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List of presidents of the National Assembly of France

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This article lists Presidents of the French Parliament or, as the case may be, of its lower chamber.

The National Constituent Assembly was created in 1789 out of the Estates-General. It, and the revolutionary legislative assemblies that followed – the Legislative Assembly (1791–1792) and the National Convention (1792–1795), had a quickly rotating Presidency. With the establishment of the Directory in 1795, there were two chambers of the French legislature. The lower, the Council of Five Hundred, also had a quickly rotating chairmanship. Under Napoleon I, the Legislative Corps had all authority to actually enact laws, but was essentially a rubberstamp body, lacking the power to debate legislation. With the restoration of the monarchy, a bicameral system was restored, with a Chamber of Peers and a Chamber of Deputies. The Chamber of Deputies, for the first time, had presidents elected for a substantial period of time.

With the revolution of 1848, the monarchical assemblies were dissolved and replaced again with a unicameral National Assembly, which Napoleon III replaced with a new version of his uncle's Legislative Corps. With the establishment of the Third Republic, the name of Chamber of Deputies was restored; after 1876 it was joined by a Senate as upper house. The Chamber of Deputies was renamed the National Assembly in the constitution of the Fourth Republic, and is still known as that.

Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly (1789–1791)

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Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly rotated in short periods.

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|+L'Assemblée Nationale Constituante

! scope="col" | President

! scope="col" | Began

! scope="col" | Ended

Jean-Sylvain Bailly

|17 June 1789

|3 July 1789

Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans

|3 July 1789

|3 July 1789

Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan

|3 July 1789

|18 July 1789

François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

|18 July 1789

|3 August 1789

Jacques Guillaume Thouret

|3 August 1789

|3 August 1789

Isaac René Guy le Chapelier

|3 August 1789

|17 August 1789

Stanislas, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre

|17 August 1789

|31 August 1789

César Guillaume de La Luzerne

|31 August 1789

|9 September 1789

Stanislas, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre

|9 September 1789

|28 September 1789

Jean-Joseph Mounier

|28 September 1789

|10 October 1789

Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just

|10 October 1789

|28 October 1789

Armand Gaston Camus

|28 October 1789

|12 November 1789

Jacques Guillaume Thouret

|12 November 1789

|23 November 1789

Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé

|23 November 1789

|5 December 1789

Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just

|5 December 1789

|22 December 1789

Jean-Nicolas Démeunier

|22 December 1789

|4 January 1790

François-Xavier de Montesquiou-Fézensac

|4 January 1790

|18 January 1790

Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target

|18 January 1790

|2 February 1790

Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy

|2 February 1790

|16 February 1790

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

|16 February 1790

|28 February 1790

François-Xavier de Montesquiou-Fézensac

|28 February 1790

|15 March 1790

Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne

|15 March 1790

|27 March 1790

Jean-François, baron de Menou

|27 March 1790

|12 April 1790

Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay

|12 April 1790

|27 April 1790

François Henri, comte de Virieu

|27 April 1790

|29 April 1790

Jean-Louis Gouttes

|29 April 1790

|8 May 1790

Jacques Guillaume Thouret

|8 May 1790

|27 May 1790

Bon-Albert Briois de Beaumetz

|27 May 1790

|8 June 1790

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès

|8 June 1790

|21 June 1790

Louis-Michel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau

|21 June 1790

|5 July 1790

Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay

|5 July 1790

|20 July 1790

Jean-Baptiste Treilhard

|20 July 1790

|31 July 1790

Antoine d'André

|31 July 1790

|16 August 1790

Samuel-Pierre Du Pont de Nemours

|16 August 1790

|30 August 1790

Joseph-Henri baron de Jessé

|30 August 1790

|11 September 1790

Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy

|11 September 1790

|25 September 1790

Jean-Louis Emmery

|25 September 1790

|9 October 1790

Philippe-Antoine Merlin (known as Merlin de Douai)

