This article lists Presidents of the

French Parliament The French Parliament (french: Parlement français) is the bicameral legislature of the French Republic, consisting of the Senate () and the National Assembly (). Each assembly conducts legislative sessions at separate locations in Paris ...

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 The National Convention (french: link=no, Convention nationale) was the parliament of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for the rest of its existence during the French Revolution, following the two-year Nationa ...

(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 The Council of Five Hundred (''Conseil des Cinq-Cents''), or simply the Five Hundred, was the lower house of the legislature of France under the Constitution of the Year III. It existed during the period commonly known (from the name of the ...

, also had a quickly rotating chairmanship. Under

Napoleon I Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

, 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 Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...

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 politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

in the constitution of the Fourth Republic, and is still known as that.

Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly (1789–1791)

Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly rotated in short periods.

Presidents of the Legislative Assembly (1791–1792)

Presidents of the Legislative Assembly rotated in short periods.

Presidents of the National Convention (1792–1795)

Bold indicates second term as President. CoPS refers to Committee of Public Safety CoGS refers to

Committee of General Security The Committee of General Security () was a parliamentary committee of the French National Convention which acted as police agency during the French Revolution. Along with the Committee of Public Safety it oversaw the Reign of Terror. The Committe ...

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

Presidents of the Legislative Corps (1800–1814)

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

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

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

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1830–1848)

Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly (1848–1849)

President of the National Legislative Assembly (1849–1852)

Presidents of the Legislative Corps (1852–1870)

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1871–1940)

President of the Consultative Assembly (1943–1945)

Presidents of the Constituent National Assembly (1945–1946)

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

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

External links

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List of presidents of the National Assembly of France
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