Prime Minister Of France: Head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France
The Prime Minister of France is the person who controls the government of France day-to-day.
They are appointed by the President of France.
| Prime Minister of France Premier ministre de la République française | |
|---|---|
| Status | Head of government |
| Member of | Council of Ministers Council of State National Defence and Security Council |
| Reports to | President of the French Republic and to Parliament |
| Residence | Hôtel de Matignon |
| Seat | Paris |
| Appointer | President of France |
| Term length | No fixed term Remains in office while commanding the confidence of the National Assembly |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of France |
| Precursor | Several incarnations since the Ancien Régime |
| Inaugural holder | Michel Debré |
| Formation | 4 October 1958 |
| Salary | €178,920 annually |
| Website | www |
The current Prime Minister of France is Gabriel Attal. He was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron on 9 January 2024.
Prime ministers since 1958
- Political parties
Independent
Gaullist (UNR/UDR/RPR/UMP/LR)
Centrist (LREM)
Liberal-centrist (UDF/DL)
Socialist
| No. | Portrait | Prime Minister (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party (Political coalition) | Government | Legislature (Election) | President (Term) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| 79 | .jpg) | Michel Debré (1912–1996) | 8 January 1959 | 14 April 1962 | 3 years, 96 days | Union for the New Republic | Debré | I (1958) | 18 | Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969) |
| 80 | .jpg) | Georges Pompidou (1911–1974) | 14 April 1962 | 7 December 1962 | 6 years, 87 days | Union for the New Republic | Pompidou I | |||
| 7 December 1962 | 8 January 1966 | Pompidou II | II (1962) | |||||||
| 8 January 1966 | 1 April 1967 | Pompidou III | ||||||||
| 5 April 1967 | 10 July 1968 | Pompidou IV | III (1967) | |||||||
| 81 |  | Maurice Couve de Murville (1907–1999) | 10 July 1968 | 20 June 1969 | 345 days | Union of Democrats for the Republic | Couve de Murville | IV (1968) | ||
| 82 | .jpg) | Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000) | 20 June 1969 | 6 July 1972 | 3 years, 16 days | Union of Democrats for the Republic | Chaban-Delmas | 19 | Georges Pompidou.jpg) (1969–1974) | |
| 83 | .JPG) | Pierre Messmer (1916–2007) | 6 July 1972 | 5 April 1973 | 1 year, 325 days | Union of Democrats for the Republic | Messmer I | |||
| 5 April 1973 | 1 March 1974 | Messmer II | V (1973) | |||||||
| 1 March 1974 | 27 May 1974 | Messmer III | ||||||||
| 84 | .jpg) | Jacques Chirac (1932–2019) | 27 May 1974 | 26 August 1976 | 2 years, 91 days | Union of Democrats for the Republic | Chirac I | 20 | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974–1981) | |
| 85 | .jpg) | Raymond Barre (1924–2007) | 26 August 1976 | 29 March 1977 | 4 years, 268 days | Independent | Barre I | |||
| 29 March 1977 | 31 March 1978 | Barre II | ||||||||
| 31 March 1978 | 21 May 1981 | Union for French Democracy | Barre III | VI (1978) | ||||||
| 86 | .jpg) | Pierre Mauroy (1928–2013) | 21 May 1981 | 23 June 1981 | 3 years, 57 days | Socialist Party | Mauroy I | 21 | François Mitterrand (1981–1995) | |
| 23 June 1981 | 23 March 1983 | Mauroy II | VII (1981) | |||||||