|9 October 1790

|25 October 1790

Antoine Barnave

|25 October 1790

|8 November 1790

Charles-Antoine Chasset

|8 November 1790

|20 November 1790

Alexandre de Lameth

|20 November 1790

|4 December 1790

Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve

|4 December 1790

|20 December 1790

Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay

|20 December 1790

|20 December 1790

Antoine d'André

|20 December 1790

|4 January 1791

Jean-Louis Emmery

|4 January 1791

|18 January 1791

Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire

|18 January 1791

|29 January 1791

Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

|29 January 1791

|14 February 1791

Adrien Duport

|14 February 1791

|26 February 1791

Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles

|26 February 1791

|14 March 1791

Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac

|14 March 1791

|29 March 1791

François Denis Tronchet

|29 March 1791

|9 April 1791

Jean-Baptiste-Charles Chabroud

|9 April 1791

|23 April 1791

Jean-François Reubell

|23 April 1791

|9 May 1791

Antoine d'André

|9 May 1791

|24 May 1791

Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy

|24 May 1791

|6 June 1791

Luc Dauchy

|6 June 1791

|19 June 1791

Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais

|19 June 1791

|3 July 1791

Charles de Lameth

|3 July 1791

|19 July 1791

Jacques Defermon des Chapelières

|19 July 1791

|30 July 1791

Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais

|30 July 1791

|13 August 1791

Charles Louis Victor, prince de Broglie

|13 August 1791

|27 August 1791

Théodore Vernier

|27 August 1791

|10 September 1791

Jacques Guillaume Thouret

|10 September 1791

|30 September 1791

Presidents of the Legislative Assembly (1791–1792)

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Presidents of the Legislative Assembly rotated in short periods.

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! colspan=2|Portrait

! width=200|Name

! width=120|Department

! width=120|Took office

! width=120|Left office

! Political group

style="background:{{party color|Feuillants Club}};"|

| 70px

| Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret

| Paris

| 3 October 1791 || 30 October 1791 || Feuillants

style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}};"|

| 70px

| Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud

| Gironde

| 30 October 1791 || 15 November 1791 || Jacobins

style="background:{{party color|Feuillants Club}};"|

| 70px

| Vincent-Marie Viénot

| Seine-et-Marne

| 15 November 1791 || 28 November 1791 || Feuillants

style="background:{{party color|Feuillants Club}};"|

| 70px

| Bernard Germain de Lacépède

| Paris

| 28 November 1791 || 10 December 1791 || Feuillants

style="background:{{party color|Feuillants Club}};"|

| 70px

| Pierre-Édouard Lémontey

| Rhône

| 10 December 1791 || 26 December 1791 || Feuillants

style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}};"|

| 70px

| François de Neufchâteau

| Vosges

| 26 December 1791 || 22 January 1792 || Jacobins

style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}};"|

| 70px

| Marguerite-Élie Guadet

| Gironde

| 22 January 1792 || 7 February 1792 || Jacobins

style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}};"|

| 70px

| Nicolas de Condorcet

| Paris

| 7 February 1792 || 19 February 1792 || Jacobins

style="background:{{party color|Feuillants Club}};"|

| 70px

| Guillaume-Mathieu Dumas

| Seine-et-Oise

| 19 February 1792 || 4 March 1792 || Feuillants

style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}};"|

| 70px

| Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau

| Côte-d'Or

| 4 March 1792 || 19 March 1792 || Jacobins

style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}};"|

| 70px

| Armand Gensonné

| Gironde

| 19 March 1792 || 15 April 1792 || Jacobins

style="background:{{party color|Feuillants Club}};"|

| 70px

| Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu

| Ille-et-Vilaine

| 15 April 1792 || 29 April 1792 || Feuillants

style="background:{{party color|Feuillants Club}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Gérard Lacuée

| Lot-et-Garonne

| 29 April 1792 || 13 May 1792 || Feuillants

style="background:{{party color|Feuillants Club}};"|

| 70px

| Honoré Muraire

| Var

| 13 May 1792 || 27 May 1792 || Feuillants

style="background:{{party color|Feuillants Club}};"|

| 70px

| François-Alexandre Tardiveau

| Ille-et-Vilaine

| 27 May 1792 || 10 June 1792 || Feuillants

style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|

| 70px

| Antoine Français de Nantes

| Loire-Inférieure

| 10 June 1792 || 24 June 1792 || Independent

style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}};"|

| 70px

| Louis Stanislas de Girardin

| Oise

| 24 June 1792 || 8 July 1792 || Jacobins

style="background:{{party color|Feuillants Club}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet

| Isère

| 8 July 1792 || 22 July 1792 || Feuillants

style="background:{{party color|Feuillants Club}};"|

| 70px

| André-Daniel Laffon de Ladebat

| Gironde

| 22 July 1792 || 7 August 1792 || Feuillants

style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-François Honoré Merlet

| Maine-et-Loire

| 7 August 1792 || 20 August 1792 || Jacobins

style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-François Delacroix

| Eure-et-Loir

| 20 August 1792 || 2 September 1792 || Jacobins

style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}};"|

| 70px

| Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles

| Paris

| 2 September 1792 || 16 September 1792 || Jacobins

style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}};"|

| 70px

| Pierre-Joseph Cambon

| Hérault

| 16 September 1792 || 20 September 1792 || Jacobins

Presidents of the National Convention (1792–1795)

