Portrait President (Birth–Death) Term of office Political party (Political coalition) Government Legislature (Election) President (Term) Took office Left office Time in office 79 Michel Debré (1912–1996) 8 January 1959 14 April 1962 3 years, 96 days Union for the New Republic Debré [fr] I (1958) 18 Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969) 80 Georges Pompidou (1911–1974) 14 April 1962 7 December 1962 6 years, 87 days Union for the New Republic Pompidou I [fr] 7 December 1962 8 January 1966 Pompidou II [fr] II (1962) 8 January 1966 1 April 1967 Pompidou III [fr] 5 April 1967 10 July 1968 Pompidou IV [fr] III (1967) 81 Maurice Couve de Murville (1907–1999) 10 July 1968 20 June 1969 345 days Union of Democrats for the Republic Couve de Murville [fr] IV (1968) 82 Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000) 20 June 1969 6 July 1972 3 years, 16 days Union of Democrats for the Republic Chaban-Delmas [fr] 19 Georges Pompidou (1969–1974) 83 Pierre Messmer (1916–2007) 6 July 1972 5 April 1973 1 year, 325 days Union of Democrats for the Republic Messmer I [fr] 5 April 1973 1 March 1974 Messmer II [fr] V (1973) 1 March 1974 27 May 1974 Messmer III [fr] 84 Jacques Chirac (1932–2019) 27 May 1974 26 August 1976 2 years, 91 days Union of Democrats for the Republic Chirac I [fr] 20 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974–1981) 85 Raymond Barre (1924–2007) 26 August 1976 29 March 1977 4 years, 268 days Independent Barre I [fr] 29 March 1977 31 March 1978 Barre II [fr] 31 March 1978 21 May 1981 Union for French Democracy Barre III [fr] VI (1978) 86 Pierre Mauroy (1928–2013) 21 May 1981 23 June 1981 3 years, 57 days Socialist Party Mauroy I [fr] 21 François Mitterrand (1981–1995) 23 June 1981 23 March 1983 Mauroy II [fr] VII (1981) 23 March 1983 17 July 1984 Mauroy III [fr] 87 Laurent Fabius (1946–) 17 July 1984 20 March 1986 1 year, 246 days Socialist Party Fabius [fr] (84) Jacques Chirac (1932–2019) 20 March 1986 10 May 1988 2 years, 51 days Rally for the Republic Chirac II [fr] VIII (1986) 88 Michel Rocard (1930–2016) 10 May 1988 22 June 1988 3 years, 5 days Socialist Party Rocard I 23 June 1988 15 May 1991 Rocard II IX (1988) 89 Édith Cresson (1934–) 15 May 1991 2 April 1992 323 days Socialist Party Cresson [fr] 90 Pierre Bérégovoy (1925–1993) 2 April 1992 29 March 1993 361 days Socialist Party Bérégovoy [fr] 91 Édouard Balladur (1929–) 29 March 1993 17 May 1995 2 years, 49 days Rally for the Republic Balladur [fr] X (1993) 92 Alain Juppé (1945–) 18 May 1995 7 November 1995 2 years, 16 days Rally for the Republic Juppé I [fr] 22 Jacques Chirac (1995–2007) 7 November 1995 3 June 1997 Juppé II [fr] 93 Lionel Jospin (1937–) 3 June 1997 6 May 2002 4 years, 337 days Socialist Party Jospin [fr] XI (1997) 94 Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948–) 7 May 2002 17 June 2002 3 years, 24 days Liberal Democracy then Union for a Popular Movement Raffarin I [fr] 17 June 2002 30 March 2004 Raffarin II [fr] XII (2002) 31 March 2004 31 May 2005 Raffarin III [fr] 95 Dominique de Villepin (1953–) 31 May 2005 15 May 2007 1 year, 349 days Union for a Popular Movement Villepin [fr] 96 François Fillon (1954–) 17 May 2007 18 June 2007 4 years, 361 days Union for a Popular Movement Fillon I [fr] 23 Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012) 19 June 2007 13 November 2010 Fillon II [fr] XIII (2007) 14 November 2010 10 May 2012 Fillon III 97 Jean-Marc Ayrault (1950–) 15 May 2012 18 June 2012 1 year, 320 days Socialist Party Ayrault I 24 François Hollande (2012–2017) 18 June 2012 31 March 2014 Ayrault II XIV (2012) 98 Manuel Valls (1962–) 31 March 2014 25 August 2014 2 years, 250 days Socialist Party Valls I 25 August 2014 6 December 2016 Valls II 99 Bernard Cazeneuve (1963–) 6 December 2016 15 May 2017 160 days Socialist Party Cazeneuve 100 Édouard Philippe (1970–) 15 May 2017 19 June 2017 3 years, 49 days The Republicans Then miscellaneous right Philippe I 25 Emmanuel Macron (2017–) 19 June 2017 3 July 2020 Philippe II XV (2017) 101 Jean Castex (1965–) 3 July 2020 Incumbent 0 days The Republicans Castex