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 | |
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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[1] |
Website | www |
The current Prime Minister of France is Michel Barnier. He was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron on 5 September 2024.
Prime ministers since 1958
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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) | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
79 | 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 | 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 | 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 (1969–1974) | ||
83 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Laurent Fabius (1946–) |
17 July 1984 | 20 March 1986 | 1 year, 246 days | Socialist Party | Fabius | ||||
(84) | Jacques Chirac (1932–2019) |
20 March 1986 | 10 May 1988 | 2 years, 51 days | Rally for the Republic | Chirac II | VIII (1986) | |||
88 | 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 | 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 | Édouard Balladur (1929–) |
29 March 1993 | 17 May 1995 | 2 years, 49 days | Rally for the Republic | Balladur | X (1993) | |||
92 | Alain Juppé (1945–) |
18 May 1995 | 7 November 1995 | 2 years, 16 days | Rally for the Republic | Juppé I | 22 | Jacques Chirac (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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Jean Castex (1965–) |
3 July 2020 | 16 May 2022 | 1 year, 317 days | La République En Marche! | Castex | ||||
102 | 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 | 5 September 2024 | 240 days | La République En Marche! | Attal | ||||
104 | Michel Barnier (1951–) |
5 September 2024 | Incumbent | 23 days | The Republicans | Barnier | XVII (2024) |
References
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