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! colspan=2|Portrait

! width=200|Name

! width=120|Department

! width=120|Took office

! width=120|Left office

! Political group

style="background:{{party color|Girondist}};"|

| 70px

| Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve

| Eure-et-Loir

| 20 September 1792 || 4 October 1792 || Girondins

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-François Delacroix

| Eure-et-Loir

| 4 October 1792 || 18 October 1792 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|Girondist}};"|

| 70px

| Marguerite-Élie Guadet

| Gironde

| 18 October 1792 || 1 November 1792 || Girondins

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
(1st term)

| Seine-et-Oise

| 1 November 1792 || 15 November 1792 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Plain}};"|

| 70px

| Henri Grégoire

| Loir-et-Cher

| 15 November 1792 || 29 November 1792 || The Plain

style="background:{{party color|The Plain}};"|

| 70px

| Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac

| Seine-et-Oise

| 29 November 1792 || 13 December 1792 || The Plain

style="background:{{party color|Girondist}};"|

| 70px

| Jacques Defermon des Chapelières

| Ille-et-Vilaine

| 15 December 1792 || 27 December 1792 || Girondins

style="background:{{party color|The Plain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Baptiste Treilhard

| Seine-et-Oise

| 27 December 1792 || 10 January 1793 || The Plain

style="background:{{party color|Girondist}};"|

| 70px

| Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud

| Gironde

| 10 January 1793 || 24 January 1793 || Girondins

style="background:{{party color|Girondist}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne

| Aube

| 24 January 1793 || 7 February 1793 || Girondins

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Jacques Bréard

| Charente-Inférieure

| 7 February 1793 || 21 February 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé

| Ardennes

| 21 February 1793 || 7 March 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|Girondist}};"|

| 70px

| Armand Gensonné

| Gironde

| 7 March 1793 || 21 March 1793 || Girondins

style="background:{{party color|The Plain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean Debry

| Aisne

| 21 March 1793 || 4 April 1793 || The Plain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-François-Bertrand Delmas

| Haute-Garonne

| 4 April 1793 || 18 April 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|Girondist}};"|

| 70px

| Marc David Alba Lasource

| Tarn

| 18 April 1793 || 2 May 1793 || Girondins

style="background:{{party color|Girondist}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède

| Gironde

| 2 May 1793 || 16 May 1793 || Girondins

style="background:{{party color|Girondist}};"|

| 70px

| Maximin Isnard

| Var

| 16 May 1793 || 30 May 1793 || Girondins

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| François René Auguste Mallarmé

| Meurthe

| 30 May 1793 || 13 June 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
(1st term)

| Paris

| 13 June 1793 || 27 June 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jacques-Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière

| Marne

| 27 June 1793 || 11 July 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean Bon Saint-André

| Lot

| 11 July 1793 || 25 July 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Georges Danton

| Paris

| 25 July 1793 || 8 August 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
(2nd term)

| Seine-et-Oise

| 8 August 1793 || 22 August 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Maximilien Robespierre
(1st term)

| Paris

| 22 August 1793 || 5 September 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne

| Paris

| 5 September 1793 || 19 September 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Joseph Cambon

| Hérault

| 19 September 1793 || 3 October 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Louis-Joseph Charlier

| Marne

| 3 October 1793 || 22 October 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Moyse Bayle

| Bouches-du-Rhône

| 22 October 1793 || 6 November 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Pierre Antoine Laloy

| Haute-Marne

| 6 November 1793 || 21 November 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Gilbert Romme

| Puy-de-Dôme

| 21 November 1793 || 6 December 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Henri Voulland

| Gard

| 6 December 1793 || 21 December 1793 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Georges Couthon

| Puy-de-Dôme

| 21 December 1793 || 5 January 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jacques-Louis David

| Paris

| 5 January 1794 || 20 January 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Marc-Guillaume-Alexis Vadier

| Ariège

| 20 January 1794 || 4 February 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran

| Gers

| 4 February 1794 || 19 February 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Louis Saint-Just

| Aisne

| 19 February 1794 || 6 March 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Philippe Rühl

| Bas-Rhin

| 6 March 1794 || 21 March 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Lambert Tallien

| Seine-et-Oise

| 21 March 1794 || 5 April 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Pierre-André Amar

| Isère

| 5 April 1794 || 20 April 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Baptiste-Robert Lindet

| Eure

| 20 April 1794 || 5 May 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Lazare Carnot

| Pas-de-Calais

| 5 May 1794 || 20 May 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Claude-Antoine Prieur de la Côte d'Or

| Côte-d'Or

| 20 May 1794 || 4 June 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Maximilien Robespierre
(2nd term)

| Paris

| 4 June 1794 || 19 June 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Élie Lacoste

| Dordogne

| 19 June 1794 || 5 July 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Antoine Louis du Bas-Rhin

| Bas-Rhin

| 5 July 1794 || 19 July 1794 || The Mountain

style="background:{{party color|The Mountain}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
(2nd term)

