List of French Prime Ministers by longevity

This is a list of French Prime Ministers by age, including when they were born, what age they were when they became Prime Minister, what age were they when they left the office and the age at which they died, or their current age as of 12 October 2018 if they are still alive. If the Prime Minister served multiple terms, the dates listed are for the first day of their first term, and the last day of their final term. The table can be sorted by each different category.

This list also includes any person who had been head of the French government prior to the formation of the Prime Minister's office (such as the Presidents of the Council of Ministers).

Overview

The median age of accession is roughly 53 years and 7 months, which falls between Charles de Gaulle and Casimir Perier. The youngest person to become Prime Minister was Laurent Fabius, at the age of 37 years, 332 days. The oldest person to become Prime Minister was Philippe Pétain, at the age of 84 years, 53 days.

The oldest living Prime Minister is Édouard Balladur (born 2 May 1929), at the age of 89 years, 163 days. The youngest living Prime Minister is François Fillon (born 4 March 1954), at the age of 64 years, 222 days.

The longest-lived Prime Minister was Antoine Pinay, who died at the age of 102 years, 348 days. As of 2013, Pinay is the only French Prime Minister to have reached 100 years of age. Joseph Paul-Boncour was the second longest-lived Prime Minister, at the age of 98 years, 237 days. The oldest living Prime Minister, Édouard Balladur, will tie Pinay if he lives to 14 April 2032. The shortest-lived Prime Minister was Léon Gambetta, who died at the age of 44 years, 273 days.

Prime Minister
 Date of birth
 Start date
of (first) term		 Age at beginning
of (first) term		 End date
of (final) term		 Total time
in office		 Date of death
 Lifespan
Charles Talleyrand 2 February 1754 9 July 1815 61 years, 157 days 26 September 1815 79 days 17 May 1838 30,784 days (84 years, 104 days)
Armand-Emmanuel de Richelieu 25 September 1766 26 September 1815 49 years, 1 day 14 December 1821 1,853 days 17 May 1822 20,322 days (55 years, 234 days)
Jean-Joseph Dessolles 3 July 1767 29 December 1818 51 years, 179 days 19 November 1819 325 days 3 November 1828 22,403 days (61 years, 123 days)
Élie Decazes 28 September 1780 19 November 1819 39 years, 52 days 20 February 1820 93 days 24 October 1860 29,245 days (80 years, 26 days)
Jean-Baptiste de Villèle 14 April 1773 14 December 1821 48 years, 244 days 4 January 1828 2,212 days 13 March 1854 29,552 days (80 years, 333 days)
Jean-Baptiste de Martignac 20 June 1778 4 January 1828 49 years, 198 days 8 August 1829 582 days 3 April 1832 19,645 days (53 years, 288 days)
Jules de Polignac 14 May 1780 8 August 1829 49 years, 86 days 29 July 1830 355 days 2 March 1847 24,397 days (66 years, 292 days)
Victor de Broglie 28 November 1785 13 August 1830 44 years, 258 days 22 February 1836 428 days 25 January 1870 30,738 days (84 years, 58 days)
Jacques Laffitte 24 October 1767 2 November 1830 63 years, 9 days 13 March 1831 131 days 26 May 1844 27,973 days (76 years, 215 days)
Casimir Perier 11 October 1777 13 March 1831 53 years, 153 days 16 May 1832 430 days 16 May 1832 19,940 days (54 years, 218 days)
Nicolas Soult 29 March 1769 11 October 1832 63 years, 196 days 19 September 1847 3,455 days 26 November 1851 30,191 days (82 years, 242 days)
Étienne Gérard 4 April 1773 18 July 1834 61 years, 105 days 10 November 1834 115 days 17 April 1852 28,867 days (79 years, 13 days)
