Fifth Republic: Presidents
Gaullists are in blue, Socialists in pink, centrists in teal.
| President | Lived | from | to | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles de Gaulle | 1890–1970 | 8 January 1959 | 28 April 1969 (resigned) | UNR then UDR |
| Alain Poher | 1909–1996 | 28 April 1969 | 15 June 1969 (interim) | PDM |
| Georges Pompidou | 1911–1974 | 15 June 1969 | 2 April 1974 (died in office) | UDR |
| Alain Poher | 1909–1996 | 2 April 1974 | 19 May 1974 (interim) | PDM |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 1926– | 19 May 1974 | 21 May 1981 | UDF |
| François Mitterrand | 1916–1996 | 21 May 1981 | 17 May 1995 | Socialist |
| Jacques Chirac | 1932– | 17 May 1995 | 16 May 2007 | RPR then UMP |
| Nicolas Sarkozy | 1955– | 16 May 2007 | 15 May 2012 | UMP |
| François Hollande | 1954– | 15 May 2012 | (incumbent) | Socialist |
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Famous quotes containing the word presidents:
“Our presidents have been getting to be synthetic monsters, the work of a hundred ghost- writers and press agents so that it is getting harder and harder to discover the line between the man and the institution.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)