List of Presidents of the French National Assembly
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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.
Fourth Republic
Fifth Republic
The National Constituent Assembly was created in 1789 out of the Estates-General
French States-General
In France under the Old Regime, the States-General or Estates-General , was a legislative assembly of the different classes of French subjects. It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates, which were called and dismissed by the king...
. It, and the revolutionary legislative assemblies that followed – the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly (France)
During the French Revolution, the Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to September 1792. It provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention.The Legislative...
(1791–1792) and the National Convention
National Convention
During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 . It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic...
(1792–1795), had a quickly rotating Presidency. With the establishment of the Directory
French Directory
The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate...
in 1795, there were two chambers of the French legislature. The lower, the Council of Five Hundred
Council of Five Hundred
The Council of Five Hundred , or simply the Five Hundred was the lower house of the legislature of France during the period commonly known as the Directory , from 22 August 1795 until 9 November 1799, roughly the second half of the period generally referred to as the...
, also had a quickly rotating chairmanship. Under Napoleon I
Napoleon I of France
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
, 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
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or can refer to a unicameral legislature.-Description:...
. 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
Napoleon III of France
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was the President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I, christened as Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte...
replaced with a new version of his uncle's Legislative Corps. With the establishment of the Third Republic
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed due to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, to 1940, when France was overrun by Nazi Germany during World War II, resulting in the German and Italian occupations of France...
, the name of Chamber of Deputies was restored, and after 1876 was joined by a Senate
French Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of France, presided over by a president.The Senate enjoys less prominence than the lower house, the directly elected National Assembly; debates in the Senate tend to be less tense and generally enjoy less media coverage.-History:France's first...
as an upper house. The Chamber of Deputies was renamed the National Assembly in the constitution of the Fourth Republic
French Fourth Republic
The French Fourth Republic was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic, which was in place before World War II, and suffered many of the same problems...
, 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 François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt was a French social reformer.-Early life:... |
18 July 1789 | 3 August 1789 |
| Jacques Guillaume Thouret Jacques Guillaume Thouret Jacques Guillaume Thouret was a French Girondin revolutionary, lawyer, president of the National Constituent Assembly and victim of the guillotine.- Life :... |
3 August 1789 | 3 August 1789 |
| Isaac René Guy le Chapelier Isaac René Guy le Chapelier Isaac René Guy Le Chapelier , also known as Jean Le Chapelier, was a French jurist and politician of the Revolutionary period.-Biography:... |
3 August 1789 | 17 August 1789 |
| Stanislas, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre | 17 August 1789 | 31 August 1789 |
| César Guillaume de La Luzerne César Guillaume de La Luzerne César-Guillaume La Luzerne was a French cardinal.-Life:He studied at the Collège de Navarre, and rose, through the influence of his kinsmen Lamoignon, to the See of Langres , thus becoming duke and peer of France. In that capacity he took part in the Assemblée des Notables and in the Etats-Généraux... |
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 Jean-Nicolas Démeunier Jean-Nicolas Démeunier was a French author and politician.He was Royal Censor and secretary to "Monsieur", the Comte de Provence , who was the brother of King Louis XVI.... |
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 Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne was a French revolutionary.-Biography:Rabaut de Saint-Étienne was born at Nîmes, Gard, the son of Paul Rabaut, the additional surname of Saint-Étienne taken from a small property near Nîmes.... |
