Timeline of French PresidentsA timeline of elections of French Presidents, since Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte in 1848

20 Dec 1848: Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was...

31 Aug 1871: Adolphe Thiers
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers (15 April 1797 – 3 September 1877) was a French statesman and hist...

24 May 1873: Patrice de MacMahon duc de Magenta
Marshal Marie Esme Patrice Maurice, Count de MacMahon,[1] Duke of Magenta (French pronunciation: ?[p...

30 Jan 1879: Jules Grevy
François Paul Jules Grévy (15 August 1807 – 9 September 1891) was a President of the French Third Re...

3 Dec 1887: Marie Francois Sadi Carnot
Marie François Sadi Carnot (11 August 1837 – 25 June 1894) was a French statesman and the fifth pres...

27 Jun 1894: Jean Casimir-Perier
Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier (8 November 1847 – 11 March 1907) was a French politician who served...

17 Jan 1895: Felix Faure
Félix François Faure (30 January 1841 – 16 February 1899) was President of France from 1895 until hi...

18 Feb 1899: Emile Loubet
Émile François Loubet (30 December 1838 – 20 December 1929) was the 45th Prime Minister of France an...

18 Feb 1906: Armand Fallieres
Clément Armand Fallières (6 November 1841 – 22 June 1931) was a French statesman, President of Franc...

18 Feb 1913: Raymond Poincare
Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré (20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served...

18 Feb 1920: Paul Deschanel
Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel (13 February 1855 in Schaerbeek – 28 April 1922) was a French statesman....

23 Sep 1920: Alexandre Millerand
Alexandre Millerand (10 February 1859 – 7 April 1943) was a French politician. He was Prime Minister...

13 Jun 1924: Gaston Doumergue
Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue (1 August 1863 in Aigues-Vives, Gard – 18 June 1937 in Aigues-Viv...

13 Jun 1931: Paul Doumer
Joseph Athanase Gaston Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer 22 March 1857 – 7 May 1932) was th...

10 May 1932: Albert Lebrun
Albert François Lebrun (29 August 1871 – 6 March 1950) was a French politician, President of France ...

16 Jan 1947: Vincent Auriol
Vincent Jules Auriol (27 August 1884 – 1 January 1966) was a French politician who served as the fir...

16 Jan 1954: Rene Coty
René Jules Gustave Coty (20 March 1882 – 22 November 1962) was President of France from 1954 to 1959...

8 Jan 1959: Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and s...

28 Apr 1969: Alain Poher
Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher (17 April 1909 – 9 December 1996) was a French centrist politician, af...

20 Jun 1969: Georges Pompidou
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (5 July 1911 – 2 April 1974) was Prime Minister of France from 1962 to...

2 Apr 1974: Alain Poher
Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher (17 April 1909 – 9 December 1996) was a French centrist politician, af...

27 May 1974: Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing (born 2 February 1926), also known as Giscard or VGE, is...

21 May 1981: Francois Mitterrand
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was a French politician ...

17 May 1995: Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932) is a French politician, who served as the President of F...

16 May 2007: Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy (born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa; 28 January 1955) is a French poli...

Timeline of French Presidents