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France

768–

89 recorded officeholder spells across 13 offices, led today by Emmanuel Macron (Pres., since 2017-05-14).

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Monarch

NameFromTo
Louis Philippe I18301848
Charles X18241830
Louis XVIII18151824
Emperor Napoleon I (Hundred Days)18151815
Louis XVIII18141815
Emperor Napoleon I18041814
Louis XVI17741792
Louis XV (the Beloved)17151774
Louis XIV (the Sun King)16431715
Louis XIII (the Just)16101643
Henry IV (the Great)15891610
Henry III15741589
Charles IX15601574
Francis II15591560
Henry II15471559
Francis I15151547
Louis XII (Father of the People)14981515
Charles VIII (the Affable)14831498
Louis XI (the Prudent)14611483
Charles VII (the Victorious)14221461
Charles VI (the Mad)13801422
Charles V (the Wise)13641380
John II (the Good)13501364
Philip VI13281350
Charles IV (the Fair)13221328
Philip V (the Tall)13161322
John I (the Posthumous)13161316
Louis X (the Quarrelsome)13141316
Philip IV (the Fair)12851314
Philip III (the Bold)12701285
Louis IX (Saint Louis)12261270
Louis VIII (the Lion)12231226
Philip II (Augustus)11801223
Louis VII (the Younger)11371180
Louis VI (the Fat)11081137
Philip I10601108
Henry I10311060
Robert II (the Pious)09961031
Hugh Capet09870996
Louis V (the Indolent)09860987
Lothair09540986
Louis IV (d'Outremer)09360954
Rudolph (Raoul)09230936
Robert I09220923
Charles III (the Simple)08980922
Odo (Eudes)08880898
Charles the Fat08840888
Louis III08790882
Carloman II08790884
Louis II (the Stammerer)08770879
Charles II (the Bald)08430877
Louis I (the Pious)08140840
Charlemagne07680814

Head of State (National Convention)

NameFromTo
Head of State (National Convention)17921795

President of the Directory

NameFromTo
Executive Directory17951799

First Consul

NameFromTo
Napoleon Bonaparte (First Consul)17991804

Head of State (Provisional Government)

NameFromTo
Provisional Government of 184818481848

President / Prince-President

NameFromTo
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte18481852

Emperor (Second Empire)

NameFromTo
Emperor Napoleon III18521870

Head of State (Provisional)

NameFromTo
Government of National Defense18701871

President

NameFromTo
Emmanuel Macron2017present
Francois Hollande20122017
Nicolas Sarkozy20072012
Jacques Chirac19952007
Francois Mitterrand19811995
Valery Giscard d'Estaing19741981
Georges Pompidou19691974
Charles de Gaulle19591969
Vincent Auriol19471954
Albert Lebrun19321940
Paul Doumer19311932
Gaston Doumergue19241931
Alexandre Millerand19201924
Paul Deschanel19201920
Raymond Poincare19131920
Armand Fallieres19061913
Emile Loubet18991906
Felix Faure18951899
Jean Casimir-Perier18941895
Sadi Carnot18881894
Jules Grevy18791887
Patrice de Mac-Mahon18731879
Adolphe Thiers18711873

Head of State (Vichy)

NameFromTo
Philippe Pétain19401944

President (GPRF)

NameFromTo
Georges Bidault19461946
Félix Gouin19461946
Charles de Gaulle19441946

President (4th Republic)

NameFromTo
René Coty19541959

Prime Minister

NameFromTo
Sébastien Lecornu2025present