<P> Manuel Valls was appointed to lead the government in a cabinet reshuffle in March 2014 , after the ruling Socialists suffered a bruising defeat in local elections . However , he resigned on 6 December 2016 , to stand in the French Socialist Party presidential primary , 2017 and Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed as Prime Minister later that day by President François Hollande . Cazeneuve resigned on 10 May 2017 . Édouard Philippe was named his successor on 15 May 2017 . </P>
<P> Manuel Valls was appointed to lead the government in a cabinet reshuffle in March 2014 , after the ruling Socialists suffered a bruising defeat in local elections . However , he resigned on 6 December 2016 , to stand in the French Socialist Party presidential primary , 2017 and Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed as Prime Minister later that day by President François Hollande . Cazeneuve resigned on 10 May 2017 . Édouard Philippe was named his successor on 15 May 2017 . </P>
who has been appointed as the new prime minister of france
who has been appointed as the new prime minister of france
Édouard Philippe
Édouard Philippe