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Politics of France. The president of France is the head of state of France. The first officeholder is considered to be Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, who was elected in 1848 and provoked the 1851 self-coup to later proclaim himself emperor as Napoleon III.
An entirely ceremonial post, the first president was Jean-François Rewbell, who was chosen by lot on 2 November 1795. The Directors conducted their elections privately, with the presidency rotating every three months. The last President was Louis-Jérôme Gohier.
List of heads of state of France. Monarchs ruled the Kingdom of France from the establishment of Francia in 509 to 1870, except for certain periods from 1792 to 1852. Since 1870, the head of state has been the President of France. Below is a list of all French heads of state.
The succession of republics was several times interrupted (1852–70, 1940–44, and 1944–46) by other forms of government that did not entail a presidency. This is a chronologically ordered list of the presidents of France. ( See also major rulers of France .)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The following is a list of presidents of France sorted by length of tenure. François Mitterrand was President for 14 years. Jacques Chirac was President for 12 years. Charles de Gaulle was President for 10 years, provisional head of state for 2 years, and leader of Free France for 4 years.
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The current president is Emmanuel Macron, who succeeded François Hollande on 14 May 2017, and was inaugurated for a second term on 7 May 2022. History. The presidency of France was first publicly proposed during the July Revolution of 1830, when it was offered to the Marquis de Lafayette.
