List of Presidents of France.
France is the classic example of a mixed presidental-parliamentary system. It has both a President and Prime Minister, both of whom share real power, and can come from different parties (see cohabitation).
The list below follows on from List of French monarchs.
- Third Republic
- Adolphe Thiers, 1871-1873 (Thiers became president before the adoption of the Constitution of 1875 so his constitutional position was different to later presidents.)
- Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, 1873-1879
- Jules Grévy, 1879-1887
- Marie François Sadi Carnot, 1887-1894
- Jean Casimir-Périer, 1894-1895
- Félix Faure, 1895-1899
- Emile Loubet, 1899-1906
- Armand Fallières[?], 1906-1913
- Raymond Poincaré[?], 1913-1920
- Paul Deschanel[?], February 18, 1920 - September 21, 1920
- Alexandre Millerand, 1920-1924
- Gaston Doumergue[?], 1924-1931
- Paul Doumer, 1931-1932
- Albert Lebrun, 1932-1940
- Vichy France
- Provisional Government of the Republic
- Fourth Republic[?]
- Fifth Republic
French presidential election, 2002
Election results, first ballot (April 21, 2002):
Registered voters : 41 194 689
Number of voters : 29 495 733
Valid votes : 28 498 471
- Jacques Chirac 19,88%
- Jean-Marie Le Pen 16,86%
- Lionel Jospin 16,18%
- François Bayrou[?] 6,84%
- Arlette Laguiller[?] 5,72%
- Jean-Pierre Chevenement[?] 5,33%
- Noël Mamere[?] 5,25%
- Olivier Besancenot[?] 4,25%
- Jean Saint-Josse[?] 4,23%
- Alain Madelin 3,91%
- Robert Hue 3,37%
- Bruno Megret[?] 2,34%
- Christine Taubira[?] 2,32%
- Christine Boutin[?] 1,19%
- Corinne Lepage[?] 1,88%
- Daniel Gluckstein[?] 0,47%
Election results, second ballot :
- Jacques Chirac (RPR) 82.21%
- Jean-Marie Le Pen (FN) 17.71%
See also : Politics of France, List of French prime ministers