List of presidents of the National Assembly of France

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This article lists Presidents of the French Parliament or, as the case may be, of its lower chamber.

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The National Constituent Assembly was created in 1789 out of the Estates-General. It, and the revolutionary legislative assemblies that followed – the Legislative Assembly (1791–1792) and the National Convention (1792–1795), had a quickly rotating Presidency. With the establishment of the Directory in 1795, there were two chambers of the French legislature. The lower, the Council of Five Hundred, also had a quickly rotating chairmanship. Under Napoleon I, the Legislative Corps had all authority to actually enact laws, but was essentially a rubberstamp body, lacking the power to debate legislation. With the restoration of the monarchy, a bicameral system was restored, with a Chamber of Peers and a Chamber of Deputies. The Chamber of Deputies, for the first time, had presidents elected for a substantial period of time.

With the revolution of 1848, the monarchical assemblies were dissolved and replaced again with a unicameral National Assembly, which Napoleon III replaced with a new version of his uncle's Legislative Corps. With the establishment of the Third Republic, the name of Chamber of Deputies was restored; after 1876 it was joined by a Senate as upper house. The Chamber of Deputies was renamed the National Assembly in the constitution of the Fourth Republic, and is still known as that.

Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly (1789–1791)

Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly rotated in short periods.

L'Assemblée Nationale Constituante
PresidentBeganEnded
Jean-Sylvain Bailly 17 June 17893 July 1789
Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans 3 July 17893 July 1789
Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan 3 July 178918 July 1789
François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt 18 July 17893 August 1789
Jacques Guillaume Thouret 3 August 17893 August 1789
Isaac René Guy le Chapelier 3 August 178917 August 1789
Stanislas, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre 17 August 178931 August 1789
César Guillaume de La Luzerne 31 August 17899 September 1789
Stanislas, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre 9 September 178928 September 1789
Jean-Joseph Mounier 28 September 178910 October 1789
Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just 10 October 178928 October 1789
Armand Gaston Camus 28 October 178912 November 1789
Jacques Guillaume Thouret 12 November 178923 November 1789
Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé 23 November 17895 December 1789
Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just 5 December 178922 December 1789
Jean-Nicolas Démeunier 22 December 17894 January 1790
François-Xavier de Montesquiou-Fézensac 4 January 179018 January 1790
Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target 18 January 17902 February 1790
Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy 2 February 179016 February 1790
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord 16 February 179028 February 1790
François-Xavier de Montesquiou-Fézensac 28 February 179015 March 1790
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne 15 March 179027 March 1790
Jean-François, baron de Menou 27 March 179012 April 1790
Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay 12 April 179027 April 1790
François Henri, comte de Virieu 27 April 179029 April 1790
Jean-Louis Gouttes 29 April 17908 May 1790
Jacques Guillaume Thouret 8 May 179027 May 1790
Bon-Albert Briois de Beaumetz 27 May 17908 June 1790
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès 8 June 179021 June 1790
Louis-Michel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau 21 June 17905 July 1790
Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay 5 July 179020 July 1790
Jean-Baptiste Treilhard 20 July 179031 July 1790
Antoine d'André 31 July 179016 August 1790
Samuel-Pierre Du Pont de Nemours 16 August 179030 August 1790
Joseph-Henri baron de Jessé 30 August 179011 September 1790
Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy 11 September 179025 September 1790
Jean-Louis Emmery 25 September 17909 October 1790
Philippe-Antoine Merlin (known as Merlin de Douai) 9 October 179025 October 1790
Antoine Barnave 25 October 17908 November 1790
Charles-Antoine Chasset 8 November 179020 November 1790
Alexandre de Lameth 20 November 17904 December 1790
Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve 4 December 179020 December 1790
Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay 20 December 179020 December 1790
Antoine d'André 20 December 17904 January 1791
Jean-Louis Emmery 4 January 179118 January 1791
Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire 18 January 179129 January 1791
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau 29 January 179114 February 1791
Adrien Duport 14 February 179126 February 1791
Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles 26 February 179114 March 1791
Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac 14 March 179129 March 1791
François Denis Tronchet 29 March 17919 April 1791
Jean-Baptiste-Charles Chabroud 9 April 179123 April 1791
Jean-François Reubell 23 April 17919 May 1791
Antoine d'André 9 May 179124 May 1791
Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy 24 May 17916 June 1791
Luc Dauchy 6 June 179119 June 1791
Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais 19 June 17913 July 1791
Charles de Lameth 3 July 179119 July 1791
Jacques Defermon des Chapelières 19 July 179130 July 1791
Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais 30 July 179113 August 1791
Charles Louis Victor, prince de Broglie 13 August 179127 August 1791
Théodore Vernier 27 August 179110 September 1791
Jacques Guillaume Thouret 10 September 179130 September 1791

