List of Prime Ministers of France
Presidents of the Council of Ministers
Political Parties Independent Monarchists (Legitimist/Orleanist) Republican Left/Democratic Union Republican Union Radical-Socialist Party Liberal Republican Union Democratic Republican Alliance Republican-Socialist Party French Section of the Workers' International

List of Prime Ministers of France

Section Title: Presidents of the Council of Ministers
Table Section Text: Political Parties Independent Monarchists (Legitimist/Orleanist) Republican Left/Democratic Union Republican Union Radical-Socialist Party Liberal Republican Union Democratic Republican Alliance Republican-Socialist Party French Section of the Workers' International

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office	Political Party (Political Coalition)	Legislature (Election)	President (Term)

6	-	Jules Armand Dufaure (1798–1881)	1	19 February 1871	24 May 1873	Independent	National Assembly (1871)	2	Adolphe Thiers Adolphe Thiers Nadar 2.JPG (1871–1873)

7	Albert, duc de Broglie (1821–1901)	1	25 May 1873	22 May 1874	Monarchist	3	-

2

8	Ernest Courtot de Cissey (1810–1882)	22 May 1874	10 March 1875	Monarchist

9	Louis Buffet (1818–1898)	10 March 1875	23 February 1876	Monarchist

6	Jules Armand Dufaure (1798–1881)	23 February 1876	12 December 1876	Republican Left

4

10	Jules Simon (1814–1896)	12 December 1876	17 May 1877	Republican Left	I (1876)

7	Albert, duc de Broglie (1821–1901)	17 May 1877	23 November 1877	Monarchist

11	Gaëtan de Rochebouët (1813–1899)	23 November 1877	13 December 1877	Monarchist	II (1877)

6	Jules Armand Dufaure (1798–1881)	5	13 December 1877	4 February 1879	Republican Left

12	-	William Waddington (1826–1894)	4 February 1879	28 December 1879	Republican Left	4	-

13	Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	1	28 December 1879	23 September 1880	Republican Union

14	Jules Ferry (1832–1893)	1	23 September 1880	14 November 1881	Republican Left

15	Léon Gambetta (1838–1882)	14 November 1881	30 January 1882	Republican Union	III (1881)

13	Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	2	30 January 1882	7 August 1882	Republican Union

16	Charles Duclerc (1812–1888)	7 August 1882	29 January 1883	Republican Left

17	Armand Fallières (1841–1931)	29 January 1883	21 February 1883	Republican Left

14	Jules Ferry (1832–1893)	2	21 February 1883	6 April 1885	Republican Left

18	Henri Brisson (1835–1912)	1	6 April 1885	7 January 1886	Democratic Union

13	Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	3	7 January 1886	16 December 1886	Democratic Union	IV (1885)

19	René Goblet (1828–1905)	16 December 1886	30 May 1887	Radical Republican

20	Maurice Rouvier (1842–1911)	1	30 May 1887	12 December 1887	Democratic Union

21	-	Pierre Tirard (1827–1893)	1	12 December 1887	3 April 1888	Democratic Union	5	-

22	Charles Floquet (1828–1896)	3 April 1888	22 February 1889	Democratic Union

21	Pierre Tirard (1827–1893)	2	22 February 1889	17 March 1890	Democratic Union

13	Charles de Freycinet (1828–1923)	4	17 March 1890	27 February 1892	Democratic Union	V (1889)

23	Émile Loubet (1838–1929)	27 February 1892	6 December 1892	Democratic Union

24	Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	1	6 December 1892	4 April 1893	Liberal Republican Union

2

25	Charles Dupuy (1851–1923)	1	4 April 1893	3 December 1893	Liberal Republican Union

26	Jean Casimir-Perier (1847–1907)	3 December 1893	30 May 1894	Democratic Union	VI (1893)

25	Charles Dupuy (1851–1923)	2	30 May 1894	26 January 1895	Liberal Republican Union

-	3	6	-

24	Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	3	26 January 1895	1 November 1895	Liberal Republican Union	7

27	-	Léon Bourgeois (1851–1925)	1 November 1895	29 April 1896	Radical Republican	-

28	Jules Méline (1838–1925)	29 April 1896	28 June 1898	Liberal Republican Union

18	Henri Brisson (1835–1912)	2	28 June 1898	1 November 1898	Radical Republicans	VII (1898)

25	Charles Dupuy (1851–1923)	4	1 November 1898	22 June 1899	Liberal Republican Union

5

29	-	Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846–1904)	22 June 1899	7 June 1902	Democratic Union	8	-

30	Émile Combes (1835–1921)	7 June 1902	24 January 1905	Radical-Socialist Party (Bloc des gauches)	VIII (1902)

20	Maurice Rouvier (1842–1911)	2	24 January 1905	12 March 1906	Democratic Republican Alliance

3	9

31	-	Ferdinand Sarrien (1840–1915)	12 March 1906	25 October 1906	Radical-Socialist Party	-

32	Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929)	1	25 October 1906	24 July 1909	Independent	IX (1906)

33	Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	1	24 July 1909	2 March 1911	Republican-Socialist Party

