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	-

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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

5

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)

Briand served as Prime Minister from 24 July 1909, serving until 2 March 1911.

final_sentence: Briand served as Prime Minister from 24 July 1909, serving until 2 March 1911.