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 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.

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, at the age of. The youngest living Prime Minister is Bernard Cazeneuve, at the age of.
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.

French Prime Minister's Ages

Prime Minister
Date of birth
Start date
of term		Age at beginning
of term		End date
of term		Total time
in office		Date of death
Lifespan
Talleyrand, CharlesCharles Talleyrand1754-02-0200,079 days1838-05-17 days
Richelieu, Armand-EmmanuelArmand-Emmanuel de Richelieu1766-09-2501,853 days1822-05-17 days
Dessolles, Jean-JosephJean-Joseph Dessolles1767-07-0300,325 days1828-11-03 days
Decazes, ElieÉlie Decazes1780-09-2800,093 days1860-10-24 days
Villele, Jean-BaptisteJean-Baptiste de Villèle1773-04-1402,212 days1854-03-13 days
Martignac, Jean-BaptisteJean-Baptiste de Martignac1778-06-2000,582 days1832-04-03 days
Polignac, JulesJules de Polignac1780-05-1400,355 days1847-03-02 days
Broglie, VictorVictor de Broglie1785-11-2800,428 days1870-01-25 days
Laffitte, JacquesJacques Laffitte1767-10-2400,131 days1844-05-26 days
Perier, CasimirCasimir Perier1777-10-1100,430 days1832-05-16 days
Soult, NicolasNicolas Soult1769-03-2903,455 days1851-11-26 days
Gerard, EtienneÉtienne Gérard1773-04-0400,115 days1852-04-17 days
Maret, Hugues-BernardHugues-Bernard Maret1763-05-0100,008 days1839-05-13 days
Mortier, EdouardÉdouard Mortier1768-02-1300,114 days1835-07-28 days
Thiers, AdolpheAdolphe Thiers1797-04-1800,439 days1877-09-03 days
Mole, LouisLouis-Mathieu Molé1781-01-2400,937 days1855-11-23 days
Guizot, FrancoisFrançois Guizot1787-10-0400,157 days1874-09-12 days
Eure, Jacques-CharlesJacques-Charles de l'Eure1767-02-2700,075 days1855-03-03 days
Arago, FrancoisFrançois Arago1786-02-2600,046 days1853-10-02 days
Cavaignac, Louis-EugeneLouis-Eugène Cavaignac1802-10-1500,175 days1857-10-28 days
Barrot, OdilonOdilon Barrot1791-07-1900,315 days1873-08-06 days
Hautpoul, AlphonseAlphonse d'Hautpoul1789-01-0400,526 days1865-07-27 days
Faucher, LeonLéon Faucher1803-09-0800,199 days1854-12-14 days
Ollivier, EmileÉmile Ollivier1825-07-0200,225 days1913-08-20 days
Cousin-Montauban, CharlesCharles Cousin-Montauban1796-06-2400,026 days1878-01-08 days
Trochu, LouisLouis Trochu1815-03-1200,140 days1896-10-07 days
Dufaure, JulesJules Dufaure1798-12-0401,536 days1881-06-28 days
Broglie, AlbertAlbert de Broglie1821-06-1300,553 days1901-01-19 days
Cissey, ErnestErnest de Cissey1810-09-1200,292 days1882-06-15 days
Buffet, LouisLouis Buffet1818-10-2600,350 days1898-07-07 days
Simon, JulesJules Simon1814-12-3100,156 days1896-06-08 days
Rochebouet, GaetanGaëtan de Rochebouët1813-03-1600,020 days1899-02-23 days
Waddington, WilliamWilliam Waddington1826-12-1100,327 days1894-01-13 days
Freycinet, CharlesCharles de Freycinet1828-11-1401,514 days1923-05-14 days
