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List of Prime Ministers of France
This page is a list of French prime ministers.
Before the constitution of the Fifth Republic in 1959, there was no official position entitled "Prime Minister" in the French government. Rather, one of the government ministers held the semi-official title of President of the Council of Ministers (Président du Conseil de Ministres), and was unofficially known as the prime minister (premier ministre). Even this was something of a misnomer, as it was the President of France who actually presided over the Council of Ministers.
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| Prime Minister
| from | to | Party
| | Fifth Republic
| Jean-Pierre Raffarin | May 6, 2002 | | UMP
| | Lionel Jospin | June 3, 1997 | May 6, 2002 | Socialist
| | Alain Juppé | May 18, 1995 | June 3, 1997 | RPR
| | Edouard Balladur | March 29, 1993 | May 18, 1995 | RPR
| | Pierre Bérégovoy | April 2, 1992 | March 29, 1993 | Socialist
| | Edith Cresson | May 15, 1991 | April 2, 1992 | Socialist
| | Michel Rocard | May 10, 1988 | May 15, 1991 | Socialist
| | Jacques Chirac | March 20, 1986 | May 10, 1988 | RPR
| | Laurent Fabius | July 17, 1984 | March 20, 1986 | Socialist
| | Pierre Mauroy | May 21, 1981 | July 17, 1984 | Socialist
| | Raymond Barre | August 26, 1976 | May 21, 1981 | UDF
| | Jacques Chirac | May 27, 1974 | August 26, 1976 | UDR
| | Pierre Messmer | July 6, 1972 | May 27, 1974 | UDR
| | Jacques Chaban-Delmas | June 20, 1969 | July 6, 1972 | UDR
| | Maurice Couve de Murville | July 10, 1968 | June 20, 1969 | UDR
| | Georges Pompidou | April 14, 1962 | July 10, 1968 | UNR
| | Michel Debré | January 8, 1959 | April 14, 1962 | UNR
| | Fourth Republic
| Charles de Gaulle | June 1, 1958 | January 8, 1959 | UNR
| | Pierre Pflimlin | May 13, 1958 | June 1, 1958 | MRP
| | Félix Gaillard | November 6, 1957 | May 13, 1958 | Radical
| | Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury | June 12, 1957 | November 6, 1957 | Radical
| | Guy Mollet | January 31, 1956 | June 12, 1957 | SFIO
| | Edgar Faure | February 23, 1955 | January 31, 1956 | Radical
| | Christian Pineau | February 17, 1955 | February 23, 1955 | Radical
| | Pierre Mendès-France | June 18, 1954 | February 17, 1955 | Radical
| | Joseph Laniel | June 27, 1953 | June 18, 1954 | CNIP
| | René Mayer | January 8, 1953 | June 27, 1953 | Radical
| | Antoine Pinay | March 8, 1952 | January 8, 1953 | CNIP
| | Edgar Faure | January 20, 1952 | March 8, 1952 | Radical
| | René Pleven | August 11, 1951 | January 20, 1952 | UDSR
| | Henri Queuille | March 10, 1951 | August 11, 1951 | Radical
| | René Pleven | July 12, 1950 | March 10, 1951 | UDSR
| | Henri Queuille | July 2, 1950 | July 12, 1950 | Radical
| | Georges Bidault | October 28, 1949 | July 2, 1950 | MRP
| | Henri Queuille | September 11, 1948 | October 28, 1949 | Radical
| | Robert Schuman | September 5, 1948 | September 11, 1948 | MRP
| | André Marie | July 26, 1948 | September 5, 1948 | Radical
| | Robert Schuman | November 24, 1947 | July 26, 1948 | MRP
| | Paul Ramadier | January 22, 1947 | November 24, 1947 | SFIO
| | Provisional Government
| Léon Blum | December 16, 1946 | January 16, 1947 | SFIO
| | Georges Bidault | June 24, 1946 | December 16, 1946 | MRP
| | Félix Gouin | January 26, 1946 | June 24, 1946 | SFIO
| | Charles de Gaulle | June 3, 1944 | January 26, 1946 | non-party
| | Vichy France
| Pierre Laval | April 18, 1942 | August 17, 1944
| | François Darlan (Vice Premier under Pétain) | February 9, 1941 | April 18, 1942
| | Pierre-Etienne Flandin (Vice Premier under Pétain) | December 13, 1940 | February 9, 1941
| | Pierre Laval (Vice Premier under Pétain) | July 11, 1940 | December 13, 1940
| | Third Republic
| Henri Philippe Pétain | June 16, 1940 | July 11, 1940
| | Paul Reynaud | March 21, 1940 | June 16, 1940 | PDRS
