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Fifth Republic Nicolas Sarkozy (2007-Present) Jacques Chirac (1995-2007) François Mitterrand (1981-1995)     Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974-1981) Georges Pompidou (1969-1974)     Alain Poher (Acting President from 04/20 to 06/20/1969 and from 04/02 to 05/19/1974) Charles de Gaulle (1958-1969)     Fourth Republic R. Coty (1954-1958) V. Auriol (1947-1954)     Between 1940 and 1947, there was no President of the French Republic. Third Republic A. Lebrun (1932-1940) P. Doumer (1931-1932)     G. Doumergue (1924-1931) A. Millerand (1920-1924)     P. Deschanel (18/2-22/9/1920) R. Poincaré (1913-1920)     A. Fallières (1906-1913) E. Loubet (1899-1906)     F. Faure (1895-1899) J. Casimir-Perier (1894-1895)      M-F. Sadi Carnot (1887-1894) J. Grévy (1879-1887)     P. de Mac-Mahon (1873-1879) A.Thiers (1871-1873)     Second Republic L. Napoléon Bonaparte (1848-1851)

 

Between 1940 and 1947, there was no President of the French Republic. The constitutional law of 10 July 1940 marked the end of the Third Republic by vesting "all powers in the government of the Republic under the authority and the sole signature of Marshal Pétain" in order to frame and promulgate "a new constitution for the French State".

The Comité Français de Libération Nationale (French Committee of National Liberation) was established on 3 June 1943 and, as from 9 November 1943, chaired by General de Gaulle who challenged the legitimacy of the "French State" generally known as the "Régime de Vichy" (Vichy government).

The order of 3 June 1944 turned the French Committee of National Liberation into the Gouvernement Provisoire de la République française (Provisional Government of the French Republic) under the authority of General de Gaulle and then of Félix Gouin as from 27 January 1946, and finally of Georges Bidault from 24 June 1946 to 18 December 1946.

On 16 January 1947, Vincent Auriol became the first President of the Fourth Republic in application of the Constitution of 27 October 1946 which was adopted by referendum.

René Coty succeeded him on 16 January 1954.