Modern French Presidents 1848 - Present By acoo5 Dec 20, 1848 Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte Period: Dec 20, 1848 to May 27, 2012 List of French Presidents Aug 31, 1871 Adolphe Thiers May 24, 1873 Patrice De Mac Mahon Jan 30, 1879 Jules Grévy Dec 3, 1887 Sadi Carnot Jun 27, 1894 Jean Casimir-Perier Jan 17, 1895 Félix Faure Feb 18, 1899 Émile Loubet Feb 18, 1906 Armand Fallières Feb 18, 1913 Raymond Poincaré Feb 18, 1920 Paul Deschanel Sep 23, 1920 Alexandre Millerand Jun 13, 1924 Gaston Doumergue May 10, 1931 Albert Lebrun Jun 13, 1931 Paul Doumer Jan 16, 1947 Vincent Auriol Jan 16, 1954 René Coty Jan 8, 1959 Charles de Gaulle Jun 20, 1969 Georges Pompidou May 27, 1974 Valery Giscard d'Estaing May 21, 1981 Francois Meterrand May 17, 1995 Jacques Chirac May 16, 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy May 18, 2012 Francois Hollande
