France Appoints Youngest-Ever Prime Minister

French President Emmanuel Marcon, on Tuesday, named Gabriel Attal, 34, the country’s new prime minister.

According to a report published by Associated Press, Attal will be the youngest person to occupy France’s second-highest office at 34 years old. He is also France’s first openly gay prime minister.

Attal was named prime minister, as President Macron seeks a fresh beginning for the rest of his term which is effective until 2027, and he is constitutionally barred from a third consecutive term.

Attal joined Macron’s newly created political movement in 2016 and was government spokesperson from 2020 to 2022, a job that made him popular to the French public.

He was afterwards named budget minister before being appointed in July as education minister, one of the most prestigious positions in the French government.