List of Prime Ministers of France

The Prime Minister of France (Premier ministre français) in the Fifth Republic is the Head of government and of the Cabinet of France. The Head of state is the President of France.

During earlier periods of French history, the French head of government was known by different titles. Most recently, during the Second, Third and Fourth Republics, 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).

Kingdom of France (843–1792)

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.

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	King (Reign)
		Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1560–1641)	2 August 1589	29 January 1611	Henry IV (1589–1610)
		Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy (1543–1617)	1611	1614	Louis XIII (1610–1643)
		Concino Concini (1575–1617)	1616	24 April 1617 (Died in office)
		Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu and of Fronsac (1585–1642)	12 August 1624	4 December 1642 (Died in office)
		Cardinal Jules Raymond Mazarin (1602–1661)	4 December 1642	9 March 1661 (Died in office)	Louis XIV (1643–1715)
		Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683)	9 March 1661	6 September 1683 (Died in office)
	—	Position vacant (absolute rule by Louis XIV)	6 September 1683	1715
		Cardinal Guillaume Dubois (1656–1723)	c. 1715	10 August 1723 (Died in office)	Louis XV (1715–1774)
		Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674–1723)	10 August 1723	2 December 1723 (Died in office)
		Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692–1740)	2 December 1723	11 June 1726
		Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury (1653–1743)	11 June 1726	29 January 1743 (Died in office)
	—	Position vacant (absolute rule by Louis XV)	29 January 1743	3 December 1758
		Étienne François de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul (1719–1785)	3 December 1758	24 December 1770
		René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou (1714–1792)	24 December 1770	14 May 1774
		Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas (1701–1781)	14 May 1774	21 November 1781 (Died in office)	Louis XVI (1774–1792)
		Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (1717–1787)	21 November 1781	13 February 1787 (Died in office)
		Archbishop Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727–1794)	1 May 1787	25 August 1788
		Jacques Necker (1732–1804)	25 August 1788	11 July 1789
		Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1730–1807)	11 July 1789	16 July 1789
		Jacques Necker (1732–1804)	16 July 1789	3 September 1790
		Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin (1745–1792)	3 September 1790	29 November 1791

French First Republic (1792–1804)

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

• National Convention (20 September 1792 – 2 November 1795)
  • with Maximilien Robespierre as leading member of the Convention's Committee of Public Safety (27 July 1793 – 27 July 1794)
• Directory (2 November 1795 – 10 November 1799), with Paul Barras as leading member of the Directory
• Consulate (10 November 1799 – 18 May 1804), with Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul

There was no individual head of government.

First French Empire (1804–1814)

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

Portrait		Name	Term of office			Political Party	Emperor (Reign)
		Position vacant (absolute rule by Napoleon I)	1	18 May 1804	1 April 1814	Bonapartist	Napoleon I (1804–1814)

First Restoration (1814–1815)

Portrait		Name	Term of office			Political Party	King (Reign)
		Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838) (as President of the Council)	1	1 April 1814	13 May 1814	Independent	Louis XVIII (1814–1815)
		Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838) (as Foreign Minister)	2	13 May 1814	19 March 1815

Hundred Days (1815)

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.

Portrait		Name	Term of office			Political Party	Emperor (Reign)
		Position vacant (absolute rule by Napoleon I)	2	20 March 1815	22 June 1815	Bonapartist	Napoleon I (1815)
		Joseph Fouché (1759–1820) (as President of the Executive Commission)	•	22 June 1815	7 July 1815	Independent	Napoleon II (1815)

Bourbon Restoration (1815–1830)

Presidents of the Council of Ministers

Political parties

      Independent
      Ultra-royalists
      Doctrinaires

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)	King (Reign)
		Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838)	•	9 July 1815	26 September 1815	Independent	I (1815)	Louis XVIII (1815–1824)
		Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766–1822)	1	26 September 1815	29 December 1818	Independent
		Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (1767–1828)	•	29 December 1818	19 November 1819	Independent	II (1816)
		Élie Decazes, duc de Glücksbierg and Decazes (1780–1860)	•	19 November 1819	20 February 1820	Doctrinaires
		Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766–1822)	2	20 February 1820	14 December 1821	Independent	III (1820)
		Jean-Baptiste de Villèle (1773–1854)	•	14 December 1821	4 January 1828	Ultra-royalist
							IV (1824)	Charles X (1824–1830)
		Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778–1832)	•	4 January 1828	8 August 1829	Ultra-royalist	V (1827)
		Jules de Polignac, duc de Polignac (1780–1847)	•	8 August 1829	29 July 1830	Ultra-royalist

