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Macron names Gabriel Attal as France’s youngest and first gay PM; his dad was Jewish
French Education and Youth Minister Gabriel Attal leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris, on December 20, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
President Emmanuel Macron names education minister Gabriel Attal as prime minister in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France’s youngest and first openly gay head of government, a source close to the presidency tells AFP.
Attal’s late father, Yves Attal, was Jewish.
Macron last night accepted the resignation of Elisabeth Borne, 62, after serving less than two years in office, ahead of a widely expected cabinet reshuffle that seeks to breathe new life into the final three years of his mandate.
