List of Prime Ministers of France (1962-2024)


Prime Minister (lifetime)

term of office

Time in office

Political parties (alliances)

government

Legislature (elections)

Chairman (term)

Michel Debré (1912–1996)

January 8, 1959

April 14, 1962

3 years 96 days

New Republican Alliance

Debré I (1958)

Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969)

Georges Pompidou (1911–1974)

April 14, 1962

December 7, 1962

6 years 87 days

New Republican Alliance

Pompidou I, II, III, IV

Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969)

Maurice Couve de Mouville (1907–1999)

July 10, 1968

June 20, 1969

345 days

Republican Democratic Union

Mulville Four (1968)

Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969)

Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000)

June 20, 1969

July 5, 1972

3 years 15 days

Republican Democratic Union

Chaban-Delmas XIX

Georges Pompidou (1969–1974)

Pierre Messmer (1916–2007)

July 5, 1972

April 5, 1973

1 year 326 days

Republican Democratic Union

Mesmer I, II, III (1973)

Georges Pompidou (1969–1974)

Jacques Chirac (1932–2019)

May 27, 1974

August 25, 1976

2 years 90 days

Republican Democratic Union

Chirac I (1974)

Valery Giscard d’Estaing (1974–1981)

Raymond Barr (1924–2007)

August 25, 1976

March 30, 1977

4 years 269 days

Miscellaneous Right (French Democratic Union)

Barre I, II, III (1978)

Valery Giscard d’Estaing (1974–1981)

Pierre Mauroy (1928–2013)

May 21, 1981

June 23, 1981

3 years 57 days

Socialist Party

Mauroy I, II, III (1981)

François Mitterrand (1981–1995)

Laurent Fabius (born 1946)

July 17, 1984

March 20, 1986

1 year 246 days

Socialist Party

Fabius (1984)

François Mitterrand (1981–1995)

Jacques Chirac (1932–2019)

March 20, 1986

May 10, 1988

2 years 51 days

Republican Rally

Chirac II (1986)

François Mitterrand (1981–1995)

Michel Rocard (1930–2016)

May 10, 1988

June 28, 1988

3 years and 5 days

Socialist Party

Rocard I and II (1988)

François Mitterrand (1981–1995)

Edith Cresson (b. 1934)

May 15, 1991

April 2, 1992

323 days

Socialist Party

Cresson (1991)

François Mitterrand (1981–1995)

Pierre Beregovoy (1925–1993)

April 2, 1992

March 29, 1993

361 days

Socialist Party

Beregovoy (1992)

François Mitterrand (1981–1995)

Edouard Balladur (born 1929)

March 29, 1993

May 17, 1995

2 years 49 days

Republican Rally

Balladur X (1993)

François Mitterrand (1981–1995)

Alain Juppé (born 1945)

May 17, 1995

November 7, 1995

2 years 16 days

Republican Rally

Juppé I and II (1995)

Jacques Chirac (1995–2007)

Lionel Jospin (born 1937)

June 2, 1997

May 6, 2002

4 years 338 days

Socialist Party

Jospin XI (1997)

Jacques Chirac (1995–2007)

Jean-Pierre Raffarin (born 1948)

May 6, 2002

June 17, 2002

3 years 25 days

Liberal Democratic Party, later Alliance for a Popular Movement

Raffarin I, II and III (2002)

Jacques Chirac (1995–2007)

Dominique de Villepin (born 1953)

May 31, 2005

May 17, 2007

1 year 351 days

Union for a Popular Movement

Villepin (2005)

Jacques Chirac (1995–2007)

François Fillon (born 1954)

May 17, 2007

June 19, 2007

4 years, 364 days

Union for a Popular Movement

Fillon I, II and III (2007)

Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012)

Jean-Marc Ayrault (born 1950)

May 15, 2012

June 21, 2012

1 year 320 days

Socialist Party

Arrow I and II (2012)

François Hollande (2012–2017)

Manuel Valls (born 1962)

March 31, 2014

August 26, 2014

2 years 250 days

Socialist Party

Valls I and II (2014)

François Hollande (2012–2017)

Bernard Cazeneuve (born 1963)

December 6, 2016

May 15, 2017

160 days

Socialist Party

Cazeneuve (2016)

François Hollande (2012–2017)

Edward Philippe (born 1970)

May 15, 2017

June 21, 2017

3 years 49 days

Republican Party, later became the Independent Party

Philip I and II (2017)

Emmanuel Macron (2017–)

Jean Castex (born 1965)

July 3, 2020

May 16, 2022

1 year 317 days

Independent

Custer (2020)

Emmanuel Macron (2017–)

Elizabeth Boone (born 1961)

May 16, 2022

July 4, 2022

1 year 238 days

revival

Borne I, II (2022)

Emmanuel Macron (2017–)

Gabriel Artel (born 1989)

January 9, 2024

September 5, 2024

240 days

revival

Attar (2024)

Emmanuel Macron (2017–)

Michel Barnier (born 1951)

September 5, 2024

exhibit

4 days

Republican Party

Barnier XVII (2024)

Emmanuel Macron (2017–)