Presidents of the Legislative Assembly (1791–1792)

Presidents of the Legislative Assembly rotated in short periods.

L'Assemblée Nationale Legislative
PresidentBeganEnded
Claude Batault 1 October 17913 October 1791
Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret 3 October 179117 October 1791
Jean-Baptiste Ducastel 17 October 179130 October 1791
Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud 30 October 179115 November 1791
Vincent-Marie Viénot de Vaublanc 15 November 179128 November 1791
Bernard Germain de Lacépède 28 November 179110 December 1791
Pierre-Édouard Lémontey 10 December 179126 December 1791
Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau 26 December 17918 January 1792
Jean Antoine d'Averhoult 8 January 179222 January 1792
Guadet 22 January 17927 February 1792
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet 7 February 179219 February 1792
Mathieu Dumas 19 February 17924 March 1792
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau 4 March 179219 March 1792
Armand Gensonné 19 March 17922 April 1792
Claude Dorizy 2 April 179215 April 1792
Félix Bigot, comte de Préameneu 15 April 179229 April 1792
Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac 29 April 179213 May 1792
Honoré Muraire 13 May 179227 May 1792
François-Alexandre Tardiveau 27 May 179210 June 1792
Antoine Français de Nantes 10 June 179224 June 1792
Louis Stanislas de Girardin 24 June 17928 July 1792
Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet 8 July 179222 July 1792
André-Daniel Laffon de Ladébat 22 July 17927 August 1792
Jean-François Merlet 7 August 179220 August 1792
Jean-François Delacroix 20 August 17922 September 1792
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles 2 September 179216 September 1792
Pierre Joseph Cambon 16 September 179219 September 1792

Presidents of the National Convention (1792–1795)

Bold indicates second term as President.

CoPS refers to Committee of Public Safety

CoGS refers to Committee of General Security

PresidentBeganEndedNotes
Philippe Rühl 20 September 179220 September 1792Served briefly at opening of first session as Dean.
Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve 20 September 17924 October 1792 Girondist: Committed suicide while in hiding June 1794.
Jean-François Delacroix 4 October 179218 October 1792Executed with Danton, 5 April 1794.
Marguerite-Élie Guadet 18 October 17921 November 1792 Girondist: Executed 17 June 1794.
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles 1 November 179215 November 1792Executed with Danton, 5 April 1794.

Member of CoPS (30 May 1793 – 29 Dec 1793).

Henri Grégoire 15 November 179229 November 1792Constitutional Bishop of Blois.
Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac 29 November 179213 December 1792Member of CoPS (7 April 1793 – 1 September 1794).
Jacques Defermon des Chapelières 15 December 179227 December 1792a Girondist who survived in hiding.
Jean-Baptiste Treilhard 27 December 179210 January 1793Member of CoPS (7 Apr 1793 – 12 Jun 1793), (31 Jul 1794 – 5 Nov 1794), and (4 May 1795 – 2 Aug 1795).
Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud 10 January 179324 January 1793 Girondist: Executed 31 October 1793.
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne 24 January 17937 February 1793 Girondist: Executed 5 December 1793.
Jean-Jacques Bréard 7 February 179321 February 1793Member of CoPS (7 Apr 1793 – 5 Jun 1793), (31 Jul 1794 – 5 Dec 1794), (4 Jan 1795 – 4 May 1795).
Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé 21 February 17937 March 1793
Armand Gensonné 7 March 179321 March 1793 Girondist: Executed 31 October 1793.
Jean Debry 21 March 17934 April 1793Later served as member of CoGS.
Jean-François-Bertrand Delmas 4 April 179318 April 1793Member of CoPS (4 Apr 1793 – 10 Jul 1793), (1 Sep 1794 – 4 Jan 1795).
Marc David Alba Lasource 18 April 17932 May 1793 Girondist: Executed 31 October 1793.
Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède 2 May 179316 May 1793 Girondist: Executed 31 October 1793.
Maximin Isnard 16 May 179330 May 1793Member of CoGS.

