France Gets Its Youngest and First Openly Gay Prime Minister

Gabriel Attal, 34, replaces Élisabeth Borne in a cabinet shuffle that President Emmanuel Macron hopes can reinvigorate a term marked by drift and division.

10 January 2024 · 02:59 UTC

At 34, Gabriel Attal, previously Minister of National Education and Youth, steps in as France's youngest and first openly gay Prime Minister.

He began his political journey during the 2006 youth protests and later graduated from Sciences Po with a Master of Public Affairs.

Gabriel is in a civil union with Stéphane Séjourné, a European Parliament member.