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Below is the list of Presidents of France. The first President of France is considered to be Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (later Napoleon III), who was elected in the 1848 election, under the French Second Republic. The current President is Francois Hollande, from 15 May 2012. He was elected in the 2012 election.
French Fifth Republic Presidents (1958–present)
| Name | From | To | Party | Wing |
| Charles de Gaulle | 08-Jan-59 | 28-Apr-69 | UND/UDR | Right |
| Georges Pompidou | 20-Jun-69 | 02-Apr-74 | UDR | Right |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 27-May-74 | 21-May-81 | FNRI/UDF | Right |
| François Mitterrand | 21-May-81 | 17-May-95 | PS | Left |
| Jacques Chirac | 17-May-95 | 16-May-07 | RPR/UMP | Right |
| Nicolas Sarkozy | 16-May-07 | 15-May-12 | UMP | Right |
| François Hollande | 15-May-12 | current | PS | Left |
Time in office
| S.no. | President | Length | Rank | Notes |
| in days | ||||
| 1 | Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte | 1443 | 18 | Served less than one full term of four years (end of the Second Republic, proclaimed himself as Emperor). |
| 2 | Adolphe Thiers | 632 | 20 | Served less than one full term of seven years (resigned). |
| 3 | Patrice de Mac-Mahon | 2077 | 13 | Served less than one full term of seven years (resigned). |
| 4 | Jules Grévy | 3228 | 4 | Served one full term of seven years and resigned during second term. |
| 5 | Sadi Carnot | 2396 | 12 | Served less than one full term of seven years (assassinated). |
| 6 | Jean Casimir-Perier | 203 | 23 | Served less than one full term of seven years (resigned). |
| 7 | Félix Faure | 1491 | 17 | Served less than one full term of seven years (died in office). |
| 8 | Émile Loubet | 2556 | 6 | Served one full term of seven years. |
| 9 | Armand Fallières | 2557 | 7 | Served one full term of seven years. |
| 10 | Raymond Poincaré | 2556 | 8 | Served one full term of seven years. |
| 11 | Paul Deschanel | 216 | 22 | Served less than one full term of seven years (resigned). |
| 12 | Alexandre Millerand | 1357 | 19 | Served less than one full term of seven years (resigned). |
| 13 | Gaston Doumergue | 2556 | 9 | Served one full term of seven years. |
| 14 | Paul Doumer | 329 | 21 | Served less than one full term of seven years (assassinated). |
| 15 | Albert Lebrun | 2983 | 5 | Served one full term of seven years and was replaced by Marshal Philippe Pétain during second term. |
| 16 | Vincent Auriol | 2557 | 10 | Served one full term of seven years. |
| 17 | René Coty | 1818 | 15 | Served less than one full term of seven years (end of the Fourth Republic). |
| 18 | Charles de Gaulle | 3763 | 3 | Served one full term of seven years and resigned during second term. |
| 19 | Georges Pompidou | 1747 | 16 | Served less than one full term of seven years (died in office). |
| 20 | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 2551 | 11 | Served one full term of seven years. |
| 21 | François Mitterrand | 5109 | 1 | Served two full terms of seven years. |
| 22 | Jacques Chirac | 4382 | 2 | Served one full term of seven years and one full term of five years. |
| 23 | Nicolas Sarkozy | 1826 | 14 | Served one full term of five years. |
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
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