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 Louis Michel le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau was a French politician.-Career:... |
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 Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was a French nobleman, writer, economist, and government official, who was the father of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of E.I... |
16 August 1790 | 30 August 1790 |
| Joseph-Henri baron de Jessé Joseph-Henri baron de Jessé Joseph-Henri baron de Jessé was a French nobleman and government official, who served as President of the French National Constituent Assembly from 30 August 1790 to 10 September 1790.-Early life and family:... |
30 August 1790 | 12 September 1790 |
| Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy was a French military engineer, and politician, during the French Revolution.-Military career:... |
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 Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth was a French soldier and politician.He was born in Paris. Having served in the American War of Independence under Rochambeau, he was sent in 1789 as deputy to the States-General by the nobles of the bailliage of Péronne... |
21 November 1790 | 5 December 1790 |
| Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve was a French writer and politician.Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve was the son of a at Chartres. Though it is known that he was trained as a lawyer, very few specifics are known about Petion’s early life, as he was virtually unknown prior to the French Revolution... |
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 Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles was the second son of Philippe, duc de Mouchy, and a member of Mouchy branch of the famous Noailles family of the French aristocracy.... |
27 February 1791 | 14 March 1791 |
| Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac was a French general and writer.He was born in Paris, of an ancient family of Armagnac. He was brought up with the children of the king of France, and showed some taste for letters... |
14 March 1791 | 30 March 1791 |
| Tronchet Tronchet Tronchet may refer to:*François Denis Tronchet , French politician*Guillaume Tronchet , French architect*Didier Vasseur, Belgian comic book writer and illustrator... |
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 Charles-Louis-Victor, prince de Broglie Charles-Louis-Victor, prince de Broglie, called Victor de Broglie was a French soldier and politician.-Biography:... |
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 André-Daniel Laffon de Ladebat André-Daniel Laffon de Ladebat was born 30 November 1746 in Bordeaux, France, and died 14 October 1829.-Early life:André Laffon de Ladebat was the son of Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, a commercial ship owner... |
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 Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles was a French judge and politician who took part in the French Revolution.-Origins and early career:... |
1 November 1792 | |
| Henri Grégoire | 15 November 1792 | |
| Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac was a French politician and journalist, one of the most notorious members of the National Convention during the French Revolution.-Early career:He was born at Tarbes in Gascony... |
29 November 1792 | |
| Joseph Defermon des Chapelieres | 15 December 1792 | |
| Jean-Baptiste Treilhard | 27 December 1792 |
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 Jean-Jacques Bréard Jean-Jacques Bréard was born into a family of a navy inspectors. He moved to France as a young boy in 1758. His first involvement in politics included organizing elections to the Estates General in Marennes and a short stint as major of Marennes from January 1790 through July 1790... |
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 Charles François Dupuis Charles François Dupuis was a French savant, a professor of rhetoric at the Collège de Lisieux, Paris, who studied for the law in his spare time and was received as avocat in 1770... |
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 François Delattre François Delattre is the Ambassador of the Republic of France to the United States. He was appointed Ambassador in February 2011.-Career:He graduated from Sciences Po and ENA with a degree in international law.... |
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 Pierre Paul Royer-Collard Pierre Paul Royer-Collard , was a French statesman and philosopher, leader of the Doctrinaires group during the Bourbon Restoration .-Biography:... |
25 February 1828 | 16 May 1830 |