| Paris

| 19 July 1794 || 3 August 1794 || The Mountain

| 70px

| Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai

| Nord

| 3 August 1794 || 18 August 1794 ||

| 70px

| Antoine Christophe Merlin

| Moselle

| 18 August 1794 || 2 September 1794 ||

| 70px

| André Antoine Bernard

| Charente-Inférieure

| 2 September 1794 || 22 September 1794 ||

| 70px

| André Dumont

| Somme

| 22 September 1794 || 7 October 1794 ||

| 70px

| Jean Jacques Régis Cambacérès

| Hérault

| 7 October 1794 || 22 October 1794 ||

| 70px

| Pierre Louis Prieur

| Marne

| 22 October 1794 || 6 November 1794 ||

| 70px

| Louis Legendre

| Paris

| 6 November 1794 || 24 November 1794 ||

| 70px

| Jean-Baptiste Clauzel

| Ariège

| 24 November 1794 || 6 December 1794 ||

| 70px

| Jean-François Reubell

| Haut-Rhin

| 6 December 1794 || 21 December 1794 ||

| 70px

| Pierre-Louis Bentabole

| Bas-Rhin

| 21 December 1794 || 6 January 1795 ||

| 70px

| Étienne-François Letourneur

| Manche

| 6 January 1795 || 20 January 1795 ||

| 70px

| Stanislas Joseph François Xavier Rovère

| Vaucluse

| 20 January 1795 || 4 February 1795 ||

| 70px

| Paul Barras

| Var

| 4 February 1795 || 19 February 1795 ||

| 70px

| François Louis Bourdon

| Oise

| 19 February 1795 || 6 March 1795 ||

| 70px

| Antoine Claire Thibaudeau

| Vienne

| 6 March 1795 || 24 March 1795 ||

| 70px

| Jean Pelet

| Lozère

| 24 March 1795 || 5 April 1795 ||

| 70px

| François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas

| Ardèche

| 5 April 1795 || 20 April 1795 ||

| 70px

| Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès

| Sarthe

| 20 April 1795 || 5 May 1795 ||

| 70px

| Théodore Vernier

| Jura

| 5 May 1795 || 26 May 1795 ||

| 70px

| Jean-Baptiste Charles Matthieu

| Oise

| 26 May 1795 || 4 June 1795 ||

| 70px

| Jean-Denis Lanjuinais

| Ille-et-Vilaine

| 4 June 1795 || 19 June 1795 ||

| 70px

| Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai

| Loiret

| 19 June 1795 || 4 July 1795 ||

| 70px

| Louis Gustave le Doulcet

| Calvados

| 4 July 1795 || 19 July 1795 ||

| 70px

| Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux

| Maine-et-Loire

| 19 July 1795 || 3 August 1795 ||

| 70px

| Pierre Claude François Daunou

| Pas-de-Calais

| 3 August 1795 || 19 August 1795 ||

| 70px

| Joseph Chénier

| Seine-et-Oise

| 19 August 1795 || 2 September 1795 ||

| 70px

| Théophile Berlier

| Côte-d'Or

| 2 September 1795 || 23 September 1795 ||

| 70px

| Pierre-Charles-Louis Baudin

| Ardennes

| 23 September 1795 || 8 October 1795 ||

| 70px

| Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu

| Isère

| 8 October 1795 || 26 October 1795 ||

Presidents of the Council of Five Hundred (1795–1799)

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! width="50%" |Präsident

! width="25%" |Beginn

! width="25%" |Ende

width="50%"|Pierre Claude François Daunou

|width="25%"|28 October 1795

|width="25%"|21 November 1795

width="50%"|Marie-Joseph Chénier

|width="25%"|22 November 1795

|width="25%"|21 December 1795

width="50%"|Jean-Baptiste Treilhard

|width="25%"|22 December 1795

|width="25%"|20 January 1796

width="50%"|Armand-Gaston Camus

|width="25%"|21 January 1796

|width="25%"|19 February 1796

width="50%"|Antoine Claire Thibaudeau

|width="25%"|20 February 1796

|width="25%"|20 March 1796

width="50%"|Louis Gustave le Doulcet

|width="25%"|21 March 1796

|width="25%"|19 April 1796

width="50%"|Aaron-Jean-François Crassous

|width="25%"|20 April 1796

|width="25%"|19 May 1796

width="50%"|Jacques Defermon des Chapelières

|width="25%"|20 May 1796

|width="25%"|18 June 1796

width="50%"|Jean Pelet (known as Pelet de la Lozère)

