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President of the French Republic
The President of the French Republic (French: Président de la République française) colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France's elected Head of State.
Four of France's five republics have had presidents as their heads of state, making the French presidency the oldest...
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Georges Pompidou
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (5 July 1911 – 2 April 1974) was a French politician. He was Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968, holding the longest tenure in this position, and later President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death...
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- Apr 2, 1974
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- Jun 20, 1969
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing (French pronunciation: [valeʁi maʁi ʁəne ʒɔʁʒ ʒiskaːʁ dɛsˈtɛ̃]; born 2 February 1926) is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981. As of 2009, he is a...
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- May 20, 1981
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- May 27, 1974
François Mitterrand
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand ( fʁɑ̃swa mɔʁis mitɛˈʁɑ̃ (help·info), 26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) served as the President of France from 1981 to 1995, elected as representative of the Socialist Party (PS). First elected during the May...
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- May 17, 1995
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- May 21, 1981
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932) served as the President of France from 17 May 1995 until 16 May 2007. As President he also served as an ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra and Grand Master of the French Légion d'honneur. Chirac was the...
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- May 16, 2007
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- May 17, 1995
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy (pronounced [nikɔla saʁkɔzi] (help·info), born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa on 28 January 1955) is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16...
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- May 16, 2007
René Coty
René Jules Gustave Coty (20 March 1882 – 22 November 1962) was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president under the French Fourth Republic.
René Coty was born in Le Havre and studied at the University of Caen, where...
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- Apr 8, 1959
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- Jan 16, 1954
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (French pronunciation: [də ˈɡoːl] ( listen), English: /də ˈɡɔːl/; 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the...
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- Apr 28, 1969
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- Jan 8, 1959
Vincent Auriol
Vincent Jules Auriol (27 August, 1884 – 1 January, 1966) was a French politician who served as the first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. He also served as interim President of the Provisional Government (head of state and...
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- Jan 16, 1954
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- Jan 16, 1947
Léon Blum
André Léon Blum (9 April 1872 – 30 March 1950) was a French politician, usually identified with the moderate left, and three times the Prime Minister of France.
Blum was born in the Paris Jewish community: he attended the Lycée Henri IV. There he...
Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, 1st Duc de Magenta, Marshal of France (13 July 1808 - 17 October 1893) was a French general and politician. He served as Chief of State of France from 1873 to 1875 and as the first president of the Third...
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- 1879
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- 1875