| | Edouard Daladier | April 10, 1938 | March 21, 1940 | Radical
| | Léon Blum | March 13, 1938 | April 10, 1938 | SFIO
| | Camille Chautemps | June 22, 1937 | March 13, 1938 | Radical
| | Léon Blum | June 4, 1936 | June 22, 1937 | SFIO
| | Albert Sarraut | January 24, 1936 | June 4, 1936 | Radical
| | Pierre Laval | June 7, 1935 | January 24, 1936
| | Fernand Bouisson | June 1, 1935 | June 7, 1935
| | Pierre Flandin | November 8, 1934 | June 1, 1935
| | Gaston Doumergue | February 9, 1934 | November 8, 1934 | Radical
| | Edouard Daladier | January 30, 1934 | February 9, 1934 | Radical
| | Camille Chautemps | November 26, 1933 | January 30, 1934 | Radical
| | Albert Sarraut | October 26, 1933 | November 26, 1933 | Radical
| | Edouard Daladier | January 31, 1933 | October 26, 1933 | Radical
| | Joseph Paul-Boncour | December 18, 1932 | January 31, 1933 | PDRS
| | Edouard Herriot | June 3, 1932 | December 18, 1932 | Radical
| | André Tardieu | February 20, 1932 | June 3, 1932
| | Pierre Laval | January 27, 1931 | February 20, 1932
| | Théodore Steeg | December 13, 1930 | January 27, 1931
| | André Tardieu | March 2, 1930 | December 13, 1930
| | Camille Chautemps | February 21, 1930 | March 2, 1930 | Radical
| | André Tardieu | November 2, 1929 | February 21, 1930
| | Aristide Briand | July 29, 1929 | November 2, 1929 | PRS
| | Raymond Poincaré | July 23, 1926 | July 29, 1929 | PDR
| | Edouard Herriot | July 20, 1926 | July 23, 1926 | Radical
| | Aristide Briand | November 28, 1925 | July 20, 1926 | PRS
| | Paul Painlevé | April 17, 1925 | November 28, 1925 | PRS
| | Edouard Herriot | June 15, 1924 | April 17, 1925 | Radical
| | Frédéric François-Marsal | June 8, 1924 | June 15, 1924
| | Raymond Poincaré | January 15, 1922 | June 8, 1924 | PDR
| | Aristide Briand | January 16, 1921 | January 15, 1922 | PRS
| | Georges Leygues | September 24, 1920 | January 16, 1921
| | Alexandre Millerand | January 20, 1920 | September 24, 1920
| | Georges Clemenceau | November 16, 1917 | January 20, 1920 | Radical
| | Paul Painlevé | September 12, 1917 | November 16, 1917 | PRS
| | Alexandre Ribot | March 20, 1917 | September 12, 1917
| | Aristide Briand | October 29, 1915 | March 20, 1917 | PRS
| | René Viviani | June 13, 1914 | October 29, 1915
| | Alexandre Ribot | June 9, 1914 | June 13, 1914
| | Gaston Doumergue | December 9, 1913 | June 9, 1914
| | Louis Barthou | March 22, 1913 | December 9, 1913
| | Aristide Briand | January 21, 1913 | March 22, 1913 | PRS
| | Raymond Poincaré | January 21, 1912 | January 21, 1913 | PDR
| | Joseph Caillaux | June 27, 1911 | January 21, 1912
| | Ernest Monis | March 2, 1911 | June 27, 1911
| | Aristide Briand | July 24, 1909 | March 2, 1911 | SFIO
| | Georges Clemenceau | October 25, 1906 | July 24, 1909 | Radical
| | Ferdinand Sarrien | March 12, 1906 | October 25, 1906
| | Maurice Rouvier | January 24, 1905 | March 12, 1906
| | Émile Combes | June 7, 1902 | January 24, 1905 | Radical
| | René Waldeck-Rousseau | June 22, 1899 | June 7, 1902
| | Charles Dupuy | November 1, 1898 | June 22, 1899
| | Henri Brisson | June 28, 1898 | November 1, 1898
| | Jules Méline | April 29, 1896 | June 28, 1898
| | Léon Bourgeois | November 1, 1895 | April 29, 1896
| | Alexandre Ribot | January 26, 1895 | November 1, 1895
| | Charles Dupuy | May 30, 1894 | January 26, 1895
| | Jean Casimir-Périer | December 3, 1893 | May 30, 1894
| | Charles Dupuy | April 4, 1893 | December 3, 1893
| | Alexandre Ribot | December 6, 1892 | April 4, 1893
| | Émile Loubet | February 27, 1892 | December 6, 1892
| | Charles de Freycinet | March 17, 1890 | February 27, 1892
| | Pierre Tirard | February 22, 1889 | March 17, 1890
| | Charles Floquet | April 3, 1888 | February 22, 1889
| | Pierre Tirard | December 12, 1887 | April 3, 1888
| | Maurice Rouvier | May 30, 1887 | December 12, 1887
| | René Goblet | December 16, 1886 | May 30, 1887
