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.
Chief Ministers of the French Kings, 1624-1791
Prime Ministers of France, 1815-present
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| Prime Minister
| from | to | Party
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| Restoration
| Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord,
Prince de Benevente | July 9, 1815 | September 26, 1815
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| Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Rechelieu | September 26, 1815 | December 29, 1818
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| Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles | December 29, 1818 | November 19, 1819
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| Élie, Comte Decazes | November 19, 1819 | February 20, 1820
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| Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu | February 20, 1820 | December 14, 1821
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| Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Villèle | December 14, 1821 | January 4, 1828
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| Jean-Baptiste Gaye, Vicomte de Martignac | January 4, 1828 | August 8, 1829
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| Jules, Prince de Polignac | August 8, 1829 | July 29, 1830
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| July Monarchy
| Victor, duc de Broglie | August 13, 1830 | November 2, 1830
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| Jacques Laffitte | November 2, 1830 | March 13, 1831
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| Casimir Pierre Périer | March 13, 1831 | May 16, 1832
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| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatie | October 11, 1832 | July 18, 1834
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| Etienne-Maurice, Comte Gérard | July 18, 1834 | November 10, 1834
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| Hugues Maret, Duc de Bassano | November 10, 1834 | November 18, 1834
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| Edouard Mortier, Duc de Treviso | November 18, 1834 | March 12, 1835
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| Victor, duc de Broglie | March 12, 1835 | February 22, 1836
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| Adolphe Thiers | February 22, 1836 | September 6, 1836
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| Louis, Comte Molé | September 6, 1836 | March 31, 1839
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| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatie | May 12, 1839 | March 1, 1840
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| Adolphe Thiers | March 1, 1840 | October 29, 1840
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| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatie | October 29, 1840 | September 19, 1847
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| François Guizot | September 19, 1847 | February 23, 1848
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| Louis, Comte Molé | February 23, 1848 | February 24, 1848
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| Adolphe Thiers | February 24, 1848 | February 24, 1848
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| Second Republic
| Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure | February 24, 1848 | May 9, 1848
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| Jean Arago | May 10, 1848 | June 24, 1848
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| Louis-Eugène Cavaignac | June 28, 1848 | December 20, 1848
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| Odilon Barrot | December 20, 1848 | October 31, 1849
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| Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul | October 31, 1849 | 10 April 1851
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| Léon Faucher | 10 April 1851 | 2 December 1851
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| Second Empire
| None | 1851 | 1870
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| Émile Ollivier | January 2, 1870 | August 9, 1870
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| Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao | August 9, 1870 | September 4, 1870
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| Provisional Government
| Jules Trochu | September 4, 1870 | February 18, 1871
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| Third Republic
| Jules Dufaure | February 19, 1871 | May 24, 1873
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| Albert, duc de Broglie | May 25, 1873 | May 22, 1874
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| Ernest Courtot de Cissey | May 22, 1874 | March 10, 1875
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| Louis Buffet | March 10, 1875 | February 23, 1876
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| Jules Dufaure | February 23, 1876 | December 12, 1876
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| Jules Simon | December 12, 1876 | May 17, 1877
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| Albert, duc de Broglie | May 17, 1877 | November 23, 1877
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| Gaëtan de Rochebouët | November 23, 1877 | December 13, 1877
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| Jules Dufaure | December 13, 1877 | February 4, 1879
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| William Waddington | February 4, 1879 | December 28, 1879
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| Charles de Freycinet | December 28, 1879 | September 23, 1880
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| Jules Ferry | September 23, 1880 | November 14, 1881
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| Léon Gambetta | November 14, 1881 | January 30, 1882
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| Charles de Freycinet | January 30, 1882 | August 7, 1882
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| Charles Duclerc | August 7, 1882 | January 29, 1883
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| Armand Fallières | January 29, 1883 | February 21, 1883
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| Jules Ferry | February 21, 1883 | April 6, 1885
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| Henri Brisson | April 6, 1885 | January 7, 1886
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| Charles de Freycinet | January 7, 1886 | December 16, 1886
