List of prime ministers of France

The head of the government of France has been called the prime minister of France (French: Premier ministre) since 1959, when Michel Debré became the first officeholder appointed under the Fifth Republic. During earlier periods of history, the head of government of France was known by different titles. As was common in European democracies of the 1815–1958 period (the Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy, the Second, Third, and Fourth Republic, as well as the Vichy regime), the head of government was called President of the Council of Ministers (Président du Conseil des ministres), generally shortened to President of the council (Président du Conseil). This should not be confused with the elected office of president of the French Republic, who appoints the prime minister as head of state.

9th century – 18th century

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Kingdom of France (843–1792)

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Under the Kingdom of France, there was no official title for the leader of the government. The chief ministers (principal ministres) of certain kings of France nonetheless led the government de facto.

Chief minister
(birth–death)
Took officeLeft officeKing
(Reign)
Anne de Montmorency
(1493–1567)
1 January 151514 June 1541Francis I

(1515–1547)
Claude d'Annebault
(1495–1552)
154131 March 1547
Anne de Montmorency
(1493–1567)
1 April 154710 August 1557Henry II

(1547–1559)
Position vacant
(absolute rule by Henry II)
11 August 155710 July 1559
Francis, Duke of Guise
(1519–1563)
10 July 15595 December 1560Francis II

(1559–1560)
Michel de l'Hôpital
(1507–1573)
5 December 156013 March 1573
(Died in office)
Charles IX

(1560–1574)
René de Birague
(1506–1583)
30 May 157424 November 1583
(Died in office)
Henry III

(1574–1589)
Philippe Hurault de Cheverny
(1528–1599)
24 November 158312 May 1588
Position vacant
(absolute rule by Henry III)
12 May 15882 August 1589
Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
(1560–1641)
2 August 158929 January 1611Henry IV

(1589–1610)
Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
(1543–1617)
30 January 16119 August 1616Louis XIII

(1610–1643)
Concino Concini
(1569–1617)
9 August 161624 April 1617
(Died in office)
Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes
(1578–1621)
24 April 161715 December 1621
(Died in office)
Position vacant
(absolute rule by Louis XIII)
15 December 162112 August 1624
Cardinal Richelieu
(1585–1642)
12 August 16244 December 1642
(Died in office)
Cardinal Mazarin
(1602–1661)
5 December 16429 March 1661
(Died in office)
Louis XIV

(1643–1715)
Position vacant
(absolute rule by Louis XIV)
9 March 16611 September 1715
Guillaume Dubois
(1656–1723)
12 September 171510 August 1723
(Died in office)
Louis XV

(1715–1774)
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
(1674–1723)
10 August 17232 December 1723
(Died in office)
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon
(1692–1740)
2 December 172311 June 1726
André-Hercule de Fleury
(1653–1743)
11 June 172629 January 1743
(Died in office)
Position vacant
(absolute rule by Louis XV)
29 January 17433 December 1758
Étienne François de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul
(1719–1785)
3 December 175824 December 1770
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou
(1714–1792)
25 December 177023 August 1774
Jacques Turgot
(1727–1781)
24 August 177412 May 1776Louis XVI

(1774–1792)
Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas
(1701–1781)
14 May 177621 November 1781
(Died in office)
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
(1717–1787)
21 November 178113 February 1787
(Died in office)
Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne
(1727–1794)
1 May 178725 August 1788
Jacques Necker
(1732–1804)
25 August 178811 July 1789
Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
(1730–1807)
11 July 178916 July 1789
Jacques Necker
(1732–1804)
16 July 17893 September 1790
Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin
(1745–1792)
3 September 17903 September 1791
Constitutional cabinet
(supervisioned by Legislative Assembly)
3 September 179121 September 1792

18th century – 19th century

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French First Republic (1792–1804)

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During the First Republic, the arrangements for governance changed frequently:

There was no individual head of government.

