List of Presidents of the National Assembly of France

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This page lists Presidents of the French parliament (or, as the case may be, of its lower Chamber).

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, and after 1876 was joined by a Senate as an 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

President	Began	Ended
Jean-Sylvain Bailly	17 June 1789	3 July 1789
Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans	3 July 1789	3 July 1789
Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan	3 July 1789	18 July 1789
François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt	18 July 1789	3 August 1789
Jacques Guillaume Thouret	3 August 1789	3 August 1789
Isaac René Guy le Chapelier	3 August 1789	17 August 1789
Stanislas, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre	17 August 1789	31 August 1789
César Guillaume de La Luzerne	31 August 1789	9 September 1789
Stanislas, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre	9 September 1789	28 September 1789
Jean-Joseph Mounier	28 September 1789	10 October 1789
Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just	10 October 1789	28 October 1789
Armand Gaston Camus	28 October 1789	12 November 1789
Jacques Guillaume Thouret	12 November 1789	23 November 1789
Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé	23 November 1789	5 December 1789
Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just	5 December 1789	22 December 1789
Jean-Nicolas Démeunier	22 December 1789	4 January 1790
François Xavier de Montesquiou-Fezensac	4 January 1790	18 January 1790
Guy Jean Baptiste Target	18 January 1790	2 February 1790
Jean Xavier Bureaux de Puzy	2 February 1790	16 February 1790
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord	16 February 1790	28 February 1790
François Xavier de Montesquiou-Fezensac	28 February 1790	15 March 1790
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne	15 March 1790	27 March 1790
Jean-François, baron de Menou	27 March 1790	12 April 1790
Charles François, marquis de Bonnay	12 April 1790	27 April 1790
François Henri, comte de Virieu	27 April 1790	29 April 1790
Jean-Louis Gouttes	29 April 1790	8 May 1790
Jacques Guillaume Thouret	8 May 1790	27 May 1790
Bon-Albert Briois de Beaumetz	27 May 1790	8 June 1790
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès	8 June 1790	21 June 1790
Louis Michel le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau	21 June 1790	5 July 1790
Marquis de Bonnay	5 July 1790	20 July 1790
Jean-Baptiste Treilhard	20 July 1790	1 August 1790
D'André	1 August 1790	16 August 1790
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours	16 August 1790	30 August 1790
Joseph-Henri baron de Jessé	30 August 1790	12 September 1790
Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy	12 September 1790	26 September 1790
Emmery	26 September 1790	9 October 1790
Philippe-Antoine Merlin	9 October 1790	25 October 1790
Antoine-Pierre-Joseph-Marie Barnave	25 October 1790	8 November 1790
Chasset	8 November 1790	21 November 1790
Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth	21 November 1790	5 December 1790
Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve	5 December 1790	22 December 1790
D'André	22 December 1790	4 January 1791
Emmery	4 January 1791	18 January 1791
Henri-Baptiste Grégoire	18 January 1791	30 January 1791
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau	30 January 1791	15 February 1791
Adrien-Jean-François Duport	15 February 1791	27 February 1791
Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles	27 February 1791	14 March 1791
Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac	14 March 1791	30 March 1791
Tronchet	30 March 1791	10 April 1791
Chabroud	10 April 1791	25 April 1791
Jean-François Reubell	25 April 1791	10 May 1791
D'André	10 May 1791	27 May 1791
Bureaux de Pusy	27 May 1791	6 June 1791
Dauchy	6 June 1791	19 June 1791
Alexandre-François-Marie, vicomte de Beauharnais	19 June 1791	3 July 1791
Charles-Malo-François, comte de Lameth	3 July 1791	19 July 1791
Joseph-Jacques Defermon	19 July 1791	31 July 1791
Alexandre-François-Marie, vicomte de Beauharnais	31 July 1791	14 August 1791
Charles-Louis-Victor, prince de Broglie	14 August 1791	28 August 1791
Théodore Vernier	28 August 1791	11 September 1791
Jacques-Guillaume Thouret	11 September 1791	30 September 1791

Presidents of the Legislative Assembly, 1791–1792

President	Began	Ended
Pastoret	3 October 1791
Cucastel	17 October 1791
Vergniaud	30 October 1791
Viennot-Vaublanc	15 November 1791
Lacepede	28 November 1791
Lemontey	10 December 1791
Francois de Neufchateau	26 December 1791
Daverhoult	8 January 1792
Elie Guadet	22 January 1792
Concordocet	7 February 1792
Dumas	19 February 1792
Guyton-Morveau	4 March 1792
Gensonne	19 March 1792
Dorizy	2 April 1792
Bigot de Preameneu	15 April 1792
Lacuee	29 April 1792
Muraire	13 May 1792
Tardiveau	27 May 1792
Francais de Nantes	10 June 1792
Girardin	24 June 1792
Aubert-Dubayet	8 July 1792
Laffon-Ladebat	22 July 1792
Merlet	7 August 1792
Jean François Delacroix	20 August 1792
Herault de Sechelles	2 September 1792
Cambon	16 September 1792