|width="25%"|19 June 1796

|width="25%"|18 July 1796

width="50%"|François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas

|width="25%"|19 July 1796

|width="25%"|17 August 1796

width="50%"|Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret

|width="25%"|18 August 1796

|width="25%"|21 September 1796

width="50%"|Charles-Antoine Chasset

|width="25%"|22 September 1796

|width="25%"|21 October 1796

width="50%"|Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès

|width="25%"|22 October 1796

|width="25%"|20 November 1796

width="50%"|Nicolas Marie Quinette

|width="25%"|21 November 1796

|width="25%"|20 December 1796

width="50%"|Jean Debry

|width="25%"|21 December 1796

|width="25%"|19 January 1797

width="50%"|François Riou de Kersalaün

|width="25%"|20 January 1797

|width="25%"|18 February 1797

width="50%"|Pierre Antoine Laloy

|width="25%"|19 February 1797

|width="25%"|20 March 1797

width="50%"|Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau

|width="25%"|21 March 1797

|width="25%"|21 April 1797

width="50%"|François Lamarque

|width="25%"|21 April 1797

|width="25%"|19 May 1797

width="50%"|Jean-Charles Pichegru

|width="25%"|20 May 1797

|width="25%"|18 June 1797

width="50%"|Pierre Henry-Larivière

|width="25%"|19 June 1797

|width="25%"|18 July 1797

width="50%"|Joseph-Vincent Dumolard

|width="25%"|19 July 1797

|width="25%"|17 August 1797

width="50%"|Joseph-Jérôme Siméon

|width="25%"|18 August 1797

|width="25%"|21 September 1797

width="50%"|François Lamarque (interim)

|width="25%"|18 August 1797

|width="25%"|21 September 1797

width="50%"|Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

|width="25%"|22 September 1797

|width="25%"|21 October 1797

width="50%"|François-Toussaint Villers

|width="25%"|22 October 1797

|width="25%"|20 November 1797

width="50%"|Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès

|width="25%"|21 November 1797

|width="25%"|20 December 1797

width="50%"|Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe

|width="25%"|21 December 1797

|width="25%"|19 January 1798

width="50%"|Jacques-Charles Bailleul

|width="25%"|20 January 1798

|width="25%"|18 February 1798

width="50%"|Antoine-François Hardy

|width="25%"|19 February 1798

|width="25%"|20 March 1798

width="50%"|Alexis Pison du Galland

|width="25%"|21 March 1798

|width="25%"|19 April 1798

width="50%"|Joseph-Clément Poullain de Grandprey

|width="25%"|20 April 1798

|width="25%"|19 May 1798

width="50%"|Jacques Antoine Creuzé-Latouche

|width="25%"|20 May 1798

|width="25%"|18 June 1798

width="50%"|Marie-Joseph Chénier

|width="25%"|19 June 1798

|width="25%"|19 July 1798

width="50%"|Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau

|width="25%"|20 July 1798

|width="25%"|17 August 1798

width="50%"|Pierre Claude François Daunou

|width="25%"|18 August 1798

|width="25%"|21 September 1798

width="50%"|Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

|width="25%"|22 September 1798

|width="25%"|21 October 1798

width="50%"|Dieudonné Dubois

|width="25%"|22 October 1798

|width="25%"|20 November 1798

width="50%"|Julien Savary

|width="25%"|21 November 1798

|width="25%"|20 December 1798

width="50%"|Théophile Berlier

|width="25%"|21 December 1798

|width="25%"|19 January 1799

width="50%"|Jean-Baptiste Leclerc (known as Leclerc du Maine et Loire)

|width="25%"|20 January 1799

|width="25%"|18 February 1799

width="50%"|Gabriel Malès

|width="25%"|19 February 1799

|width="25%"|20 March 1799

width="50%"|Philippe-Laurent Pons

|width="25%"|21 March 1799

|width="25%"|19 April 1799

width="50%"|Jean-Marie Heurtault de la Merville

|width="25%"|20 April 1799

|width="25%"|19 May 1799

width="50%"|Jean Debry

|width="25%"|20 May 1799

|width="25%"|18 June 1799

width="50%"|Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu

|width="25%"|19 June 1799

|width="25%"|18 July 1799

width="50%"|Jean-Baptiste Quirot

|width="25%"|19 July 1799

|width="25%"|17 August 1799

width="50%"|Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe

|width="25%"|18 August 1799

|width="25%"|22 September 1799

width="50%"|Jean-Pierre Chazal

|width="25%"|23 September 1799

|width="25%"|22 October 1799

width="50%"|Lucien Bonaparte

|width="25%"|23 October 1799

|width="25%"|12 November 1799

width="50%"|Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe

|width="25%"|22 November 1799

|width="25%"|21 December 1799

width="50%"|Pierre Claude François Daunou

|width="25%"|22 December 1799

|width="25%"|26 December 1799

width="50%"|Jean-Ignace Jacqueminot

|width="25%"|22 December 1799

|width="25%"|26 December 1799

Presidents of the Legislative Corps (1800–1814)

class="wikitable"