French First Empire (1804–1815)

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As Emperor, Napoleon was both head of state and head of government.

Chief ministerTerm of officePolitical partyEmperor
(Reign)
Position vacant
(absolute rule by Napoleon)
118 May 18041 April 1814VacantNapoleon

(1804–1814)

First Restoration (1814–1815)

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Chief ministerTerm of officePolitical partyKing
(Reign)
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
(1754–1838)
(as President of the Council)
11 April 18142 May 1814IndependentLouis XVIII

(1814–1815)
Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas
(1771–1839)
22 May 18148 July 1815Independent

Hundred Days (1815)

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As Emperor, Napoleon was both head of state and head of government. Upon Napoleon's abdication, his son Napoleon II was named Emperor. This rule was nominal, and Napoleon II remained in Austria throughout his nominal reign.

Chief MinisterTerm of officePolitical partyEmperor
(Reign)
Position vacant
(absolute rule by Napoleon I)
220 March 181522 June 1815VacantNapoleon I

(1815)
Joseph Fouché
(1759–1820)
(as President of the Executive Commission)
22 June 18157 July 1815BonapartistNapoleon II

(1815)

Bourbon Restoration (1815–1830)

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Presidents of the Council of Ministers

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President of the Council of Ministers
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyLegislature
(Election)
King
(Reign)
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
(1754–1838)
9 July 181526 September 1815IndependentI
(Chambre introuvable)
(1815)
Louis XVIII

(1815–1824)
Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu
(1766–1822)
126 September 181529 December 1818Independent
Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles
(1767–1828)
29 December 181819 November 1819DoctrinairesII
(1816)
Élie Decazes, duc de Glücksbierg and Decazes
(1780–1860)
19 November 181920 February 1820Doctrinaires
Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu
(1766–1822)
220 February 182014 December 1821DoctrinairesIII
(1820)
Jean-Baptiste de Villèle
(1773–1854)
14 December 18214 January 1828Ultra-royalist
IV
(1824)
Charles X

(1824–1830)
Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac
(1778–1832)
4 January 18288 August 1829DoctrinairesV
(1827)
Jules de Polignac, duc de Polignac
(1780–1847)
8 August 182929 July 1830Ultra-royalist
Casimir de Rochechouart, duc de Mortemart
(1787–1875)
29 July 1830Ultra-royalist

July Monarchy (1830–1848)

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Presidents of the Council of Ministers

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Political parties

   Independent
   Orléanist
   Doctrinaires/Movement Party
   Resistance Party

President of the Council of Ministers
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyLegislature
(Election)
King
(Reign)
Position vacant
(government led by
Louis Philippe I)
01 August 18302 November 1830(Orléanist)I
(1830)
Louis Philippe I

(1830–1848)
1
Jacques Laffitte
(1767–1844)
2 November 183013 March 1831Orléanist
Casimir Pierre Périer
(1777–1832)
13 March 183116 May 1832Resistance PartyII
(1831)
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
(1769–1851)
111 October 183218 July 1834Orléanist
Étienne Maurice Gérard
(1773–1852)
18 July 183410 November 1834IndependentIII
(1834)
Hugues-Bernard Maret
(1763–1839)
10 November 183418 November 1834Independent
Édouard Mortier
(1768–1835)
18 November 183412 March 1835Resistance Party
Victor de Broglie
(1785–1870)
12 March 183522 February 1836Resistance Party
Adolphe Thiers
(1797–1877)
122 February 18366 September 1836Movement Party
Louis-Mathieu Molé
(1781–1855)
16 September 183631 March 1839Resistance Party
2IV
(1837)
Position vacant
(government led by
Louis Philippe I)
231 March 183912 May 1839(Orléanist)
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
(1769–1851)
212 May 18391 March 1840Resistance PartyV
(1839)
Adolphe Thiers
(1797–1877)
21 March 184029 October 1840Movement Party
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
(1769–1851)
329 October 184019 September 1847Resistance PartyVI
(1842)
François Guizot
(1787–1874)
19 September 184723 February 1848Resistance PartyVII
(1846)
Louis-Mathieu Molé
(1781–1855)
23 February 184824 February 1848Resistance Party

