Rank |
President |
Length in days |
Order
|
Tenure |
Number of terms
|
1 |
François Mitterrand |
5109 |
21
|
21 May 1981 – 17 May 1995 |
Two full seven-year terms
|
2 |
Jacques Chirac |
4382 |
22
|
17 May 1995 – 16 May 2007 |
One full seven-year term and one full five-year term
|
3 |
Charles de Gaulle |
3763 |
18
|
8 January 1959 – 28 April 1969 |
One full seven-year term; resigned 3 years, 4 months and 20 days into second term
|
4 |
Jules Grévy |
3228 |
4
|
30 January 1879 – 2 December 1887 |
One full seven-year term; resigned 1 year, 10 months and 2 days into second term
|
5 |
Albert Lebrun |
2983 |
15
|
10 May 1932 – 11 July 1940 |
One full seven-year term; replaced by
Marshal
Philippe Pétain 1 year, 2 months and 1 day into second term
|
6 |
Emmanuel Macron |
2610
[a] |
25
|
14 May 2017 – Incumbent
|
One full five-year term; currently serving second five-year term
|
7
(tie)
|
Armand Fallières |
2557 |
9
|
18 February 1906 – 18 February 1913 |
One full seven-year term
|
Vincent Auriol |
2557 |
16
|
16 January 1947 – 16 January 1954
|
9
(tie)
|
Émile Loubet |
2556 |
8
|
18 February 1899 – 18 February 1906
|
Raymond Poincaré |
2556 |
10
|
18 February 1913 – 18 February 1920
|
Gaston Doumergue |
2556 |
13
|
13 June 1924 – 13 June 1931
|
12 |
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
2551 |
20
|
27 May 1974 – 21 May 1981
|
13 |
Sadi Carnot |
2396 |
5
|
3 December 1887 – 25 June 1894 |
Assassinated 6 years, 6 months and 22 days into seven-year term
|
14 |
Patrice de MacMahon |
2077 |
3
|
24 May 1873 – 30 January 1879 |
Resigned 5 years, 8 months and 6 days into seven-year term
|
15 |
Nicolas Sarkozy |
1826 |
23
|
16 May 2007 – 15 May 2012 |
One full five-year term
|
16 |
François Hollande |
1825 |
24
|
15 May 2012 – 14 May 2017
|
17 |
René Coty |
1818 |
17
|
16 January 1954 – 8 January 1959 |
Fourth republic ended 4 years, 11 months and 23 days into seven-year term
|
18 |
Georges Pompidou |
1747 |
19
|
20 June 1969 – 2 April 1974 |
Died 4 years, 9 months and 13 days into seven-year term
|
19 |
Félix Faure |
1491 |
7
|
17 January 1895 – 16 February 1899 |
Died 4 years and 30 days into seven-year term
|
20 |
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte |
1443 |
1
|
20 December 1848 – 2 December 1852 |
One full four-year term; end of second republic
|
21 |
Alexandre Millerand |
1357 |
12
|
23 September 1920 – 11 June 1924 |
Resigned 3 years, 8 months and 19 days into seven-year term
|
22 |
Adolphe Thiers |
632 |
2
|
31 August 1871 – 24 May 1873 |
Resigned 1 year, 8 months and 24 days into seven-year term
|
23 |
Paul Doumer |
329 |
14
|
13 June 1931 – 7 May 1932 |
Assassinated 10 months and 24 days into seven-year term
|
24 |
Paul Deschanel |
216 |
11
|
18 February 1920 – 21 September 1920 |
Resigned 7 months and 3 days into seven-year term
|
25 |
Jean Casimir-Perier |
203 |
6
|
27 June 1894 – 16 January 1895 |
Resigned 6 months and 20 days into seven year term
|