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, 1830–1848
| President | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| Casimir Pierre Perier Casimir Pierre Perier Casimir Pierre Perier was a French statesman, President of the Council during the July Monarchy, when he headed the conservative Parti de la résistance .-Life:... |
6 August 1830 | 21 August 1830 |
| Jacques Laffitte Jacques Laffitte Jacques Laffitte was a French banker and politician.-Biography:Laffitte was born at Bayonne, one of the ten children of a carpenter.... |
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 Hippolyte Passy Hippolyte Passy was a French economist. He was twice Minister of Finance in the government of Louis-Philippe of France.-References:... |
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 Armand Marrast Armand Marrast was a French politician and mayor of Paris.- See also :* List of Presidents of the French National Assembly* List of mayors of Paris... |
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 Bonapartist In French political history, Bonapartism has two meanings. In a strict sense, this term refers to people who aimed to restore the French Empire under the House of Bonaparte, the Corsican family of Napoleon Bonaparte and his nephew Louis... |
I |
| 2 | Charles, duc de Morny | 12 November 1854 | 10 March 1865 | Bonapartist Bonapartist In French political history, Bonapartism has two meanings. In a strict sense, this term refers to people who aimed to restore the French Empire under the House of Bonaparte, the Corsican family of Napoleon Bonaparte and his nephew Louis... |
I · II · III |
| 3 | Alexandre, comte Walewski | 1 September 1865 | 29 March 1867 | Bonapartist Bonapartist In French political history, Bonapartism has two meanings. In a strict sense, this term refers to people who aimed to restore the French Empire under the House of Bonaparte, the Corsican family of Napoleon Bonaparte and his nephew Louis... |
III |
| 4 | Eugène Schneider Eugène Schneider Joseph Eugène Schneider was a French industrialist who in 1836 co-founded the Schneider company with his brother Adolphe.-Biography:... |
2 April 1867 | 4 September 1870 | Bonapartist Bonapartist In French political history, Bonapartism has two meanings. In a strict sense, this term refers to people who aimed to restore the French Empire under the House of Bonaparte, the Corsican family of Napoleon Bonaparte and his nephew Louis... |
III · IV |
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, 1871–1940
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jules Grévy Jules Grévy François Paul Jules Grévy was a President of the French Third Republic and one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republicans faction. Given that his predecessors were monarchists who tried without success to restore the French monarchy, Grévy is seen as the first real republican President of... |
16 February 1871 | 2 April 1873 | Left Republican Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
| 2 | Louis Buffet Louis Buffet Louis Joseph Buffet was a French statesman.He was born at Mirecourt, Vosges. After the revolution of February 1848 he was elected deputy for the department of the Vosges, and in the Assembly sat on the right, pronouncing for the repression of the insurrection of June 1848 and for Louis Napoleon... |
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 Jules Grévy François Paul Jules Grévy was a President of the French Third Republic and one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republicans faction. Given that his predecessors were monarchists who tried without success to restore the French monarchy, Grévy is seen as the first real republican President of... (provisional to 13 March 1876) |
8 March 1876 | 31 January 1879 | Left Republican Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
| 5 | Léon Gambetta Léon Gambetta Léon Gambetta was a French statesman prominent after the Franco-Prussian War.-Youth and education:He is said to have inherited his vigour and eloquence from his father, a Genovese grocer who had married a Frenchwoman named Massabie. At the age of fifteen, Gambetta lost the sight of his right eye... |
31 January 1879 | 3 November 1881 | Opportunist Republican |
| 6 | Henri Brisson Henri Brisson Eugène Henri Brisson was a French statesman, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898.-Biography:He was born at Bourges , and followed his father’s profession of advocate. Having made his mark in opposition during the last days of the empire, he was appointed... |
3 November 1881 | 8 April 1885 | Radical Republican |
| 7 | Charles Floquet Charles Floquet -Biography:He was born at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port . He studied law in Paris, and was called to the bar in 1851. The coup d'état of that year aroused the strenuous opposition of Floquet, who had, while yet a student, given proof of his republican sympathies by taking part in the fighting of 1848... |
