Presidents - France

Complete list of all French Presidents since 1848, with political party and term of office.

Presidents
25
In office
Emmanuel Macron
Longest term
14 years
François Mitterrand

Chronological list

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Second Republic 1848–1852 · 1 president

  1. 1848–1852
    Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte 4 yearsRepublican Party

Third Republic 1871–1940 · 14 presidents

  1. 1871–1873
    Adolphe Thiers 2 yearsRepublican
  2. 1873–1879
    Patrice de Mac-Mahon 6 yearsConservative
  3. 1879–1887
    Jules Grévy 8 yearsRepublican
  4. 1887–1894
    Sadi Carnot 7 yearsRepublican
  5. 1894–1895
    Jean Casimir-Perier 1 yearModerate Republican
  6. 1895–1899
    Félix Faure 4 yearsRepublican
  7. 1899–1906
    Émile Loubet 7 yearsRepublican
  8. 1906–1913
    Armand Fallières 7 yearsRadical Republican
  9. 1913–1920
    Raymond Poincaré 7 yearsRepublican
  10. 1920–1920
    Paul Deschanel less than a yearRepublican
  11. 1920–1924
    Alexandre Millerand 4 yearsRepublican
  12. 1924–1931
    Gaston Doumergue 7 yearsRadical Republican
  13. 1931–1932
    Paul Doumer 1 yearRepublican
  14. 1932–1940
    Albert Lebrun 8 yearsRepublican

Fourth Republic 1947–1959 · 2 presidents

  1. 1947–1954
    Vincent Auriol 7 yearsSFIO
  2. 1954–1959
    René Coty 5 yearsIndependent Republican

Fifth Republic 1959–2026 · 8 presidents

  1. 1959–1969
    Charles de Gaulle 10 yearsGaullist
  2. 1969–1974
    Georges Pompidou 5 yearsGaullist
  3. 1974–1981
    Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 7 yearsUDF
  4. 1981–1995
    François Mitterrand 14 yearsSocialist Party
  5. 1995–2007
    Jacques Chirac 12 yearsRPR
  6. 2007–2012
    Nicolas Sarkozy 5 yearsUMP
  7. 2012–2017
    François Hollande 5 yearsSocialist Party
  8. since 2017
    Emmanuel Macron In office 9 yearsLa République En Marche