Second French Republic (1848–1852)

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Presidents of the Council of Ministers

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President of the Council of Ministers
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyLegislature
(Election)
President
(Term)
1 Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure
(1767–1855)
24 February 18489 May 1848Moderate RepublicanConst.
(1848)
Himself
de facto
(Provisional)
2 François Arago
(1786–1853)
10 May 184824 June 1848Moderate RepublicanExecutive Commission
3 Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
(1802–1857)
28 June 184820 December 1848Moderate RepublicanHimself
de facto
(Martial Law)
4 Odilon Barrot
(1791–1873)
120 December 184831 October 1849Party of Order1Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte

(1848–1852)
2Leg.
(1849)
5 Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul
(1789–1865)
31 October 184924 January 1851Party of Order
Position vacant
(government led by
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte)
24 January 185110 April 1851Vacant
6 Léon Faucher
(1803–1854)
10 April 185126 October 1851Party of Order
Position vacant
(government led by
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte)
026 October 18512 December 1852Vacant
1
2

Second French Empire (1852–1870)

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Cabinet Chiefs

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Cabinet Chief
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyLegislature
(Election)
Emperor
(Reign)
Position vacant
(absolute rule by Napoleon III)
32 December 185227 December 1869VacantI
(1852)
Napoleon III

(1852–1870)
II
(1857)
III
(1863)
4IV
(1869)
Émile Ollivier
(1825–1913)
2 January 18709 August 1870Bonapartist
Charles Cousin-Montauban
(1796–1878)
9 August 18704 September 1870Independent

19th century – 20th century

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French Third Republic (1870–1940)

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President of the Government of National Defense

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President of the Government of National Defense
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyLegislature
(Election)
Louis-Jules Trochu
(1815–1896)
4 September 187022 January 1871MilitaryNone

Presidents of the Council of Ministers

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President of the Council of Ministers
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical party
(Political coalition)
Legislature
(Election)
President
(Term)
6 Jules Armand Dufaure
(1798–1881)
119 February 187124 May 1873Opportunist RepublicansNational Assembly (1871)2Adolphe Thiers

(1871–1873)
2
7 Albert, duc de Broglie
(1821–1901)
125 May 187322 May 1874Monarchist3Patrice de MacMahon

(1873–1879)
2
8 Ernest Courtot de Cissey
(1810–1882)
22 May 187410 March 1875Monarchist
9 Louis Buffet
(1818–1898)
10 March 187523 February 1876Monarchist
6 Jules Armand Dufaure
(1798–1881)
323 February 187612 December 1876Opportunist Republicans
4
10 Jules Simon
(1814–1896)
12 December 187617 May 1877Opportunist RepublicansI (1876)
7 Albert, duc de Broglie
(1821–1901)
317 May 187723 November 1877Monarchist
11 Gaëtan de Rochebouët
(1813–1899)
23 November 187713 December 1877MonarchistII (1877)
6 Jules Armand Dufaure
(1798–1881)
513 December 18774 February 1879Opportunist Republicans
12 William Waddington
(1826–1894)
4 February 187928 December 1879Opportunist Republicans4Jules Grévy

