List of Prime Ministers of France

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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)	29 January 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 Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino (1602–1661)	4 December 1642	9 March 1661 (Died in office)	Louis XIV (1643–1715)
	—	Position vacant (absolute rule by Louis XIV and then by the regent Philippe II, Duke of Orleans)	9 March 1661	16 February 1723
		Cardinal Guillaume Dubois (1656–1723)	16 February 1723	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)

Chiefs of Government

Political parties

      Independent
      Girondists
      Montagnards

#		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)	Head of State (Term)
	1		Jean-Marie Roland (1734–1793)	•	10 August 1792	23 January 1793	Girondist	I (1792)		Jean Baptiste Treilhard (1792–1793)
	2		Dominique Joseph Garat (1749–1833)	•	23 January 1793	20 August 1793	Girondist			Georges Danton (1793)
	3		Jules-François Paré (1755–1819)	•	20 August 1793	5 April 1794	Montagnard
	4		Jean-Marie Claude Alexandre Goujon (1766–1795)	•	5 April 1794	8 April 1794	Montagnard			Maximilien Robespierre (1793–1794)
	5		Martial Joseph Armand Herman (1749–1795)	•	8 April 1794	20 April 1794	Montagnard

Secretary of State

#		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Consul (Term)
	1		Hugues-Bernard Maret (1763–1839)	•	25 December 1799	18 May 1804	Independent		Napoléon Bonaparte (1799–1804)

First French Empire (1804–1815)

President of the State Council

#		Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political Party	Emperor (Reign)
	1		Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753–1824)	1	18 May 1804	1 April 1814	Independent (Bonapartist)	Napoleon I (1804–1814)

Restored Kingdom of France (1815–1848)

Presidents of the Council of Ministers

Political parties

      Independent
      Ultra-royalists
      Doctrinaires
      Movement Party
      Resistance Party

#		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)	King (Reign)
	1		Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838)	•	9 July 1815	26 September 1815	Independent	I (1815)	Louis XVIII (1815–1824)
	2		Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766–1822)	1	26 September 1815	29 December 1818	Ultra-royalist
	3		Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (1767–1828)	•	29 December 1818	19 November 1819	Doctrinaires	II (1816)
	4		Élie Decazes, duc de Glücksbierg and Decazes (1780–1860)	•	19 November 1819	20 February 1820	Doctrinaires
	5		Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766–1822)	2	20 February 1820	14 December 1821	Ultra-royalist	III (1820)
	6		Jean-Baptiste de Villèle (1773–1854)	•	14 December 1821	4 January 1828	Ultra-royalist	IV (1824)
	7		Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778–1832)	•	4 January 1828	8 August 1829	Ultra-royalist	V (1827)	Charles X (1824–1830)
	8		Jules de Polignac, duc de Polignac (1780–1847)	•	8 August 1829	29 July 1830	Ultra-royalist
	9		Achille-Léonce-Victor-Charles, duc de Broglie (1785–1870)	1	13 August 1830	2 November 1830	Independent	VI (1830)	Louis Philippe I (1830–1848)
	10		Jacques Laffitte (1767–1844)	•	2 November 1830	13 March 1831	Movement Party
	11		Casimir Pierre Périer (1777–1832)	•	13 March 1831	16 May 1832	Resistance Party	VII (1831)
	12		Jean-de-Dieu Soult, duc of Dalmatie (1769–1851)	1	11 October 1832	18 July 1834	Resistance Party
	13		Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773–1852)	•	18 July 1834	10 November 1834	Independent	IX (1834)
	14		Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano (1763–1839)	•	10 November 1834	18 November 1834	Independent
	15		Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise (1768–1835)	•	18 November 1834	12 March 1835	Resistance Party
	16		Achille-Léonce-Victor-Charles, duc de Broglie (1785–1870)	2	12 March 1835	22 February 1836	Resistance Party
	17		Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877)	1	22 February 1836	6 September 1836	Movement Party
	18		Louis-Mathieu Molé (1781–1855)	1	6 September 1836	31 March 1839	Resistance Party	X (1837)
				2
	19		Jean-de-Dieu Soult, duc of Dalmatie (1769–1851)	2	12 May 1839	1 March 1840	Resistance Party	XI (1839)
	20		Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877)	2	1 March 1840	29 October 1840	Movement Party
	21		Jean-de-Dieu Soult, duc of Dalmatie (1769–1851)	3	29 October 1840	19 September 1847	Resistance Party	XII (1842)
	22		François Guizot (1787–1874)	•	19 September 1847	23 February 1848	Resistance Party	VII (1846)
	23		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)
	24		Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767–1855)	•	24 February 1848	9 May 1848	Moderate Republican	I (1848)		Executive Commission (1848)
	25		François Arago (1786–1853)	•	10 May 1848	24 June 1848	Moderate Republican
	26		Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802–1857)	•	28 June 1848	20 December 1848	Moderate Republican
	27		Odilon Barrot (1791–1873)	1	20 December 1848	31 October 1849	Party of Order			Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1848–1852)
				2				II (1849)
	28		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	Independent (Bonapartist)
	29		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	Independent (Bonapartist)
				1
				2

