Presidents of France since 1871
Adolphe Thiers 31 August 1871 – 24 May 1873
Patrice de Mac-Mahon 24 May 1873 – 30 January 1879
Jules Grévy 30 January 1879 – 2 December 1887
Marie François Sadi Carnot 3 December 1887 – 25 June 1894 (assassinated)
Jean Casimir-Perier 27 June 1894 – 16 January 1895
Félix Faure 17 January 1895 – 16 February 1899 (died in office)
Émile Loubet 18 February 1899 – 18 February 1906
Armand Falliéres 18 February 1906 – 18 February 1913
Raymond Poincaré 18 February 1913 – 18 February 1920
Paul Deschanel 18 February 1920 – 21 September 1920
Alexandre Millerand 23 September 1920 – 11 June 1924
Gaston Doumergue 13 June 1924 – 13 June 1931
Paul Doumer 13 June 1931 – 7 May 1932 (assassinated)
Albert Lebrun 10 May 1932 – 11 July 1940 (deposed)
Note: The office of the President of the French Republic did not exist until Vincent Auriol became the President of the Fourth Republic
Vincent Auriol 16 January 1947 – 16 January 1954
René Coty 16 January 1954 – 8 January 1959
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Charles de Gaulle 8 January 1959 – 28 April 1969
Alain Poher 28 April 1969 – 20 June 1969 (acting)
Georges Pompidou 20 June 1969 – 3 April 1974 (died in office)
Alain Poher 3 April 1974 – 27 May 1974 (Acting)
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing 27 May 1974 – 21 May 1981
Francois Mitterand 21 May 1981 – 17 May 1995
Jacques Chirac 17 May 1995 – 16 May 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy 16 May 2007 –