| | Charles de Freycinet | January 7, 1886 | December 16, 1886
| | Henri Brisson | April 6, 1885 | January 7, 1886
| | Jules Ferry | February 21, 1883 | April 6, 1885
| | Armand Fallières | January 29, 1883 | February 21, 1883
| | Charles Duclerc | August 7, 1882 | January 29, 1883
| | Charles de Freycinet | January 30, 1882 | August 7, 1882
| | Léon Gambetta | November 14, 1881 | January 30, 1882
| | Jules Ferry | September 23, 1880 | November 14, 1881
| | Charles de Freycinet | December 28, 1879 | September 23, 1880
| | William Waddington | February 4, 1879 | December 28, 1879
| | Jules Dufaure | December 13, 1877 | February 4, 1879
| | Caietan de Grimaudet de Rochebouet | November 23, 1877 | December 13, 1877
| | Albert, duc de Broglie | May 17, 1877 | November 23, 1877
| | Jules Simon | December 12, 1876 | May 17, 1877
| | Jules Dufaure | February 23, 1876 | December 12, 1876
| | Louis Buffet | March 10, 1875 | February 23, 1876
| | Ernest Courtot de Cissey | May 22, 1874 | March 10, 1875
| | Albert, duc de Broglie | May 25, 1873 | May 22, 1874
| | Jules Dufaure | February 19, 1871 | May 24, 1873
| | Provisional Government
| Jules Trochu | September 4, 1870 | February 18, 1871
| | Second Empire
| Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao | August 9, 1870 | September 4, 1870
| | Émile Ollivier | January 2, 1870 | August 9, 1870
| | None | 1851 | 1870
| | Second Republic
| Léon Faucher | 10 April 1851 | 2 December 1851
| | Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul | October 31, 1849 | 10 April 1851
| | Odilon Barrot | December 20, 1848 | October 31, 1849
| | Louis-Eugène Cavaignac | June 28, 1848 | December 20, 1848
| | Jean Arago | May 10, 1848 | June 24, 1848
| | Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure | February 24, 1848 | May 9, 1848
| | July Monarchy
| Adolphe Thiers | February 24, 1848 | February 24, 1848
| | Louis, Comte Molé | February 23, 1848 | February 24, 1848
| | François Guizot | September 19, 1847 | February 23, 1848
| | Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatie | October 29, 1840 | September 19, 1847
| | Adolphe Thiers | March 1, 1840 | October 29, 1840
| | Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatie | May 12, 1839 | March 1, 1840
| | Louis, Comte Molé | September 6, 1836 | March 31, 1839
| | Adolphe Thiers | February 22, 1836 | September 6, 1836
| | Victor, duc de Broglie | March 12, 1835 | February 22, 1836
| | Edouard Mortier, Duc de Treviso | November 18, 1834 | March 12, 1835
| | Hugues Maret, Duc de Bassano | November 10, 1834 | November 18, 1834
| | Etienne-Maurice, Comte Gérard | July 18, 1834 | November 10, 1834
| | Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatie | October 11, 1832 | July 18, 1834
| | Casimir Pierre Périer | March 13, 1831 | May 16, 1832
| | Jacques Laffitte | November 2, 1830 | March 13, 1831
| | Victor, duc de Broglie | August 13, 1830 | November 2, 1830
| | Restoration
| Jules, Prince de Polignac | August 8, 1829 | July 29, 1830
| | Jean-Baptiste Gaye, Vicomte de Martignac | January 4, 1828 | August 8, 1829
| | Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Villèle | December 14, 1821 | January 4, 1828
| | Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu | February 20, 1820 | December 14, 1821
| | Elie, Comte Decazes | November 19, 1819 | February 20, 1820
| | Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles | December 29, 1818 | November 19, 1819
| | Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu | September 26, 1815 | December 29, 1818
| Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord,
Prince de Benevente | July 9, 1815 | September 26, 1815
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See also: President of France, Politics of France, History of France, List of Foreign Ministers of France
Chief Ministers of the French Kings, 1624–1791
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