Timeline: History of European Integration (1945-1984) | Timetoast

Period: Oct 27, 1946 to Oct 4, 1958

4th French Republic

Adoption of the Constitution to the adoption of the 1958 Constitution
Period: Sep 15, 1949 to Oct 15, 1963

Chancellery of Konrad Adenauer

CDU, reappointed in 1953, 1957 and 1961
Period: Jan 8, 1959 to Apr 28, 1969

Presidency of Charles de Gaulle

Two turns, reelected on January 08, 1966
Period: Oct 16, 1963 to Nov 30, 1966

Chancellery of Ludwig Erhard

Independent but CDU-backed, reappointed in 1965
Period: Jun 20, 1969 to Apr 2, 1974

Presidency of Georges Pompidou

End with his death
Period: May 27, 1974 to May 21, 1981

Presidency of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Period: May 22, 1981 to May 17, 1995

Presidency of François Mitterrand

Longest serving president, reelected in 1988