| 23 March 1983 | 17 July 1984 | Mauroy III | ||||||||
| 87 | _-_53Fi3647_(cropped).jpg) | Laurent Fabius (1946–) | 17 July 1984 | 20 March 1986 | 1 year, 246 days | Socialist Party | Fabius | |||
| (84) | .jpg) | Jacques Chirac (1932–2019) | 20 March 1986 | 10 May 1988 | 2 years, 51 days | Rally for the Republic | Chirac II | VIII (1986) | ||
| 88 | .jpg) | Michel Rocard (1930–2016) | 10 May 1988 | 22 June 1988 | 3 years, 5 days | Socialist Party | Rocard I | |||
| 23 June 1988 | 15 May 1991 | Rocard II | IX (1988) | |||||||
| 89 | _(cropped).jpg) | Édith Cresson (1934–) | 15 May 1991 | 2 April 1992 | 323 days | Socialist Party | Cresson | |||
| 90 | Pierre Bérégovoy (1925–1993) | 2 April 1992 | 29 March 1993 | 361 days | Socialist Party | Bérégovoy | ||||
| 91 | .jpg) | Édouard Balladur (1929–) | 29 March 1993 | 17 May 1995 | 2 years, 49 days | Rally for the Republic | Balladur | X (1993) | ||
| 92 | _(cropped).jpg) | Alain Juppé (1945–) | 18 May 1995 | 7 November 1995 | 2 years, 16 days | Rally for the Republic | Juppé I | 22 | Jacques Chirac_(cropped).jpg) (1995–2007) | |
| 7 November 1995 | 3 June 1997 | Juppé II | ||||||||
| 93 |  | Lionel Jospin (1937–) | 3 June 1997 | 6 May 2002 | 4 years, 337 days | Socialist Party | Jospin | XI (1997) | ||
| 94 | .jpg) | Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948–) | 7 May 2002 | 17 June 2002 | 3 years, 24 days | Liberal Democracy then Union for a Popular Movement | Raffarin I | |||
| 17 June 2002 | 30 March 2004 | Raffarin II | XII (2002) | |||||||
| 31 March 2004 | 31 May 2005 | Raffarin III | ||||||||
| 95 |  | Dominique de Villepin (1953–) | 31 May 2005 | 15 May 2007 | 1 year, 349 days | Union for a Popular Movement | Villepin | |||
| 96 |  | François Fillon (1954–) | 17 May 2007 | 18 June 2007 | 4 years, 361 days | Union for a Popular Movement | Fillon I | 23 | Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012) | |
| 19 June 2007 | 13 November 2010 | Fillon II | XIII (2007) | |||||||
| 14 November 2010 | 10 May 2012 | Fillon III | ||||||||
| 97 |  | Jean-Marc Ayrault (1950–) | 15 May 2012 | 18 June 2012 | 1 year, 320 days | Socialist Party | Ayrault I | 24 | François Hollande (2012–2017) | |
| 18 June 2012 | 31 March 2014 | Ayrault II | XIV (2012) | |||||||
| 98 | .JPG) | Manuel Valls (1962–) | 31 March 2014 | 25 August 2014 | 2 years, 250 days | Socialist Party | Valls I | |||
| 25 August 2014 | 6 December 2016 | Valls II | ||||||||
| 99 |  | Bernard Cazeneuve (1963–) | 6 December 2016 | 15 May 2017 | 160 days | Socialist Party | Cazeneuve | |||
| 100 | .jpg) | Édouard Philippe (1970–) | 15 May 2017 | 19 June 2017 | 3 years, 49 days | The Republicans Then miscellaneous right | Philippe I | 25 | Emmanuel Macron (2017–) | |
| 19 June 2017 | 3 July 2020 | Philippe II | XV (2017) | |||||||
| 101 | .jpg) | Jean Castex (1965–) | 3 July 2020 | 16 May 2022 | 1 year, 317 days | La République En Marche! | Castex | |||
| 102 | ._Arrivals,_transport_ministers_Elisabeth_Borne_(37190062412)_(cropped).jpg) | Élisabeth Borne (1961–) | 16 May 2022 | 9 January 2024 | 1 year, 238 days | La République En Marche! | Borne | XVI (2022) | ||
| 103 |  | Gabriel Attal (1989–) | 9 January 2024 | Incumbent | 83 days | La République En Marche! | Attal | |||
References
This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Prime Minister of France, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.