French Education Minister Gabriel Attal Reportedly Appointed New Prime Minister

© AFP 2024 LUDOVIC MARINNewly appointed Prime minister Gabriel Attal delivers a speech during the handover ceremony with outgoing Prime minister Elisabeth Borne at the Hotel Matignon in Paris
Newly appointed Prime minister Gabriel Attal delivers a speech during the handover ceremony with outgoing Prime minister Elisabeth Borne at the Hotel Matignon in Paris - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 09.01.2024
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PARIS (Sputnik) - Gabriel Attal, the 34-year-old education minister of France, has been appointed the new prime minister, becoming the youngest head of the government in the country's history, the BFMTV broadcaster reported on Tuesday.
Now Attal must submit proposals to President Emmanuel Macron regarding the formation of a new cabinet.
Macron, in turn, welcomed the young appointee.
"Dear Gabriel Attal, I know I can count on your energy and your commitment to implement the rearmament and regeneration project that I announced. Faithful to the spirit of 2017: overcoming and courage. In the service of the nation and the French," the president wrote on X.
Meanwhile, the former French prime minister, Elisabeth Borne, will return to serving as a lawmaker, representing France's Calvados region in the parliament, the broadcaster added.
In this photo taken on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, people hold signs reading in French down with France Mali is one and indivisible' and no to the misappropriation of our funds during a protest against France but showing support to the Malian army and the families of Malian soldiers who died during the fight against terrorism, at the Independence square in Bamako, Mali. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 06.01.2024
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Attal is member of Macron's Renaissance party. Prior to this newest appointment, he served in various governmental positions, including as government spokesman from 2020-2022 and minister of public action and accounts from May 2022 to July 2023.
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