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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
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1911; d. April 2 1974.
Union of Democrats for the Republic
1969 – 1974
Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d’Estaing
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1926; d. December 2 2020.
Independent Republicans (1974 – 1977); Republican Party (1977 – 1981)
1974 – 1981
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1916; d. January 8 1996.
Socialist Party
1981 – 1995
Jacques René Chirac
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1932; d. September 26 2019.
Rally for the Republic (1995 – 2002); Union for a Popular Movement (2002 – 2007)
1995 – 2007
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1955.
Union for a Popular Movement
2007 – 2012
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1954.
Other prominent offices: Member of the National Assembly (1988 – 1993; 1997 – 2012; 2024 – present); First Secretary of the Socialist Party (1997 – 2008).
Socialist Party
2012 – 2017
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1977.
Other prominent offices: Minister of Economics, Industry, and Digital Affairs (2014 – 2016); President of En Marche! (2016 – 2017).
Renaissance
2017 – present
Heads of government of France
Kingdom of France
Chief Minister of the French Monarch
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1719; d. February 13 1787.
1781 – 1787
Bourbon Restoration
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
Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph Marie Anne Séraphin, comte de Villèle
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1754; d. May 17 1838
Ultra-Royalists
1821 – 1828
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
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1911; d. April 2 1974.
Union for the New Republic
1962 – 1968
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
Jacques René Chirac
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1932; d. September 26 2019.
Union of Democrats for the Republic
1974 – 1976
Laurent Fabius
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1946.
Socialist Party
1984 – 1986
Jacques René Chirac
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1932; d. September 26 2019.
Rally for the Republic
1986 – 1988
Édith Jeanne Thérèse Cresson
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 27 1934.
Socialist Party
1991 – 1992
Édouard Balladur
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1929.
Rally for the Republic
1993 – 1995
Alain Marie Juppé
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1945.
Rally for the Republic
1995 – 1997
Lionel Robert Jospin
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 12 1937.
Socialist Party
1997 – 2002
François Charles Armand Fillon
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1954.
Union for a Popular Movement
2007 – 2012
Jean-Marc Ayrault
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1950.
Socialist Party
2012 – 2014
Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1962.
Socialist Party
2014 – 2016
Édouard Charles Philippe
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1970.
Independent
2017 – 2020
Jean Castex
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1965.
Renaissance
2020 – 2022
Élisabeth Borne
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1961.
Renaissance
2022 – 2024
Gabriel Nissim Attal de Couriss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1989.
Renaissance
2024
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