Michael Jamieson Bristow 
1. Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) - 1959-1969
Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher (1909-1996) - Interim President (1969)
2. Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (1911-1974) - 1969-1974
Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher (1909-1996) - Interim President (1974)
3. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (b.1926) - 1974-1981
4. François Maurice Mitterrand (1916-1996) - 1981-1995
5. Jacques René Chirac (b.1932) - 1995-2007
6. Nicolas Paul Sarkozy (b.1955) - since 2007