8 April 1885 | 4 April 1888 | Radical Republican |
| 8 | Jules Méline Jules Méline Félix Jules Méline was a French statesman, prime minister from 1896 to 1898.-Biography:Méline was born at Remiremont. Having taken up law as his profession, he was chosen a deputy in 1872, and in 1879 he was for a short time under-secretary to the minister of the interior... |
4 April 1888 | 16 November 1889 | Left Republican Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
| 9 | Charles Floquet Charles Floquet -Biography:He was born at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port . He studied law in Paris, and was called to the bar in 1851. The coup d'état of that year aroused the strenuous opposition of Floquet, who had, while yet a student, given proof of his republican sympathies by taking part in the fighting of 1848... |
16 November 1889 | 16 January 1893 | Radical Republican |
| 10 | Jean Casimir-Perier Jean Casimir-Perier Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier was a French politician, fifth president of the French Third Republic.-Biography:He was born in Paris, the son of Auguste Casimir-Perier and the grandson of Casimir Pierre Perier, premier of Louis Philippe... |
16 January 1893 | 5 December 1895 | Left Republican Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
| 11 | Charles Dupuy Charles Dupuy Charles Alexandre Dupuy was a French statesman, three times prime minister.-Biography:He was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, where his father was a minor official. After a period as a professor of philosophy in the provinces, he was appointed a school inspector, thus obtaining a... |
5 December 1893 | 2 June 1894 | Left Republican Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
| 12 | Jean Casimir-Perier Jean Casimir-Perier Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier was a French politician, fifth president of the French Third Republic.-Biography:He was born in Paris, the son of Auguste Casimir-Perier and the grandson of Casimir Pierre Perier, premier of Louis Philippe... |
2 June 1894 | 5 July 1894 | Left Republican Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
| 13 | Auguste Burdeau Auguste Burdeau Auguste-Laurent Burdeau was a French politician.He was the son of a laborer at Lyon. Forced from childhood to earn his own living, he was enabled to secure an education by bursarships at the Lycée at Lyon and at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris.In 1870 he was at the École Normale Supérieure in... |
5 July 1894 | 12 December 1894 | Left Republican Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
| 14 | Henri Brisson Henri Brisson Eugène Henri Brisson was a French statesman, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898.-Biography:He was born at Bourges , and followed his father’s profession of advocate. Having made his mark in opposition during the last days of the empire, he was appointed... |
18 December 1894 | 9 June 1898 | Radical Republican |
| 15 | Paul Deschanel Paul Deschanel Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel was a French statesman. He served as President of France from 18 February 1920 to 21 September 1920.-Biography:... |
9 June 1898 | 10 June 1902 | Democratic Republican Alliance Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
| 16 | Léon Bourgeois Léon Bourgeois -Biography:He was born in Paris, and was trained in law. After holding a subordinate office in the department of public works, he became successively prefect of the Tarn and the Haute-Garonne , and then returned to Paris to enter the ministry of the interior... |
10 June 1902 | 12 January 1904 | Radical Socialist Party |
| 17 | Henri Brisson Henri Brisson Eugène Henri Brisson was a French statesman, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898.-Biography:He was born at Bourges , and followed his father’s profession of advocate. Having made his mark in opposition during the last days of the empire, he was appointed... |
12 January 1904 | 10 January 1905 | Radical Socialist Party |
| 18 | Paul Doumer Paul Doumer Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination.-Biography:... |
10 January 1905 | 8 June 1906 | Radical Socialist Party |
| 19 | Henri Brisson Henri Brisson Eugène Henri Brisson was a French statesman, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898.-Biography:He was born at Bourges , and followed his father’s profession of advocate. Having made his mark in opposition during the last days of the empire, he was appointed... |
8 June 1906 | 23 May 1912 | Radical Socialist Party |
