Prime Minister of France

Prime Minister of the French Republic Premier ministre de la république française
Incumbent Jean Castex since 3 July 2020
Style	Prime Minister or His Excellency
Member of	Council of Ministers Council of State
Reports to	President of the French Republic and to Parliament
Residence	Hôtel de Matignon
Seat	Paris, France
Appointer	President of the French Republic
Term length	No fixed term Remains in office while commanding the confidence of the National Assembly
Constituting instrument	Constitution of France
Precursor	Several incarnations since the Ancien Régime
Inaugural holder	Michel Debré
Formation	4 October 1958
Salary	€178,920 annually
Website	www.gouvernement.fr

The Prime Minister of France is the person who controls the government of France. He is appointed by the President of France. The current Prime Minister of France is Jean Castex. He was given the job by President Emmanuel Macron on July 3, 2020.

List of Prime Ministers (since 1958)

Political parties

  Independent
  Gaullist (UNR/UDR/RPR/UMP/LR)
  Centrist (LREM)
  Liberal-centrist (UDF/DL)
  Socialist

No.	Portrait	President (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party (Political coalition)	Government	Legislature (Election)	President (Term)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
79		Michel Debré (1912–1996)	8 January 1959	14 April 1962	3 years, 96 days	Union for the New Republic	Debré	I (1958)	18	Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969)
80		Georges Pompidou (1911–1974)	14 April 1962	7 December 1962	6 years, 87 days	Union for the New Republic	Pompidou I
			7 December 1962	8 January 1966			Pompidou II	II (1962)
			8 January 1966	1 April 1967			Pompidou III
			5 April 1967	10 July 1968			Pompidou IV	III (1967)
81		Maurice Couve de Murville (1907–1999)	10 July 1968	20 June 1969	345 days	Union of Democrats for the Republic	Couve de Murville	IV (1968)
82		Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000)	20 June 1969	6 July 1972	3 years, 16 days	Union of Democrats for the Republic	Chaban-Delmas		19	Georges Pompidou (1969–1974)
83		Pierre Messmer (1916–2007)	6 July 1972	5 April 1973	1 year, 325 days	Union of Democrats for the Republic	Messmer I
			5 April 1973	1 March 1974			Messmer II	V (1973)
			1 March 1974	27 May 1974			Messmer III
84		Jacques Chirac (1932–2019)	27 May 1974	26 August 1976	2 years, 91 days	Union of Democrats for the Republic	Chirac I		20	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974–1981)
85		Raymond Barre (1924–2007)	26 August 1976	29 March 1977	4 years, 268 days	Independent	Barre I
			29 March 1977	31 March 1978			Barre II
			31 March 1978	21 May 1981		Union for French Democracy	Barre III	VI (1978)
86		Pierre Mauroy (1928–2013)	21 May 1981	23 June 1981	3 years, 57 days	Socialist Party	Mauroy I		21	François Mitterrand (1981–1995)
			23 June 1981	23 March 1983			Mauroy II	VII (1981)
			23 March 1983	17 July 1984			Mauroy III
87		Laurent Fabius (1946–)	17 July 1984	20 March 1986	1 year, 246 days	Socialist Party	Fabius
(84)		Jacques Chirac (1932–2019)	20 March 1986	10 May 1988	2 years, 51 days	Rally for the Republic	Chirac II	VIII (1986)
88		Michel Rocard (1930–2016)	10 May 1988	22 June 1988	3 years, 5 days	Socialist Party	Rocard I
			23 June 1988	15 May 1991			Rocard II	IX (1988)
89		Édith Cresson (1934–)	15 May 1991	2 April 1992	323 days	Socialist Party	Cresson
90		Pierre Bérégovoy (1925–1993)	2 April 1992	29 March 1993	361 days	Socialist Party	Bérégovoy
91		Édouard Balladur (1929–)	29 March 1993	17 May 1995	2 years, 49 days	Rally for the Republic	Balladur	X (1993)
92		Alain Juppé (1945–)	18 May 1995	7 November 1995	2 years, 16 days	Rally for the Republic	Juppé I		22	Jacques Chirac (1995–2007)
			7 November 1995	3 June 1997			Juppé II
93		Lionel Jospin (1937–)	3 June 1997	6 May 2002	4 years, 337 days	Socialist Party	Jospin	XI (1997)
94		Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948–)	7 May 2002	17 June 2002	3 years, 24 days	Liberal Democracy then Union for a Popular Movement	Raffarin I
			17 June 2002	30 March 2004			Raffarin II	XII (2002)
			31 March 2004	31 May 2005			Raffarin III
95		Dominique de Villepin (1953–)	31 May 2005	15 May 2007	1 year, 349 days	Union for a Popular Movement	Villepin
96		François Fillon (1954–)	17 May 2007	18 June 2007	4 years, 361 days	Union for a Popular Movement	Fillon I		23	Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012)
			19 June 2007	13 November 2010			Fillon II	XIII (2007)
			14 November 2010	10 May 2012			Fillon III
97		Jean-Marc Ayrault (1950–)	15 May 2012	18 June 2012	1 year, 320 days	Socialist Party	Ayrault I		24	François Hollande (2012–2017)
			18 June 2012	31 March 2014			Ayrault II	XIV (2012)
98		Manuel Valls (1962–)	31 March 2014	25 August 2014	2 years, 250 days	Socialist Party	Valls I
			25 August 2014	6 December 2016			Valls II
99		Bernard Cazeneuve (1963–)	6 December 2016	15 May 2017	160 days	Socialist Party	Cazeneuve
100		Édouard Philippe (1970–)	15 May 2017	19 June 2017	3 years, 49 days	The Republicans Then miscellaneous right	Philippe I		25	Emmanuel Macron (2017–)
			19 June 2017	3 July 2020			Philippe II	XV (2017)
101		Jean Castex (1965–)	3 July 2020	Incumbent	287 days	La République En Marche!	Castex