Gabriel Attal

Gabriel Attal (; 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. He served as Prime Minister until September 2024.

Early life
Attal was born in Clamart, France. He studied at Sciences Po and at University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.

Political career
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.

He has been seen as a possible candidate for President of France for the 2027 presidential election.

Personal life
Attal is gay and lived in a civil union with Stéphane Séjourné, a member of the European Parliament. The relationship had ended by 2024.

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Category:1989 births
Category:Living people
Category:Prime ministers of France
Category:Politicians from Paris
Category:French LGBT politicians