Girondist who survived in hiding.

François René Auguste Mallarmé 30 May 179313 June 1793
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois 13 June 179327 June 1793Member of CoPS (6 Sep 1793 – 1 Sep 1794).
Jacques-Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière 27 June 179311 July 1793Member of CoPS (10 Jul 1793 – 20 Sep 1793), (31 Jul 1794 – 5 Dec 1794).
Jean Bon Saint-André 11 July 179325 July 1793Member of CoPS (12 Jun 1793 – 31 Jul 1794).
Georges Danton 25 July 17938 August 1793Executed 5 April 1794.
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles 8 August 179322 August 1793See above.
Maximilien Robespierre 22 August 17935 September 1793Executed 28 July 1794.

Member of CoPS (27 Jul 1793 – 27 Jul 1794).

Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne 5 September 179319 September 1793Member of CoPS (6 Sep 1793 – 1 Sep 1794).
Joseph Cambon 19 September 17933 October 1793Member of Finance Committee, created Great Book of the Public Debt.
Louis-Joseph Charlier 3 October 179322 October 1793
Moyse Bayle 22 October 17936 November 1793
Pierre Antoine Laloy 6 November 179321 November 1793
Gilbert Romme 21 November 17936 December 1793Committed suicide after failed Prairial Insurrection of Year III.
Jean-Henri Voulland 6 December 179321 December 1793Member of CoGS.
Georges Couthon 21 December 17935 January 1794Executed with Robespierre.

Member of CoPS (30 May 1793 – 27 Jul 1794).

Jacques-Louis David 5 January 179420 January 1794Famous painter.

Member of CoGS.

Marc-Guillaume-Alexis Vadier 20 January 17944 February 1794Member of CoGS.
Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran 4 February 179419 February 1794Known as Dubarran.
Louis Saint-Just 19 February 17946 March 1794Executed with Robespierre

A member of CoPS (30 May 1793 – 27 Jul 1794).

Philippe Rühl 6 March 179421 March 1794Member of CoGS.
Jean-Lambert Tallien 21 March 17945 April 1794
Jean-Pierre-André Amar 5 April 179420 April 1794Member of CoGS.
Jean-Baptiste-Robert Lindet 20 April 17945 May 1794Member of CoPS (7 Apr 1793 – 12 Jun 1793), (22 Jun 1793 – 6 Oct 1794).
Lazare Carnot 5 May 179420 May 1794Member of CoPS (14 Aug 1793 – 6 Oct 1794).

Director of France (4 November 1795 – 5 September 1797)

Claude-Antoine Prieur de la Côte d'Or 20 May 17944 June 1794Member of CoPS (14 Aug 1793 – 6 Oct 1794).
Maximilien Robespierre 4 June 179419 June 1794Presided over Festival of the Supreme Being in this term.
Élie Lacoste 19 June 17945 July 1794
Jean-Antoine Louis du Bas-Rhin 5 July 179419 July 1794Member of CoGS.
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois 19 July 17943 August 1794See above.
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai 3 August 179418 August 1794Member of CoPS (1 Sep 1794 – 4 Jan 1795), (3 Feb 1795 – 3 Jun 1795), (2 Aug 1795 – 4 Nov 1795).

Director of France (8 September 1797 – 18 June 1799).