! scope="col" | President

! scope="col" | Began

! scope="col" | Ended

Jean-Baptiste Perrin des Vosges1 January 180021 January 1800
Jean-Pierre Duval21 January 18005 February 1800
Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire5 February 180020 February 1800
Jean-Baptiste Girot-Pouzol20 February 18007 March 1800
Claude Pierre Dellay d'Agier7 March 180022 March 1800
Isaac Tarteyron22 March 180031 March 1800
Pierre Jacques Chatry-Lafosse22 November 18007 December 1800
Alexis Pison du Galland7 December 180022 December 1800
Antoine Bourg-Laprade22 December 18006 January 1801
Jean-Jacques Bréard6 January 180121 January 1801
Jean-Francois Rossée21 January 18015 February 1801
Jacques Poisson de Coudreville5 February 180120 February 1801
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc, dit Leclerc du Maine et Loire20 February 18017 March 1801
Francois Joseph Lefebvre-Cayet7 March 180121 March 1802
Charles Francois Dupuis22 November 18017 December 1801
Jean Francois Baraillon7 December 180122 December 1801
Pierre Louis Lefebvre-Laroche22 December 18016 January 1802
Nicolas-Bernard Belzais-Courménil6 January 180221 January 1802
Joseph Pematin21 January 18025 February 1802
Denis Couzard5 February 180220 February 1802
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières20 February 18027 March 1802
Jaques Devismes7 March 180222 March 1802
Jean-Francois-Joseph Marcorelle5 April 180221 April 1802
Francois Lobjoy21 April 18026 May 1802
Pierre-Antoine Rabaut-Dupuis6 May 180220 May 1802
Francois Delattre21 February 18037 March 1803
Jean-Francois Méric7 March 180322 March 1803
Jean-Louis Girod de L'Ain22 March 18036 April 1803
Marie-Félix Faulcon6 April 180321 April 1803
Vincent-Marie Viénot de Vaublanc21 April 18037 May 1803
Francois Lagrange7 May 180321 May 1803
Jérôme Reynaud de Lascours21 May 180329 May 1803
Louis de Fontanes10 January 180424 January 1810
Élisabeth-Pierre de Montesquiou-Fezensac24 January 181023 November 1813
Claude Ambroise Régnier23 November 18134 June 1814

President of the Chamber of Départements' Deputies (1814–1815)

class="wikitable"

! scope="col" | President

! scope="col" | Began

! scope="col" | Ended

Joseph Lainé11 June 181420 March 1815

President of the Chamber of Representatives (4 June – 13 July 1815)

class="wikitable"

! scope="col" | President

! scope="col" | Began

! scope="col" | Ended

Jean-Denis, Comte Lanjuinais4 June 181513 July 1815

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of the Departments (1815–1830)

class="wikitable"

! scope="col" | President

! scope="col" | Began

! scope="col" | Ended

Joseph Lainé12 October 18155 September 1816
Étienne, duc Pasquier12 November 181613 November 1817
Pierre François Hercule, comte de Serre13 November 181711 December 1818
Auguste Ravez11 December 18185 November 1827
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard25 February 182816 May 1830

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1830–1848)

class="wikitable"

! scope="col" | President

! scope="col" | Began

! scope="col" | Ended

Casimir Pierre Perier6 August 183021 August 1830
Jacques Laffitte21 August 183011 November 1830
Casimir Pierre Perier11 November 183031 May 1831
Louis Gaspard Amédée, baron Girod de l'Ain1 August 183128 April 1832
André Marie Dupin29 April 18322 February 1839
Hippolyte Passy16 April 183912 May 1839
Paul Sauzet24 December 183924 February 1848

Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly (1848–1849)

class="wikitable"

! scope="col" | President

! scope="col" | Began

! scope="col" | Ended

Philippe Joseph Benjamin Buchez5 May 18485 June 1848
Antoine Marie Jules Sénard5 June 184829 June 1848
Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges29 June 184819 July 1848
Armand Marrast19 July 184826 May 1849

President of the National Legislative Assembly (1849–1852)

class="wikitable"

! scope="col" | President

! scope="col" | Began

! scope="col" | Ended

André Marie Dupin1 June 18492 December 1851

Presidents of the Legislative Corps (1852–1870)

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2|Portrait

! width=200|Name

! width=120|Took office

! width=120|Left office

! Political party

! Legislature
(election)

style="background:{{party color|Bonapartist}};"|

| 70px

| Adolphe Billault

| 9 March 1852 || 12 November 1854 || Bonapartist

| I

style="background:{{party color|Bonapartist}};"|

| 70px

| Charles, duc de Morny

| 12 November 1854 || 10 March 1865 || Bonapartist

| I · II · III

style="background:{{party color|Bonapartist}};"|

| 70px

| Alexandre, comte Walewski

| 1 September 1865 || 29 March 1867 || Bonapartist

| III

style="background:{{party color|Bonapartist}};"|

| 70px

| Eugène Schneider

| 2 April 1867 || 4 September 1870 || Bonapartist

| III · IV

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1871–1940)