2

34	Ernest Monis (1846–1929)	2 March 1911	27 June 1911	Radical-Socialist Party	X (1910)

35	Joseph Caillaux (1863–1944)	27 June 1911	21 January 1912	Radical-Socialist Party

36	Raymond Poincaré (1860–1934)	1	21 January 1912	21 January 1913	Republican Democratic Party

33	Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	3	21 January 1913	22 March 1913	Republican-Socialist Party

4	10

37	-	Louis Barthou (1862–1934)	22 March 1913	9 December 1913	Republican Democratic Party	-

38	Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937)	1	9 December 1913	9 June 1914	Radical-Socialist Party

24	Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	4	9 June 1914	13 June 1914	Republican Democratic Party	XI (1914)

39	René Viviani (1863–1925)	1	13 June 1914	29 October 1915	Republican-Socialist Party

2

33	Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	5	29 October 1915	20 March 1917	Republican-Socialist Party

6

24	Alexandre Ribot (1842–1923)	5	20 March 1917	12 September 1917	Republican Democratic Party

40	Paul Painlevé (1863–1933)	1	12 September 1917	16 November 1917	Republican-Socialist Party

32	Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929)	2	16 November 1917	20 January 1920	Independent

41	Alexandre Millerand (1859–1943)	1	20 January 1920	24 September 1920	Independent (National Bloc)	XII (1919)

2	11

42	-	Georges Leygues (1857–1933)	24 September 1920	16 January 1921	Republican, Democratic and Social Party (National Bloc)	12	-

33	Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	7	16 January 1921	15 January 1922	Republican-Socialist Party

36	Raymond Poincaré (1860–1934)	2	15 January 1922	8 June 1924	Republican, Democratic and Social Party (National Bloc)

3

43	Frédéric François-Marsal (1874–1958)	8 June 1924	15 June 1924	Independent (National Bloc)	XIII (1924)

45	-	Édouard Herriot (1872–1957)	1	15 June 1924	17 April 1925	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)	13	-

40	Paul Painlevé (1863–1933)	2	17 April 1925	28 November 1925	Republican-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)

3

33	Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	8	28 November 1925	20 July 1926	Republican-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)

9

10

45	Édouard Herriot (1872–1957)	2	20 July 1926	23 July 1926	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)

36	Raymond Poincaré (1860–1934)	4	23 July 1926	29 July 1929	Democratic Alliance (National Union)

5

33	Aristide Briand (1862–1932)	11	29 July 1929	2 November 1929	Republican-Socialist Party	XIV (1928)

46	André Tardieu (1876–1945)	1	2 November 1929	21 February 1930	Democratic Alliance

47	Camille Chautemps (1885–1963)	1	21 February 1930	2 March 1930	Radical-Socialist Party

46	André Tardieu (1876–1945)	2	2 March 1930	13 December 1930	Democratic Alliance

48	Théodore Steeg (1868–1950)	13 December 1930	27 January 1931	Radical-Socialist Party

49	Pierre Laval (1883–1945)	1	27 January 1931	20 February 1932	Independent (National Bloc)

-	2	14	-

3

46	André Tardieu (1876–1945)	3	20 February 1932	3 June 1932	Democratic Alliance

45	-	Édouard Herriot (1872–1957)	3	3 June 1932	18 December 1932	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)	XV (1932)	15	-

50	Joseph Paul-Boncour (1873–1972)	18 December 1932	31 January 1933	Republican-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)

51	Édouard Daladier (1884–1970)	1	31 January 1933	26 October 1933	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)

52	Albert Sarraut (1872–1962)	1	26 October 1933	26 November 1933	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)

47	Camille Chautemps (1885–1963)	2	26 November 1933	30 January 1934	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)

51	Édouard Daladier (1884–1970)	2	30 January 1934	9 February 1934	Radical-Socialist Party (Cartel des Gauches)

38	Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937)	2	9 February 1934	8 November 1934	Radical-Socialist Party (Government of National Union)

53	Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889–1958)	1	8 November 1934	1 June 1935	Democratic Alliance

54	Fernand Bouisson (1874–1959)	1 June 1935	7 June 1935	Republican-Socialist Party

49	Pierre Laval (1883–1945)	4	7 June 1935	24 January 1936	Independent (National Bloc)

52	Albert Sarraut (1872–1962)	2	24 January 1936	4 June 1936	Radical-Socialist Party

55	Léon Blum (1872–1950)	1	4 June 1936	22 June 1937	French Section of the Workers' International (Popular Front)	XVI (1936)

47	Camille Chautemps (1885–1963)	3	22 June 1937	13 March 1938	Radical-Socialist Party (Popular Front)

4

55	Léon Blum (1872–1950)	2	13 March 1938	10 April 1938	French Section of the Workers' International (Popular Front)

51	Édouard Daladier (1884–1970)	3	10 April 1938	21 March 1940	Radical-Socialist Party

4

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56	Paul Reynaud (1878–1966)	21 March 1940	16 June 1940	Democratic Alliance

57	Philippe Pétain (1856–1951)	16 June 1940	11 July 1940	Independent

Sentence(s)

Armand Fallières was Prime Minister for a month from 29 January 1883 to February 1883.

final_sentence: Armand Fallières was Prime Minister for a month from 29 January 1883 to February 1883.