(1879–1887)
13 Charles de Freycinet
(1828–1923)
128 December 187923 September 1880Opportunist Republicans
14 Jules Ferry
(1832–1893)
123 September 188014 November 1881Opportunist Republicans
15 Léon Gambetta
(1838–1882)
14 November 188130 January 1882Opportunist RepublicansIII (1881)
13 Charles de Freycinet
(1828–1923)
230 January 18827 August 1882Opportunist Republicans
16 Charles Duclerc
(1812–1888)
7 August 188229 January 1883Opportunist Republicans
17 Armand Fallières
(1841–1931)
29 January 188321 February 1883Opportunist Republicans
14 Jules Ferry
(1832–1893)
221 February 18836 April 1885Opportunist Republicans
18 Henri Brisson
(1835–1912)
16 April 18857 January 1886Radical Republicans
13 Charles de Freycinet
(1828–1923)
37 January 188616 December 1886Opportunist RepublicansIV (1885)
19 René Goblet
(1828–1905)
16 December 188630 May 1887Radical Republicans
20 Maurice Rouvier
(1842–1911)
130 May 188712 December 1887Opportunist Republicans
21 Pierre Tirard
(1827–1893)
112 December 18873 April 1888Opportunist Republicans5Sadi Carnot

(1887–1894)
22 Charles Floquet
(1828–1896)
3 April 188822 February 1889Opportunist Republicans
21 Pierre Tirard
(1827–1893)
222 February 188917 March 1890Opportunist Republicans
13 Charles de Freycinet
(1828–1923)
417 March 189027 February 1892Opportunist RepublicansV (1889)
23 Émile Loubet
(1838–1929)
27 February 18926 December 1892Opportunist Republicans
24 Alexandre Ribot
(1842–1923)
16 December 18924 April 1893Opportunist Republicans
2
25 Charles Dupuy
(1851–1923)
14 April 18933 December 1893Opportunist Republicans
26 Jean Casimir-Perier
(1847–1907)
3 December 189330 May 1894Opportunist RepublicansVI (1893)
25 Charles Dupuy
(1851–1923)
230 May 189426 January 1895Opportunist Republicans
36Jean Casimir-Perier

(1894–1895)
24 Alexandre Ribot
(1842–1923)
326 January 18951 November 1895Opportunist Republicans7Félix Faure

(1895–1899)
27 Léon Bourgeois
(1851–1925)
1 November 189529 April 1896Radical Republicans
28 Jules Méline
(1838–1925)
29 April 189628 June 1898Opportunist Republicans
18 Henri Brisson
(1835–1912)
228 June 18981 November 1898Radical RepublicansVII (1898)
25 Charles Dupuy
(1851–1923)
41 November 189822 June 1899Opportunist Republicans
5Émile Loubet

(1899–1906)
29 Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
(1846–1904)
22 June 18997 June 1902Opportunist Republicans8
30 Émile Combes
(1835–1921)
7 June 190224 January 1905Radical-Socialist Party
(Bloc des gauches)
VIII (1902)
20 Maurice Rouvier
(1842–1911)
224 January 190512 March 1906Democratic Republican Alliance
39Armand Fallières

(1906–1913)
31 Ferdinand Sarrien
(1840–1915)
12 March 190625 October 1906Radical-Socialist Party
32 Georges Clemenceau
(1841–1929)
125 October 190624 July 1909IndependentIX (1906)
33 Aristide Briand
(1862–1932)
124 July 19092 March 1911Republican-Socialist Party
2
34 Ernest Monis
(1846–1929)
2 March 191127 June 1911Radical-Socialist PartyX (1910)
35 Joseph Caillaux
(1863–1944)
27 June 191121 January 1912Radical-Socialist Party
36 Raymond Poincaré
(1860–1934)
121 January 191221 January 1913Republican Democratic Party
33 Aristide Briand
(1862–1932)
321 January 191322 March 1913Republican-Socialist Party
410Raymond Poincaré

