List of presidents of France by tenure

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The following is a list[1][2][3] of presidents of France sorted by length of tenure.

François Mitterrand was President for 14 years
Jacques Chirac was President for 12 years
Charles de Gaulle was President for 10 years, provisional head of state for 2 years, and leader of Free France for 4 years
Jean Casimir-Perier resigned in frustration after less than seven months in office
Rank President Length
in days		 Order Tenure Number of terms
1 François Mitterrand 5109 21 21 May 1981 – 17 May 1995 Two full seven-year terms
2 Jacques Chirac 4382 22 17 May 1995 – 16 May 2007 One full seven-year term and one full five-year term
3 Charles de Gaulle 3763 18 8 January 1959 – 28 April 1969 One full seven-year term; resigned 3 years, 4 months and 20 days into second term
4 Jules Grévy 3228 4 30 January 1879 – 2 December 1887 One full seven-year term; resigned 1 year, 10 months and 2 days into second term
5 Albert Lebrun 2983 15 10 May 1932 – 11 July 1940 One full seven-year term; replaced by Marshal Philippe Pétain 1 year, 2 months and 1 day into second term
6

(tie)

Armand Fallières 2557 9 18 February 1906 – 18 February 1913 One full seven-year term
Vincent Auriol 2557 16 16 January 1947 – 16 January 1954
8

(tie)

Émile Loubet 2556 8 18 February 1899 – 18 February 1906
Raymond Poincaré 2556 10 18 February 1913 – 18 February 1920
Gaston Doumergue 2556 13 13 June 1924 – 13 June 1931
11 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 2551 20 27 May 1974 �� 21 May 1981
12 Sadi Carnot 2396 5 3 December 1887 – 25 June 1894 Assassinated 6 years, 6 months and 22 days into seven-year term
13 Patrice de Mac-Mahon 2077 3 24 May 1873 – 30 January 1879 Resigned 5 years, 8 months and 6 days into seven-year term
14 Nicolas Sarkozy 1826 23 16 May 2007 – 15 May 2012 One full five-year term
15 François Hollande 1825 24 15 May 2012 – 14 May 2017
16 René Coty 1818 17 16 January 1954 – 8 January 1959 Fourth republic ended 4 years, 11 months and 23 days into seven-year term
17 Emmanuel Macron 1776 25 14 May 2017 – Incumbent Currently serving five-year term
18 Georges Pompidou 1747 19 20 June 1969 – 2 April 1974 Died 4 years, 9 months and 13 days into seven-year term
19 Félix Faure 1491 7 17 January 1895 – 16 February 1899 Died 4 years and 30 days into seven-year term
20 Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte 1443 1 20 December 1848 – 2 December 1852 One full four-year term; end of second republic
21 Alexandre Millerand 1357 12 23 September 1920 – 11 June 1924 Resigned 3 years, 8 months and 19 days into seven-year term
22 Adolphe Thiers 632 2 31 August 1871 – 24 May 1873 Resigned 1 year, 8 months and 24 days into seven-year term
23 Paul Doumer 329 14 13 June 1931 – 7 May 1932 Assassinated 10 months and 24 days into seven-year term
24 Paul Deschanel 216 11 18 February 1920 – 21 September 1920 Resigned 7 months and 3 days into seven-year term
25 Jean Casimir-Perier 203 6 27 June 1894 – 16 January 1895 Resigned 6 months and 20 days into seven year term

Interim President[]

See also: List of French non-presidential heads of state by tenure
  • Alain Poher, as President of the Senate was called on to serve as Interim President of France in April–June 1969 and April–May 1974

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "List of France Presidents". Worldpresidentsdb.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ "List of kings of France, emperors and presidents of France". Sport-histoire.fr. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. ^ "List of presidents of France". Britannica.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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