Prime Minister of France

head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France

30 dated entries naming Prime Minister of France, drawn from 28 separate years between 1560 CE and 1993 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

  • 1560December 13 – Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 2nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1641)source
  • 1585September 9 – Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman and 4th Prime Minister of France (d. 1642)source

17th century

  • 1641December 22 – Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1560)source

18th century

  • 1726June 11 – André-Hercule de Fleury, recalled from exile by King Louis XV of France (his former pupil), forces banishment of Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, the Prime Minister, and the Duke's mistress Madame de Prie from court. Financier Jean Pâris de Monmartel is also removed from his position as Guard of the Royal Treasury.source
  • 1740January 27 – Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692)source

19th century

  • 1815March 12 – Louis-Jules Trochu, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (d. 1896)source
  • 1828January 4 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, succeeds the Comte de Villèle as Prime Minister of France.source
  • 1829August 8 – The Prince de Polignac succeeds the Vicomte de Martignac as Prime Minister of France.source
  • 1830August 13 – The Duc de Broglie is appointed Prime Minister of France by Louis Philippe.source
  • 1830November 2 – Jacques Laffitte succeeds the Duc de Broglie as Prime Minister of France.source
  • 1846December 2 – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, 29th Prime Minister of France (d. 1904)source
  • 1848February 23 – French Revolution of 1848: François Guizot, Prime Minister of France, resigns; 52 people from the Paris mob are killed by soldiers guarding public buildings.source
  • 1852April 17 – Étienne Maurice Gérard, French general, statesman and marshal, 11th Prime Minister of France (b. 1773)source
  • 1899February 18 – The National Assembly of France elects a new President to serve the remainder of the late President Faure's term. Senate president Émile Loubet wins the vote against prime minister Jules Méline.source

20th century

  • 1901January 19 – Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, French politician, 28th Prime Minister of France (b. 1821)source
  • 1904August 10 – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French politician, 29th Prime Minister of France (born 1846)source
  • 1907January 11 – Pierre Mendès France, French politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1982)source
  • 1911June 7 – Maurice Rouvier, French statesman, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)source
  • 1921May 25 – Émile Combes, French statesman, 69th Prime Minister of France (b. 1835)source
  • 1923January 13 – Alexandre Ribot, French statesman, 46th Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)source
  • 1923May 10 – Charles de Freycinet, French statesman, Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)source
  • 1929November 24 – Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France, leader during World War I (b. 1841)source
  • 1930March 2 – André Tardieu begins his second term as Prime Minister of France.source
  • 1933October 29 – Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and statesman, 62nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1863)source
  • 1937June 18 – Gaston Doumergue, 60th Prime Minister of France, 13th President of France (b. 1863)source
  • 1940Vichy France begins with a constitutional law which only eighty members of the parliament vote against. Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France.source
  • 1942December 24 – François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 81st Prime Minister of France (assassinated) (b. 1881)source
  • 1947November 20 – Paul Ramadier resigns as Prime Minister of France. He is succeeded by Robert Schuman, who calls in 80,000 army reservists to quell rioting miners in France.source
  • 1961April 18 – Élisabeth Borne, French politician, Prime Minister of Francesource
  • 1993March 28 – 1993 French legislative election: Rally for the Republic (Gaullist party) wins a majority and Édouard Balladur becomes Prime Minister.source

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