Senate of France
President of the Senate of France
Émile François Loubet
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1838; d. December 20 1929.
Moderate Republicans
1895 – 1899
Clément Armand Fallières
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1841; d. June 22 1931.
Democratic Republican Alliance
1899 – 1906
Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1851; d. September 29 1925.
Radical Party
1920 – 1923
Pierre Paul Henri Gaston Doumergue
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1863; d. June 18 1937.
Radical Party
1923 – 1924
Justin Germain Casimir de Selves
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1848; d. January 12 1934.
Radical Party
1924 – 1927
Paul Doumer
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1857; d. May 7 1932.
Independent
1927 – 1931
Albert François Lebrun
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1871; d. March 6 1950.
Democratic Republican Alliance
1931 – 1932
Jules Émile Jeanneney
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1864; d. April 27 1957.
Radical Party
1932 – 1940
President of the Council of the Republic
Auguste Champetier de Ribes
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1882; d. March 6 1947.
Popular Republican Movement
1946 – 1947
Gaston Monnerville
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1897; d. November 7 1991.
Radical Party
1947 – 1958
President of the Senate of France
Gaston Monnerville
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1897; d. November 7 1991.
Radical Party
1958 – 1968
Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1909; d. December 9 1996.
Democratic Centre (1968 – 1976); Centre of Social Democrats (1976 – 1992)
1968 – 1992
René Monory
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 6 1923; d. April 11 2009.
Union for French Democracy
1992 – 1998
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of France
Jean-Claude Gaudin
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1939; d. May 20 2024.
Union for a Popular Movement
2011 – 2014
National Assembly of France
President of the National Assembly of France
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1754; d. May 17 1838
Independent
1790
President of the National Assembly of France
François Judith Paul Grévy
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1807; d. September 9 1891.
Left Republicans
1871 – 1873
President of the Chamber of Deputies
François Judith Paul Grévy
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1807; d. September 9 1891.
Left Republicans
1876 – 1879
Léon Gambetta
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1838; d. December 31 1882.
Republican Union
1879 – 1881
Charles Thomas Floquet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1828; d. January 18 1896.
Republican Union
1885 – 1888
Charles Thomas Floquet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1828; d. January 18 1896.
Republican Union
1889 – 1893
Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1847; d. March 11 1907.
Moderate Republicans
1893
Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1847; d. March 11 1907.
Moderate Republicans
1894
Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1855; d. April 28 1922.
Progressive Republicans (1898 – 1901); Democratic Republican Alliance (1901 – 1902)
1898 – 1902
Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1851; d. September 29 1925.
Radical Party
1902 – 1904
Paul Doumer
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1857; d. May 7 1932.
Independent
1905 – 1906
Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1855; d. April 28 1922.
Democratic Republican Alliance
1912 – 1920
Raoul Adolphe Péret
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1870; d. July 22 1942.
Democratic Republican Alliance
1920 – 1924
Paul Painlevé
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1863; d. October 29 1933.
Republican-Socialist Party
1924 – 1925
Édouard Marie Herriot
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1872; d. March 26 1957.
Radical Party
1925 – 1926
Fernand Bouisson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. December 28 1959.
Independent
1927 – 1936
Édouard Marie Herriot
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1872; d. March 26 1957.
Radical Party
1936 – 1940
President of the Consultative Assembly
Félix Gouin
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1884; d. October 25 1977.
French Section of the Workers’ International
1943 – 1945
President of the Constituent National Assembly
Félix Gouin
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1884; d. October 25 1977.
French Section of the Workers’ International
1945 – 1946
Vincent Jules Auriol
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1884; d. January 1 1966.
French Section of the Workers’ International
1946
President of the National Assembly of France
Vincent Jules Auriol
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1884; d. January 1 1966.
French Section of the Workers’ International
1946 – 1947
Édouard Marie Herriot
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1872; d. March 26 1957.
Radical Party
1947 – 1954
André Le Troquer
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1884; d. November 11 1963.
French Section of the Workers’ International
1954 – 1955
François Charles Pierre Schneiter
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 13 1905; d. March 19 1979.
Popular Republican Movement
1955
André Le Troquer
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1884; d. November 11 1963.
French Section of the Workers’ International
1956 – 1958
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1915; d. November 10 2000.
Union for the New Republic (1958 – 1968); Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968 – 1969)
1958 – 1969
Achille Peretti
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1911; d. April 14 1983.
Union of Democrats for the Republic
1969 – 1973
Edgar Jean Faure
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1908; d. March 30 1988.
Union of Democrats for the Republic (1973 – 1977); Radical Party (1977 – 1978)
1973 – 1978
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1915; d. November 10 2000.
Rally for the Republic
1978 – 1981
Louis Mermaz
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1931; d. August 15 2024.
Socialist Party
1981 – 1986
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1915; d. November 10 2000.
Rally for the Republic
1986 – 1988
Laurent Fabius
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1946.
Socialist Party
1988 – 1992
Henri Emmanuelli
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1945; d. March 21 2017.
Socialist Party
1992 – 1993
Philippe Séguin
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1943; d. January 7 2010.
Rally for the Republic
1993 – 1997
Laurent Fabius
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1946.
Socialist Party
1997 – 2000
Jean-Louis Debré
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1944; d. March 4 2025.
Union for a Popular Movement
2002 – 2007
François Henri Goullet de Rugy
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1973.
En Marche!
2017 – 2018
Richard Ferrand
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1962.
La République En Marche!
2018 – 2022
Yaël Braun-Pivet
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1970.
Renaissance
2022 – present