| 20 | Paul Deschanel Paul Deschanel Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel was a French statesman. He served as President of France from 18 February 1920 to 21 September 1920.-Biography:... |
23 May 1912 | 12 February 1920 | Democratic Alliance Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
| 21 | Raoul Péret Raoul Péret Raoul Adolphe Péret was a French lawyer and politician.-Biography:Raoul Péret was born in Châtellerault , son of a magistrate. He followed his father into the law, becoming an advocate at the Court of Cassation in Paris. In 1893 he served as an aide to Justice Minister Eugène Guérin... |
12 February 1920 | 9 June 1924 | Democratic Alliance Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
| 22 | Paul Painlevé Paul Painlevé Paul Painlevé was a French mathematician and politician. He served twice as Prime Minister of the Third Republic: 12 September – 13 November 1917 and 17 April – 22 November 1925.-Early life:Painlevé was born in Paris.... |
9 June 1924 | 22 April 1925 | Republican-Socialist Party Republican-Socialist Party The Republican-Socialist Party was a French socialist political party during the French Third Republic, founded in 1911 and dissolved in 1934. It was founded by socialists who refused to join the SFIO founded in 1905. The PRS was a non-Marxist "reformist socialist" party located between the SFIO... |
| 23 | Édouard Herriot Édouard Herriot Édouard Marie Herriot was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister and for many years as President of the Chamber of Deputies.... |
22 April 1925 | 22 July 1926 | Radical Socialist Party |
| 24 | Raoul Péret Raoul Péret Raoul Adolphe Péret was a French lawyer and politician.-Biography:Raoul Péret was born in Châtellerault , son of a magistrate. He followed his father into the law, becoming an advocate at the Court of Cassation in Paris. In 1893 he served as an aide to Justice Minister Eugène Guérin... |
22 July 1926 | 11 January 1927 | Democratic Alliance Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Republican Alliance was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta, such as Raymond Poincaré who would be president of the Council in the 1920s... |
| 25 | Fernand Bouisson Fernand Bouisson Fernand Bouisson was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1927 to 1936 and briefly as Prime Minister in 1935.-Bouisson's Ministry, 1–7 June 1935:... |
11 January 1927 | 31 May 1936 | Republican-Socialist Party Republican-Socialist Party The Republican-Socialist Party was a French socialist political party during the French Third Republic, founded in 1911 and dissolved in 1934. It was founded by socialists who refused to join the SFIO founded in 1905. The PRS was a non-Marxist "reformist socialist" party located between the SFIO... |
| 26 | Édouard Herriot Édouard Herriot Édouard Marie Herriot was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister and for many years as President of the Chamber of Deputies.... |
4 June 1936 | 9 July 1940 | Radical Socialist Party |
Presidents of the Consultative Assembly (Free French), 1943–1945
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| 1 | Félix Gouin Félix Gouin Félix Gouin was a French Socialist politician, member of the French Section of the Workers' International .-Personal life:Félix Gouin was born in Peypin, Bouches-du-Rhône, the son of school teachers... |
9 November 1943 | 8 November 1945 | SFIO | Provisional |
List of Presidents of the Constituent National Assembly, 1945–1946
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| 1 | Félix Gouin Félix Gouin Félix Gouin was a French Socialist politician, member of the French Section of the Workers' International .-Personal life:Félix Gouin was born in Peypin, Bouches-du-Rhône, the son of school teachers... |
8 November 1945 | 22 January 1946 | SFIO | I (1945 French legislative election, 1945 A legislative election was held in France on 21 October 1945 to elect a constituent assembly to draft a constitution for a Fourth French Republic. 79.83% of voters participated. Women and soldiers were allowed to vote... ) |
| 2 | Vincent Auriol Vincent Auriol Vincent Jules Auriol was a French politician who served as the first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. He also served as interim President of the Provisional Government from November to December 1946, making him one of only three people who were heads of state of the French... |
31 January 1946 | 27 November 1946 | SFIO | II (Jun.1946 French legislative election, June 1946 Legislative elections were held in France on 2 June 1946 to elect the second post-war National Assembly designated to prepare a new Constitution... ) |
Fourth RepublicFrench Fourth RepublicThe French Fourth Republic was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic, which was in place before World War II, and suffered many of the same problems...
