List of presidents of France by tenure

The following is a list of presidents of France sorted by length of tenure.

Francois Mitterrand was President for 14 years

Charles de Gaulle was President for 10 years, provisional head of state for 2 years, and leader of Free France for 4 years

Jean Casimir-Perier resigned in frustration after less than six months in office

N°	President	Length in days	Rank	Notes
21	François Mitterrand	5109	1	Served two full terms of seven years.
22	Jacques Chirac	4382	2	Served one full term of seven years and one full term of five years.
18	Charles de Gaulle	3763	3	Served one full term of seven years and resigned during second term.
4	Jules Grévy	3228	4	Served one full term of seven years and resigned during second term.
15	Albert Lebrun	2983	5	Served one full term of seven years and was replaced by Marshal Philippe Pétain during second term.
8	Émile Loubet	2556	6	Served one full term of seven years.
9	Armand Fallières	2557	7	Served one full term of seven years.
10	Raymond Poincaré	2556	8	Served one full term of seven years.
13	Gaston Doumergue	2556	9	Served one full term of seven years.
16	Vincent Auriol	2557	10	Served one full term of seven years.
20	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	2551	11	Served one full term of seven years.
5	Sadi Carnot	2396	12	Served less than one full term of seven years (assassinated).
3	Patrice de Mac-Mahon	2077	13	Served less than one full term of seven years (resigned).
23	Nicolas Sarkozy	1826	14	Served one full term of five years.
24	François Hollande	1825	15	Served one full term of five years.
17	René Coty	1818	16	Served less than one full term of seven years (end of the Fourth Republic).
19	Georges Pompidou	1747	17	Served less than one full term of seven years (died in office).
7	Félix Faure	1491	18	Served less than one full term of seven years (died in office).
1	Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte	1443	19	Served less than one full term of four years (end of the Second Republic, proclaimed himself as Emperor).
12	Alexandre Millerand	1357	20	Served less than one full term of seven years (resigned).
25	Emmanuel Macron	2574	21	Currently serving one term of five years.
2	Adolphe Thiers	632	22	Served less than one full term of seven years (resigned).
14	Paul Doumer	329	23	Served less than one full term of seven years (assassinated).
11	Paul Deschanel	216	24	Served less than one full term of seven years (resigned).
6	Jean Casimir-Perier	203	25	Served less than one full term of seven years (resigned).

Interim President

See also: List of French non-presidential heads of state by tenure

• Alain Poher, as President of the Senate was called on to serve as Interim President of France in April–June 1969 and April–May 1974

See also

• List of presidents of France
• List of presidents of France by age