Presidents of the National Convention, 1792–1795

President	Began	Ended
Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve	21 September 1792
Jean-François Delacroix	5 October 1792
Elie Guadet	18 October 1792
Hérault de Séchelles	1 November 1792
Henri Grégoire	15 November 1792
Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac	29 November 1792
Joseph Defermon des Chapelieres	15 December 1792
Jean-Baptiste Treilhard	27 December 1792

Presidents of the Council of Five Hundred, 1795–1799

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Presidents of the Legislative Corps, 1800–1814

President	Began	Ended
Jean-Baptiste Perrin des Vosges	1 January 1800	21 January 1800
Jean-Pierre Duval	21 January 1800	5 February 1800
Baptiste Gregoire	5 February 1800	20 February 1800
Jean-Baptiste Girot-Pouzol	20 February 1800	7 March 1800
Claude Pierre Dellay d'Agier	7 March 1800	22 March 1800
Isaac Tarteyron	22 March 1800	31 March 1800
Pierre Jacques Chatry-Lafosse	22 November 1800	7 December 1800
Alexis Pison du Galland	7 December 1800	22 December 1800
Antoine Bourg-Laprade	22 December 1800	6 January 1801
Jean-Jacques Bréard	6 January 1801	21 January 1801
Jean-Francois Rossée	21 January 1801	5 February 1801
Jacques Poisson de Coudreville	5 February 1801	20 February 1801
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc, dit Leclerc du Maine et Loire	20 February 1801	7 March 1801
Francois Joseph Lefebvre-Cayet	7 March 1801	21 March 1802
Charles Francois Dupuis	22 November 1801	7 December 1801
Jean Francois Baraillon	7 December 1801	22 December 1801
Pierre Louis Lefebvre-Laroche	22 December 1801	6 January 1802
Nicolas-Bernard Belzais-Courménil	6 January 1802	21 January 1802
Joseph Pematin	21 January 1802	5 February 1802
Denis Couzard	5 February 1802	20 February 1802
Louis Ramon de Carbonnières	20 February 1802	7 March 1802
Jaques Devismes	7 March 1802	22 March 1802
Jean-Francois-Joseph Marcorelle	5 April 1802	21 April 1802
Francois Lobjoy	21 April 1802	6 May 1802
Pierre-Antoine Rabaut-Dupuis	6 May 1802	20 May 1802
Francois Delattre	21 February 1803	7 March 1803
Jean-Francois Méric	7 March 1803	22 March 1803
Jean-Louis Girod de L'Ain	22 March 1803	6 April 1803
Marie-Félix Faulcon	6 April 1803	21 April 1803
Vincent-Marie Viénot-Vaublanc	21 April 1803	7 May 1803
Francois Lagrange	7 May 1803	21 May 1803
Jérôme Reynaud de Lascours	21 May 1803	29 May 1803
Louis de Fontanes	10 January 1804	24 January 1810
Élisabeth-Pierre de Montesquiou-Fezensac	24 January 1810	23 November 1813
Claude Ambroise Régnier	23 November 1813	4 June 1814

Presidents of the Chamber of Départements' Deputies, 1814–1815

President	Began	Ended
Joseph, Vicomte Lainé	11 June 1814	20 March 1815

Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives, 1815

President	Began	Ended
Jean-Denis, Comte Lanjuinais	4 June 1815	13 July 1815

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of the Departments, 1815–1830

President	Began	Ended
Joseph, Vicomte Lainé	12 October 1815	5 September 1816
Étienne, Duc Pasquier	12 November 1816	13 November 1817
Pierre François Hercule, Comte de Serre	13 November 1817	11 December 1818
Auguste Ravez	11 December 1818	5 November 1827
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard	25 February 1828	16 May 1830

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, 1830–1848

President	Began	Ended
Casimir Pierre Perier	6 August 1830	21 August 1830
Jacques Laffitte	21 August 1830	11 November 1830
Casimir Pierre Perier	11 November 1830	31 May 1831
Louis Gaspard Amédée, Baron Girod de l'Ain	1 August 1831	28 April 1832
André Marie Dupin	29 April 1832	2 February 1839
Hippolyte Passy	16 April 1839	12 May 1839
Paul Sauzet	24 December 1839	24 February 1848

Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly, 1848–1849

President	Began	Ended
Philippe Joseph Benjamin Buchez	5 May 1848	5 June 1848
Antoine Marie Jules Sénard	5 June 1848	29 June 1848
Alexandre Marie	29 June 1848	19 July 1848
Armand Marrast	19 July 1848	26 May 1849

Presidents of the National Legislative Assembly, 1849–1852

President	Began	Ended
André Marie Dupin	1 June 1849	2 December 1851

Presidents of the Legislative Corps, 1852–1870

Name		Took office	Left office	Political Party	Legislature (Election)
1	Adolphe Billault	9 March 1852	12 November 1854	Bonapartist	I
2	Charles, duc de Morny	12 November 1854	10 March 1865	Bonapartist	I · II · III
3	Alexandre, comte Walewski	1 September 1865	29 March 1867	Bonapartist	III
4	Eugène Schneider	2 April 1867	4 September 1870	Bonapartist	III · IV