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| René Goblet | December 16, 1886 | May 30, 1887
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| Maurice Rouvier | May 30, 1887 | December 12, 1887
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| Pierre Tirard | December 12, 1887 | April 3, 1888
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| Charles Floquet | April 3, 1888 | February 22, 1889
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| Pierre Tirard | February 22, 1889 | March 17, 1890
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| Charles de Freycinet | March 17, 1890 | February 27, 1892
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| Émile Loubet | February 27, 1892 | December 6, 1892
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| Alexandre Ribot | December 6, 1892 | April 4, 1893
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| Charles Dupuy | April 4, 1893 | December 3, 1893
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| Jean Casimir-Périer | December 3, 1893 | May 30, 1894
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| Charles Dupuy | May 30, 1894 | January 26, 1895
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| Alexandre Ribot | January 26, 1895 | November 1, 1895
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| Léon Bourgeois | November 1, 1895 | April 29, 1896
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| Jules Méline | April 29, 1896 | June 28, 1898
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| Henri Brisson | June 28, 1898 | November 1, 1898
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| Charles Dupuy | November 1, 1898 | June 22, 1899
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| René Waldeck-Rousseau | June 22, 1899 | June 7, 1902
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| Émile Combes | June 7, 1902 | January 24, 1905 | Radical
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| Maurice Rouvier | January 24, 1905 | March 12, 1906
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| Ferdinand Sarrien | March 12, 1906 | October 25, 1906
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| Georges Clemenceau | October 25, 1906 | July 24, 1909 | Radical
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| Aristide Briand | July 24, 1909 | March 2, 1911 | SFIO
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| Ernest Monis | March 2, 1911 | June 27, 1911
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| Joseph Caillaux | June 27, 1911 | January 21, 1912
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| Raymond Poincaré | January 21, 1912 | January 21, 1913 | PDR
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| Aristide Briand | January 21, 1913 | March 22, 1913 | PRS
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| Louis Barthou | March 22, 1913 | December 9, 1913
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| Gaston Doumergue | December 9, 1913 | June 9, 1914
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| Alexandre Ribot | June 9, 1914 | June 13, 1914
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| René Viviani | June 13, 1914 | October 29, 1915
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| Aristide Briand | October 29, 1915 | March 20, 1917 | PRS
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| Alexandre Ribot | March 20, 1917 | September 12, 1917
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| Paul Painlevé | September 12, 1917 | November 16, 1917 | PRS
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| Georges Clemenceau | November 16, 1917 | January 20, 1920 | Radical
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| Alexandre Millerand | January 20, 1920 | September 24, 1920
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| Georges Leygues | September 24, 1920 | January 16, 1921
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| Aristide Briand | January 16, 1921 | January 15, 1922 | PRS
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| Raymond Poincaré | January 15, 1922 | June 8, 1924 | PDR
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| Frédéric François-Marsal | June 8, 1924 | June 15, 1924
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| Édouard Herriot | June 15, 1924 | April 17, 1925 | Radical
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| Paul Painlevé | April 17, 1925 | November 28, 1925 | PRS
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| Aristide Briand | November 28, 1925 | July 20, 1926 | PRS
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| Édouard Herriot | July 20, 1926 | July 23, 1926 | Radical
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| Raymond Poincaré | July 23, 1926 | July 29, 1929 | PDR
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| Aristide Briand | July 29, 1929 | November 2, 1929 | PRS
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| André Tardieu | November 2, 1929 | February 21, 1930
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| Camille Chautemps | February 21, 1930 | March 2, 1930 | Radical
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| André Tardieu | March 2, 1930 | December 13, 1930
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| Théodore Steeg | December 13, 1930 | January 27, 1931
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| Pierre Laval | January 27, 1931 | February 20, 1932
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| André Tardieu | February 20, 1932 | June 3, 1932
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| Édouard Herriot | June 3, 1932 | December 18, 1932 | Radical
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| Joseph Paul-Boncour | December 18, 1932 | January 31, 1933 | PDRS
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| Édouard Daladier | January 31, 1933 | October 26, 1933 | Radical
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| Albert Sarraut | October 26, 1933 | November 26, 1933 | Radical
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| Camille Chautemps | November 26, 1933 | January 30, 1934 | Radical
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| Édouard Daladier | January 30, 1934 | February 9, 1934 | Radical
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| Gaston Doumergue | February 9, 1934 | November 8, 1934 | Radical
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| Pierre Étienne Flandin | November 8, 1934 | June 1, 1935
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| Fernand Bouisson | June 1, 1935 | June 7, 1935
