List of Presidents of the French Republic
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First French Republic (1792-1804)
- National Convention (20 September 1792 – 2 November 1795), with Maximilian Robespierre as leading member of the Convention's Committee of Public Safety (27 July 1793 - 27 July 1794)
- Directory (2 November 1795 – 10 November 1799), with Paul Barras as leading member of the Directory
- Consulate (10 November 1799 – 18 May 1804), with Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul
Second French Republic (1848-1852)
President of the Provisional Government of the Republic
- Jacques Charles Dupont de l'Eure (24 February 1848 - 9 May 1848)
President of the National Constituent Assembly
- Philippe Joseph Benjamin Buchez (9 May 1848 - 10 May 1848)
Chairman of the Executive Power Commission
- François Arago (11 May 1848 - 24 June 1848)
President of the National Constituent Assembly
- Antonie Marie Jules Sénard (24 June 1848 - 28 June 1848)
Chief of the Executive Power
- Louis Eugène Cavaignac (28 June 1848 - 20 December 1848)
President
| # | Picture | Name | Term start | Term end | Political Party |
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| 1 | File:Napoleon III, målning av Franz Xaver Winterhalter från 1857.jpg | Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte | 20 December 1848 | 2 December 1852 (became Emperor of the French) | Bonapartist |
Third French Republic (1870-1940)
President of the Government of National Defense
- Louis Jules Trochu (4 September 1870 - 13 February 1871)
Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly
- Denis Emmanuel, comte Benoist d'Azy (acting) (13 February 1871 - 16 February 1871)
- Jules Grévy (16 February 1871 - 17 February 1871)
Chief of the Executive Power
- Adolphe Thiers (17 February 1871-30 August 1871) (became President on 31 August)
Presidents
Acting Presidents
Under the Third Republic, the President of the Council served as Acting President whenever the office of President was vacant.
- Jules Armand Dufaure (30 January 1879)
- Maurice Rouvier (2 December - 3 December 1887)
- Charles Dupuy (25 June - 27 June 1894, 16 January - 17 January 1895 and 16 February - 18 February 1899)
- Alexandre Millerand (21 September - 23 September 1920)
- Frédéric François-Marsal (11 June - 13 June 1924)
- André Tardieu (7 May - 10 May 1932)
The office of President of the French Republic did not exist from 1940 until 1947.
French State (1940-1944)
Chief of State
- Marshal Philippe Pétain (11 July 1940 - 20 August 1944)
Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1947)
Chairmen of the Provisional Government
- Charles de Gaulle (3 July 1944 - 26 January 1946)
- Félix Gouin (26 January - 24 June 1946)
- Georges Bidault (24 June - 28 November 1946)
- Vincent Auriol (interim) (28 November - 16 December 1946)
- Léon Blum (16 December 1946 - 16 January 1947)
Fourth French Republic (1947-1958)
Presidents
| # | Picture | Name | Term start | Term end | Political Party |
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| 16 | File:VincentAuriol.png | Vincent Auriol | 16 January 1947 | 16 January 1954 | French Section of the Workers' International |
| 17 | File:René Coty en 1948.JPG | René Coty | 16 January 1954 | 8 January 1959 | National Centre of Independents and Peasants |
Fifth French Republic (1958-Present)
Presidents
| # | Picture | Name | Term start | Term end | Political Party |
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| 18 | File:Charles de Gaulle-1963.jpg | Charles de Gaulle | 8 January 1959 | 28 April 1969 (resigned) | Union for the New Republic |
| 19 | File:Georges Pompidou - Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F020538-0006.jpg | Georges Pompidou | 20 June 1969 | 2 April 1974 (died in office) | Union of Democrats for the Republic |
| 20 | File:Valéry Giscard d’Estaing 1978.jpg | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 27 May 1974 | 21 May 1981 | Independent Republicans
(1974–1977) Union for French Democracy-Republican Party (1977–1981) |
| 21 | File:Reagan Mitterand 1984 (cropped).jpg | François Mitterrand | 21 May 1981 | 17 May 1995 | Socialist Party |
| 22 | File:Jacques Chirac.jpg | Jacques Chirac | 17 May 1995 | 16 May 2007 | Rally for the Republic
(1995–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2007) |
| 23 | File:Nicolas Sarkozy - Sarkozy meeting in Toulouse for the 2007 French presidential election 0299 2007-04-12 cropped further.jpg | Nicolas Sarkozy | 16 May 2007 | Incumbent | Union for a Popular Movement |
Acting President
- Alain Poher, the President of the French Senate, served as Acting President of the Republic after President de Gaulle's resignation on 28 April until the installation of his elected successor President Pompidou on 20 June 1969 and again from 3 April upon President Pompidou's death in office until the installation of his elected successor, President Giscard d'Estaing, on 27 May 1974.
See also
- President of the French Republic
- List of Prime Ministers of France
- List of Foreign Ministers of France
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