Eric Lombard, the head of Caisse des Dépôts, the investment arm of the French government, became finance minister, working with Amélie de Montchalin as budget minister.
Conservative Bruno Retailleau remained interior minister. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu also remained in the post.
Élisabeth Borne, who stepped down as prime minister in January, became education minister, while former interior minister Gerard Darmanin will lead the Justice Ministry.
Bayrou has struggled for almost 10 days to put together a government as he looks to stave off potential no-confidence votes from the far right and left.
He will need to begin work immediately on passing a 2025 budget bill after parliamentary pushback over the proposed legislation led to the toppling of his predecessor, former Prime Minister
Michel Barnier.
The names were read out by President Emmanuel Macron's chief of staff, Alexis Kohler.