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2|Portrait

! width=200|Name

! width=120|Took office

! width=120|Left office

! Political party

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Jules Grévy
(1st term)

| 16 February 1871 || 2 April 1873 || Left Republican

style="background:{{party color|Miscellaneous Right}};"|

| 70px

| Louis Buffet

| 4 April 1873 || 15 March 1875 || Conservative
(Moderate Monarchist)

style="background:{{party color|Miscellaneous Right}};"|

| 70px

| Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier

| 15 March 1875 || 6 March 1876 || Conservative
(Moderate Monarchist)

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Jules Grévy
(1st term)
(provisional to 13 March 1876)

| 8 March 1876 || 31 January 1879 || Left Republican

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Léon Gambetta || 31 January 1879 || 3 November 1881 || Opportunist Republican

style="background:{{party color|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)}};"|

| 70px

| Henri Brisson
(1st term)

| 3 November 1881 || 8 April 1885 || Radical Republican

style="background:{{party color|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)}};"|

| 70px

| Charles Floquet
(1st term)

| 8 April 1885 || 4 April 1888 || Radical Republican

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Jules Méline

| 4 April 1888 || 16 November 1889 || Left Republican

style="background:{{party color|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)}};"|

| 70px

| Charles Floquet
(2nd term)

| 16 November 1889 || 16 January 1893 || Radical Republican

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Jean Casimir-Perier
(1st term)

| 16 January 1893 || 5 December 1895 || Left Republican

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Charles Dupuy

| 5 December 1893 || 2 June 1894 || Left Republican

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Jean Casimir-Perier
(2nd term)

| 2 June 1894 || 5 July 1894 || Left Republican

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Auguste Burdeau

| 5 July 1894 || 12 December 1894 || Left Republican

style="background:{{party color|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)}};"|

| 70px

| Henri Brisson
(2nd term)

| 18 December 1894 || 9 June 1898 || Radical Republican

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Paul Deschanel
(1st term)

| 9 June 1898 || 10 June 1902 || Democratic Republican Alliance

style="background:{{party color|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)}};"|

| 70px

| Léon Bourgeois

| 10 June 1902 || 12 January 1904 || Radical Socialist Party

style="background:{{party color|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)}};"|

| 70px

| Henri Brisson
(3rd term)

| 12 January 1904 || 10 January 1905 || Radical Socialist Party

style="background:{{party color|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)}};"|

| 70px

| Paul Doumer

| 10 January 1905 || 8 June 1906 || Radical Socialist Party

style="background:{{party color|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)}};"|

| 70px

| Henri Brisson
(4th term)

| 8 June 1906 || 23 May 1912 || Radical Socialist Party

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Paul Deschanel
(2nd term)

| 23 May 1912 || 12 February 1920 || Democratic Alliance

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Raoul Péret
(1st term)

| 12 February 1920 || 9 June 1924 || Democratic Alliance

style="background:#FFD1DC"|

| 70px

| Paul Painlevé

| 9 June 1924 || 22 April 1925 || Republican-Socialist Party

style="background:{{party color|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)}};"|

| 70px

| Édouard Herriot
(1st term)

| 22 April 1925 || 22 July 1926 || Radical Socialist Party

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Raoul Péret
(2nd term)

| 22 July 1926 || 11 January 1927 || Democratic Alliance

style="background:#FFD1DC"|

| 70px

| Fernand Bouisson

| 11 January 1927 || 31 May 1936 || Republican-Socialist Party

style="background:{{party color|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)}};"|

| 70px

| Édouard Herriot
(2nd term)

| 4 June 1936 || 9 July 1940 || Radical Socialist Party

President of the Consultative Assembly (1943–1945)

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2|Portrait

! width=200|Name

! width=120|Took office

! width=120|Left office

! Political party

! Legislature
(election)

style="background:{{party color|French Section of the Workers International}};"|

| 70px

| Félix Gouin

| 9 November 1943 || 8 November 1945 || SFIO

| Provisional

Presidents of the Constituent National Assembly (1945–1946)

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2|Portrait

! width=200|Name

! width=120|Took office

! width=120|Left office

! Political party

! Legislature
(election)

style="background:{{party color|French Section of the Workers International}};"|

| 70px

| Félix Gouin

| 8 November 1945 || 22 January 1946 || SFIO

| I (1945)

style="background:{{party color|French Section of the Workers International}};"|

| 70px

| Vincent Auriol

| 31 January 1946 || 27 November 1946 || SFIO

| II (Jun.1946)