Antoine-Christophe Merlin de Thionville 18 August 17942 September 1794
André Antoine Bernard de Saintes 2 September 179422 September 1794
André Dumont 22 September 17947 October 1794
Jean Jacques Régis Cambacérès 7 October 179422 October 1794Napoleon's Second Consul (12 December 1799 – 18 May 1804).
Pierre Louis Prieur de la Marne 22 October 17946 November 1794Member of CoPS (10 Jul 1793 – 31 Jul 1794), (6 Oct 1794 – 3 Feb 1795) .
Louis Legendre 6 November 179424 November 1794
Jean-Baptiste Clauzel 24 November 17946 December 1794
Jean-François Reubell 6 December 179421 December 1794 Director of France (2 November 1795 – 19 May 1799).
Pierre-Louis Bentabole 21 December 17946 January 1795
Étienne-François Le Tourneur de la Manche 6 January 179520 January 1795 Director of France (2 November 1795 – 26 May 1797).
Joseph-Stanislas Rovère de Fontvielle 20 January 17954 February 1795
Paul Barras 4 February 179519 February 1795 Director of France (2 November 1795 – 10 November 1799).
Francois Louis Bourdon de l'Oise 19 February 17956 March 1795
Antoine Claire Thibaudeau 6 March 179524 March 1795
Jean Pelet de la Lozère 24 March 17955 April 1795Protestant leader.
François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas 5 April 179520 April 1795Member of CoPS (3 Jul 1795 – 4 Nov 1795).
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès 20 April 17955 May 1795 Director of France (20 May 1799 – 10 November 1799).

Arranged coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon's Second Consul (10 November – 12 December 1799).

Théodore Vernier 5 May 179526 May 1795
Jean-Baptiste Charles Matthieu 26 May 17954 June 1795
Jean-Denis Lanjuinais 4 June 179519 June 1795
Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai 19 June 17954 July 1795
Louis Gustave le Doulcet 4 July 179519 July 1795Girondist survivor.
Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux 19 July 17953 August 1795 Director of France (2 November 1795 – 18 June 1799).
Pierre Claude François Daunou 3 August 179519 August 1795Girondist survivor.
Joseph Chénier 19 August 17952 September 1795
Théophile Berlier 2 September 179523 September 1795
Pierre-Charles-Louis Baudin 23 September 17958 October 1795
Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu 8 October 179526 October 1795Minister of Justice and Lord Chancellor of France 5 January - 4 April 1796.

Presidents of the Council of Five Hundred (1795–1799)

Le Conseil des Cinq-Cents
PräsidentBeginnEnde
Pierre Claude François Daunou 28 October 179521 November 1795
Marie-Joseph Chénier 22 November 179521 December 1795
Jean-Baptiste Treilhard 22 December 179520 January 1796
Armand-Gaston Camus 21 January 179619 February 1796
Antoine Claire Thibaudeau 20 February 179620 March 1796
Louis Gustave le Doulcet 21 March 179619 April 1796
Aaron-Jean-François Crassous 20 April 179619 May 1796
Jacques Defermon des Chapelières 20 May 179618 June 1796
Jean Pelet (known as Pelet de la Lozère)19 June 179618 July 1796
François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas 19 July 179617 August 1796
Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret 18 August 179621 September 1796
Charles-Antoine Chasset 22 September 179621 October 1796
Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès 22 October 179620 November 1796
Nicolas Marie Quinette 21 November 179620 December 1796
Jean Debry 21 December 179619 January 1797
François Riou de Kersalaün 20 January 179718 February 1797
Pierre Antoine Laloy 19 February 179720 March 1797
Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau 21 March 179721 April 1797
François Lamarque 21 April 179719 May 1797
Jean-Charles Pichegru 20 May 179718 June 1797
Pierre Henry-Larivière 19 June 179718 July 1797
Joseph-Vincent Dumolard 19 July 179717 August 1797
Joseph-Jérôme Siméon 18 August 179721 September 1797
François Lamarque (interim)18 August 179721 September 1797
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan 22 September 179721 October 1797
François-Toussaint Villers 22 October 179720 November 1797
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès 21 November 179720 December 1797
Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe 21 December 179719 January 1798
Jacques-Charles Bailleul 20 January 179818 February 1798
Antoine-François Hardy 19 February 179820 March 1798
Alexis Pison du Galland 21 March 179819 April 1798
Joseph-Clément Poullain de Grandprey 20 April 179819 May 1798
Jacques Antoine Creuzé-Latouche 20 May 179818 June 1798
Marie-Joseph Chénier 19 June 179819 July 1798
Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau 20 July 179817 August 1798
Pierre Claude François Daunou 18 August 179821 September 1798
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan 22 September 179821 October 1798
Dieudonné Dubois 22 October 179820 November 1798
Julien Savary 21 November 179820 December 1798
Théophile Berlier 21 December 179819 January 1799
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc (known as Leclerc du Maine et Loire)20 January 179918 February 1799
Gabriel Malès 19 February 179920 March 1799
Philippe-Laurent Pons 21 March 179919 April 1799
Jean-Marie Heurtault de la Merville 20 April 179919 May 1799
Jean Debry 20 May 179918 June 1799
Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu 19 June 179918 July 1799
Jean-Baptiste Quirot 19 July 179917 August 1799
Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe 18 August 179922 September 1799
Jean-Pierre Chazal 23 September 179922 October 1799
Lucien Bonaparte 23 October 179912 November 1799
Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe 22 November 179921 December 1799
Pierre Claude François Daunou 22 December 179926 December 1799
Jean-Ignace Jacqueminot 22 December 179926 December 1799

