Gabriel Attal arrives for an Olympic and Paralympic Council meeting for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, July 19, 2023. /CFP
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday picked 34-year-old Gabriel Attal as the country's new prime minister, making him France's youngest head of government.
"I know I can count on your energy and your commitment to implement the rearmament and regeneration project that I announced," Macron said on social media platform X at noon on Tuesday , confirming media reports of Attal's appointment.
From 2020 to 2022, Attal served as the spokesperson of the government of former Prime Minister Jean Castex, then he became minister delegate for the budget of former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne's government in 2022 and has served as minister of national education and youth since July 2023.