Gabriel Attal
Gabriel Attal | |
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 Attal in 2024 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| Assumed office 9 January 2024 | |
| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Preceded by | Élisabeth Borne |
| Minister of National Education and Youth | |
| In office 20 July 2023 – 9 January 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne |
| Preceded by | Pap Ndiaye |
| Succeeded by | Amélie Oudéa-Castéra |
| Minister of Public Action and Accounts | |
| In office 20 May 2022 – 20 July 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne |
| Preceded by | Olivier Dussopt |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Cazenave |
| Spokesperson of the Government | |
| In office 6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean Castex |
| Preceded by | Sibeth Ndiaye |
| Succeeded by | Olivia Grégoire |
| Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education and Youth | |
| In office 16 October 2018 – 6 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Sarah El Haïry |
| Spokesperson of La République En Marche! | |
| In office 4 January 2018 – 16 October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Griveaux |
| Succeeded by | Laetitia Avia |
| Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 10th constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 16 November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | André Santini |
| Succeeded by | Florence Provendier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1989 Clamart, France |
| Political party | Renaissance (2016–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Party (2006–2016) |
| Domestic partner | Stéphane Séjourné (2015–c. 2024)[1] |
| Education | École alsacienne |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas |
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Gabriel Attal (French pronunciation: [ɡabʁijɛl atal]; born 16 March 1989) is a French politician. He is a member of the Renaissance party (RE). In January 2024, he became the Prime Minister of France.
Attal was born in Clamart, France. He studied at Sciences Po and at University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.
He was elected to the French National Assembly in June 2017. He soon became junior minister to the Minister of National Education and Youth in 2018. He later was the Government Spokesperson in 2020.
Attal then became Minister of Public Action and Accounts in 2022 and Minister of National Education and Youth in 2023.
On 9 January 2024, he was picked by President Emmanuel Macron to replace Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister. At the age of 34, he became the youngest and first openly gay person to hold the office in France, and the youngest serving state leader in the world.[2]
He has been seen as a possible candidate for President of France for the 2027 presidential election.[3]
Attal is gay and lived in a civil union with Stéphane Séjourné, a member of the European Parliament.[4] The relationship had ended by 2024.[5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Who is Gabriel Attal, France's new prime minister?". Politico. 9 January 2024.
- ↑ "Who is Gabriel Attal, the French PM who climbed the ranks in record time?". The Guardian. 9 January 2024.
- ↑ "Attal: the 'new Macron' at helm of French government". France 24. 9 January 2024.
- ↑ Biseau, Grégoire (31 October 2021). "Stéphane Séjourné et Gabriel Attal, un couple au cœur du pouvoir" (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ↑ "Who is Gabriel Attal, France's new prime minister?". Politico. 9 January 2024.
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