Second French Empire (1852–1870)

Cabinet Chiefs

Political parties

      Independent
      Bonapartist

#		Portrait	Name	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)
	30		Émile Ollivier (1825–1913)	•	2 January 1870	9 August 1870	Bonapartist
	31		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)
	32		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)
      Opportunist Republicans
      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)
	33		Jules Armand Dufaure (1798–1881)	1	19 February 1871	24 May 1873	Independent	National Assembly (1871)		Adolphe Thiers (1871–1873)
				2
	34		Albert, duc de Broglie (1821–1901)	1	25 May 1873	22 May 1874	Moderate Monarchist			Patrice de Mac Mahon (1873–1879)
				2
	35		Ernest Courtot de Cissey (1810–1882)	•	22 May 1874	10 March 1875	Moderate Monarchist
	36		Louis Buffet (1818–1898)	•	10 March 1875	23 February 1876	Moderate Monarchist
	37		Jules Armand Dufaure (1798–1881)	3	23 February 1876	12 December 1876	Opportunist Republican
				4
	38		Jules Simon (1814–1896)	•	12 December 1876	17 May 1877	Opportunist Republican	I (1876)
	39		Albert, duc de Broglie (1821–1901)	3	17 May 1877	23 November 1877	Moderate Monarchist
	40		Gaëtan de Rochebouët (1813–1899)	•	23 November 1877	13 December 1877	Moderate Monarchist	II (1877)
	41		Jules Armand Dufaure (1798–1881)	5	13 December 1877	4 February 1879	Opportunist Republican
	42		William Waddington (1826–1894)	•	4 February 1879	28 December 1879	Opportunist Republican			Jules Grévy (1879–1887)
	43		Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	1	28 December 1879	23 September 1880	Opportunist Republican
	44		Jules Ferry (1832–1893)	1	23 September 1880	14 November 1881	Opportunist Republican
	45		Léon Gambetta (1838–1882)	•	14 November 1881	30 January 1882	Republican Union	III (1881)
	46		Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	2	30 January 1882	7 August 1882	Opportunist Republican
	47		Charles Duclerc (1812–1988)	•	7 August 1882	29 January 1883	Opportunist Republican
	48		Armand Fallières (1841–1931)	•	29 January 1883	21 February 1883	Opportunist Republican
	49		Jules Ferry (1832–1893)	2	21 February 1883	6 April 1885	Opportunist Republican
	50		Henri Brisson (1835–1912)	1	6 April 1885	7 January 1886	Republican Union
	51		Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	3	7 January 1886	16 December 1886	Opportunist Republican	IV (1885)
	52		René Goblet (1828–1905)	•	16 December 1886	30 May 1887	Independent
	53		Maurice Rouvier (1842–1911)	1	30 May 1887	12 December 1887	Republican Union
	54		Pierre Tirard (1827–1893)	1	12 December 1887	3 April 1888	Independent			Marie François Sadi Carnot (1887–1894)
	55		Charles Floquet (1828–1896)	•	3 April 1888	22 February 1889	Republican Union
	56		Pierre Tirard (1827–1893)	2	22 February 1889	17 March 1890	Independent
	57		Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	4	17 March 1890	27 February 1892	Opportunist Republican	V (1889)
	58		Émile Loubet (1838–1929)	•	27 February 1892	6 December 1892	Opportunist Republican
	59		Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	1	6 December 1892	4 April 1893	Opportunist Republican
				2
	60		Charles Dupuy (1851–1923)	1	4 April 1893	3 December 1893	Opportunist Republican
	61		Jean Casimir-Perier (1847–1907)	•	3 December 1893	30 May 1894	Opportunist Republican	VI (1893)