(1913–1920)
37 Louis Barthou
(1862–1934)
22 March 19139 December 1913Republican Democratic Party
38 Gaston Doumergue
(1863–1937)
19 December 19139 June 1914Radical-Socialist Party
24 Alexandre Ribot
(1842–1923)
49 June 191413 June 1914Republican FederationXI (1914)
39 René Viviani
(1863–1925)
113 June 191429 October 1915Republican-Socialist Party
2
33 Aristide Briand
(1862–1932)
529 October 191520 March 1917Republican-Socialist Party
6
24 Alexandre Ribot
(1842–1923)
520 March 191712 September 1917Republican Federation
40 Paul Painlevé
(1863–1933)
112 September 191716 November 1917Republican-Socialist Party
32 Georges Clemenceau
(1841–1929)
216 November 191720 January 1920Independent
41 Alexandre Millerand
(1859–1943)
120 January 192024 September 1920Independent
(National Bloc)
XII (1919)
211Paul Deschanel

(1920)
42 Georges Leygues
(1857–1933)
24 September 192016 January 1921Republican, Democratic and Social Party
(National Bloc)
12Alexandre Millerand

(1920–1924)
33 Aristide Briand
(1862–1932)
716 January 192115 January 1922Republican-Socialist Party
36 Raymond Poincaré
(1860–1934)
215 January 19228 June 1924Republican, Democratic and Social Party
(National Bloc)
3
43 Frédéric François-Marsal
(1874–1958)
8 June 192415 June 1924Republican Federation
(National Bloc)
XIII (1924)
45 Édouard Herriot
(1872–1957)
115 June 192417 April 1925Radical-Socialist Party
(Cartel des Gauches)
13Gaston Doumergue

(1924–1931)
40 Paul Painlevé
(1863–1933)
217 April 192528 November 1925Republican-Socialist Party
(Cartel des Gauches)
3
33 Aristide Briand
(1862–1932)
828 November 192520 July 1926Republican-Socialist Party
(Cartel des Gauches)
9
10
45 Édouard Herriot
(1872–1957)
220 July 192623 July 1926Radical-Socialist Party
(Cartel des Gauches)
36 Raymond Poincaré
(1860–1934)
423 July 192629 July 1929Democratic Alliance
(National Union)
5
33 Aristide Briand
(1862–1932)
1129 July 19292 November 1929Republican-Socialist PartyXIV (1928)
46 André Tardieu
(1876–1945)
12 November 192921 February 1930Democratic Alliance
47 Camille Chautemps
(1885–1963)
121 February 19302 March 1930Radical-Socialist Party
46 André Tardieu
(1876–1945)
22 March 193013 December 1930Democratic Alliance
48 Théodore Steeg
(1868–1950)
13 December 193027 January 1931Radical-Socialist Party
49 Pierre Laval
(1883–1945)
127 January 193120 February 1932Independent
214Paul Doumer

(1931–1932)
3
46 André Tardieu
(1876–1945)
320 February 19323 June 1932Democratic Alliance
45 Édouard Herriot
(1872–1957)
33 June 193218 December 1932Radical-Socialist Party
(Cartel des Gauches)
XV (1932)15Albert Lebrun

(1932–1940)
50 Joseph Paul-Boncour
(1873–1972)
18 December 193231 January 1933Republican-Socialist Party
(Cartel des Gauches)
51 Édouard Daladier
(1884–1970)
131 January 193326 October 1933Radical-Socialist Party
(Cartel des Gauches)
52 Albert Sarraut
(1872–1962)
126 October 193326 November 1933Radical-Socialist Party
(Cartel des Gauches)
47 Camille Chautemps
(1885–1963)
226 November 193330 January 1934Radical-Socialist Party
(Cartel des Gauches)
51 Édouard Daladier
(1884–1970)
230 January 19349 February 1934Radical-Socialist Party
(Cartel des Gauches)
38 Gaston Doumergue
(1863–1937)
29 February 19348 November 1934Radical-Socialist Party
53 Pierre-Étienne Flandin
(1889–1958)
18 November 19341 June 1935Democratic Alliance
54 Fernand Bouisson
(1874–1959)
1 June 19357 June 1935Independent
49 Pierre Laval
(1883–1945)
47 June 193524 January 1936Independent
52 Albert Sarraut
(1872–1962)
224 January 19364 June 1936Radical-Socialist Party
55 Léon Blum
(1872–1950)
14 June 193622 June 1937French Section of the Workers' International
(Popular Front)
XVI (1936)
47 Camille Chautemps
(1885–1963)
322 June 193713 March 1938Radical-Socialist Party
(Popular Front)
4
55 Léon Blum
(1872–1950)
213 March 193810 April 1938French Section of the Workers' International
(Popular Front)
51 Édouard Daladier
(1884–1970)
310 April 193821 March 1940Radical-Socialist Party
4
5
56 Paul Reynaud
(1878–1966)
21 March 194016 June 1940Democratic Alliance
57 Philippe Pétain
(1856–1951)
16 June 194011 July 1940Independent