July Monarchy (1830–1848)

Presidents of the Council of Ministers

Political parties

      Independent
      Movement Party
      Resistance Party

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)	King (Reign)
		Achille-Léonce-Victor-Charles, duc de Broglie (1785–1870)	1	13 August 1830	2 November 1830	Independent	I (1830)	Louis Philippe I (1830–1848)
		Jacques Laffitte (1767–1844)	•	2 November 1830	13 March 1831	Movement Party
		Casimir Pierre Périer (1777–1832)	•	13 March 1831	16 May 1832	Resistance Party	II (1831)
		Jean-de-Dieu Soult, duc of Dalmatie (1769–1851)	1	11 October 1832	18 July 1834	Resistance Party
		Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773–1852)	•	18 July 1834	10 November 1834	Independent	III (1834)
		Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano (1763–1839)	•	10 November 1834	18 November 1834	Independent
		Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise (1768–1835)	•	18 November 1834	12 March 1835	Resistance Party
		Achille-Léonce-Victor-Charles, duc de Broglie (1785–1870)	2	12 March 1835	22 February 1836	Resistance Party
		Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877)	1	22 February 1836	6 September 1836	Movement Party
		Louis-Mathieu Molé (1781–1855)	1	6 September 1836	31 March 1839	Resistance Party
			2				IV (1837)
		Jean-de-Dieu Soult, duc of Dalmatie (1769–1851)	2	12 May 1839	1 March 1840	Resistance Party	V (1839)
		Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877)	2	1 March 1840	29 October 1840	Movement Party
		Jean-de-Dieu Soult, duc of Dalmatie (1769–1851)	3	29 October 1840	19 September 1847	Resistance Party	VI (1842)
		François Guizot (1787–1874)	•	19 September 1847	23 February 1848	Resistance Party	VII (1846)
		Louis-Mathieu Molé (1781–1855)		23 February 1848	24 February 1848	Resistance Party

French Second Republic (1848–1852)

Presidents of the Council of Ministers

Political parties

      Moderate Republican
      Party of Order
      Bonapartist

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)	President (Term)
		Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767–1855)	•	24 February 1848	9 May 1848	Moderate Republican	Const. (1848)		Himself de facto (Provisional)
		François Arago (1786–1853)	•	10 May 1848	24 June 1848	Moderate Republican			Executive Commission
		Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802–1857)	•	28 June 1848	20 December 1848	Moderate Republican			Himself de facto (Martial Law)
		Odilon Barrot (1791–1873)	1	20 December 1848	31 October 1849	Party of Order			Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1848–1852)
			2				Leg. (1849)
		Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul (1789–1865)	•	31 October 1849	24 January 1851	Party of Order
	—	Position vacant (government led by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte)	•	24 January 1851	10 April 1851	(Bonapartist)
		Léon Faucher (1803–1854)	•	10 April 1851	26 October 1851	Party of Order
	—	Position vacant (government led by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte)	0	26 October 1851	2 December 1852	(Bonapartist)
			1
			2

Second French Empire (1852–1870)

Cabinet Chiefs

Political parties

      Independent
      Bonapartist

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)	Emperor (Reign)
	—	Position vacant (absolute rule by Napoleon III)	3	2 December 1852	27 December 1869	(Bonapartist)	I (1852)	Napoleon III (1852–1870)
							II (1857)
							III (1863)
			4				IV (1869)
		Émile Ollivier (1825–1913)	•	2 January 1870	9 August 1870	Bonapartist
		Charles Cousin-Montauban, comte de Palikao (1796–1878)	•	9 August 1870	4 September 1870	Independent

French Third Republic (1870–1940)

President of the Government of National Defense

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)
		Louis-Jules Trochu (1815–1896)	•	4 September 1870	22 January 1871	Military	None

Presidents of the Council of Ministers

Political Parties

      Independent
      Moderate Monarchist (Legitimist/Orleanist)
      Republican Left/Union of the Left
      Republican Union
      Radical-Socialist Party
      Democratic Republican Alliance
      Republican-Socialist Party
      French Section of the Workers' International

