Education Minister Gabriel Attal, a close ally of French President Emmanual Macron who gained prominence as government spokesman during the Covid pandemic, was widely cited by political sources and French media as a strong favourite to replace Borne. His appointment was confirmed shortly after midday. Attal, at 34, has become France's youngest prime minister and the first to be openly Gay, reported UK-based Standard. Not only would he be the youngest PM of France but he would also stand as the youngest PM in the world after Sanna Marin of Finland stepped Down last year.
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00:00 Education Minister Gabriel Attal, a close ally of French President Emmanuel Macron,
00:07 who gained prominence as government spokesman during the COVID pandemic, was widely cited
00:12 by political sources and French media as a strong favourite to replace Warney.
00:18 His appointment was confirmed shortly after midday.
00:20 Attal, at 34, has become France's youngest Prime Minister and the first to be openly
00:26 gay.
00:27 Not only would he be the youngest PM of France, but he would also stand as the youngest PM
00:32 in the world after Sainte-Marie of Finland stepped down last year.
00:36 Once a member of France's Socialist Party before joining Macron, Attal was a junior
00:41 finance minister and became education minister in 2023, making a name for himself as one
00:46 of Macron's most savvy ministers, at ease on radio shows and in parliament.
00:52 If it is indeed Gabriel Attal, it was the best card the president could play, IFOP pollster
00:58 Jerome Forkett told BFMTV before the appointment, pointing to his popularity, which he said
01:04 Attal gained thanks to taking quick action as education minister and through his communication
01:09 skills.
01:10 Opposition leaders were quick to say they did not expect much from the change in the
01:13 Prime Minister.
01:14 Notably, before Attal, the youngest PM in the world was Social Democrat Sanna Marén
01:20 of Finland, 34, who was sworn in as the head of a coalition whose four other parties are
01:26 all led by women, three of them in their 30s in 2019.
01:30 At that time, Marén was a transport minister.
01:33 She had taken over from Antti Rinne, a former trade unionist who resigned just after six
01:38 months in office when he lost the confidence of the Centre Party, a coalition partner,
01:42 over his handling of a postal strike.
01:44 However, Finland's former Prime Minister Sanna Marén stepped down on September 1,
01:49 2019 as chair of the centre-left Social Democrats, hoping to take the focus of her personal life
01:54 after an often turbulent four years at the helm.
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