List of presidents of France by tenure


The following is a list of presidents of France sorted by length of tenure.
for 4 years
N°PresidentLength
in days		RankNotes
21François Mitterrand1Served two full terms of seven years.
22Jacques Chirac2Served one full term of seven years and one full term of five years.
18Charles de Gaulle3Served one full term of seven years and resigned during second term.
4Jules Grévy4Served one full term of seven years and resigned during second term.
15Albert Lebrun5Served one full term of seven years and was replaced by Marshal Philippe Pétain during second term.
8Émile Loubet6Served one full term of seven years.
9Armand Fallières7Served one full term of seven years.
10Raymond Poincaré8Served one full term of seven years.
13Gaston Doumergue9Served one full term of seven years.
16Vincent Auriol10Served one full term of seven years.
20Valéry Giscard d'Estaing11Served one full term of seven years.
5Sadi Carnot12Served less than one full term of seven years.
3Patrice de Mac-Mahon13Served less than one full term of seven years.
23Nicolas Sarkozy14Served one full term of five years.
24François Hollande15Served one full term of five years.
17René Coty16Served less than one full term of seven years.
19Georges Pompidou17Served less than one full term of seven years.
7Félix Faure18Served less than one full term of seven years.
1Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte19Served less than one full term of four years.
12Alexandre Millerand20Served less than one full term of seven years.
25Emmanuel Macron21Currently serving one term of five years.
2Adolphe Thiers22Served less than one full term of seven years.
14Paul Doumer23Served less than one full term of seven years.
11Paul Deschanel24Served less than one full term of seven years.
6Jean Casimir-Perier25Served less than one full term of seven years.

Interim President