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Heads of State of France
Kingdom of France
Henry IV
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1553; d. May 14 1610.
House of Bourbon – Capet
1589 – 1610
Louis XIII the Just
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1601; d. May 14 1643.
House of Bourbon – Capet
1610 – 1643
Louis XIV the Great
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1638; d. September 1 1715.
House of Bourbon – Capet
1643 – 1715
The Consulate
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First Consul of the French Republic
Napoléon Bonaparte
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1769; d. May 5 1821
1799 – 1804
First French Empire
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Emperor of the French
Napoléon I
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1769; d. May 5 1821
House of Bonaparte
1804 – 1814
First French Empire (restored)
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Emperor of the French
Napoléon I
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1769; d. May 5 1821
House of Bonaparte
1815
Second French Republic
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President of the French Republic
Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1808; d. January 9 1873
Bonapartist Party
1848 – 1852
Second French Empire
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Emperor of the French
Napoléon III
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1808; d. January 9 1873
House of Bonaparte
1852 – 1870
The French State (Vichy France)
Chief of the French State
Maréchal de France Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain
Date of birth/date of death: April 24 1856; d. July 23 1951
Révolution nationale
1940 – 1944
Free France
President of the French National Committee
Général de Brigade Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1890; d. November 9 1970
Independent
1941 – 1943
President of the French Committee of National Liberation
Général de Brigade Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1890; d. November 9 1970
Independent
1943 – 1944
Provisional Government of the French Republic
Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic
Général de Brigade Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1890; d. November 9 1970
Independent
1944 – 1946
The Fifth Republic
President of the French Republic
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1890; d. November 9 1970
Union for the New Republic (1959 – 1967); Union of Democrats for the Republic (1967 – 1969)
1959 – 1969
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1916; d. January 8 1996.
Socialist Party
1981 – 1995
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1955.
Union for a Popular Movement
2007 – 2012
Heads of government of France
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Bourbon Restoration
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President of the Council of Ministers
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, duc de Talleyrand
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1754; d. May 17 1838
Independent
1815
The Third Republic
President of the Council of Ministers
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1841; d. November 24 1929.
Radical Party
1906 – 1909
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1841; d. November 24 1929.
Independent Radicals
1917 – 1920
Pierre Jean Marie Laval
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1883; d. October 15 1945.
Independent
1931 – 1932
Paul Reynaud
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1878; d. September 21 1966
Democratic Republican Alliance
1940
Maréchal de France Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain
Date of birth/date of death: April 24 1856; d. July 23 1951
Independent
1940
Vice President of the Council of Ministers
Paul Reynaud
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1878; d. September 21 1966
Democratic Republican Alliance
1932
Pierre Jean Marie Laval
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1883; d. October 15 1945.
Independent
1940
The French State (Vichy France)
President of the Council of Ministers
Maréchal de France Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain
Date of birth/date of death: April 24 1856; d. July 23 1951
Révolution nationale
1940 – 1942
Pierre Jean Marie Laval
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1883; d. October 15 1945.
Révolution nationale
1942 – 1944
The Fourth Republic
President of the Council of Ministers
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1890; d. November 9 1970
Union for the New Republic
1958 – 1959
Vice President of the Council of Ministers
Paul Reynaud
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1878; d. September 21 1966
National Centre of Independents and Peasants
1953 – 1954
The Fifth Republic
Prime Minister of France
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1915; d. November 10 2000.
Union of Democrats for the Republic
1969 – 1972
Édouard Balladur
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1929.
Rally for the Republic
1993 – 1995
François Charles Armand Fillon
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1954.
Union for a Popular Movement
2007 – 2012
Michel Jean Barnier
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1951.
The Republicans
2024
François René Jean Lucien Bayrou
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1951.
Democratic Movement
2024 – present
Sub-National States
County of Armagnac
Count of Armagnac
Henry III
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1553; d. May 14 1610.
House of Bourbon – Capet
1572 – 1589
County of Bigorre
Count of Bigorre
Henry III
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1553; d. May 14 1610.
House of Bourbon – Capet
1572 – 1589
County of Comminges
Count of Comminges
Henry III
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1553; d. May 14 1610.
House of Bourbon – Capet
1572 – 1589
County of Foix
Count of Foix
Henry III
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1553; d. May 14 1610.
House of Bourbon – Capet
1572 – 1589
Viscounty of Béarn
Viscount of Béarn
Henry III
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1553; d. May 14 1610.
House of Bourbon – Capet
1572 – 1589