Hugues-Bernard Maret 1 May 1763 10 November 1834 71 years, 193 days 18 November 1834 8 days 13 May 1839 27,770 days (76 years, 12 days)
Édouard Mortier 13 February 1768 18 November 1834 66 years, 278 days 12 March 1835 114 days 28 July 1835 24,636 days (67 years, 165 days)
Adolphe Thiers 18 April 1797 22 February 1836 38 years, 310 days 29 October 1840 439 days 3 September 1877 29,357 days (80 years, 138 days)
Louis-Mathieu Molé 24 January 1781 6 September 1836 55 years, 226 days 24 February 1848 937 days 23 November 1855 27,330 days (74 years, 303 days)
François Guizot 4 October 1787 19 September 1847 59 years, 350 days 23 February 1848 157 days 12 September 1874 31,754 days (86 years, 343 days)
Jacques-Charles de l'Eure 27 February 1767 24 February 1848 80 years, 362 days 9 May 1848 75 days 3 March 1855 32,145 days (88 years, 4 days)
François Arago 26 February 1786 9 May 1848 62 years, 73 days 24 June 1848 46 days 2 October 1853 24,689 days (67 years, 218 days)
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac 15 October 1802 28 June 1848 45 years, 257 days 20 December 1848 175 days 28 October 1857 20,102 days (55 years, 13 days)
Odilon Barrot 19 July 1791 20 December 1848 57 years, 154 days 31 October 1849 315 days 6 August 1873 29,968 days (82 years, 18 days)
Alphonse d'Hautpoul 4 January 1789 31 October 1849 60 years, 300 days 10 April 1851 526 days 27 July 1865 27,962 days (76 years, 204 days)
Léon Faucher 8 September 1803 10 April 1851 47 years, 214 days 26 October 1851 199 days 14 December 1854 18,725 days (51 years, 97 days)
Émile Ollivier 2 July 1825 27 December 1869 44 years, 178 days 9 August 1870 225 days 20 August 1913 32,190 days (88 years, 49 days)
Charles Cousin-Montauban 24 June 1796 9 August 1870 74 years, 46 days 4 September 1870 26 days 8 January 1878 29,782 days (81 years, 198 days)
Louis Trochu 12 March 1815 4 September 1870 55 years, 176 days 22 January 1871 140 days 7 October 1896 29,795 days (81 years, 209 days)
Jules Dufaure 4 December 1798 19 February 1871 72 years, 77 days 4 February 1879 1,536 days 28 June 1881 30,156 days (82 years, 206 days)
Albert de Broglie 13 June 1821 24 May 1873 51 years, 345 days 23 November 1877 553 days 19 January 1901 29,074 days (79 years, 220 days)
Ernest de Cissey 12 September 1810 22 May 1874 63 years, 252 days 10 March 1875 292 days 15 June 1882 26,209 days (71 years, 276 days)
Louis Buffet 26 October 1818 10 March 1875 56 years, 135 days 23 February 1876 350 days 7 July 1898 29,109 days (79 years, 254 days)
Jules Simon 31 December 1814 12 December 1876 61 years, 347 days 17 May 1877 156 days 8 June 1896 29,745 days (81 years, 160 days)
Gaëtan de Rochebouët 16 March 1813 23 November 1877 64 years, 252 days 13 December 1877 20 days 23 February 1899 31,390 days (85 years, 344 days)
William Waddington 11 December 1826 4 February 1879 52 years, 55 days 28 December 1879 327 days 13 January 1894 24,505 days (67 years, 33 days)
Charles de Freycinet 14 November 1828 28 December 1879 51 years, 44 days 27 February 1892 1,514 days 14 May 1923 34,513 days (94 years, 181 days)
Jules Ferry 5 April 1832 23 September 1880 48 years, 171 days 6 April 1885 1,192 days 17 March 1893 22,261 days (60 years, 346 days)
Léon Gambetta 2 April 1838 14 November 1881 43 years, 226 days 30 January 1882 77 days 31 December 1882 16,344 days (44 years, 273 days)
Charles Duclerc 9 November 1812 7 August 1882 69 years, 271 days 29 January 1883 175 days 21 July 1888 27,648 days (75 years, 255 days)
Armand Fallières 6 November 1841 29 January 1883 41 years, 84 days 21 February 1883 23 days 22 June 1931 32,734 days (89 years, 228 days)
