Presidents of the Fifth Republic (1959–present)
| 8 |  | Emmanuel Macron | 2017 - present |
| 7 |  | François Hollande | 2012 - 2017 |
| 6 |  | Nicolas Sarkozy | 2007 - 2012 |
| 5 |  | Jacques Chirac | 1995 - 2007 |
| 4 |  | François Mitterrand | 1981 - 1995 |
| 3 |  | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 1974 – 1981 |
| 2 |  | Georges Pompidou | 1969–1974 |
| 1 |  | Charles de Gaulle | 1959 – 1969 |
Presidents of the Fourth Republic (1947–1959)
| 2 |  | René Coty | 1954 – 1959 |
| 1 |  | Vincent Auriol | 1947 – 1954 |
Presidents of the Third Republic (1871–1940)
| 14 |  | Albert Lebrun | 1932–1940 |
| 13 |  | Paul Doumer | 1931–1932 |
| 12 |  | Gaston Doumergue | 1924–1931 |
| 11 |  | Alexandre Millerand | 1920–1924 |
| 10 |  | Paul Deschanel | February–September 1920 |
| 9 |  | Raymond Poincaré | 1913 - 1920 |
| 8 |  | Armand Fallières | 1906 - 1913 |
| 7 |  | Émile Loubet | 1899 - 1906 |
| 6 |  | FĂ©lix Faure | 1895 - 1899 |
| 5 |  | Jean Casimir-Perier | 1894 - 1895 |
| 4 |  | Sadi Carnot | 1887 - 1894 |
| 3 |  | Jules Grévy | 1879 - 1887 |
| 2 |  | Patrice de MacMahon | 1873 - 1879 |
| 1 |  | Adolphe Thiers | 1871 - 1873 |
Presidents of the Second Republic (1848–1852)
Elected as the first President of France; later became Emperor Napoleon III.
| 1 |  | Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte | 1848 – 1852 |