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, 1871–1940

Name		Took office	Left office	Political Party
1	Jules Grévy	16 February 1871	2 April 1873	Left Republican
2	Louis Buffet	4 April 1873	15 March 1875	Conservative (Moderate Monarchist)
3	Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier	15 March 1875	6 March 1876	Conservative (Moderate Monarchist)
4	Jules Grévy (provisional to 13 March 1876)	8 March 1876	31 January 1879	Left Republican
5	Léon Gambetta	31 January 1879	3 November 1881	Opportunist Republican
6	Henri Brisson	3 November 1881	8 April 1885	Radical Republican
7	Charles Floquet	8 April 1885	4 April 1888	Radical Republican
8	Jules Méline	4 April 1888	16 November 1889	Left Republican
9	Charles Floquet	16 November 1889	16 January 1893	Radical Republican
10	Jean Casimir-Perier	16 January 1893	5 December 1895	Left Republican
11	Charles Dupuy	5 December 1893	2 June 1894	Left Republican
12	Jean Casimir-Perier	2 June 1894	5 July 1894	Left Republican
13	Auguste Burdeau	5 July 1894	12 December 1894	Left Republican
14	Henri Brisson	18 December 1894	9 June 1898	Radical Republican
15	Paul Deschanel	9 June 1898	10 June 1902	Democratic Republican Alliance
16	Léon Bourgeois	10 June 1902	12 January 1904	Radical Socialist Party
17	Henri Brisson	12 January 1904	10 January 1905	Radical Socialist Party
18	Paul Doumer	10 January 1905	8 June 1906	Radical Socialist Party
19	Henri Brisson	8 June 1906	23 May 1912	Radical Socialist Party
20	Paul Deschanel	23 May 1912	12 February 1920	Democratic Alliance
21	Raoul Péret	12 February 1920	9 June 1924	Democratic Alliance
22	Paul Painlevé	9 June 1924	22 April 1925	Republican-Socialist Party
23	Édouard Herriot	22 April 1925	22 July 1926	Radical Socialist Party
24	Raoul Péret	22 July 1926	11 January 1927	Democratic Alliance
25	Fernand Bouisson	11 January 1927	31 May 1936	Republican-Socialist Party
26	Édouard Herriot	4 June 1936	9 July 1940	Radical Socialist Party

Presidents of the Consultative Assembly (Free French), 1943–1945

Name		Took office	Left office	Political Party	Legislature (Election)
1	Félix Gouin	9 November 1943	8 November 1945	SFIO	Provisional

List of Presidents of the Constituent National Assembly, 1945–1946

Name		Took office	Left office	Political Party	Legislature (Election)
1	Félix Gouin	8 November 1945	22 January 1946	SFIO	I (1945)
2	Vincent Auriol	31 January 1946	27 November 1946	SFIO	II (Jun.1946)

Fourth Republic: Presidents of the National Assembly, 1946–1958

Name		Took office	Left office	Political Party	Legislature (Election)
1	Vincent Auriol	3 December 1946	21 January 1947	SFIO	I (Nov.1946)
2	Édouard Herriot	21 January 1947	12 January 1954	Radical
					II (1951)
3	André Le Troquer	12 January 1954	11 January 1955	SFIO
4	Pierre Schneiter	11 January 1955	24 January 1956	MRP
5	André Le Troquer	24 January 1956	9 December 1958	SFIO	III (1956)

Fifth Republic: Presidents of the National Assembly, 1958–present

Name		Took office	Left office	Political Party	Legislature (Election)
1	Jacques Chaban-Delmas	9 December 1958	25 June 1969	UNR	I · II · III · IV
2	Achille Peretti	25 June 1969	2 April 1973	UDR	IV (1968)
3	Edgar Faure	2 April 1973	3 April 1978	UDR	V (1973)
4	Jacques Chaban-Delmas	3 April 1978	2 July 1981	RPR	VI (1978)
5	Louis Mermaz	2 July 1981	2 April 1986	PS	VII (1981)
6	Jacques Chaban-Delmas	2 April 1986	23 June 1988	RPR	VIII (1986)
7	Laurent Fabius	23 June 1988	22 January 1992	PS	IX (1988)
8	Henri Emmanuelli	22 January 1992	2 April 1993	PS
9	Philippe Séguin	2 April 1993	12 June 1997	RPR	X (1993)
10	Laurent Fabius	12 June 1997	29 March 2000	PS	XI (1997)
11	Raymond Forni	29 March 2000	25 June 2002	PS
12	Jean-Louis Debré	25 June 2002	2 March 2007	UMP	XII (2002)
13	Patrick Ollier	7 March 2007	19 June 2007	UMP
14	Bernard Accoyer	26 June 2007	Incumbent	UMP	XIII (2007)