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party (Political Coalition)	Legislature (Election)	President (Term)
		Jules Armand Dufaure (1798–1881)	1	19 February 1871	24 May 1873	Republican Left	National Assembly (1871)		Adolphe Thiers (1871–1873)
			2
		Albert, duc de Broglie (1821–1901)	1	25 May 1873	22 May 1874	Moderate Monarchist			Patrice de Mac Mahon (1873–1879)
			2
		Ernest Courtot de Cissey (1810–1882)	•	22 May 1874	10 March 1875	Moderate Monarchist
		Louis Buffet (1818–1898)	•	10 March 1875	23 February 1876	Moderate Monarchist
		Jules Armand Dufaure (1798–1881)	3	23 February 1876	12 December 1876	Republican Left
			4
		Jules Simon (1814–1896)	•	12 December 1876	17 May 1877	Republican Left	I (1876)
		Albert, duc de Broglie (1821–1901)	3	17 May 1877	23 November 1877	Moderate Monarchist
		Gaëtan de Rochebouët (1813–1899)	•	23 November 1877	13 December 1877	Moderate Monarchist	II (1877)
		Jules Armand Dufaure (1798–1881)	5	13 December 1877	4 February 1879	Republican Left
		William Waddington (1826–1894)	•	4 February 1879	28 December 1879	Republican Left			Jules Grévy (1879–1887)
		Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	1	28 December 1879	23 September 1880	Republican Union
		Jules Ferry (1832–1893)	1	23 September 1880	14 November 1881	Republican Left
		Léon Gambetta (1838–1882)	•	14 November 1881	30 January 1882	Republican Union	III (1881)
		Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	2	30 January 1882	7 August 1882	Republican Union
		Charles Duclerc (1812–1988)	•	7 August 1882	29 January 1883	Republican Left
		Armand Fallières (1841–1931)	•	29 January 1883	21 February 1883	Republican Left
		Jules Ferry (1832–1893)	2	21 February 1883	6 April 1885	Republican Left
		Henri Brisson (1835–1912)	1	6 April 1885	7 January 1886	Union of the Lefts
		Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	3	7 January 1886	16 December 1886	Union of the Lefts	IV (1885)
		René Goblet (1828–1905)	•	16 December 1886	30 May 1887	Radical Republican
		Maurice Rouvier (1842–1911)	1	30 May 1887	12 December 1887	Union of the Lefts
		Pierre Tirard (1827–1893)	1	12 December 1887	3 April 1888	Independent			Marie François Sadi Carnot (1887–1894)
		Charles Floquet (1828–1896)	•	3 April 1888	22 February 1889	Union of the Lefts
		Pierre Tirard (1827–1893)	2	22 February 1889	17 March 1890	Independent
		Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	4	17 March 1890	27 February 1892	Union of the Lefts	V (1889)
		Émile Loubet (1838–1929)	•	27 February 1892	6 December 1892	Union of the Lefts
		Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	1	6 December 1892	4 April 1893	Union of the Lefts
			2
		Charles Dupuy (1851–1923)	1	4 April 1893	3 December 1893	Union of the Lefts
		Jean Casimir-Perier (1847–1907)	•	3 December 1893	30 May 1894	Union of the Lefts	VI (1893)
		Charles Dupuy (1851–1923)	2	30 May 1894	26 January 1895	Union of the Lefts
			3						Jean Casimir-Perier (1894–1895)
		Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	3	26 January 1895	1 November 1895	Union of the Lefts			Félix Faure (1895–1899)
		Léon Bourgeois (1851–1925)	•	1 November 1895	29 April 1896	Radical Republican
		Jules Méline (1838–1925)	•	29 April 1896	28 June 1898	Union of the Lefts
		Henri Brisson (1835–1912)	2	28 June 1898	1 November 1898	Radical Republicans	VII (1898)
		Charles Dupuy (1851–1923)	4	1 November 1898	22 June 1899	Union of the Lefts
			5						Émile Loubet (1899–1906)
		Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846–1904)	•	22 June 1899	7 June 1902	Democratic Republican Alliance
		Émile Combes (1835–1921)	•	7 June 1902	24 January 1905	Radical-Socialist Party (Bloc des gauches)	VIII (1902)
		Maurice Rouvier (1842–1911)	2	24 January 1905	12 March 1906	Democratic Republican Alliance
			3						Armand Fallières (1906–1913)
		Ferdinand Sarrien (1840–1915)	•	12 March 1906	25 October 1906	Radical-Socialist Party
		Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929)	1	25 October 1906	24 July 1909	Radical-Socialist Party	IX (1906)
		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	1	24 July 1909	2 March 1911	Republican-Socialist Party
			2
		Ernest Monis (1846–1929)	•	2 March 1911	27 June 1911	Radical-Socialist Party	X (1910)
		Joseph Caillaux (1863–1944)	•	27 June 1911	21 January 1912	Radical-Socialist Party
		Raymond Poincaré (1860–1934)	1	21 January 1912	21 January 1913	Democratic Republican Party
		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	3	21 January 1913	22 March 1913	Republican-Socialist Party
			4						Raymond Poincaré (1913–1920)
		Louis Barthou (1862–1934)	•	22 March 1913	9 December 1913	Democratic Republican Party
		Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937)	1	9 December 1913	9 June 1914	Radical-Socialist Party
		Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	4	9 June 1914	13 June 1914	Democratic Republican Party	XI (1914)
		René Viviani (1863–1925)	1	13 June 1914	29 October 1915	Republican-Socialist Party
			2
		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	5	29 October 1915	20 March 1917	Republican-Socialist Party
			6
		Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	5	20 March 1917	12 September 1917	Democratic Republican Party
		Paul Painlevé (1863–1933)	1	12 September 1917	16 November 1917	Republican-Socialist Party
		Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929)	2	16 November 1917	20 January 1920	Radical-Socialist Party
		Alexandre Millerand (1859–1943)	1	20 January 1920	24 September 1920	Independent (National Bloc)	XII (1919)
			2						Paul Deschanel (1920)
		Georges Leygues (1857–1933)	•	24 September 1920	16 January 1921	Democratic Republican and Social Party (National Bloc)			Alexandre Millerand (1920–1924)
		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	7	16 January 1921	15 January 1922	Republican-Socialist Party
		Raymond Poincaré (1860–1934)	2	15 January 1922	8 June 1924	Democratic Republican and Social Party (National Bloc)
			3
		Frédéric François-Marsal (1874–1958)	•	8 June 1924	15 June 1924	Independent (National Bloc)	XIII (1924)
		Édouard Herriot (1872–1957)	1	15 June 1924	17 April 1925	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)			Gaston Doumergue (1924–1931)
		Paul Painlevé (1863–1933)	2	17 April 1925	28 November 1925	Republican-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
			3
		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	8	28 November 1925	20 July 1926	Republican-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
			9
			10
		Édouard Herriot (1872–1957)	2	20 July 1926	23 July 1926	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
		Raymond Poincaré (1860–1934)	4	23 July 1926	29 July 1929	Democratic Alliance (National Union)
			5
		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	11	29 July 1929	2 November 1929	Republican-Socialist Party	XIV (1928)
		André Tardieu (1876–1945)	1	2 November 1929	21 February 1930	Democratic Alliance
		Camille Chautemps (1885–1963)	1	21 February 1930	2 March 1930	Radical-Socialist Party
		André Tardieu (1876–1945)	2	2 March 1930	13 December 1930	Democratic Alliance
		Théodore Steeg (1868–1950)	•	13 December 1930	27 January 1931	Radical-Socialist Party
		Pierre Laval (1883–1945)	1	27 January 1931	20 February 1932	Independent (National Bloc)
			2						Paul Doumer (1931–1932)
			3
		André Tardieu (1876–1945)	3	20 February 1932	3 June 1932	Democratic Alliance
		Édouard Herriot (1872–1957)	3	3 June 1932	18 December 1932	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)	XV (1932)		Albert Lebrun (1932–1940)
		Joseph Paul-Boncour (1873–1972)	•	18 December 1932	31 January 1933	Republican-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
		Édouard Daladier (1884–1970)	1	31 January 1933	26 October 1933	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
		Albert Sarraut (1872–1962)	1	26 October 1933	26 November 1933	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
		Camille Chautemps (1885–1963)	2	26 November 1933	30 January 1934	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
		Édouard Daladier (1884–1970)	2	30 January 1934	9 February 1934	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
		Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937)	2	9 February 1934	8 November 1934	Radical-Socialist Party (Government of National Union)
		Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889–1958)	1	8 November 1934	1 June 1935	Democratic Alliance
		Fernand Bouisson (1874–1959)	•	1 June 1935	7 June 1935	Republican-Socialist Party
		Pierre Laval (1883–1945)	4	7 June 1935	24 January 1936	Independent (National Bloc)
		Albert Sarraut (1872–1962)	2	24 January 1936	4 June 1936	Radical-Socialist Party
		Léon Blum (1872–1950)	1	4 June 1936	22 June 1937	French Section of the Workers' International (Popular Front)	XVI (1936)
		Camille Chautemps (1885–1963)	3	22 June 1937	13 March 1938	Radical-Socialist Party (Popular Front)
			4
		Léon Blum (1872–1950)	2	13 March 1938	10 April 1938	French Section of the Workers' International (Popular Front)
		Édouard Daladier (1884–1970)	3	10 April 1938	21 March 1940	Radical-Socialist Party
			4
			5
		Paul Reynaud (1878–1966)	•	21 March 1940	16 June 1940	Democratic Alliance
		Philippe Pétain (1856–1951)	•	16 June 1940	11 July 1940	Independent

