Prime Minister of France

Prime Minister of France Premier ministre de la République française
File:François Bayrou 2017.jpg Incumbent François Bayrou since 13 December 2024
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.gouvernement.fr

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.

The current Prime Minister of France is François Bayrou. He was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron on 13 December 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	File:Michel Debré (cropped).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 File:Charles de Gaulle-1963.jpg (1959–1969)
80	File:Georges Pompidou 1969 (cropped).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	File:Maurice Couve de Murville.jpg	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	File:EEG-conferentie Den Haag Jacques Chaban-Delmas (cropped).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 File:Georges Pompidou (cropped 2).jpg (1969–1974)
83	File:Pierre Messmer01 (cropped 2).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	File:1975 J. Chirac Neptun (cropped).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 File:Valéry Giscard d’Estaing 1978.jpg (1974–1981)
85	File:Raymond Barre 1980 (cropped 2).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	File:Pierre Mauroy 1981 (cropped).jpg	Pierre Mauroy (1928–2013)	21 May 1981	23 June 1981	3 years, 57 days	Socialist Party	Mauroy I		21	François Mitterrand File:François Mitterrand avril 1981.jpg (1981–1995)
			23 June 1981	23 March 1983			Mauroy II	VII (1981)
			23 March 1983	17 July 1984			Mauroy III
87	File:28.08.1984. L. Fabius. (1984) - 53Fi3647 (cropped).jpg	Laurent Fabius (1946–)	17 July 1984	20 March 1986	1 year, 246 days	Socialist Party	Fabius
(84)	File:J. Chirac 1986 (cropped).jpg	Jacques Chirac (1932–2019)	20 March 1986	10 May 1988	2 years, 51 days	Rally for the Republic	Chirac II	VIII (1986)
88	File:Michel Rocard, Bestanddeelnr 934-4187 (cropped).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	File:Édith Cresson, Member of the EC (1997) (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	File:Édouard Balladur - 1993 (cropped).jpg	Édouard Balladur (1929–)	29 March 1993	17 May 1995	2 years, 49 days	Rally for the Republic	Balladur	X (1993)
92	File:Alain Juppé, 25 July 2011 (5974934772) (cropped).jpg	Alain Juppé (1945–)	18 May 1995	7 November 1995	2 years, 16 days	Rally for the Republic	Juppé I		22	Jacques Chirac File:Jacques Chirac (1997) (cropped).jpg (1995–2007)
			7 November 1995	3 June 1997			Juppé II
93	File:Salon du livre 1991-41-cliche Jean Weber (cropped).jpg	Lionel Jospin (1937–)	3 June 1997	6 May 2002	4 years, 337 days	Socialist Party	Jospin	XI (1997)
94	File:Jean-Pierre Raffarin par Claude Truong-Ngoc 2013 (cropped).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	File:Launch Republique Solidaire 2010-06-19 n05.jpg	Dominique de Villepin (1953–)	31 May 2005	15 May 2007	1 year, 349 days	Union for a Popular Movement	Villepin
96	File:François Fillon 2010.jpg	François Fillon (1954–)	17 May 2007	18 June 2007	4 years, 361 days	Union for a Popular Movement	Fillon I		23	Nicolas Sarkozy File:Flickr - europeanpeoplesparty - EPP Summit October 2010 (105).jpg (2007–2012)
			19 June 2007	13 November 2010			Fillon II	XIII (2007)
			14 November 2010	10 May 2012			Fillon III
97	File:Jean-Marc Ayrault gros plan.jpg	Jean-Marc Ayrault (1950–)	15 May 2012	18 June 2012	1 year, 320 days	Socialist Party	Ayrault I		24	François Hollande File:Francois Hollande 2015.jpeg (2012–2017)
			18 June 2012	31 March 2014			Ayrault II	XIV (2012)
98	File:Valls Schaefer Munich Economic Summit 2015 (cropped).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	File:Bernard Cazeneuve 21 February 2013.jpg	Bernard Cazeneuve (1963–)	6 December 2016	15 May 2017	160 days	Socialist Party	Cazeneuve
100	File:Édouard Philippe 2019 (cropped).jpg	Édouard Philippe (1970–)	15 May 2017	19 June 2017	3 years, 49 days	The Republicans Then miscellaneous right	Philippe I		25	Emmanuel Macron File:Emmanuel Macron in 2019.jpg (2017–)
			19 June 2017	3 July 2020			Philippe II	XV (2017)
101	File:Portrait Jean Castex (cropped).jpg	Jean Castex (1965–)	3 July 2020	16 May 2022	1 year, 317 days	La République En Marche!	Castex
102	File:Informal meeting of energy and transport ministers (TTE). 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	File:Gabriel Attal March 2024.jpg	Gabriel Attal (1989–)	9 January 2024	5 September 2024	240 days	La République En Marche!	Attal
104	File:Brexit debate - Michel Barnier, EU Brexit negotiator (cropped).jpg	Michel Barnier (1951–)	5 September 2024	13 December 2024	99 days	The Republicans	Barnier	XVII (2024)
105	File:François Bayrou 2017.jpg	François Bayrou (1951–)	13 December 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 76 days	Democratic Movement	Bayrou