List of presidents of France by tenure

The following is a list of presidents of France sorted by length of tenure.

List

  Incumbent president

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	Emmanuel Macron	3140	25	14 May 2017 – Incumbent	One full five-year term; currently serving second five-year term
6	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
7 (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
9 (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
12	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	2551	20	27 May 1974 – 21 May 1981
13	Sadi Carnot	2396	5	3 December 1887 – 25 June 1894	Assassinated 6 years, 6 months and 22 days into seven-year term
14	Patrice de MacMahon	2077	3	24 May 1873 – 30 January 1879	Resigned 5 years, 8 months and 6 days into seven-year term
15	Nicolas Sarkozy	1826	23	16 May 2007 – 15 May 2012	One full five-year term
16	François Hollande	1825	24	15 May 2012 – 14 May 2017
17	René Coty	1818	17	16 January 1954 – 8 January 1959	Fourth republic ended 4 years, 11 months and 23 days into seven-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	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

By Republic

French Second Republic (1848–1852)

Rank	President	Length in days	Tenure
1	Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte	1443	20 December 1848 – 2 December 1852

French Third Republic (1870–1940)

Rank	President	Length in days	Tenure
1	Jules Grévy	3228	30 January 1879 – 2 December 1887
2	Albert Lebrun	2983	10 May 1932 – 11 July 1940
3	Armand Fallières	2557	18 February 1906 – 18 February 1913
4	Émile Loubet	2556	18 February 1899 – 18 February 1906
	Raymond Poincaré	2556	18 February 1913 – 18 February 1920
	Gaston Doumergue	2556	13 June 1924 – 13 June 1931
7	Sadi Carnot	2396	3 December 1887 – 25 June 1894
8	Patrice de MacMahon	2077	24 May 1873 – 30 January 1879
9	Félix Faure	1491	17 January 1895 – 16 February 1899
10	Alexandre Millerand	1357	23 September 1920 – 11 June 1924
11	Adolphe Thiers	632	31 August 1871 – 24 May 1873
12	Paul Doumer	329	13 June 1931 – 7 May 1932
13	Paul Deschanel	216	18 February 1920 – 21 September 1920
14	Jean Casimir-Perier	203	27 June 1894 – 16 January 1895

French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)

Rank	President	Length in days	Tenure
1	Vincent Auriol	2557	16 January 1947 – 16 January 1954
2	René Coty	1818	16 January 1954 – 8 January 1959

French Fifth Republic (1958–present)

Rank	President	Length in days	Tenure
1	Charles de Gaulle	3763	8 January 1959 – 28 April 1969
2	Georges Pompidou	1747	20 June 1969 – 2 April 1974
3	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	2551	27 May 1974 – 21 May 1981
4	François Mitterrand	5109	21 May 1981 – 17 May 1995
5	Jacques Chirac	4382	17 May 1995 – 16 May 2007
6	Nicolas Sarkozy	1826	16 May 2007 – 15 May 2012
7	François Hollande	1825	15 May 2012 – 14 May 2017
8	Emmanuel Macron	3140	14 May 2017 – Incumbent

Interim President

• 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

• List of presidents of France