Presidents of the National Assembly, Fourth Republic (1946–1958)

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2|Portrait

! width=200|Name

! width=120|Department

! width=120|Took office

! width=120|Left office

! Political party

! Legislature
(election)

style="background:{{party color|French Section of the Workers International}};"|

| 70px

| Vincent Auriol

| Haute-Garonne

| 3 December 1946 || 21 January 1947 || SFIO

| rowspan=2|I (Nov.1946)

rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (historical)}};"|

| rowspan=2|70px

| rowspan=2|Édouard Herriot

| rowspan=2|Rhône

| rowspan=2|21 January 1947 || rowspan=2|12 January 1954 || rowspan=2|Radical

rowspan=3|II (1951)
style="background:{{party color|French Section of the Workers International}};"|

| 70px

| André Le Troquer
(1st term)

| Seine

| 12 January 1954 || 11 January 1955 || SFIO

style="background:{{party color|Popular Republican Movement}}; color:white;"|

| 70px

| Pierre Schneiter

| Marne

| 11 January 1955 || 24 January 1956 || MRP

style="background:{{party color|French Section of the Workers International}}; color:white;"|

| 70px

| André Le Troquer
(2nd term)

| Seine

| 24 January 1956 || 9 December 1958 || SFIO

| III (1956)

Presidents of the National Assembly, Fifth Republic (1958–present)

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2|Portrait

! width=200|Name

! width=120|Department

! width=120|Took office

! width=120|Left office

! Political party

! Legislature
(election)

style="background:{{party color|Union of Democrats for the Republic}};"|

| 70px

| Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(1st term)

| Gironde

| 9 December 1958 || 25 June 1969 || UNR
UDR

| I (1958) · II (1962) · III (1967) · IV (1968)

style="background:{{party color|Union of Democrats for the Republic}};"|

| 70px

| Achille Peretti

| Hauts-de-Seine

| 25 June 1969 || 2 April 1973 || UDR

| IV (1968)

style="background:{{party color|Union of Democrats for the Republic}};"|

| 70px

| Edgar Faure

| Doubs

| 2 April 1973 || 3 April 1978 || UDR
RPR

| V (1973)

style="background:{{party color|Rally for the Republic}};"|

| 70px

| Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(2nd term)

| Gironde

| 3 April 1978 || 2 July 1981 || RPR

| VI (1978)

style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Louis Mermaz

| Isère

| 2 July 1981 || 2 April 1986 || PS

| VII (1981)

style="background:{{party color|Rally for the Republic}};"|

| 70px

| Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(3rd term)

| Gironde

| 2 April 1986 || 23 June 1988 || RPR

| VIII (1986)

style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Laurent Fabius
(1st term)

| Seine-Maritime

| 23 June 1988 || 22 January 1992 || PS

| rowspan=2|IX (1988)

style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Henri Emmanuelli

| Landes

| 22 January 1992 || 2 April 1993 || PS

style="background:{{party color|Rally for the Republic}};"|

| 70px

| Philippe Séguin

| Vosges

| 2 April 1993 || 12 June 1997 || RPR

| X (1993)

style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Laurent Fabius
(2nd term)

| Seine-Maritime

| 12 June 1997 || 29 March 2000 || PS

| rowspan=2|XI (1997)

style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Raymond Forni

| Territoire de Belfort

| 29 March 2000 || 25 June 2002 || PS

style="background:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}};"|

| 70px

| Jean-Louis Debré

| Eure

| 25 June 2002 || 2 March 2007 || UMP

| rowspan=2|XII (2002)

style="background:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}};"|

| 70px

| Patrick Ollier

| Hauts-de-Seine

| 7 March 2007 || 19 June 2007 || UMP

style="background:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}};"|

| 70px

| Bernard Accoyer

| Haute-Savoie

| 26 June 2007 || 19 June 2012 || UMP

| XIII (2007)

style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}};"|

| 70px

| Claude Bartolone

| Seine-Saint-Denis

| 26 June 2012 || 20 June 2017 || PS

| XIV (2012)

style="background:{{party color|La République En Marche!}};"|

| 70px

| François de Rugy

| Loire-Atlantique

| 27 June 2017 || 4 September 2018 || REM

| rowspan=2| XV (2017)

style="background:{{party color|La République En Marche!}};"|

| 70px

| Richard Ferrand

| Finistère

| 12 September 2018 || 21 June 2022 || REM

style="background:{{party color|La République En Marche!}};"|

| 70px

| Yaël Braun-Pivet

| Yvelines

| 28 June 2022 || Incumbent || REM

| XVI (2022) · XVII (2024)

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