Presidents of the Legislative Corps (1800–1814)

PresidentBeganEnded
Jean-Baptiste Perrin des Vosges 1 January 180021 January 1800
Jean-Pierre Duval 21 January 18005 February 1800
Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire 5 February 180020 February 1800
Jean-Baptiste Girot-Pouzol 20 February 18007 March 1800
Claude Pierre Dellay d'Agier 7 March 180022 March 1800
Isaac Tarteyron 22 March 180031 March 1800
Pierre Jacques Chatry-Lafosse 22 November 18007 December 1800
Alexis Pison du Galland 7 December 180022 December 1800
Antoine Bourg-Laprade 22 December 18006 January 1801
Jean-Jacques Bréard 6 January 180121 January 1801
Jean-Francois Rossée 21 January 18015 February 1801
Jacques Poisson de Coudreville 5 February 180120 February 1801
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc, dit Leclerc du Maine et Loire 20 February 18017 March 1801
Francois Joseph Lefebvre-Cayet 7 March 180121 March 1802
Charles Francois Dupuis 22 November 18017 December 1801
Jean Francois Baraillon 7 December 180122 December 1801
Pierre Louis Lefebvre-Laroche 22 December 18016 January 1802
Nicolas-Bernard Belzais-Courménil 6 January 180221 January 1802
Joseph Pematin 21 January 18025 February 1802
Denis Couzard 5 February 180220 February 1802
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières 20 February 18027 March 1802
Jaques Devismes 7 March 180222 March 1802
Jean-Francois-Joseph Marcorelle 5 April 180221 April 1802
Francois Lobjoy 21 April 18026 May 1802
Pierre-Antoine Rabaut-Dupuis 6 May 180220 May 1802
Francois Delattre 21 February 18037 March 1803
Jean-Francois Méric 7 March 180322 March 1803
Jean-Louis Girod de L'Ain 22 March 18036 April 1803
Marie-Félix Faulcon 6 April 180321 April 1803
Vincent-Marie Viénot de Vaublanc 21 April 18037 May 1803
Francois Lagrange 7 May 180321 May 1803
Jérôme Reynaud de Lascours 21 May 180329 May 1803
Louis de Fontanes 10 January 180424 January 1810
Élisabeth-Pierre de Montesquiou-Fezensac 24 January 181023 November 1813
Claude Ambroise Régnier 23 November 18134 June 1814

President of the Chamber of Départements' Deputies (1814–1815)

PresidentBeganEnded
Joseph Lainé 11 June 181420 March 1815

President of the Chamber of Representatives (4 June – 13 July 1815)