	62		Charles Dupuy (1851–1923)	2	30 May 1894	26 January 1895	Opportunist Republican
				3						Jean Casimir-Perier (1894–1895)
	63		Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	3	26 January 1895	1 November 1895	Opportunist Republican			Félix Faure (1895–1899)
	64		Léon Bourgeois (1851–1925)	•	1 November 1895	29 April 1896	Radical-Socialist Party
	65		Jules Méline (1838–1925)	•	29 April 1896	28 June 1898	Opportunist Republican
	66		Henri Brisson (1835–1912)	2	28 June 1898	1 November 1898	Republican Union	VII (1898)
	67		Charles Dupuy (1851–1923)	4	1 November 1898	22 June 1899	Opportunist Republican
				5						Émile Loubet (1899–1906)
	68		Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846–1904)	•	22 June 1899	7 June 1902	Democratic Republican Alliance
	69		Émile Combes (1835–1921)	•	7 June 1902	24 January 1905	Radical-Socialist Party (Bloc des gauches)	VIII (1902)
	70		Maurice Rouvier (1842–1911)	2	24 January 1905	12 March 1906	Democratic Republican Alliance
				3						Armand Fallières (1906–1913)
	71		Ferdinand Sarrien (1840–1915)	•	12 March 1906	25 October 1906	Radical-Socialist Party
	72		Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929)	1	25 October 1906	24 July 1909	Radical-Socialist Party	IX (1906)
	73		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	1	24 July 1909	2 March 1911	Republican-Socialist Party
				2
	74		Ernest Monis (1846–1929)	•	2 March 1911	27 June 1911	Radical-Socialist Party	X (1910)
	75		Joseph Caillaux (1863–1944)	•	27 June 1911	21 January 1912	Radical-Socialist Party
	76		Raymond Poincaré (1860–1934)	1	21 January 1912	21 January 1913	Democratic Republican Party
	77		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	3	21 January 1913	22 March 1913	Republican-Socialist Party
				4						Raymond Poincaré (1913–1920)
	78		Louis Barthou (1862–1934)	•	22 March 1913	9 December 1913	Democratic Republican Party
	79		Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937)	1	9 December 1913	9 June 1914	Radical-Socialist Party
	80		Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	4	9 June 1914	13 June 1914	Democratic Republican Party	XI (1914)
	81		René Viviani (1863–1925)	1	13 June 1914	29 October 1915	Republican-Socialist Party
				2
	82		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	5	29 October 1915	20 March 1917	Republican-Socialist Party
				6
	83		Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	5	20 March 1917	12 September 1917	Democratic Republican Party
	84		Paul Painlevé (1863–1933)	1	12 September 1917	16 November 1917	Republican-Socialist Party
	85		Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929)	2	16 November 1917	20 January 1920	Radical-Socialist Party
	86		Alexandre Millerand (1859–1943)	1	20 January 1920	24 September 1920	Independent (National Bloc)	XII (1919)
				2						Paul Deschanel (1920)
	87		Georges Leygues (1857–1933)	•	24 September 1920	16 January 1921	Democratic Republican and Social Party (National Bloc)			Alexandre Millerand (1920–1924)
	88		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	7	16 January 1921	15 January 1922	Republican-Socialist Party
	89		Raymond Poincaré (1860–1934)	2	15 January 1922	8 June 1924	Democratic Republican and Social Party (National Bloc)
				3
