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
Incumbent
Gabriel Attal

since 9 January 2024
StatusHead of government
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Council of State
National Defence and Security Council
Reports toPresident of the French Republic
and to Parliament
ResidenceHôtel de Matignon
SeatParis
AppointerPresident of France
Term lengthNo fixed term
Remains in office while commanding the confidence of the National Assembly
Constituting instrumentConstitution of France
PrecursorSeveral incarnations since the Ancien Régime
Inaugural holderMichel Debré
Formation4 October 1958
Salary€178,920 annually[1]
Websitewww.gouvernement.fr

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.PortraitPrime Minister
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party
(Political coalition)
GovernmentLegislature
(Election)
President
(Term)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
79 Michel Debré
(1912–1996)
8 January 195914 April 19623 years, 96 daysUnion for the New RepublicDebré [fr]I
(1958)
18Charles de Gaulle

(1959–1969)
80 Georges Pompidou
(1911–1974)
14 April 19627 December 19626 years, 87 daysUnion for the New RepublicPompidou I [fr]
7 December 19628 January 1966Pompidou II [fr]II
(1962)
8 January 19661 April 1967Pompidou III [fr]
5 April 196710 July 1968Pompidou IV [fr]III
(1967)
81 Maurice Couve de Murville
(1907–1999)
10 July 196820 June 1969345 daysUnion of Democrats for the RepublicCouve de Murville [fr]IV
(1968)
82 Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(1915–2000)
20 June 19696 July 19723 years, 16 daysUnion of Democrats for the RepublicChaban-Delmas [fr]19Georges Pompidou

(1969–1974)
83 Pierre Messmer
(1916–2007)
6 July 19725 April 19731 year, 325 daysUnion of Democrats for the RepublicMessmer I [fr]
5 April 19731 March 1974Messmer II [fr]V
(1973)
1 March 197427 May 1974Messmer III [fr]
84 Jacques Chirac
(1932–2019)
27 May 197426 August 19762 years, 91 daysUnion of Democrats for the RepublicChirac I [fr]20Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

(1974–1981)
85 Raymond Barre
(1924–2007)
26 August 197629 March 19774 years, 268 daysIndependentBarre I [fr]
29 March 197731 March 1978Barre II [fr]
31 March 197821 May 1981Union for French DemocracyBarre III [fr]VI
(1978)
86 Pierre Mauroy
(1928–2013)
21 May 198123 June 19813 years, 57 daysSocialist PartyMauroy I [fr]21François Mitterrand

(1981–1995)
23 June 198123 March 1983Mauroy II [fr]VII
(1981)
23 March 198317 July 1984Mauroy III [fr]
87 Laurent Fabius
(1946–)
17 July 198420 March 19861 year, 246 daysSocialist PartyFabius [fr]
(84) Jacques Chirac
(1932–2019)
20 March 198610 May 19882 years, 51 daysRally for the RepublicChirac II [fr]VIII
(1986)
88 Michel Rocard
(1930–2016)
10 May 198822 June 19883 years, 5 daysSocialist PartyRocard I
23 June 198815 May 1991Rocard IIIX
(1988)
89 Édith Cresson
(1934–)
15 May 19912 April 1992323 daysSocialist PartyCresson [fr]
90Pierre Bérégovoy
(1925–1993)
2 April 199229 March 1993361 daysSocialist PartyBérégovoy [fr]
91 Édouard Balladur
(1929–)
29 March 199317 May 19952 years, 49 daysRally for the RepublicBalladur [fr]X
(1993)
92 Alain Juppé
(1945–)
18 May 19957 November 19952 years, 16 daysRally for the RepublicJuppé I [fr]22Jacques Chirac

(1995–2007)
7 November 19953 June 1997Juppé II [fr]
93 Lionel Jospin
(1937–)
3 June 19976 May 20024 years, 337 daysSocialist PartyJospin [fr]XI
(1997)
94 Jean-Pierre Raffarin
(1948–)
7 May 200217 June 20023 years, 24 daysLiberal Democracy
then Union for a Popular Movement
Raffarin I [fr]
17 June 200230 March 2004Raffarin II [fr]XII
(2002)
31 March 200431 May 2005Raffarin III [fr]
95 Dominique de Villepin
(1953–)
31 May 200515 May 20071 year, 349 daysUnion for a Popular MovementVillepin [fr]
96 François Fillon
(1954–)
17 May 200718 June 20074 years, 361 daysUnion for a Popular MovementFillon I [fr]23Nicolas Sarkozy

(2007–2012)
19 June 200713 November 2010Fillon II [fr]XIII
(2007)
14 November 201010 May 2012Fillon III
97 Jean-Marc Ayrault
(1950–)
15 May 201218 June 20121 year, 320 daysSocialist PartyAyrault I24François Hollande

(2012–2017)
18 June 201231 March 2014Ayrault IIXIV
(2012)
98 Manuel Valls
(1962–)
31 March 201425 August 20142 years, 250 daysSocialist PartyValls I
25 August 20146 December 2016Valls II
99 Bernard Cazeneuve
(1963–)
6 December 201615 May 2017160 daysSocialist PartyCazeneuve
100 Édouard Philippe
(1970–)
15 May 201719 June 20173 years, 49 daysThe Republicans
Then miscellaneous right
Philippe I25Emmanuel Macron

(2017–)
19 June 20173 July 2020Philippe IIXV
(2017)
101 Jean Castex
(1965–)
3 July 202016 May 20221 year, 317 daysLa République En Marche!Castex
102 Élisabeth Borne
(1961–)
16 May 20229 January 20241 year, 238 daysLa République En Marche!BorneXVI
(2022)
103 Gabriel Attal
(1989–)
9 January 2024Incumbent83 daysLa République En Marche!Attal

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