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Gabriel Attal
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Attal in 2025
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| General Secretary of Renaissance | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2024 |
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| Preceded by | Stéphane Séjourné |
| President of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 5 September 2024 |
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| Preceded by | Sylvain Maillard |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 9 January 2024 – 5 September 2024 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne |
| Preceded by | Olivier Dussopt |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Cazenave |
| Spokesperson of the Government | |
| In office 6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Griveaux |
| Succeeded by | Laetitia Avia |
| Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 10th constituency |
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| Assumed office 8 July 2024 |
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| Preceded by | Claire Guichard |
| In office 22 June 2022 – 22 July 2022 |
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| Preceded by | Florence Provendier |
| Succeeded by | Claire Guichard |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 16 November 2018 |
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| Preceded by | André Santini |
| Succeeded by | Florence Provendier |
| Member of the Vanves City Council | |
| Assumed office 30 March 2014 |
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Gabriel Nissim Attal
16 March 1989 Clamart, France |
| Political party | Renaissance (since 2016) |
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Socialist Party (2006–2016) |
| Domestic partner | Stéphane Séjourné (2015–2022) |
| Education | École alsacienne |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po |
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Gabriel Nissim Attal (born 16 March 1989) is a French politician. He is currently the General Secretary of the Renaissance political party. He also leads the Renaissance group in the National Assembly, which is like the main parliament in France.
Before these roles, Gabriel Attal was the Prime Minister of France from January to September 2024. He was the youngest person to hold this important job in French history. He has also served in several other government positions.
After being elected to the National Assembly in 2017, Attal became a junior minister for national education and youth in 2018. This made him the youngest person in the French government since the current system (the Fifth Republic) began. Later, he became the government's spokesperson in 2020. In 2022, he was made Minister of Public Action and Accounts. Then, in 2023, he became the Minister of National Education and Youth.
On 9 January 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron chose Gabriel Attal to be the new Prime Minister. He took over from Élisabeth Borne. At 34 years old, he was the youngest Prime Minister France had ever had.
In June 2024, President Macron decided to hold a new election for the National Assembly. This happened after his political group did not do well in the European Parliament election. Attal led the ruling group, called Ensemble, in the 2024 French legislative election. The election results meant no single group had a clear majority. On 7 July 2024, Attal said he would resign as Prime Minister. President Macron accepted his resignation on 16 July 2024. Attal continued to lead a temporary government until Michel Barnier became the new Prime Minister on 5 September 2024.
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Early Life and Education
Gabriel Attal was born on 16 March 1989 in Clamart, France. He grew up in Paris with his three sisters. His father, Yves Attal, was a lawyer and film producer. His mother, Marie de Couriss, worked for a film production company.
Attal went to a private school in Paris called École alsacienne. He finished school with excellent grades in 2007. He then studied law at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University from 2008 to 2011. In 2012, he earned a Master's degree in Public Affairs from Sciences Po, another well-known university. He also spent a year working at the French Academy in Rome.
His first steps in politics were joining youth protests in France in 2006. In 2007, while at Sciences Po, he helped create a group to support Íngrid Betancourt, a French-Colombian hostage.
Political Career
Starting in Politics
After an internship with Marisol Touraine during the 2012 presidential campaign, Attal worked for five years. He was an assistant to the Minister of Health. In this role, he helped with parliamentary connections and writing speeches.
In the 2014 local elections, Attal was elected as a city councillor in Vanves. He became one of the four councillors for the Socialist Party in that city. He then took on the role of leading the opposition group there.
Member of the National Assembly
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Gabriel Attal was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017. He represented a part of the Hauts-de-Seine area. The National Assembly is where laws are made in France.
Attal quickly became known as a talented new member of parliament. He joined the Committee on Cultural and Education Affairs. He also served as the whip for the La République En Marche! group. A whip helps make sure party members vote together.
In December 2017, Attal was chosen to lead the discussion on a new law about access to higher education. In January 2018, he was named chairperson of the La République En Marche! party.
Government Minister Roles
On 16 October 2018, Attal was appointed as a junior minister to the Minister of National Education and Youth, Jean-Michel Blanquer. At 29 years old, he was the youngest person to be part of a French government under the Fifth Republic. As a junior minister, he worked on youth issues and helped set up a national service program for young people.
From 2020 to 2022, he was the government spokesperson under Prime Minister Jean Castex. This meant he was the main person who spoke for the government to the public. In May 2022, he became the Minister of Public Action and Accounts in the government led by Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne.
In July 2023, Attal was appointed Minister of National Education and Youth. At 34, he was the youngest person to hold this specific role in the Fifth Republic. In this job, he announced a ban on certain religious clothing, like abayas, in French public schools. This was based on the idea of secularism, which means keeping government and public institutions separate from religion.
Prime Minister of France
After Prime Minister Borne resigned on 8 January 2024, many people thought Attal would be the next Prime Minister. His appointment was announced on 9 January 2024. At 34 years old, he became the youngest person to hold this high office in France.
Because his party did not have a majority of seats in the parliament, Attal formed a minority government. This was the second such government during President Macron's time in office. His cabinet, which is the group of top ministers, included many people who had previously been part of a more conservative party.
When he first became Prime Minister, Attal was very popular in France. Some people even thought he might run for president in the 2027 election. On 16 January 2024, Attal announced that his government would not ask for a special vote of confidence in the National Assembly.
On 9 June 2024, President Macron called for a new election for the National Assembly. This happened because his party did not get good results in the 2024 European Parliament election. Even though Attal did not fully agree with this decision, he led the election campaign for Macron's Ensemble alliance.
In the first round of voting on 30 June, Ensemble came in third place. The far-right National Rally (RN) and the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) got more votes. This was the worst election result for a ruling group in France since 1870. Attal said his main goal was to stop the National Rally from winning a majority of seats. He asked some Ensemble candidates to step aside in the second round of voting if they were in third place against the National Rally.
The second round of voting on 7 July resulted in Ensemble winning 168 seats. The NFP won 182 seats, and the RN won 143. Attal offered his resignation to the president the next morning. President Macron initially asked him to stay on to keep the country stable. Attal kept his own seat in the National Assembly.
On 13 July 2024, Attal was chosen to lead the Renaissance Party in the National Assembly. He was the only candidate for this role. President Macron formally accepted Attal's resignation on 16 July 2024. However, he asked Attal to remain in charge of a temporary government for a while longer.
After Being Prime Minister
On 5 September 2024, President Macron appointed Michel Barnier as the new Prime Minister. At the ceremony where he handed over power, Attal spoke about his time in office. He said he was frustrated that he only had eight months as Prime Minister. He felt this was not enough time to see his plans come to life. After leaving the Prime Minister's office, he took on the role of leading President Macron's party in the National Assembly. Attal's time as Prime Minister was the third shortest in France's current government system.
See also
In Spanish: Gabriel Attal para niños
- List of Jewish heads of state and government
- List of openly LGBT heads of state and government
- List of state leaders by age: youngest serving state leaders
- Second Philippe government