	90		Frédéric François-Marsal (1874–1958)	•	8 June 1924	15 June 1924	Independent (National Bloc)	XIII (1924)
	91		Édouard Herriot (1872–1957)	1	15 June 1924	17 April 1925	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)			Gaston Doumergue (1924–1931)
	92		Paul Painlevé (1863–1933)	2	17 April 1925	28 November 1925	Republican-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
				3
	93		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	8	28 November 1925	20 July 1926	Republican-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
				9
				10
	94		Édouard Herriot (1872–1957)	2	20 July 1926	23 July 1926	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
	95		Raymond Poincaré (1860–1934)	4	23 July 1926	29 July 1929	Democratic Alliance (National Union)
				5
	96		Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	11	29 July 1929	2 November 1929	Republican-Socialist Party	XIV (1928)
	97		André Tardieu (1876–1945)	1	2 November 1929	21 February 1930	Democratic Alliance
	98		Camille Chautemps (1885–1963)	1	21 February 1930	2 March 1930	Radical-Socialist Party
	99		André Tardieu (1876–1945)	2	2 March 1930	13 December 1930	Democratic Alliance
	100		Théodore Steeg (1868–1950)	•	13 December 1930	27 January 1931	Radical-Socialist Party
	101		Pierre Laval (1883–1945)	1	27 January 1931	20 February 1932	Independent (National Bloc)
				2						Paul Doumer (1931–1932)
				3
	102		André Tardieu (1876–1945)	3	20 February 1932	3 June 1932	Democratic Alliance
	103		Édouard Herriot (1872–1957)	3	3 June 1932	18 December 1932	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)	XV (1932)		Albert Lebrun (1932–1940)
	104		Joseph Paul-Boncour (1873–1972)	•	18 December 1932	31 January 1933	Republican-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
	105		Édouard Daladier (1884–1970)	1	31 January 1933	26 October 1933	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
	106		Albert Sarraut (1872–1962)	1	26 October 1933	26 November 1933	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
	107		Camille Chautemps (1885–1963)	2	26 November 1933	30 January 1934	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
	108		Édouard Daladier (1884–1970)	2	30 January 1934	9 February 1934	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)
	109		Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937)	2	9 February 1934	8 November 1934	Radical-Socialist Party (Government of National Union)
	110		Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889–1958)	1	8 November 1934	1 June 1935	Democratic Alliance
	111		Fernand Bouisson (1874–1959)	•	1 June 1935	7 June 1935	Republican-Socialist Party
	112		Pierre Laval (1883–1945)	4	7 June 1935	24 January 1936	Independent (National Bloc)
	113		Albert Sarraut (1872–1962)	2	24 January 1936	4 June 1936	Radical-Socialist Party
	114		Léon Blum (1872–1950)	1	4 June 1936	22 June 1937	French Section of the Workers' International (Popular Front)	XVI (1936)
	115		Camille Chautemps (1885–1963)	3	22 June 1937	13 March 1938	Radical-Socialist Party (Popular Front)
				4
	116		Léon Blum (1872–1950)	2	13 March 1938	10 April 1938	French Section of the Workers' International (Popular Front)
	117		Édouard Daladier (1884–1970)	3	10 April 1938	21 March 1940	Radical-Socialist Party
				4
				5
	118		Paul Reynaud (1878–1966)	•	21 March 1940	16 June 1940	Democratic Alliance