Ferry, JulesJules Ferry1832-04-0501,192 days1893-03-17 days
Gambetta, LeonLéon Gambetta1838-04-0200,077 days1882-12-31 days
Duclerc, CharlesCharles Duclerc1812-11-0900,175 days1888-07-21 days
Fallieres, ArmandArmand Fallières1841-11-0600,023 days1931-06-22 days
Brisson, HenriHenri Brisson1835-07-3100,402 days1912-04-14 days
Goblet, ReneRené Goblet1828-11-2600,165 days1905-09-13 days
Rouvier, MauriceMaurice Rouvier1842-04-1700,608 days1911-06-07 days
Tirard, PierrePierre Tirard1827-09-2700,501 days1893-11-04 days
Floquet, CharlesCharles Floquet1828-10-0200,325 days1896-01-18 days
Loubet, EmileÉmile Loubet1838-12-3100,283 days1929-12-20 days
Ribot, AlexandreAlexandre Ribot1842-02-0700,578 days1923-01-13 days
Dupuy, CharlesCharles Dupuy1851-11-0500,717 days1923-07-23 days
Casimir-Perier, JeanJean Casimir-Perier1847-11-0800,178 days1907-03-11 days
Bourgeois, LeonLéon Bourgeois1851-05-2100,180 days1925-09-29 days
Meline, JulesJules Méline1838-05-2000,790 days1925-12-21 days
Waldeck-Rousseau, PierrePierre Waldeck-Rousseau1846-12-0201,080 days1904-08-10 days
Combes, EmileÉmile Combes1835-09-0600,962 days1921-05-25 days
Sarrien, FerdinandFerdinand Sarrien1840-10-1500,227 days1915-11-28 days
Clemenceau, GeorgesGeorges Clemenceau1841-09-2801,798 days1929-11-24 days
Briand, AristideAristide Briand1862-03-2801,848 days1932-03-07 days
Monis, ErnestErnest Monis1846-05-2300,117 days1929-05-25 days
Caillaux, JosephJoseph Caillaux1863-03-3000,208 days1944-11-22 days
Poincare, RaymondRaymond Poincaré1860-08-2002,343 days1934-10-15 days
Barthou, LouisLouis Barthou1862-08-2500,262 days1934-10-09 days
Doumergue, GastonGaston Doumergue1863-08-0100,454 days1937-06-18 days
Viviani, ReneRené Viviani1863-11-0800,503 days1925-09-07 days
Painleve, PaulPaul Painlevé1863-12-0500,290 days1933-10-29 days
Millerand, AlexandreAlexandre Millerand1859-02-1000,248 days1943-04-07 days
Leygues, GeorgesGeorges Leygues1857-10-2600,114 days1933-09-02 days
Francois-Marsal, FredericFrédéric François-Marsal1874-03-1600,007 days1958-05-20 days
Herriot, EdouardÉdouard Herriot1872-07-0500,507 days1957-03-26 days
Tardieu, AndreAndré Tardieu1876-09-2200,501 days1945-09-15 days
Chautemps, CamilleCamille Chautemps1885-02-0100,338 days1963-07-01 days
Steeg, TheodoreThéodore Steeg1868-12-1900,045 days1950-12-19 days
Laval, PierrePierre Laval1883-06-2801,630 days1945-10-15 days
Paul-Boncour, JosephJoseph Paul-Boncour1873-08-0400,044 days1972-03-28 days
Daladier, EdouardÉdouard Daladier1884-06-1800,989 days1970-10-10 days
Sarraut, AlbertAlbert Sarraut1872-07-2800,163 days1962-11-26 days
Flandin, Pierre-EtiennePierre-Étienne Flandin1889-04-1200,263 days1958-06-13 days
Bouisson, FernandFernand Bouisson1874-06-1600,006 days1959-12-28 days
Blum, LeonLéon Blum1872-04-0900,448 days1950-03-30 days
Reynaud, PaulPaul Reynaud1878-10-1500,087 days1966-09-21 days
Petain, PhilippePhilippe Pétain1856-04-2400,025 days1951-07-23 days