Henri Brisson 31 July 1835 6 April 1885 49 years, 249 days 1 November 1898 402 days 14 April 1912 28,016 days (76 years, 258 days)
René Goblet 26 November 1828 16 December 1886 58 years, 20 days 30 May 1887 165 days 13 September 1905 28,049 days (76 years, 291 days)
Maurice Rouvier 17 April 1842 30 May 1887 45 years, 43 days 12 March 1906 608 days 7 June 1911 25,252 days (69 years, 51 days)
Pierre Tirard 27 September 1827 12 December 1887 60 years, 76 days 17 March 1890 501 days 4 November 1893 24,145 days (66 years, 38 days)
Charles Floquet 2 October 1828 3 April 1888 59 years, 184 days 22 February 1889 325 days 18 January 1896 24,579 days (67 years, 108 days)
Émile Loubet 31 December 1838 27 February 1892 53 years, 58 days 6 December 1892 283 days 20 December 1929 33,226 days (90 years, 354 days)
Alexandre Ribot 7 February 1842 6 December 1892 50 years, 303 days 12 September 1917 578 days 13 January 1923 29,559 days (80 years, 340 days)
Charles Dupuy 5 November 1851 4 April 1893 41 years, 150 days 22 June 1899 717 days 23 July 1923 26,192 days (71 years, 260 days)
Jean Casimir-Perier 8 November 1847 3 December 1893 46 years, 25 days 30 May 1894 178 days 11 March 1907 21,672 days (59 years, 123 days)
Léon Bourgeois 21 May 1851 1 November 1895 44 years, 164 days 29 April 1896 180 days 29 September 1925 27,159 days (74 years, 131 days)
Jules Méline 20 May 1838 29 April 1896 57 years, 345 days 28 June 1898 790 days 21 December 1925 31,991 days (87 years, 215 days)
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau 2 December 1846 22 June 1899 52 years, 202 days 7 June 1902 1,080 days 10 August 1904 21,070 days (57 years, 252 days)
Émile Combes 6 September 1835 7 June 1902 66 years, 274 days 24 January 1905 962 days 25 May 1921 31,307 days (85 years, 261 days)
Ferdinand Sarrien 15 October 1840 12 March 1906 65 years, 148 days 25 October 1906 227 days 28 November 1915 27,436 days (75 years, 44 days)
Georges Clemenceau 28 September 1841 25 October 1906 65 years, 27 days 20 January 1920 1,798 days 24 November 1929 32,198 days (88 years, 57 days)
Aristide Briand 28 March 1862 24 July 1909 47 years, 118 days 2 November 1929 1,848 days 7 March 1932 25,546 days (69 years, 345 days)
Ernest Monis 23 May 1846 2 March 1911 64 years, 283 days 27 June 1911 117 days 25 May 1929 30,317 days (83 years, 2 days)
Joseph Caillaux 30 March 1863 27 June 1911 48 years, 89 days 21 January 1912 208 days 22 November 1944 29,822 days (81 years, 237 days)
Raymond Poincaré 20 August 1860 21 January 1912 51 years, 154 days 29 July 1929 2,343 days 15 October 1934 27,083 days (74 years, 56 days)
Louis Barthou 25 August 1862 22 March 1913 50 years, 209 days 9 December 1913 262 days 9 October 1934 26,342 days (72 years, 45 days)
Gaston Doumergue 1 August 1863 9 December 1913 50 years, 130 days 8 November 1934 454 days 18 June 1937 26,984 days (73 years, 321 days)
René Viviani 8 November 1863 13 June 1914 50 years, 217 days 29 October 1915 503 days 7 September 1925 22,583 days (61 years, 303 days)
Paul Painlevé 5 December 1863 12 September 1917 53 years, 281 days 28 November 1925 290 days 29 October 1933 25,530 days (69 years, 328 days)
Alexandre Millerand 10 February 1859 20 January 1920 60 years, 344 days 24 September 1920 248 days 7 April 1943 30,736 days (84 years, 56 days)
Georges Leygues 26 October 1857 24 September 1920 62 years, 334 days 16 January 1921 114 days 2 September 1933 27,704 days (75 years, 311 days)
Frédéric François-Marsal 16 March 1874 8 June 1924 50 years, 84 days 15 June 1924 7 days 20 May 1958 30,745 days (84 years, 65 days)