French State (1940–1944)

Political parties

      Vichyist

#		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)	Chief of State (Term)
	119		Philippe Pétain (1856–1951)	•	16 June 1940	11 July 1940	Independent	None		Philippe Pétain (1940–1944)
	120		Pierre Laval (1883–1945)	5	11 July 1940	13 December 1940	Independent
	121		Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889–1958)	2	13 December 1940	9 February 1941	Independent
	122		François Darlan (1881–1942)	•	9 February 1941	18 April 1942 (Died in office)	Independent
	123		Pierre Laval (1883–1945)	6	18 April 1942	19 August 1944	Independent

Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944–1947)

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)
	124		Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970)	1	20 August 1944	26 January 1946	Independent	Provisional
				2				I (1945)
	125		Félix Gouin (1884–1977)	•	26 January 1946	24 June 1946	French Section of the Workers' International (Tripartisme)
	126		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)
	127		Léon Blum (1872–1950)	3	16 December 1946	22 January 1947	French Section of the Workers' International (Tripartisme)

French Fourth Republic (1947–1959)

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)
	128		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
	129		Robert Schuman (1886–1963)	1	24 November 1947	24 July 1948	Popular Republican Movement (Third Force)
	130		André Marie	•	24 July 1948	2 September 1948	Radical Party (Third Force)
	131		Robert Schuman (1886–1963)	2	2 September 1948	11 September 1948	Popular Republican Movement (Third Force)
	132		Henri Queuille (1884–1970)	1	11 September 1948	28 October 1949	Radical Party (Third Force)
	133		Georges Bidault (1899–1983)	2	28 October 1949	2 July 1950	Popular Republican Movement (Third Force)
				3
	134		Henri Queuille (1884–1970)	2	2 July 1950	12 July 1950	Radical Party (Third Force)
	135		René Pleven (1901–1993)	1	12 July 1950	10 March 1951	Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (Third Force)
	136		Henri Queuille (1884–1970)	3	10 March 1951	11 August 1951	Radical Party (Third Force)
	137		René Pleven (1901–1993)	2	11 August 1951	20 January 1952	Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (Third Force)	II (1951)
	138		Edgar Faure (1908–1988)	1	20 January 1952	8 March 1952	Radical Party
	139		Antoine Pinay (1891–1994)	•	8 March 1952	8 January 1953	National Centre of Independents and Peasants
	140		René Mayer (1895–1972)	•	8 January 1953	28 June 1953	Radical Party
	141		Joseph Laniel (1889–1975)	1	28 June 1953	19 June 1954	National Centre of Independents and Peasants
				2						René Coty (1954–1959)
	142		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
	143		Edgar Faure (1908–1988)	2	23 February 1955	1 February 1956	Radical Party (Republican Front)
	144		Guy Mollet (1905–1975)	•	1 February 1956	13 June 1957	French Section of the Workers' International (Republican Front)	III (1956)
	145		Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (1914–1993)	•	13 June 1957	6 November 1957	Radical Party (Republican Front)
	146		Félix Gaillard (1919–1970)	•	6 November 1957	14 May 1958	Radical Party (Republican Front)
	147		Pierre Pflimlin (1907–2000)	•	14 May 1958	1 June 1958	Popular Republican Movement
	148		Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970)	3	1 June 1958	8 January 1959	Union for the New Republic

French Fifth Republic (1959–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.

Presidents of the Council of Ministers

Political parties

      Independent
      Union for the New Republic
      Union of Democrats for the Republic
      Rally for the Republic
      Republican Party (Union for French Democracy)
      Socialist Party
      Union for a Popular Movement

#		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party (Political Coalition)	Legislature (Election)	President (Term)
	149		Michel Debré (1912–1996)	•	8 January 1959	14 April 1962	Union for the New Republic	I (1958)		Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969)
	150		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)
	151		Maurice Couve de Murville (1907–1999)	•	10 July 1968	20 June 1969	Union of Democrats for the Republic	IV (1968)
	152		Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000)	•	20 June 1969	6 July 1972	Union of Democrats for the Republic			Georges Pompidou (1969–1974)
	153		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
	154		Jacques Chirac (1932–)	1	27 May 1974	26 August 1976	Union of Democrats for the Republic			Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974–1981)
	155		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)
	156		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
	157		Laurent Fabius (1946–)	•	17 July 1984	20 March 1986	Socialist Party
	158		Jacques Chirac (1932–)	2	20 March 1986	10 May 1988	Rally for the Republic	VIII (1986)
	159		Michel Rocard (1930–)	1	10 May 1988	22 June 1988	Socialist Party
				2	23 June 1988	15 May 1991		IX (1988)
	160		Édith Cresson (1934–)	•	15 May 1991	2 April 1992	Socialist Party
	161		Pierre Bérégovoy (1925–1993)	•	2 April 1992	29 March 1993	Socialist Party
	162		Édouard Balladur (1929–)	•	29 March 1993	18 May 1995	Rally for the Republic (Union for France)	X (1993)
	163		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
	164		Lionel Jospin (1937–)	•	3 June 1997	6 May 2002	Socialist Party (Plural Left)	XI (1997)
	165		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
	166		Dominique de Villepin (1953–)	•	31 May 2005	17 May 2007	Union for a Popular Movement
	167		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
	168		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)
	169		Manuel Valls (1962–)	•	31 March 2014	Incumbent	Socialist Party

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)