List of French non-presidential heads of state by tenure

Summary

This is a list of the Republican French heads of state who have not held the title "President of the Republic" since the final fall of House of Capet in 1848, as sorted by length of service.

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Title Term of office Political Party
(Political Coalition)
  Philippe Pétain
(1856–1951)
Chief of State 11 July 1940 19 August 1944 Independent
  Charles de Gaulle
(1890–1970)
Chairman of the Provisional Government 20 August 1944 26 January 1946 Independent
  Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
(1802–1857)
Chief of the Executive Power 28 June 1848 20 December 1848 Republican
  Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure
(1767–1855)
Chairman of the Provisional Government 26 February 1848 9 May 1848 Moderate Republican
  Félix Gouin
(1884–1977)
Chairman of the Provisional Government 26 January 1946 24 June 1946 French Section of the Workers' International
(Tripartisme)
  Georges Bidault
(1899–1983)
Chairman of the Provisional Government 24 June 1946 28 November 1946 Popular Republican Movement
(Tripartisme)
  Louis-Jules Trochu
(1815–1896)
President of the Government of National Defense 4 September 1870 22 January 1871 Military
  Léon Blum
(1872–1950)
Chairman of the Provisional Government 16 December 1946 22 January 1947 French Section of the Workers' International
(Tripartisme)
  François Arago
(1786–1853)
Chairman of the Executive Commission 10 May 1848 24 June 1848 Moderate Republican
  Vincent Auriol
(1884–1966)
(interim)
President of the French Fourth Republic 28 November 1946 16 December 1946 French Section of the Workers' International
(Tripartisme)

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