Édouard Herriot 5 July 1872 15 June 1924 51 years, 346 days 18 December 1932 507 days 26 March 1957 30,944 days (84 years, 264 days)
André Tardieu 22 September 1876 2 November 1929 53 years, 41 days 3 June 1932 501 days 15 September 1945 25,194 days (68 years, 358 days)
Camille Chautemps 1 February 1885 21 February 1930 45 years, 20 days 13 March 1938 338 days 1 July 1963 28,638 days (78 years, 150 days)
Théodore Steeg 19 December 1868 13 December 1930 61 years, 359 days 27 January 1931 45 days 19 December 1950 29,949 days (82 years, 0 days)
Pierre Laval 28 June 1883 27 January 1931 47 years, 213 days 20 August 1944 1,630 days 15 October 1945 22,754 days (62 years, 109 days)
Joseph Paul-Boncour 4 August 1873 18 December 1932 59 years, 136 days 31 January 1933 44 days 28 March 1972 36,030 days (98 years, 237 days)
Édouard Daladier 18 June 1884 31 January 1933 48 years, 227 days 21 March 1940 989 days 10 October 1970 31,524 days (86 years, 114 days)
Albert Sarraut 28 July 1872 26 October 1933 61 years, 90 days 4 June 1936 163 days 26 November 1962 32,992 days (90 years, 121 days)
Pierre-Étienne Flandin 12 April 1889 8 November 1934 45 years, 210 days 9 February 1941 263 days 13 June 1958 25,263 days (69 years, 62 days)
Fernand Bouisson 16 June 1874 1 June 1935 60 years, 350 days 7 June 1935 6 days 28 December 1959 31,240 days (85 years, 195 days)
Léon Blum 9 April 1872 4 June 1936 64 years, 56 days 22 January 1947 448 days 30 March 1950 28,478 days (77 years, 355 days)
Paul Reynaud 15 October 1878 21 March 1940 61 years, 158 days 16 June 1940 87 days 21 September 1966 32,117 days (87 years, 341 days)
Philippe Pétain 24 April 1856 16 June 1940 84 years, 53 days 11 July 1940 25 days 23 July 1951 34,787 days (95 years, 90 days)
François Darlan 7 August 1881 9 February 1941 59 years, 186 days 18 April 1942 433 days 24 December 1942 22,418 days (61 years, 139 days)
Charles de Gaulle 22 November 1890 20 August 1944 53 years, 272 days 8 January 1959 739 days 9 November 1970 29,206 days (79 years, 352 days)
Félix Gouin 4 October 1884 26 January 1946 61 years, 114 days 24 June 1946 149 days 25 October 1977 33,988 days (93 years, 21 days)
Georges Bidault 5 October 1899 24 June 1946 46 years, 262 days 2 July 1950 404 days 27 January 1983 30,429 days (83 years, 114 days)
Vincent Auriol 27 August 1884 28 November 1946 62 years, 93 days 16 December 1946 18 days 1 January 1966 29,711 days (81 years, 127 days)
Paul Ramadier 17 March 1888 22 January 1947 58 years, 311 days 24 November 1947 306 days 14 October 1961 26,873 days (73 years, 211 days)
Robert Schuman 29 June 1886 24 November 1947 61 years, 148 days 11 September 1948 251 days 4 September 1963 28,190 days (77 years, 67 days)
André Marie 3 December 1897 26 July 1948 50 years, 236 days 5 September 1948 41 days 12 June 1974 27,949 days (76 years, 191 days)
Henri Queuille 31 March 1884 11 September 1948 64 years, 164 days 11 August 1951 576 days 15 June 1970 31,486 days (86 years, 76 days)
René Pleven 15 April 1901 12 July 1950 49 years, 88 days 20 January 1952 403 days 13 January 1993 33,511 days (91 years, 273 days)
Edgar Faure 18 August 1908 20 January 1952 43 years, 155 days 1 February 1956 391 days 30 March 1988 29,079 days (79 years, 225 days)
Antoine Pinay 30 December 1891 8 March 1952 60 years, 69 days 8 January 1953 306 days 13 December 1994 37,603 days (102 years, 348 days)
René Mayer 4 May 1895 8 January 1953 57 years, 249 days 28 June 1953 171 days 13 December 1972 28,347 days (77 years, 223 days)
