List of spouses or partners of the president of France

Spouses and companions of the president of France often play a protocol role at the Élysée Palace and during official visits, though they possess no official title. Brigitte Macron is the spouse of the current president, Emmanuel Macron, who took office on 14 May 2017.

First Lady of France
Première dame de France
Incumbent Brigitte Macron since 14 May 2017
Residence	Élysée Palace
Inaugural holder	Élise Thiers
Formation	1848; 177 years ago (1848)

List

Portrait	Name	President	Period	Notes
	Élise Thiers	Adolphe Thiers	1871–1873
	Élisabeth de Mac Mahon	Patrice de Mac-Mahon	1873–1879
	Coralie Grévy	Jules Grévy	1879–1887
	Cécile Carnot	Marie François Sadi Carnot	1887–1894
	Hélène Casimir-Perier	Jean Casimir-Perier	1894–1895
	Berthe Faure	Félix Faure	1895–1899
	Marie-Louise Loubet	Émile Loubet	1899–1906
	Jeanne Fallières	Armand Fallières	1906–1913
	Henriette Poincaré	Raymond Poincaré	1913–1920
	Germaine Deschanel	Paul Deschanel	1920
	Jeanne Millerand	Alexandre Millerand	1920–1924
	Jeanne Doumergue (fr)	Gaston Doumergue	1931
	Blanche Doumer (fr)	Paul Doumer	1931–1932
	Marguerite Lebrun	Albert Lebrun	1932–1940
	Michelle Auriol (fr)	Vincent Auriol	1947–1954	First presidential spouse of the Fourth Republic.
	Germaine Coty	René Coty	1954–1955
	Yvonne de Gaulle	Charles de Gaulle	1959–1969	First presidential spouse of the Fifth Republic.
	Claude Pompidou	Georges Pompidou	1969–1974
	Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	1974–1981
	Danielle Mitterrand	François Mitterrand	1981–1995
	Bernadette Chirac	Jacques Chirac	1995–2007
	Cécilia Sarkozy	Nicolas Sarkozy	2007	Cécilia Ciganer-Albéniz and Nicolas Sarkozy divorced during his first year in office. Sarkozy and Bruni married several months later.
	Carla Bruni-Sarkozy		2008–2012
	Valérie Trierweiler	François Hollande	2012–2014	Trierweiler and Hollande were never married, but she was widely considered the "de facto first lady".
	Brigitte Macron	Emmanuel Macron	2017–present

Current living presidential spouses or companions

Living French presidential spouses or companions as of December 17, 2025 (from oldest to youngest):

• Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing
  (1974–1981)
  Born (1933-04-10) 10 April 1933 (age 92)
• Bernadette Chirac
  (1995–2007)
  Born (1933-05-18) 18 May 1933 (age 92)
• Brigitte Macron
  (2017–present)
  Born (1953-04-13) 13 April 1953 (age 72)
• Cécilia Attias
  (2007)
  Born (1957-11-12) 12 November 1957 (age 68)
• Valérie Trierweiler
  (2012–2014)
  Born (1965-02-16) 16 February 1965 (age 60)
• Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
  (2008–2012)
  Born (1967-12-23) 23 December 1967 (age 57)

See also

• First Lady
• President of France