French State (1940–1944)

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Until 1942, Marshal Philippe Pétain served as Chief of State and nominal President of the Council of Ministers. From 1942, Pétain remained Chief of State, but Pierre Laval was named Chief of the Government.

Vice-Presidents of the Council of Ministers

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Vice-president of the Council of Ministers
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyLegislature
(Election)
Chief of State
(Term)
49 Pierre Laval
(1883–1945)
511 July 194013 December 1940Révolution nationaleNonePhilippe Pétain

(1940–1944)
53 Pierre-Étienne Flandin
(1889–1958)
213 December 19409 February 1941
58 François Darlan
(1881–1942)
9 February 194118 April 1942
49 Pierre Laval
(1883–1945)
(as Chief of the Government)
618 April 194219 August 1944

Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944–1946)

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Chairmen of the Provisional Government

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Chairman of the Provisional Government
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical party
(Political coalition)
Legislature
(Election)
59 Charles de Gaulle
(1890–1970)
13 June 194426 January 1946IndependentProvisional
2I
(1945)
60 Félix Gouin
(1884–1977)
26 January 194624 June 1946French Section of the Workers' International
(Tripartisme)
61 Georges Bidault
(1899–1983)
124 June 194616 December 1946Popular Republican Movement
(Tripartisme)
II
(June 1946)
Vincent Auriol
(1884–1966)
(interim)
28 November 194616 December 1946French Section of the Workers' International
(Tripartisme)
IV Rep.
I
(Nov 1946)
62 Léon Blum
(1872–1950)
316 December 194622 January 1947French Section of the Workers' International
(Tripartisme)

Fourth French Republic (1946–1958)

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Presidents of the Council of Ministers

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President of the Council of Ministers
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical party
(Political coalition)
Legislature
(Election)
President
(Term)
63 Paul Ramadier
(1888–1961)
122 January 194724 November 1947French Section of the Workers' International
(Tripartisme)
I (Nov.1946)16Vincent Auriol

(1947–1954)
2
65 Robert Schuman
(1886–1963)
124 November 194724 July 1948Popular Republican Movement
(Third Force)
66 André Marie
(1897–1974)
24 July 19482 September 1948Radical Party
(Third Force)
65 Robert Schuman
(1886–1963)
22 September 194811 September 1948Popular Republican Movement
(Third Force)
67 Henri Queuille
(1884–1970)
111 September 194828 October 1949Radical Party
(Third Force)
61 Georges Bidault
(1899–1983)
228 October 19492 July 1950Popular Republican Movement
(Third Force)
3
67 Henri Queuille
(1884–1970)
22 July 195012 July 1950Radical Party
(Third Force)
68 René Pleven
(1901–1993)
112 July 195010 March 1951Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance
(Third Force)
67 Henri Queuille
(1884–1970)
310 March 195111 August 1951Radical Party
(Third Force)
68 René Pleven
(1901–1993)
211 August 195120 January 1952Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance
(Third Force)
II (1951)
69 Edgar Faure
(1908–1988)
120 January 19528 March 1952Radical Party
70 Antoine Pinay
(1891–1994)
8 March 19528 January 1953National Centre of Independents and Peasants
71 René Mayer
(1895–1972)
8 January 195328 June 1953Radical Party
72 Joseph Laniel
(1889–1975)
128 June 195319 June 1954National Centre of Independents and Peasants
217René Coty