PresidentBeganEnded
Jean-Denis, Comte Lanjuinais 4 June 181513 July 1815

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of the Departments (1815–1830)

PresidentBeganEnded
Joseph Lainé 12 October 18155 September 1816
Étienne, duc Pasquier 12 November 181613 November 1817
Pierre François Hercule, comte de Serre 13 November 181711 December 1818
Auguste Ravez 11 December 18185 November 1827
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard 25 February 182816 May 1830

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1830–1848)

PresidentBeganEnded
Casimir Pierre Perier 6 August 183021 August 1830
Jacques Laffitte 21 August 183011 November 1830
Casimir Pierre Perier 11 November 183031 May 1831
Louis Gaspard Amédée, baron Girod de l'Ain 1 August 183128 April 1832
André Marie Dupin 29 April 18322 February 1839
Hippolyte Passy 16 April 183912 May 1839
Paul Sauzet 24 December 183924 February 1848

Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly (1848–1849)

PresidentBeganEnded
Philippe Joseph Benjamin Buchez 5 May 18485 June 1848
Antoine Marie Jules Sénard 5 June 184829 June 1848
Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges 29 June 184819 July 1848
Armand Marrast 19 July 184826 May 1849

President of the National Legislative Assembly (1849–1852)

PresidentBeganEnded
André Marie Dupin 1 June 18492 December 1851

Presidents of the Legislative Corps (1852–1870)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyLegislature
(election)
Billault, Adolphe - 1.jpg Adolphe Billault 9 March 185212 November 1854 Bonapartist I
Duc-de-Morny-01.jpg Charles, duc de Morny 12 November 185410 March 1865 Bonapartist I · II · III
AlexandreWalewski.jpg Alexandre, comte Walewski 1 September 186529 March 1867 Bonapartist III
Eugene Schneider.jpg Eugène Schneider 2 April 18674 September 1870 Bonapartist III · IV

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1871–1940)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePolitical party
Bonnat Portrait of Jules Grevy cropped.jpg Jules Grévy
(1st term)
16 February 18712 April 1873 Left Republican
Buffet.jpg Louis Buffet 4 April 187315 March 1875Conservative
(Moderate Monarchist)
Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier.jpg Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier 15 March 18756 March 1876Conservative
(Moderate Monarchist)
Bonnat Portrait of Jules Grevy cropped.jpg Jules Grévy
(1st term)
(provisional to 13 March 1876)
8 March 187631 January 1879 Left Republican
Leon Gambetta 1870 Nadar.jpg Léon Gambetta 31 January 18793 November 1881 Opportunist Republican
Henri Brisson.jpg Henri Brisson
(1st term)
3 November 18818 April 1885 Radical Republican
Floquet.jpg Charles Floquet
(1st term)
8 April 18854 April 1888Radical Republican
Jules Meline 1898.jpg Jules Méline 4 April 188816 November 1889 Left Republican
Floquet.jpg Charles Floquet
(2nd term)
16 November 188916 January 1893Radical Republican
Jean Casimir-Perier.jpg Jean Casimir-Perier
(1st term)
16 January 18935 December 1895 Left Republican
Dupuy.jpg Charles Dupuy 5 December 18932 June 1894 Left Republican
Jean Casimir-Perier.jpg Jean Casimir-Perier
(2nd term)
2 June 18945 July 1894 Left Republican
Auguste Burdeau.jpg Auguste Burdeau 5 July 189412 December 1894 Left Republican
Henri Brisson.jpg Henri Brisson
(2nd term)
18 December 18949 June 1898Radical Republican
Paul Deschanel 01.jpg Paul Deschanel
(1st term)
9 June 189810 June 1902 Democratic Republican Alliance
Leon Bourgeois.jpg Léon Bourgeois 10 June 190212 January 1904Radical Socialist Party
Henri Brisson.jpg Henri Brisson
(3rd term)
12 January 190410 January 1905Radical Socialist Party
Paul Doumer.jpg Paul Doumer 10 January 19058 June 1906Radical Socialist Party
Henri Brisson.jpg Henri Brisson
(4th term)
8 June 190623 May 1912Radical Socialist Party
Paul Deschanel 01.jpg Paul Deschanel
(2nd term)
23 May 191212 February 1920 Democratic Alliance
Raoul Peret 01.jpg Raoul Péret
(1st term)
12 February 19209 June 1924 Democratic Alliance
Paul Painleve 01.jpg Paul Painlevé 9 June 192422 April 1925 Republican-Socialist Party
Edouard Herriot 01.jpg Édouard Herriot
(1st term)
22 April 192522 July 1926Radical Socialist Party
Raoul Peret 01.jpg Raoul Péret
(2nd term)
22 July 192611 January 1927 Democratic Alliance
Fernand Bouisson 1931.jpg Fernand Bouisson 11 January 192731 May 1936 Republican-Socialist Party
Edouard Herriot 01.jpg Édouard Herriot
(2nd term)
4 June 19369 July 1940Radical Socialist Party

