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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