: Presidents of the National Assembly, 1946–1958
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| 1 | Vincent Auriol Vincent Auriol Vincent Jules Auriol was a French politician who served as the first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. He also served as interim President of the Provisional Government from November to December 1946, making him one of only three people who were heads of state of the French... |
3 December 1946 | 21 January 1947 | SFIO | I (Nov.1946 French legislative election, November 1946 Legislative election was held in France on 10 November 1946 to elect the first National Assembly of the Fourth Republic. The electoral system used was proportional representation.... ) |
| 2 | Édouard Herriot Édouard Herriot Édouard Marie Herriot was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister and for many years as President of the Chamber of Deputies.... |
21 January 1947 | 12 January 1954 | Radical | |
| II (1951 French legislative election, 1951 Legislative elections were held in France on 17 June 1951 to elect the second National Assembly of the Fourth Republic.After the Second World War, the three parties which took a major part in the French Resistance to the German occupation dominated the political scene and government: the French... ) |
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| 3 | André Le Troquer André Le Troquer André Le Troquer was a French politician, socialist lawyer, and president of the National Assembly from 12 January 1954 to 10 January 1955, and a second time from 24 January 1956 to 4 October 1958.-Career:... |
12 January 1954 | 11 January 1955 | SFIO | |
| 4 | Pierre Schneiter Pierre Schneiter François Charles Pierre Schneiter was a French politician.Pierre Schneiter was born in Reims, elder son of Charles Albert Schneiter, a vintner, and Jeanne Marie Alice Sart. Charles Schneiter's father was a watchmaker from Bern, whose ancestors had come from Bavaria. Pierre's only sibling François ... |
11 January 1955 | 24 January 1956 | MRP Popular Republican Movement The Popular Republican Movement was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic... |
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| 5 | André Le Troquer André Le Troquer André Le Troquer was a French politician, socialist lawyer, and president of the National Assembly from 12 January 1954 to 10 January 1955, and a second time from 24 January 1956 to 4 October 1958.-Career:... |
24 January 1956 | 9 December 1958 | SFIO | III (1956) |
Fifth RepublicFrench Fifth RepublicThe Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, introduced on 4 October 1958. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the French Fourth Republic, replacing the prior parliamentary government with a semi-presidential system...
: Presidents of the National Assembly, 1958–present
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| 1 | Jacques Chaban-Delmas Jacques Chaban-Delmas Jacques Chaban-Delmas was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. In addition, for almost half a century, he was Mayor of Bordeaux and a deputy for the Gironde département.... |
9 December 1958 | 25 June 1969 | UNR | I · II · III · IV |
| 2 | Achille Peretti Achille Peretti Achille Peretti , was a French politician.Peretti was born in Ajaccio. A lawyer by profession, he was a member of the French resistance, and was in charge of security of Charles de Gaulle's government in Algiers.... |
25 June 1969 | 2 April 1973 | UDR | IV (1968 French legislative election, 1968 - National Assembly by Parliamentary Group:... ) |
| 3 | Edgar Faure Edgar Faure Edgar Faure was a French politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist.-Career:Faure was born in Béziers, Languedoc-Roussillon. He trained as a lawyer in Paris and became a member of the Bar at 27, the youngest lawyer in France to do so at the time... |
2 April 1973 | 3 April 1978 | UDR | V (1973 French legislative election, 1973 French legislative elections took place on 4 and 11 March 1973 to elect the 5th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.In order to end the May 1968 crisis, President Charles de Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly and his party, the Gaullist Party Union of Democrats for the Republic , obtained... ) |
| 4 | Jacques Chaban-Delmas Jacques Chaban-Delmas Jacques Chaban-Delmas was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. In addition, for almost half a century, he was Mayor of Bordeaux and a deputy for the Gironde département.... |
3 April 1978 | 2 July 1981 | RPR Rally for the Republic The Rally for the Republic , was a French right-wing political party. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic , it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism... |
VI (1978 French legislative election, 1978 The French legislative elections took place on 12 March and 19 March 1978 to elect the 6th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.On 2 April 1974 President Georges Pompidou died. The non-Gaullist center-right leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was elected to succeed him... ) |
| 5 | Louis Mermaz Louis Mermaz Louis Mermaz is a French politician. He became an ally of François Mitterrand in the late 1950s and in 1971 became a member of Mitterrand's staff in the French Socialist Party. From 1981 to 1986, he was president of the French National Assembly. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1990 to... |
