Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Regions and Municipalities of France

Bordeaux

Mayor of Bordeaux
Alain Marie Juppé

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1945.

Rally for the Republic (1995 – 2002); Union for a Popular Movement (2002 – 2004)

1995 – 2004

Alain Marie Juppé

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1945.

Union for a Popular Movement (2006 – 2015); The Republicans (2015 – 2019)

2006 – 2019


Lyon

Mayor of Lyon
Édouard Marie Herriot

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1872; d. March 26 1957.

Radical Party

1905 – 1940

Édouard Marie Herriot

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1872; d. March 26 1957.

Radical Party

1945 – 1957

Raymond Octave Joseph Barre

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1924; d. August 25 2007.

Independent

1995 – 2001

Gérard Collomb

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1947; d. November 25 2023.

Socialist Party

2001 – 2017

Gérard Collomb

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1947; d. November 25 2023.

La République En Marche!

2018 – 2020


Paris

Mayor of Paris
Armand Marrast

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1801; d. March 10 1852.

Non-Partisan

1848

Jacques René Chirac

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1932; d. September 26 2019.

Rally for the Republic

1977 – 1995

Jean Tiberi

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1935; d. May 27 2025.

Rally for the Republic

1995 – 2001

Bertrand Delanoë

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1950.

Socialist Party

2001 – 2014