At just 34 years old, Gabriel Attal became the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic. A major responsibility for the former government spokesperson, short-lived Minister of National Education. Early support by Emmanuel Macron, this former Socialist Party activist who became a deputy in 2017 joined the ranks of En Marche from its beginnings, before being named spokesperson after the election of the head of state in his first five-year term. An early political journey commented on in detail for several days, as much as his private life. In a relationship in the past with Stéphane Séjourné, new Minister of Foreign Affairs and boss of the presidential party, Gabriel Attal has also been talked about for his family ties with personalities. In this case, he would be a very distant cousin of the journalist Apolline de Malherbe and of Françoise de Panafieu, former Minister of Tourism.
Véronique de Villèle confirms being Gabriel Attal’s cousin
Born to a father who was a lawyer and film producer and a mother who worked for a production company, Gabriel Attal is also the cousin of a famous personality from the 1980s: Véronique de Villèle. Half of the Véronique and Davina pair, the 76-year-old ex-host revealed on Instagram, on January 15, 2024, have family ties with the former Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts. “For the past week, I have received around 50 messages per day! So yes, we are cousins, that’s good, I love him”she wrote in the caption of a screenshot titled “What is the genealogy of Gabriel Attal, new Prime Minister”. This article from Breizh Info, published on January 11, 2024, discusses the supposed links that he would have with personalities spanning several generations. On January 9, 2024, The French Genealogy Review had also shed light on his family tree by establishing links with ancestors over many generations. Closer to our contemporary times, Gabriel Attal also has two younger sisters, Iris and Fanny, an older half-sister, Noémie, linked by their father Yves Attal, and a little adopted brother, Nikolaï.