2 July 1981 | 2 April 1986 | PS | VII (1981 French legislative election, 1981 French legislative elections took place on 14 June and 21 June 1981 to elect the 7th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.On 10 May 1981 François Mitterrand was elected President of France. He became the first Socialist to win this post under universal suffrage... ) |
| 6 | Jacques Chaban-Delmas Jacques Chaban-Delmas Jacques Chaban-Delmas was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. In addition, for almost half a century, he was Mayor of Bordeaux and a deputy for the Gironde département.... |
2 April 1986 | 23 June 1988 | RPR Rally for the Republic The Rally for the Republic , was a French right-wing political party. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic , it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism... |
VIII (1986 French legislative election, 1986 The French legislative elections took place on 16 March 1986 to elect the 8th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. Contrary to other legislative elections of the Fifth Republic, the electoral system used was that of Party-list proportional representation.Since the 1981 election of François... ) |
| 7 | Laurent Fabius Laurent Fabius Laurent Fabius is a French Socialist politician. He served as Prime Minister from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986. He was 37 years old when he was appointed and is, so far, the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic.-Early life:... |
23 June 1988 | 22 January 1992 | PS | IX (1988 French legislative election, 1988 French legislative elections took place on 5 June and 12 June 1988 to elect the 9th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, one month after the re-election of François Mitterrand as President of France.... ) |
| 8 | Henri Emmanuelli Henri Emmanuelli Henri Emmanuelli is a French politician.A member of the Socialist Party , he has been deputy for Landes from 1978 to 1981, from 1986 to 1997 and since 2000.-Biography:... |
22 January 1992 | 2 April 1993 | PS | |
| 9 | Philippe Séguin Philippe Séguin Philippe Séguin was a French political figure who was President of the National Assembly from 1993 to 1997 and President of the Cour des Comptes of France from 2004 to 2010.... |
2 April 1993 | 12 June 1997 | RPR Rally for the Republic The Rally for the Republic , was a French right-wing political party. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic , it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism... |
X (1993 French legislative election, 1993 French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the 10th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.Since 1988, President François Mitterrand and his Socialist cabinets had relied on a relative parliamentary majority. Without the support of the Communists, Prime minister... ) |
| 10 | Laurent Fabius Laurent Fabius Laurent Fabius is a French Socialist politician. He served as Prime Minister from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986. He was 37 years old when he was appointed and is, so far, the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic.-Early life:... |
12 June 1997 | 29 March 2000 | PS | XI (1997 French legislative election, 1997 French legislative election took place on 25 May and 1 June 1997 to elect the 11th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. It was the consequence of President Jacques Chirac's decision to call the legislative election one year before the deadline.... ) |
| 11 | Raymond Forni Raymond Forni Raymond Forni was a French Socialist politician.-Biography:Son of an Italian immigrant, Raymond Forni was born in Belfort, in 1941. His father died when he was 11. At 17, he had to stop studying, and he started to work as an unskilled worker in Peugeot factories... |
29 March 2000 | 25 June 2002 | PS | |
| 12 | Jean-Louis Debré Jean-Louis Debré Jean-Louis Debré is a conservative French political figure. He was President of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2007 and has been President of the Constitutional Council since 2007.-Biography:Debré was born in Toulouse... |
25 June 2002 | 2 March 2007 | UMP Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party... |
XII (2002 French legislative election, 2002 -12th Assembly by Parliamentary Group:... ) |
| 13 | Patrick Ollier Patrick Ollier Patrick Ollier is a French MP for the UMP party and the Mayor of Rueil-Malmaison. He was briefly the President of the National Assembly in 2007. He is the partner of Michèle Alliot-Marie, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the government of François Fillon.He was elected on 16 June 2002,... |
7 March 2007 | 19 June 2007 | UMP Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party... |
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| 14 | Bernard Accoyer Bernard Accoyer Bernard Accoyer is a French politician who is currently the President of the National Assembly of France, as well as the Mayor of Annecy-le-Vieux.-Biography:... |
26 June 2007 | Incumbent | UMP Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party... |
XIII 13th Legislature (France) The 13th Legislature of France is the current parliamentary cycle started in June 2007 and scheduled to last until June 2012. It was created after the 2007 legislative election that took place on 10 and 17 June 2007... (2007 French legislative election, 2007 The French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. 7,639 candidates stood for 577 seats, including France's overseas possessions... ) |