy (France).) In 1791, this title was changed to Minister of the Navy. Before January 1893, this position also had responsibility for France's colonies, and was usually known as Minister of the Navy and Colonies, a role thereafter taken by the Minister of the Overseas. In 1947 the naval ministry was absorbed into the Ministry of Defence, with the exception of merchant marine affairs which had been split in 1929 to the separate Ministry of Merchant Marine.