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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
1		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

#	Picture	Name	Term start	Term end	Political Party
2		Adolphe Thiers	31 August 1871	24 May 1873 (resigned)	Opportunist Republican
3		Patrice de Mac-Mahon	24 May 1873	30 January 1879 (resigned)	Legitimist
4		Jules Grévy	30 January 1879	2 December 1887 (resigned)	Opportunist Republican
5		Marie François Sadi Carnot	3 December 1887	25 June 1894 (assassinated)	Opportunist Republican
6		Jean Casimir-Perier	27 June 1894	16 January 1895 (resigned)	Opportunist Republican
7		Félix Faure	17 January 1895	16 February 1899 (died in office)	Opportunist Republican
8		Émile Loubet	18 February 1899	18 February 1906	Opportunist Republican
9		Armand Fallières	18 February 1906	18 February 1913	ARD-PRD
10		Raymond Poincaré	18 February 1913	18 February 1920	PRD-ARD
11		Paul Deschanel	18 February 1920	21 September 1920 (resigned)	ARD-PRDS
12		Alexandre Millerand	23 September 1920	11 June 1924 (resigned)	Independent
13		Gaston Doumergue	13 June 1924	13 June 1931	Radical
14		Paul Doumer	13 June 1931	7 May 1932 (assassinated)	Radical
15		Albert Lebrun	10 May 1932	11 July 1940 (deposed)	AD

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
16		Vincent Auriol	16 January 1947	16 January 1954	French Section of the Workers' International
17		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
18		Charles de Gaulle	8 January 1959	28 April 1969 (resigned)	Union for the New Republic
19		Georges Pompidou	20 June 1969	2 April 1974 (died in office)	Union of Democrats for the Republic
20		Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	27 May 1974	21 May 1981	Independent Republicans (1974–1977) Union for French Democracy-Republican Party (1977–1981)
21		François Mitterrand	21 May 1981	17 May 1995	Socialist Party
22		Jacques Chirac	17 May 1995	16 May 2007	Rally for the Republic (1995–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2007)
23		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

Republican heads of state of France Styled President of the Republic after 1871, except from 1940-44 (Chief of State) and 1944-47 (Chairman of the Provisional Government) First Republic (1792-1804) National Convention • Directory • Consulate Second Republic (1848-1852) Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure • Executive Commission • Louis-Eugène Cavaignac • Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte Government of National Defense (1870-1871) Louis Jules Trochu Third Republic (1871-1940) Adolphe Thiers • Patrice de Mac-Mahon • Jules Armand Dufaure • Jules Grévy • Maurice Rouvier • Sadi Carnot • Charles Dupuy • Jean Casimir-Perier • Charles Dupuy • Félix Faure • Charles Dupuy • Émile Loubet • Armand Fallières • Raymond Poincaré • Paul Deschanel • Alexandre Millerand • Alexandre Millerand • Frédéric François-Marsal • Gaston Doumergue • Paul Doumer • André Tardieu • Albert Lebrun Vichy France (1940-1944) Philippe Pétain Provisional Government (1944-1947) Charles de Gaulle • Félix Gouin • Georges Bidault • Vincent Auriol • Léon Blum Fourth Republic (1947-1959) Vincent Auriol · René Coty Fifth Republic (since 1959) Charles de Gaulle • Alain Poher • Georges Pompidou • Alain Poher • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing • François Mitterrand • Jacques Chirac • Nicolas Sarkozy Italics indicate interim officeholder