Gabriel Attal

Gabriel Attal (French pronunciation: ​[ɡabʁijɛl atal]; 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.

Gabriel Attal
Attal in 2025
Prime Minister of France
In office 9 January 2024 – 5 September 2024
President	Emmanuel Macron
Preceded by	Élisabeth Borne
Succeeded by	Michel Barnier
Minister of National Education and Youth
In office 20 July 2023 – 9 January 2024
Prime Minister	Élisabeth Borne
Preceded by	Pap Ndiaye
Succeeded by	Amélie Oudéa-Castéra
Minister of Public Action and Accounts
In office 20 May 2022 – 20 July 2023
Prime Minister	Élisabeth Borne
Preceded by	Olivier Dussopt
Succeeded by	Thomas Cazenave
Spokesperson of the Government
In office 6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022
Prime Minister	Jean Castex
Preceded by	Sibeth Ndiaye
Succeeded by	Olivia Grégoire
Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education and Youth
In office 16 October 2018 – 6 July 2020
Prime Minister	Édouard Philippe
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Sarah El Haïry
Spokesperson of La République En Marche!
In office 4 January 2018 – 16 October 2018
Preceded by	Benjamin Griveaux
Succeeded by	Laetitia Avia
Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 10th constituency
In office 21 June 2017 – 16 November 2018
Preceded by	André Santini
Succeeded by	Florence Provendier
Personal details
Born	(1989-03-16) 16 March 1989 (age 36) Clamart, France
Political party	Renaissance (2016–present)
Other political affiliations	Socialist Party (2006–2016)
Domestic partner	Stéphane Séjourné (2015–c. 2024)[1]
Education	École alsacienne
Alma mater	Sciences Po University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas
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Attal was born in Clamart, France. He studied at Sciences Po and at University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.

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^{[broken anchor]}.^[2]

He has been seen as a possible candidate for President of France for the 2027 presidential election.^[3]

Attal is gay and lived in a civil union with Stéphane Séjourné, a member of the European Parliament.^[4] The relationship had ended by 2024.^[5]