President of the Consultative Assembly (1943–1945)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyLegislature
(election)
Felix Gouin.jpg Félix Gouin 9 November 19438 November 1945 SFIO Provisional

Presidents of the Constituent National Assembly (1945–1946)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyLegislature
(election)
Felix Gouin.jpg Félix Gouin 8 November 194522 January 1946 SFIO I (1945)
VincentAuriol.png Vincent Auriol 31 January 194627 November 1946 SFIO II (Jun.1946)

Presidents of the National Assembly, Fourth Republic (1946–1958)

PortraitName Department Took officeLeft officePolitical partyLegislature
(election)
Vincent Auriol - January 1946 (cropped).jpg Vincent Auriol Haute-Garonne 3 December 194621 January 1947 SFIO I (Nov.1946)
Edouard Herriot en 1946.jpg Édouard Herriot Rhône 21 January 194712 January 1954 Radical
II (1951)
Andre Le Troquer.png André Le Troquer
(1st term)
Seine 12 January 195411 January 1955 SFIO
Pierre Schneiter en 1958 (53 ans).jpg Pierre Schneiter Marne 11 January 195524 January 1956 MRP
Andre Le Troquer en 1948.jpg André Le Troquer
(2nd term)
Seine 24 January 19569 December 1958 SFIO III (1956)

Presidents of the National Assembly, Fifth Republic (1958–present)

PortraitName Department Took officeLeft officePolitical partyLegislature
(election)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas-1.jpg Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(1st term)
Gironde 9 December 195825 June 1969 UNR
UDR
I (1958) · II (1962) · III (1967) · IV (1968)
Achille Peretti (cropped).jpg Achille Peretti Hauts-de-Seine 25 June 19692 April 1973 UDR IV (1968)
Edgar Faure.jpg Edgar Faure Doubs 2 April 19733 April 1978 UDR
RPR
V (1973)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas.jpg Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(2nd term)
Gironde 3 April 19782 July 1981 RPR VI (1978)
Louis MERMAZ.jpg Louis Mermaz Isère 2 July 19812 April 1986 PS VII (1981)
10.10.1987. D. Baudis. J. Chaban Delmas. Blanc a la mairie. expo. (1987) - 53Fi3701 (cropped).jpg Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(3rd term)
Gironde 2 April 198623 June 1988 RPR VIII (1986)
28.08.1984. L. Fabius. (1984) - 53Fi3647 (cropped).jpg Laurent Fabius
(1st term)
Seine-Maritime 23 June 198822 January 1992 PS IX (1988)
Emmanuelli.jpg Henri Emmanuelli Landes 22 January 19922 April 1993 PS
Philippe Seguin 2005.jpg Philippe Séguin Vosges 2 April 199312 June 1997 RPR X (1993)
Laurent Fabius 2009.jpg Laurent Fabius
(2nd term)
Seine-Maritime 12 June 199729 March 2000 PS XI (1997)
Raymondforni.jpeg Raymond Forni Territoire de Belfort 29 March 200025 June 2002 PS
Jean-Louis Debre 2012.jpg Jean-Louis Debré Eure 25 June 20022 March 2007 UMP XII (2002)
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