(1954–1959)
73 Pierre Mendès France
(1907–1982)
19 June 195417 February 1955Radical Party
69 Edgar Faure
(1908–1988)
217 February 19551 February 1956Radical Party
75 Guy Mollet
(1905–1975)
1 February 195613 June 1957French Section of the Workers' International
(Republican Front)
III (1956)
76 Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
(1914–1993)
13 June 19576 November 1957Radical Party
(Republican Front)
77 Félix Gaillard
(1919–1970)
6 November 195714 May 1958Radical Party
(Republican Front)
78 Pierre Pflimlin
(1907–2000)
14 May 19581 June 1958Popular Republican Movement
59 Charles de Gaulle
(1890–1970)
31 June 19588 January 1959Union for the New Republic

20th century – 21st century

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Fifth French Republic (since 1958)

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Prime Ministers

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S. No.PortraitPrime Minister
(Lifespan)
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 19667 April 1967Pompidou III [fr]
7 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 19695 July 19723 years, 15 daysUnion of Democrats for the RepublicChaban-Delmas [fr]19Georges Pompidou


(1969–1974)

83 Pierre Messmer
(1916–2007)
5 July 19725 April 19731 year, 326 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 197425 August 19762 years, 90 daysUnion of Democrats for the RepublicChirac I [fr]20Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

(1974–1981)
85 Raymond Barre
(1924–2007)
25 August 197630 March 19774 years, 269 daysMiscellaneous right
(Union for French Democracy)
Barre I [fr]
30 March 19775 April 1978Barre II [fr]
5 April 197821 May 1981Barre 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 198122 March 1983Mauroy II [fr]VII
(1981)
22 March 198317 July 1984Mauroy III [fr]
87 Laurent Fabius
(b. 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 198828 June 19883 years, 5 daysSocialist PartyRocard I
28 June 198815 May 1991Rocard IIIX
(1988)
89 Édith Cresson
(b. 1934)
15 May 19912 April 1992323 daysSocialist PartyCresson [fr]
90 Pierre Bérégovoy
(1925–1993)
2 April 199229 March 1993361 daysSocialist PartyBérégovoy [fr]
91 Édouard Balladur
(b. 1929)
29 March 199317 May 19952 years, 49 daysRally for the RepublicBalladur [fr]X
(1993)
92 Alain Juppé
(b. 1945)
17 May 19957 November 19952 years, 16 daysRally for the RepublicJuppé I [fr]22Jacques Chirac

(1995–2007)
7 November 19952 June 1997Juppé II [fr]
93 Lionel Jospin
(b. 1937)
2 June 19976 May 20024 years, 338 daysSocialist PartyJospinXI
(1997)
94 Jean-Pierre Raffarin
(b. 1948)
6 May 200217 June 20023 years, 25 daysLiberal Democracy,
later Union for a Popular Movement
Raffarin I [fr]
17 June 200231 March 2004Raffarin II [fr]XII
(2002)
31 March 200431 May 2005Raffarin III [fr]
95 Dominique de Villepin
(b. 1953)
31 May 200517 May 20071 year, 351 daysUnion for a Popular MovementVillepin [fr]
96 François Fillon
(b. 1954)
17 May 200719 June 20074 years, 364 daysUnion for a Popular MovementFillon I [fr]23Nicolas Sarkozy

(2007–2012)
19 June 200714 November 2010Fillon II [fr]XIII
(2007)
14 November 201015 May 2012Fillon III
97 Jean-Marc Ayrault
(b. 1950)
15 May 201221 June 20121 year, 320 daysSocialist PartyAyrault I24François Hollande

