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

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

• Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu 1624-1642
• Jules Cardinal Mazarin 1642-1661
• Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1661-1683
• Guillaume Dubois 1718-1723
• Philippe II, Duc d'Orléans 1723
• Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon 1723-1726
• André-Hercule Cardinal de Fleury 1726-1743
• Étienne François, duc de Choiseul 1758-1770
• Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon 1771-1774
• Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas 1774-1781
• Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes 1781-1787
• Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne 1787-1788
• Jacques Necker 1788-1789
• Louis Charles Auguste Le Tonnelier, baron de Breteuil 1789
• Jacques Necker 1789-1790
• Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin-Saint-Hérem 1790-1791

External link

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