President of the Council of Ministers
(birth?death)
|
Term of office
|
Political party
(Political coalition)
|
Legislature
(Election)
|
President
(Term)
|
6
|
|
Jules Armand Dufaure
(1798?1881)
|
1
|
19 February 1871
|
24 May 1873
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
National Assembly
(
1871
)
|
2
|
Adolphe Thiers
(1871?1873)
|
2
|
7
|
|
Albert, duc de Broglie
(1821?1901)
|
1
|
25 May 1873
|
22 May 1874
|
|
Monarchist
|
3
|
Patrice de MacMahon
(1873?1879)
|
2
|
8
|
|
Ernest Courtot de Cissey
(1810?1882)
|
?
|
22 May 1874
|
10 March 1875
|
|
Monarchist
|
9
|
|
Louis Buffet
(1818?1898)
|
?
|
10 March 1875
|
23 February 1876
|
|
Monarchist
|
6
|
|
Jules Armand Dufaure
(1798?1881)
|
3
|
23 February 1876
|
12 December 1876
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
4
|
10
|
|
Jules Simon
(1814?1896)
|
?
|
12 December 1876
|
17 May 1877
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
I
(
1876
)
|
7
|
|
Albert, duc de Broglie
(1821?1901)
|
3
|
17 May 1877
|
23 November 1877
|
|
Monarchist
|
11
|
|
Gaetan de Rochebouet
(1813?1899)
|
?
|
23 November 1877
|
13 December 1877
|
|
Monarchist
|
II
(
1877
)
|
6
|
|
Jules Armand Dufaure
(1798?1881)
|
5
|
13 December 1877
|
4 February 1879
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
12
|
|
William Waddington
(1826?1894)
|
?
|
4 February 1879
|
28 December 1879
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
4
|
Jules Grevy
(1879?1887)
|
13
|
|
Charles de Freycinet
(1828?1923)
|
1
|
28 December 1879
|
23 September 1880
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
14
|
|
Jules Ferry
(1832?1893)
|
1
|
23 September 1880
|
14 November 1881
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
15
|
|
Leon Gambetta
(1838?1882)
|
?
|
14 November 1881
|
30 January 1882
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
III
(
1881
)
|
13
|
|
Charles de Freycinet
(1828?1923)
|
2
|
30 January 1882
|
7 August 1882
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
16
|
|
Charles Duclerc
(1812?1888)
|
?
|
7 August 1882
|
29 January 1883
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
17
|
|
Armand Fallieres
(1841?1931)
|
?
|
29 January 1883
|
21 February 1883
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
14
|
|
Jules Ferry
(1832?1893)
|
2
|
21 February 1883
|
6 April 1885
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
18
|
|
Henri Brisson
(1835?1912)
|
1
|
6 April 1885
|
7 January 1886
|
|
Radical Republicans
|
13
|
|
Charles de Freycinet
(1828?1923)
|
3
|
7 January 1886
|
16 December 1886
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
IV
(
1885
)
|
19
|
|
Rene Goblet
(1828?1905)
|
?
|
16 December 1886
|
30 May 1887
|
|
Radical Republicans
|
20
|
|
Maurice Rouvier
(1842?1911)
|
1
|
30 May 1887
|
12 December 1887
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
21
|
|
Pierre Tirard
(1827?1893)
|
1
|
12 December 1887
|
3 April 1888
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
5
|
Sadi Carnot
(1887?1894)
|
22
|
|
Charles Floquet
(1828?1896)
|
?
|
3 April 1888
|
22 February 1889
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
21
|
|
Pierre Tirard
(1827?1893)
|
2
|
22 February 1889
|
17 March 1890
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
13
|
|
Charles de Freycinet
(1828?1923)
|
4
|
17 March 1890
|
27 February 1892
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
V
(
1889
)
|
23
|
|
Emile Loubet
(1838?1929)
|
?
|
27 February 1892
|
6 December 1892
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
24
|
|
Alexandre Ribot
(1842?1923)
|
1
|
6 December 1892
|
4 April 1893
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
2
|
25
|
|
Charles Dupuy
(1851?1923)
|
1
|
4 April 1893
|
3 December 1893
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
26
|
|
Jean Casimir-Perier
(1847?1907)
|
?
|
3 December 1893
|
30 May 1894
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
VI
(
1893
)
|
25
|
|
Charles Dupuy
(1851?1923)
|
2
|
30 May 1894
|
26 January 1895
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
3
|
6
|
Jean Casimir-Perier
(1894?1895)
|
24
|
|
Alexandre Ribot
(1842?1923)
|
3
|
26 January 1895
|
1 November 1895
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
7
|
Felix Faure
(1895?1899)
|
27
|
|
Leon Bourgeois
(1851?1925)
|
?