(2012–2017)
21 June 201231 March 2014Ayrault IIXIV
(2012)
98 Manuel Valls
(b. 1962)
31 March 201426 August 20142 years, 250 daysSocialist PartyValls I
26 August 20146 December 2016Valls II
99 Bernard Cazeneuve
(b. 1963)
6 December 201615 May 2017160 daysSocialist PartyCazeneuve
100 Édouard Philippe
(b. 1970)
15 May 201721 June 20173 years, 49 daysThe Republicans,
later Independent
Philippe I25Emmanuel Macron

(2017–)
21 June 20173 July 2020Philippe IIXV
(2017)
101 Jean Castex
(b. 1965)
3 July 202016 May 20221 year, 317 daysIndependentCastex
102 Élisabeth Borne
(b. 1961)
16 May 20224 July 20221 year, 238 daysLa République En Marche!,
later Renaissance[a]
Borne I
4 July 20229 January 2024Borne IIXVI
(2022)
103 Gabriel Attal
(b. 1989)
9 January 2024Present160 daysRenaissanceAttal

Timeline

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Executive Prime Ministers (1814 ― 1959)

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Pierre PflimlinFélix GaillardMaurice Bourgès-MaunouryGuy MolletPierre Mendès FranceJoseph LanielRené MayerAntoine PinayEdgar FaureRené PlevenHenri QueuilleAndré MarieRobert SchumanPaul RamadierVincent AuriolGeorges BidaultFélix GouinCharles de GaulleFrançois DarlanPhilippe PétainPaul ReynardLéon BlumFernand BouissonPierre-Étienne FlandinAlbert SarrautÉdouard DaladierJoseph Paul-BoncourPierre LavalThéodore SteegCamille ChautempsAndré TardieuÉdouard HerriotFrédéric François-MarsalGeorges LeyguesAlexandre MillerandPaul PainlevéRené VivianiGaston DoumergueLouis BarthouRaymond PoincaréJoseph CallauxErnest MonisAristide BriandGeorges ClemenceauFerdinand SarrienÉmile CombesPierre Waldeck-RousseauJules MélineLéon BourgeoisJean Casimir-PerierCharles DupuyAlexandre RibotÉmile LoubetCharles FloquetPierre TirardMaurice RouvierRené GobletHenri BrissonArmand FallièresCharles DuclercLéon GambettaJules FerryCharles de FreycinetWilliam WaddingtonGaëtan de RochebouëtJules SimonLouis BuffetErnest Courtot de CisseyAlbert, duc de BroglieJules Armand DufaureLouis-Jules TrochuCharles Cousin-MontaubanÉmile OllivierLéon FaucherAlphonse Henri d'HautpoulOdilon BarrotLouis-Eugène CavaignacFrançois AragoJacques-Charles Dupont de l'EureFrançois GuizotLouis-Mathieu MoléAdolphe ThiersVictor de Broglie (1785–1870)Édouard MortierHugues-Bernard MaretÉtienne Maurice GérardJean-de-Dieu SoultCasimir Pierre PérierJacques LaffitteCasimir de Rochechouart, duc de MortemartJules de PolignacJean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de MartignacJean-Baptiste de VillèleÉlie, duc de DecazesJean-Joseph, Marquis DessollesArmand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de RichelieuPierre Louis Jean Casimir de BlacasCharles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Non-executive Prime Ministers (since 1959)

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Gabriel AttalÉlisabeth BorneJean CastexÉdouard PhilippeBernard CazeneuveManuel VallsJean-Marc AyraultFrançois FillonDominique de VillepinJean-Pierre RaffarinLionel JospinAlain JuppéÉdouard BalladurPierre BérégovoyÉdith CressonMichel RocardLaurent FabiusPierre MauroyRaymond BarreJacques ChiracPierre MessmerJacques Chaban-DelmasMaurice Couve de MurvilleGeorges PompidouMichel Debré

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ renamed from La République En Marche! in September 2022
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