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| Pierre Laval | June 7, 1935 | January 24, 1936
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| Albert Sarraut | January 24, 1936 | June 4, 1936 | Radical
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| Léon Blum | June 4, 1936 | June 22, 1937 | SFIO
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| Camille Chautemps | June 22, 1937 | March 13, 1938 | Radical
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| Léon Blum | March 13, 1938 | April 10, 1938 | SFIO
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| Édouard Daladier | April 10, 1938 | March 21, 1940 | Radical
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| Paul Reynaud | March 21, 1940 | June 16, 1940 | PDRS
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| Philippe Pétain | June 16, 1940 | July 11, 1940
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| Vichy France
| Pierre Laval (Vice Premier under Pétain) | July 11, 1940 | December 13, 1940
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| Pierre Étienne Flandin (Vice Premier under Pétain) | December 13, 1940 | February 9, 1941
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| François Darlan (Vice Premier under Pétain) | February 9, 1941 | April 18, 1942
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| Pierre Laval | April 18, 1942 | August 17, 1944
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| Provisional Government
| Charles de Gaulle | June 3, 1944 | January 26, 1946 | non-party
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| Félix Gouin | January 26, 1946 | June 24, 1946 | SFIO
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| Georges Bidault | June 24, 1946 | December 16, 1946 | MRP
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| Léon Blum | December 16, 1946 | January 16, 1947 | SFIO
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| Fourth Republic
| Paul Ramadier | January 22, 1947 | November 24, 1947 | SFIO
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| Robert Schuman | November 24, 1947 | July 26, 1948 | MRP
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| André Marie | July 26, 1948 | September 5, 1948 | Radical
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| Robert Schuman | September 5, 1948 | September 11, 1948 | MRP
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| Henri Queuille | September 11, 1948 | October 28, 1949 | Radical
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| Georges Bidault | October 28, 1949 | July 2, 1950 | MRP
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| Henri Queuille | July 2, 1950 | July 12, 1950 | Radical
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| René Pleven | July 12, 1950 | March 10, 1951 | UDSR
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| Henri Queuille | March 10, 1951 | August 11, 1951 | Radical
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| René Pleven | August 11, 1951 | January 20, 1952 | UDSR
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| Edgar Faure | January 20, 1952 | March 8, 1952 | Radical
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| Antoine Pinay | March 8, 1952 | January 8, 1953 | CNIP
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| René Mayer | January 8, 1953 | June 27, 1953 | Radical
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| Joseph Laniel | June 27, 1953 | June 18, 1954 | CNIP
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| Pierre Mendès-France | June 18, 1954 | February 17, 1955 | Radical
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| Christian Pineau | February 17, 1955 | February 23, 1955 | Radical
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| Edgar Faure | February 23, 1955 | January 31, 1956 | Radical
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| Guy Mollet | January 31, 1956 | June 12, 1957 | SFIO
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| Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury | June 12, 1957 | November 6, 1957 | Radical
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| Félix Gaillard | November 6, 1957 | May 13, 1958 | Radical
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| Pierre Pflimlin | May 13, 1958 | June 1, 1958 | MRP
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| Charles de Gaulle | June 1, 1958 | January 8, 1959 | UNR
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| Fifth Republic
| Michel Debré | January 8, 1959 | April 14, 1962 | UNR
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| Georges Pompidou | April 14, 1962 | July 10, 1968 | UNR
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| Maurice Couve de Murville | July 10, 1968 | June 20, 1969 | UDR
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| Jacques Chaban-Delmas | June 20, 1969 | July 6, 1972 | UDR
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| Pierre Messmer | July 6, 1972 | May 27, 1974 | UDR
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| Jacques Chirac | May 27, 1974 | August 26, 1976 | UDR
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| Raymond Barre | August 26, 1976 | May 21, 1981 | UDF
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| Pierre Mauroy | May 21, 1981 | July 17, 1984 | Socialist
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| Laurent Fabius | July 17, 1984 | March 20, 1986 | Socialist
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| Jacques Chirac | March 20, 1986 | May 10, 1988 | RPR
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| Michel Rocard | May 10, 1988 | May 15, 1991 | Socialist
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| Edith Cresson | May 15, 1991 | April 2, 1992 | Socialist
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| Pierre Bérégovoy | April 2, 1992 | March 29, 1993 | Socialist
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| Edouard Balladur | March 29, 1993 | May 18, 1995 | RPR
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| Alain Juppé | May 18, 1995 | June 3, 1997 | RPR
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| Lionel Jospin | June 3, 1997 | May 6, 2002 | Socialist
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| Jean-Pierre Raffarin | May 6, 2002 | May 31, 2005 | UMP
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| Dominique de Villepin | May 31, 2005 | | UMP
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See also: President of France, Politics of France, History of France, List of Foreign Ministers of France
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