President of the French Republic

List of Presidents of France

President of the Second French Republic (1848-1852)
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (20 December 1848 - 2 December 1852)
From the establishment of the Republic until Bonaparte was elected, the Heads of State were:

Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (as President of the Provisional Government), February 24 - May 9, 1848
Executive Commission (Jointly head of state), May 6 - June 28, 1848
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (Prime Minister and de facto Head of State), June 28 - December 20, 1848)

Presidents of the Third French Republic (1870-1940)

Louis Jules Trochu (September 4, 1870 - January 22, 1871) (President of the Government of National Defense)
Adolphe Thiers (17 February 1871 - 24 May 1873) (Head of Executive Power to 31 August 1871)
Marshal Patrice de Mac-Mahon (24 May 1873 - 30 January 1879)
Jules Armand Dufaure (30 January 1879) (acting)
Jules Grévy (30 January 1879 - 2 December 1887)
Maurice Rouvier (2 December - 3 December 1887) (acting)
Marie François Sadi Carnot (3 December 1887 - 25 June 1894)
Charles Dupuy (25 June - 27 June 1894) (1st time, acting)
Jean Casimir-Perier (27 June 1894 - 16 January 1895)
Charles Dupuy (16 January - 17 January 1895) (2nd time, acting)
Félix Faure (17 January 1895 - 16 February 1899)
Charles Dupuy (16 February - 18 February 1899) (3rd time, acting)
Émile Loubet (18 February 1899 - 18 February 1906)
Armand Fallières (18 February 1906 - 18 February 1913)
Raymond Poincaré (18 February 1913 - 18 February 1920)
Paul Deschanel (18 February - 21 September 1920)
Alexandre Millerand (21 September - 23 September 1920) (acting)
Alexandre Millerand (23 September 1920 - 11 June 1924)
Frédéric François-Marsal (11 June - 13 June 1924) (acting)
Gaston Doumergue (13 June 1924 - 13 June 1931)
Paul Doumer (13 June 1931 - 7 May 1932)
André Tardieu (7 May - 10 May 1932) (acting)
Albert Lebrun (10 May 1932 - 11 July 1940)
Office of President didn't exist from 1940 until 1947

Head of the French State (1940-1944)
Marshal Philippe Pétain (1 July 1940 - 20 August 1944)

Chairmen of the Provisional Government (1944-1947)
Charles de Gaulle (3 June 1944 - 26 January 1946)
Félix Gouin (26 January - 24 June 1946)
Georges Bidault (24 June - 16 December 1946)
Léon Blum (16 December 1946 - 16 January 1947)

Presidents of the Fourth French Republic (1947-1959)
Vincent Auriol (16 January 1947 - 16 January 1954)
René Coty (16 January 1954 - 8 January 1959)

Presidents of the Fifth French Republic (1959-Present)
General Charles de Gaulle (8 January 1959 - 28 April 1969)
Alain Poher (28 April - 20 June 1969) (1st time, interim)
Georges Pompidou (20 June 1969 - 3 April 1974)
Alain Poher (3 April - 27 May 1974) (2nd time, interim)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (27 May 1974 - 21 May 1981)
François Mitterrand (21 May 1981- 17 May 1995)
Jacques Chirac (17 May 1995 - 16 May 2007)
Nicolas Sarkozy (16 May 2007 - present)