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Jean - Marc Ayrault ( born 25 January 1950 ) is a French politician who was Prime Minister of France from 16 May 2012 to 31 March 2014 . He has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2016 . Previously Ayrault was the Mayor of Nantes from 1989 to 2012 , and he led the ___MASK69___ group in the National Assembly from 1997 to 2012 . Benoît Hamon ( born 26 June 1967 ) is a French politician and a member of the ___MASK69___ ( PS ) and Party of European Socialists ( PES ). He became the PS candidate for the 2017 French presidential election after defeating Manuel Valls in the second round of the party primary on 29 January 2017 . The French Prime Minister in the Fifth ___MASK77___ is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France . During the Third and Fourth Republics , the head of government position was called President of the Council of Ministers , generally shortened to President of the Council . Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti (, ; born 13 August 1962 ) is a French politician who was the Prime Minister of France from 2014 until 2016 . He was previously Minister of the Interior from 2012 to 2014 . He is a member of the ___MASK69___ , and was a candidate in their primary for the 2017 presidential election , losing the Socialist nomination in the second round to Benoît Hamon . Marisol Touraine ( French pronunciation :  ( ma . i . sl tu . n ) ; born 7 March 1959 ) is a French politician . She serves as Minister of Social Affairs and Health under Prime Minister Jean - Marc Ayrault and under Prime Minister Manuel Valls .