Joseph Laniel 12 October 1889 28 June 1953 63 years, 259 days 18 June 1954 355 days 8 April 1975 31,223 days (85 years, 178 days)
Pierre Mendès-France 11 January 1907 18 June 1954 47 years, 158 days 23 February 1955 250 days 18 October 1982 27,674 days (75 years, 280 days)
Guy Mollet 31 December 1905 1 February 1956 50 years, 32 days 13 June 1957 498 days 3 October 1975 25,478 days (69 years, 276 days)
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury 19 August 1914 13 June 1957 42 years, 298 days 6 November 1957 146 days 10 February 1993 28,665 days (78 years, 175 days)
Félix Gaillard 5 November 1919 6 November 1957 38 years, 1 day 14 May 1958 189 days 10 July 1970 18,510 days (50 years, 247 days)
Pierre Pflimlin 5 February 1907 14 May 1958 51 years, 98 days 1 June 1958 18 days 27 June 2000 34,111 days (93 years, 143 days)
Michel Debré 15 January 1912 8 January 1959 46 years, 358 days 14 April 1962 1,192 days 2 August 1996 30,881 days (84 years, 200 days)
Georges Pompidou 5 July 1911 14 April 1962 50 years, 283 days 10 July 1968 2,279 days 2 April 1974 22,917 days (62 years, 271 days)
Maurice de Murville 24 January 1907 10 July 1968 61 years, 168 days 20 June 1969 345 days 24 December 1999 33,937 days (92 years, 334 days)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas 7 March 1915 20 June 1969 54 years, 105 days 6 July 1972 1,112 days 10 November 2000 31,295 days (85 years, 248 days)
Pierre Messmer 20 March 1916 6 July 1972 56 years, 108 days 27 May 1974 690 days 29 August 2007 33,399 days (91 years, 162 days)
Jacques Chirac 29 November 1932 27 May 1974 41 years, 179 days 10 May 1988 1,604 days 31,363 days (85 years, 317 days)
Raymond Barre 12 April 1924 26 August 1976 52 years, 136 days 22 May 1981 1,730 days 25 August 2007 30,450 days (83 years, 135 days)
Pierre Mauroy 5 July 1928 22 May 1981 52 years, 321 days 17 July 1984 1,152 days 7 June 2013 31,018 days(84 years, 337 days)
Laurent Fabius 20 August 1946 17 July 1984 37 years, 332 days 20 March 1986 611 days 26,351 days (72 years, 53 days)
Michel Rocard 23 August 1930 10 May 1988 57 years, 261 days 15 May 1991 1,100 days 2 July 2016 31,360 days(85 years, 314 days)
Édith Cresson 27 January 1934 15 May 1991 57 years, 108 days 2 April 1992 323 days 30,939 days (84 years, 258 days)
Pierre Bérégovoy 23 December 1925 2 April 1992 66 years, 101 days 29 March 1993 361 days 1 May 1993 24,601 days (67 years, 129 days)
Édouard Balladur 2 May 1929 29 March 1993 63 years, 331 days 18 May 1995 780 days 32,670 days (89 years, 163 days)
Alain Juppé 15 August 1945 18 May 1995 49 years, 276 days 3 June 1997 747 days 26,721 days (73 years, 58 days)
Lionel Jospin 12 July 1937 3 June 1997 59 years, 326 days 6 May 2002 1,798 days 29,677 days (81 years, 92 days)
Jean-Pierre Raffarin 3 August 1948 6 May 2002 53 years, 276 days 31 May 2005 1,121 days 25,637 days (70 years, 70 days)
Dominique de Villepin 14 November 1953 31 May 2005 51 years, 198 days 17 May 2007 716 days 23,708 days (64 years, 332 days)
François Fillon 4 March 1954 17 May 2007 53 years, 74 days 16 May 2012 1,826 days 23,598 days (64 years, 222 days)
Jean-Marc Ayrault 25 January 1950 16 May 2012 62 years, 112 days 31 March 2014 2,340 days 25,097 days (68 years, 260 days)
Manuel Valls 13 August 1962 31 March 2014 51 years, 230 days Incumbent 1,656 days 20,514 days (56 years, 60 days)
Prime Minister Date of birth Start date
of (first) term		 Age at beginning
of (first) term		 End date of
(final) term		 Total time
in office		 Date of death Lifespan

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