|
1 November 1895
|
29 April 1896
|
|
Radical Republicans
|
28
|
|
Jules Meline
(1838?1925)
|
?
|
29 April 1896
|
28 June 1898
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
18
|
|
Henri Brisson
(1835?1912)
|
2
|
28 June 1898
|
1 November 1898
|
|
Radical Republicans
|
VII
(
1898
)
|
25
|
|
Charles Dupuy
(1851?1923)
|
4
|
1 November 1898
|
22 June 1899
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
5
|
|
Emile Loubet
(1899?1906)
|
29
|
|
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
(1846?1904)
|
?
|
22 June 1899
|
7 June 1902
|
|
Opportunist Republicans
|
8
|
30
|
|
Emile Combes
(1835?1921)
|
?
|
7 June 1902
|
24 January 1905
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
(
Bloc des gauches
)
|
VIII
(
1902
)
|
20
|
|
Maurice Rouvier
(1842?1911)
|
2
|
24 January 1905
|
12 March 1906
|
|
Democratic Republican Alliance
|
3
|
9
|
Armand Fallieres
(1906?1913)
|
31
|
|
Ferdinand Sarrien
(1840?1915)
|
?
|
12 March 1906
|
25 October 1906
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
|
32
|
|
Georges Clemenceau
(1841?1929)
|
1
|
25 October 1906
|
24 July 1909
|
|
Independent
|
IX
(
1906
)
|
33
|
|
Aristide Briand
(1862?1932)
|
1
|
24 July 1909
|
2 March 1911
|
|
Republican-Socialist Party
|
2
|
34
|
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|
Ernest Monis
(1846?1929)
|
?
|
2 March 1911
|
27 June 1911
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
|
X
(
1910
)
|
35
|
|
Joseph Caillaux
(1863?1944)
|
?
|
27 June 1911
|
21 January 1912
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
|
36
|
|
Raymond Poincare
(1860?1934)
|
1
|
21 January 1912
|
21 January 1913
|
|
Republican Democratic Party
|
33
|
|
Aristide Briand
(1862?1932)
|
3
|
21 January 1913
|
22 March 1913
|
|
Republican-Socialist Party
|
4
|
10
|
Raymond Poincare
(1913?1920)
|
37
|
|
Louis Barthou
(1862?1934)
|
?
|
22 March 1913
|
9 December 1913
|
|
Republican Democratic Party
|
38
|
|
Gaston Doumergue
(1863?1937)
|
1
|
9 December 1913
|
9 June 1914
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
|
24
|
|
Alexandre Ribot
(1842?1923)
|
4
|
9 June 1914
|
13 June 1914
|
|
Republican Federation
|
XI
(
1914
)
|
39
|
|
Rene Viviani
(1863?1925)
|
1
|
13 June 1914
|
29 October 1915
|
|
Republican-Socialist Party
|
2
|
33
|
|
Aristide Briand
(1862?1932)
|
5
|
29 October 1915
|
20 March 1917
|
|
Republican-Socialist Party
|
6
|
24
|
|
Alexandre Ribot
(1842?1923)
|
5
|
20 March 1917
|
12 September 1917
|
|
Republican Federation
|
40
|
|
Paul Painleve
(1863?1933)
|
1
|
12 September 1917
|
16 November 1917
|
|
Republican-Socialist Party
|
32
|
|
Georges Clemenceau
(1841?1929)
|
2
|
16 November 1917
|
20 January 1920
|
|
Independent
|
41
|
|
Alexandre Millerand
(1859?1943)
|
1
|
20 January 1920
|
24 September 1920
|
|
Independent
(
National Bloc
)
|
XII
(
1919
)
|
2
|
11
|
Paul Deschanel
(1920)
|
42
|
|
Georges Leygues
(1857?1933)
|
?
|
24 September 1920
|
16 January 1921
|
|
Republican, Democratic and Social Party
(
National Bloc
)
|
12
|
Alexandre Millerand
(1920?1924)
|
33
|
|
Aristide Briand
(1862?1932)
|
7
|
16 January 1921
|
15 January 1922
|
|
Republican-Socialist Party
|
36
|
|
Raymond Poincare
(1860?1934)
|
2
|
15 January 1922
|
8 June 1924
|
|
Republican, Democratic and Social Party
(
National Bloc
)
|
3
|
43
|
|
Frederic Francois-Marsal
(1874?1958)
|
?