French State (1940–1944)

Until 1942, Marshal Philippe Pétain served as Chief of State and nominal President of the Council of Ministers: the Vice-President of the Council of Ministers was the de facto head of government. From 1942, Pétain remained Chief of State, but Pierre Laval was named Chief of the Government.

Vice-Presidents of the Council of Ministers

Political parties

      Vichyist

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)	Chief of State (Term)
		Pierre Laval (1883–1945)	5	11 July 1940	13 December 1940	Independent	None		Philippe Pétain (1940–1944)
		Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889–1958)	2	13 December 1940	9 February 1941	Independent
		François Darlan (1881–1942)	•	9 February 1941	18 April 1942 (Died in office)	Independent
		Pierre Laval (1883–1945) (as Chief of the Government)	6	18 April 1942	19 August 1944	Independent

Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944–1946)

Chairmen of the Provisional Government

Political parties

      Independent
      French Section of the Workers' International
      Popular Republican Movement

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party (Political Coalition)	Legislature (Election)
		Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970)	1	20 August 1944	26 January 1946	Independent	Provisional
			2				I (1945)
		Félix Gouin (1884–1977)	•	26 January 1946	24 June 1946	French Section of the Workers' International (Tripartisme)
		Georges Bidault (1899–1983)	1	24 June 1946	28 November 1946	Popular Republican Movement (Tripartisme)	II (June 1946)
		Vincent Auriol (1884–1966) (interim)	–	28 November 1946	16 December 1946	French Section of the Workers' International (Tripartisme)	IV Rep. I (Nov.1946)
		Léon Blum (1872–1950)	3	16 December 1946	22 January 1947	French Section of the Workers' International (Tripartisme)

French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)

Presidents of the Council of Ministers

Political parties

      French Section of the Workers' International
      Radical Party
      Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance
      Popular Republican Movement
      National Centre of Independents and Peasants
      Union for the New Republic

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party (Political Coalition)	Legislature (Election)	President (Term)
		Paul Ramadier (1888–1961)	1	22 January 1947	24 November 1947	French Section of the Workers' International (Tripartisme)	I (Nov.1946)		Vincent Auriol (1947–1954)
			2
		Robert Schuman (1886–1963)	1	24 November 1947	24 July 1948	Popular Republican Movement (Third Force)
		André Marie (1897–1974)	•	24 July 1948	2 September 1948	Radical Party (Third Force)
		Robert Schuman (1886–1963)	2	2 September 1948	11 September 1948	Popular Republican Movement (Third Force)
		Henri Queuille (1884–1970)	1	11 September 1948	28 October 1949	Radical Party (Third Force)
		Georges Bidault (1899–1983)	2	28 October 1949	2 July 1950	Popular Republican Movement (Third Force)
			3
		Henri Queuille (1884–1970)	2	2 July 1950	12 July 1950	Radical Party (Third Force)
		René Pleven (1901–1993)	1	12 July 1950	10 March 1951	Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (Third Force)
		Henri Queuille (1884–1970)	3	10 March 1951	11 August 1951	Radical Party (Third Force)
		René Pleven (1901–1993)	2	11 August 1951	20 January 1952	Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (Third Force)	II (1951)
		Edgar Faure (1908–1988)	1	20 January 1952	8 March 1952	Radical Party
		Antoine Pinay (1891–1994)	•	8 March 1952	8 January 1953	National Centre of Independents and Peasants
		René Mayer (1895–1972)	•	8 January 1953	28 June 1953	Radical Party
		Joseph Laniel (1889–1975)	1	28 June 1953	19 June 1954	National Centre of Independents and Peasants
			2						René Coty (1954–1959)
		Pierre Mendès France (1907–1982)	•	19 June 1954	17 February 1955	Radical Party
		Christian Pineau (1904–1995) (acting)		17 February 1955	23 February 1955	French Section of the Workers International
		Edgar Faure (1908–1988)	2	23 February 1955	1 February 1956	Radical Party (Republican Front)
		Guy Mollet (1905–1975)	•	1 February 1956	13 June 1957	French Section of the Workers' International (Republican Front)	III (1956)
		Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (1914–1993)	•	13 June 1957	6 November 1957	Radical Party (Republican Front)
		Félix Gaillard (1919–1970)	•	6 November 1957	14 May 1958	Radical Party (Republican Front)
		Pierre Pflimlin (1907–2000)	•	14 May 1958	1 June 1958	Popular Republican Movement
		Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970)	3	1 June 1958	8 January 1959	Union for the New Republic

French Fifth Republic (1958–present)

This was the first time when the term Prime Minister was used, rather than President of the Council of Ministers, reflecting the new power-sharing with the President of the Republic, who had before then been only head of state but not head of government.