Darlan, FrancoisFrançois Darlan1881-08-0700,433 days1942-12-24 days
Gaulle, CharlesCharles de Gaulle1890-11-2200,739 days1970-11-09 days
Gouin, FelixFélix Gouin1884-10-0400,149 days1977-10-25 days
Bidault, GeorgesGeorges Bidault1899-10-0500,404 days1983-01-27 days
Auriol, VincentVincent Auriol1884-08-2700,018 days1966-01-01 days
Ramadier, PaulPaul Ramadier1888-03-1700,306 days1961-10-14 days
Schuman, RobertRobert Schuman1886-06-2900,251 days1963-09-04 days
Marie, AndreAndré Marie1897-12-0300,041 days1974-06-12 days
Queuille, HenriHenri Queuille1884-03-3100,576 days1970-06-15 days
Pleven, ReneRené Pleven1901-04-1500,403 days1993-01-13 days
Faure, EdgarEdgar Faure1908-08-1800,391 days1988-03-30 days
Pinay, AntoineAntoine Pinay1891-12-3000,306 days1994-12-13 days
Mayer, ReneRené Mayer1895-05-0400,171 days1972-12-13 days
Laniel, JosephJoseph Laniel1889-10-1200,355 days1975-04-08 days
Mendes-France, PierrePierre Mendès-France1907-01-1100,250 days1982-10-18 days
Mollet, GuyGuy Mollet1905-12-3100,498 days1975-10-03 days
Bourges-Maunoury, MauriceMaurice Bourgès-Maunoury1914-08-1900,146 days1993-02-10 days
Gaillard, FelixFélix Gaillard1919-11-0500,189 days1970-07-10 days
Pflimlin, PierrePierre Pflimlin1907-02-0500,018 days2000-06-27 days
Debre, MichelMichel Debré1912-01-1501,192 days1996-08-02 days
Pompidou, GeorgesGeorges Pompidou1911-07-0502,279 days1974-04-02 days
Murville, MauriceMaurice de Murville1907-01-2400,345 days1999-12-24 days
Chaban-Delmas, JacquesJacques Chaban-Delmas1915-03-0701,112 days2000-11-10 days
Messmer, PierrePierre Messmer1916-03-2000,690 days2007-08-29 days
Chirac, JacquesJacques Chirac1932-11-2901,604 days2019-09-26 days
Barre, RaymondRaymond Barre1924-04-1201,730 days2007-08-25 days
Mauroy, PierrePierre Mauroy1928-07-0501,152 days2013-06-07 days
Fabius, LaurentLaurent Fabius1946-08-2000,611 days-- days '
Rocard, MichelMichel Rocard1930-08-2301,100 days2016-07-02 days
Cresson, ÉdithÉdith Cresson1934-01-2700,323 days-- days '
Beregovoy, PierrePierre Bérégovoy1925-12-2300,361 days1993-05-01 days
Balladur, EdouardÉdouard Balladur1929-05-0200,780 days-- days '
Juppe, AlainAlain Juppé1945-08-1500,747 days-- days '
Jospin, LionelLionel Jospin1937-07-1201,798 days-- days '
Raffarin, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Raffarin1948-08-0301,121 days-- days '
Villepin, DominiqueDominique de Villepin1953-11-1400,716 days-- days '
Fillon, FrancoisFrançois Fillon1954-03-0401,826 days-- days '
Ayrault, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Ayrault1950-01-2500,281 days-- days '
Valls, ManuelManuel Valls1962-08-1300,981 days-- days '
Cazeneuve, BernardBernard Cazeneuve1963-06-0200,162 days-- days '
Philippe, ÉdouardÉdouard Philippe1970-11-280 days-- days '
Jean, CastexJean Castex1965-06-25Incumbent0 days-- days
Prime MinisterDate of birthStart date
of term		Age at beginning
of term		End date of
term		Total time
in office		Date of deathLifespan