|
8 June 1924
|
15 June 1924
|
|
Republican Federation
(
National Bloc
)
|
XIII
(
1924
)
|
45
|
|
Edouard Herriot
(1872?1957)
|
1
|
15 June 1924
|
17 April 1925
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
(
Cartel des Gauches
)
|
13
|
Gaston Doumergue
(1924?1931)
|
40
|
|
Paul Painleve
(1863?1933)
|
2
|
17 April 1925
|
28 November 1925
|
|
Republican-Socialist Party
(
Cartel des Gauches
)
|
3
|
33
|
|
Aristide Briand
(1862?1932)
|
8
|
28 November 1925
|
20 July 1926
|
|
Republican-Socialist Party
(
Cartel des Gauches
)
|
9
|
10
|
45
|
|
Edouard Herriot
(1872?1957)
|
2
|
20 July 1926
|
23 July 1926
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
(
Cartel des Gauches
)
|
36
|
|
Raymond Poincare
(1860?1934)
|
4
|
23 July 1926
|
29 July 1929
|
|
Democratic Alliance
(
National Union
)
|
5
|
33
|
|
Aristide Briand
(1862?1932)
|
11
|
29 July 1929
|
2 November 1929
|
|
Republican-Socialist Party
|
XIV
(
1928
)
|
46
|
|
Andre Tardieu
(1876?1945)
|
1
|
2 November 1929
|
21 February 1930
|
|
Democratic Alliance
|
47
|
|
Camille Chautemps
(1885?1963)
|
1
|
21 February 1930
|
2 March 1930
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
|
46
|
|
Andre Tardieu
(1876?1945)
|
2
|
2 March 1930
|
13 December 1930
|
|
Democratic Alliance
|
48
|
|
Theodore Steeg
(1868?1950)
|
?
|
13 December 1930
|
27 January 1931
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
|
49
|
|
Pierre Laval
(1883?1945)
|
1
|
27 January 1931
|
20 February 1932
|
|
Independent
|
2
|
14
|
Paul Doumer
(1931?1932)
|
3
|
46
|
|
Andre Tardieu
(1876?1945)
|
3
|
20 February 1932
|
3 June 1932
|
|
Democratic Alliance
|
45
|
|
Edouard Herriot
(1872?1957)
|
3
|
3 June 1932
|
18 December 1932
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
(
Cartel des Gauches
)
|
XV
(
1932
)
|
15
|
Albert Lebrun
(1932?1940)
|
50
|
|
Joseph Paul-Boncour
(1873?1972)
|
?
|
18 December 1932
|
31 January 1933
|
|
Republican-Socialist Party
(
Cartel des Gauches
)
|
51
|
|
Edouard Daladier
(1884?1970)
|
1
|
31 January 1933
|
26 October 1933
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
(
Cartel des Gauches
)
|
52
|
|
Albert Sarraut
(1872?1962)
|
1
|
26 October 1933
|
26 November 1933
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
(
Cartel des Gauches
)
|
47
|
|
Camille Chautemps
(1885?1963)
|
2
|
26 November 1933
|
30 January 1934
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
(
Cartel des Gauches
)
|
51
|
|
Edouard Daladier
(1884?1970)
|
2
|
30 January 1934
|
9 February 1934
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
(
Cartel des Gauches
)
|
38
|
|
Gaston Doumergue
(1863?1937)
|
2
|
9 February 1934
|
8 November 1934
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
|
53
|
|
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
(1889?1958)
|
1
|
8 November 1934
|
1 June 1935
|
|
Democratic Alliance
|
54
|
|
Fernand Bouisson
(1874?1959)
|
?
|
1 June 1935
|
7 June 1935
|
|
Independent
|
49
|
|
Pierre Laval
(1883?1945)
|
4
|
7 June 1935
|
24 January 1936
|
|
Independent
|
52
|
|
Albert Sarraut
(1872?1962)
|
2
|
24 January 1936
|
4 June 1936
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
|
55
|
|
Leon Blum
(1872?1950)
|
1
|
4 June 1936
|
22 June 1937
|
|
French Section of the Workers' International
(
Popular Front
)
|
XVI
(
1936
)
|
47
|
|
Camille Chautemps
(1885?1963)
|
3
|
22 June 1937
|
13 March 1938
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
(
Popular Front
)
|
4
|
55
|
|
Leon Blum
(1872?1950)
|
2
|
13 March 1938
|
10 April 1938
|
|
French Section of the Workers' International
(
Popular Front
)
|
51
|
|
Edouard Daladier
(1884?1970)
|
3
|
10 April 1938
|
21 March 1940
|
|
Radical-Socialist Party
|
4
|
5
|
56
|
|
Paul Reynaud
(1878?1966)
|
?
|
21 March 1940
|
16 June 1940
|
|
Democratic Alliance
|
57
|
|
Philippe Petain
(1856?1951)
|
?
|
16 June 1940
|
11 July 1940
|
|
Independent
|