Prime Ministers

Political parties

      Independent
      Gaullist (UDR/UNR/RPR)
      Liberal-centrist (PR/UDF)
      Socialist
      Neo-gaullist (UMP/LR)

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party (Political Coalition)	Legislature (Election)	President (Term)
		Michel Debré (1912–1996)	•	8 January 1959	14 April 1962	Union for the New Republic	I (1958)		Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969)
		Georges Pompidou (1911–1974)	1	14 April 1962	7 December 1962	Union for the New Republic
			2	7 December 1962	8 January 1966		II (1962)
			3	8 January 1966	1 April 1967
			4	5 April 1967	10 July 1968		III (1967)
		Maurice Couve de Murville (1907–1999)	•	10 July 1968	20 June 1969	Union of Democrats for the Republic	IV (1968)
		Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000)	•	20 June 1969	6 July 1972	Union of Democrats for the Republic			Georges Pompidou (1969–1974)
		Pierre Messmer (1916–2007)	1	6 July 1972	5 April 1973	Union of Democrats for the Republic
			2	5 April 1973	1 March 1974		V (1973)
			3	1 March 1974	27 May 1974
		Jacques Chirac (1932–)	1	27 May 1974	26 August 1976	Union of Democrats for the Republic			Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974–1981)
		Raymond Barre (1924–2007)	1	26 August 1976	29 March 1977	Independent (Union for French Democracy)
			2	29 March 1977	31 March 1978
			3	31 March 1978	21 May 1981		VI (1978)
		Pierre Mauroy (1928–2013)	1	21 May 1981	23 June 1981	Socialist Party (Union of the Left)			François Mitterrand (1981–1995)
			2	23 June 1981	23 March 1983		VII (1981)
			3	23 March 1983	17 July 1984
		Laurent Fabius (1946–)	•	17 July 1984	20 March 1986	Socialist Party
		Jacques Chirac (1932–)	2	20 March 1986	10 May 1988	Rally for the Republic	VIII (1986)
		Michel Rocard (1930–)	1	10 May 1988	22 June 1988	Socialist Party
			2	23 June 1988	15 May 1991		IX (1988)
		Édith Cresson (1934–)	•	15 May 1991	2 April 1992	Socialist Party
		Pierre Bérégovoy (1925–1993)	•	2 April 1992	29 March 1993	Socialist Party
		Édouard Balladur (1929–)	•	29 March 1993	18 May 1995	Rally for the Republic (Union for France)	X (1993)
		Alain Juppé (1945–)	1	18 May 1995	7 November 1995	Rally for the Republic (Union for France)			Jacques Chirac (1995–2007)
			2	7 November 1995	3 June 1997
		Lionel Jospin (1937–)	•	3 June 1997	6 May 2002	Socialist Party (Plural Left)	XI (1997)
		Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948–)	1	7 May 2002	17 June 2002	Liberal Democracy then Union for a Popular Movement
			2	17 June 2002	30 March 2004		XII (2002)
			3	31 March 2004	31 May 2005
		Dominique de Villepin (1953–)	•	31 May 2005	17 May 2007	Union for a Popular Movement
		François Fillon (1954–)	1	17 May 2007	18 June 2007	Union for a Popular Movement (Committee of the Majority)			Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012)
			2	19 June 2007	13 November 2010		XIII (2007)
			3	14 November 2010	16 May 2012
		Jean-Marc Ayrault (1950–)	1	16 May 2012	18 June 2012	Socialist Party			François Hollande (2012– )
			2	18 June 2012	31 March 2014		XIV (2012)
		Manuel Valls (1962–)	1	31 March 2014	25 August 2014	Socialist Party
			2	25 August 2014	Incumbent

Timeline since 1959

See also

• History of France
• List of Foreign Ministers of France
• Politics of France
• President of the French Republic

External links

• List on the website of the French Prime Minister (in French)