List of presidents of the National Assembly of France

This article lists Presidents of the French Parliament 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 (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, also had a quickly rotating chairmanship. Under Napoleon I, 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 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 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.

*L'Assemblée Nationale Constituante*
President	Began	Ended
Jean-Sylvain Bailly	17 June 1789	3 July 1789
Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans	3 July 1789	3 July 1789
Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan	3 July 1789	18 July 1789
François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt	18 July 1789	3 August 1789
Jacques Guillaume Thouret	3 August 1789	3 August 1789
Isaac René Guy le Chapelier	3 August 1789	17 August 1789
Stanislas, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre	17 August 1789	31 August 1789
César Guillaume de La Luzerne	31 August 1789	9 September 1789
Stanislas, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre	9 September 1789	28 September 1789
Jean-Joseph Mounier	28 September 1789	10 October 1789
Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just	10 October 1789	28 October 1789
Armand Gaston Camus	28 October 1789	12 November 1789
Jacques Guillaume Thouret	12 November 1789	23 November 1789
Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé	23 November 1789	5 December 1789
Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just	5 December 1789	22 December 1789
Jean-Nicolas Démeunier	22 December 1789	4 January 1790
François-Xavier de Montesquiou-Fézensac	4 January 1790	18 January 1790
Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target	18 January 1790	2 February 1790
Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy	2 February 1790	16 February 1790
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord	16 February 1790	28 February 1790
François-Xavier de Montesquiou-Fézensac	28 February 1790	15 March 1790
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne	15 March 1790	27 March 1790
Jean-François, baron de Menou	27 March 1790	12 April 1790
Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay	12 April 1790	27 April 1790
François Henri, comte de Virieu	27 April 1790	29 April 1790
Jean-Louis Gouttes	29 April 1790	8 May 1790
Jacques Guillaume Thouret	8 May 1790	27 May 1790
Bon-Albert Briois de Beaumetz	27 May 1790	8 June 1790
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès	8 June 1790	21 June 1790
Louis-Michel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau	21 June 1790	5 July 1790
Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay	5 July 1790	20 July 1790
Jean-Baptiste Treilhard	20 July 1790	31 July 1790
Antoine d'André	31 July 1790	16 August 1790
Samuel-Pierre Du Pont de Nemours	16 August 1790	30 August 1790
Joseph-Henri baron de Jessé	30 August 1790	11 September 1790
Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy	11 September 1790	25 September 1790
Jean-Louis Emmery	25 September 1790	9 October 1790
Philippe-Antoine Merlin (known as Merlin de Douai)	9 October 1790	25 October 1790
Antoine Barnave	25 October 1790	8 November 1790
Charles-Antoine Chasset	8 November 1790	20 November 1790
Alexandre de Lameth	20 November 1790	4 December 1790
Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve	4 December 1790	20 December 1790
Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay	20 December 1790	20 December 1790
Antoine d'André	20 December 1790	4 January 1791
Jean-Louis Emmery	4 January 1791	18 January 1791
Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire	18 January 1791	29 January 1791
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau	29 January 1791	14 February 1791
Adrien Duport	14 February 1791	26 February 1791
Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles	26 February 1791	14 March 1791
Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac	14 March 1791	29 March 1791
François Denis Tronchet	29 March 1791	9 April 1791
Jean-Baptiste-Charles Chabroud	9 April 1791	23 April 1791
Jean-François Reubell	23 April 1791	9 May 1791
Antoine d'André	9 May 1791	24 May 1791
Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy	24 May 1791	6 June 1791
Luc Dauchy	6 June 1791	19 June 1791
Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais	19 June 1791	3 July 1791
Charles de Lameth	3 July 1791	19 July 1791
Jacques Defermon des Chapelières	19 July 1791	30 July 1791
Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais	30 July 1791	13 August 1791
Charles Louis Victor, prince de Broglie	13 August 1791	27 August 1791
Théodore Vernier	27 August 1791	10 September 1791
Jacques Guillaume Thouret	10 September 1791	30 September 1791

Presidents of the Legislative Assembly (1791–1792)

Presidents of the Legislative Assembly rotated in short periods.

L'Assemblée Nationale Legislative

President	Began	Ended
Claude Batault	1 October 1791	3 October 1791
Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret	3 October 1791	17 October 1791
Jean-Baptiste Ducastel	17 October 1791	30 October 1791
Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud	30 October 1791	15 November 1791
Vincent-Marie Viénot de Vaublanc	15 November 1791	28 November 1791
Bernard Germain de Lacépède	28 November 1791	10 December 1791
Pierre-Édouard Lémontey	10 December 1791	26 December 1791
Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau	26 December 1791	8 January 1792
Jean Antoine d'Averhoult	8 January 1792	22 January 1792
Guadet	22 January 1792	7 February 1792
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet	7 February 1792	19 February 1792
Mathieu Dumas	19 February 1792	4 March 1792
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau	4 March 1792	19 March 1792
Armand Gensonné	19 March 1792	2 April 1792
Claude Dorizy	2 April 1792	15 April 1792
Félix Bigot, comte de Préameneu	15 April 1792	29 April 1792
Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac	29 April 1792	13 May 1792
Honoré Muraire	13 May 1792	27 May 1792
François-Alexandre Tardiveau	27 May 1792	10 June 1792
Antoine Français de Nantes	10 June 1792	24 June 1792
Louis Stanislas de Girardin	24 June 1792	8 July 1792
Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet	8 July 1792	22 July 1792
André-Daniel Laffon de Ladébat	22 July 1792	7 August 1792
Jean-François Merlet	7 August 1792	20 August 1792
Jean-François Delacroix	20 August 1792	2 September 1792
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles	2 September 1792	16 September 1792
Pierre Joseph Cambon	16 September 1792	19 September 1792

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

President	Began	Ended	Notes
Philippe Rühl	20 September 1792	20 September 1792	Served briefly at opening of first session as Dean.
Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve	20 September 1792	4 October 1792	Girondist: Committed suicide while in hiding June 1794.
Jean-François Delacroix	4 October 1792	18 October 1792	Executed with Danton, 5 April 1794.
Marguerite-Élie Guadet	18 October 1792	1 November 1792	Girondist: Executed 17 June 1794.
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles	1 November 1792	15 November 1792	Executed with Danton, 5 April 1794. Member of CoPS (30 May 1793 – 29 Dec 1793).
Henri Grégoire	15 November 1792	29 November 1792	Constitutional Bishop of Blois.
Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac	29 November 1792	13 December 1792	Member of CoPS (7 April 1793 – 1 September 1794).
Jacques Defermon des Chapelières	15 December 1792	27 December 1792	a Girondist who survived in hiding.
Jean-Baptiste Treilhard	27 December 1792	10 January 1793	Member of CoPS (7 Apr 1793 – 12 Jun 1793), (31 Jul 1794 – 5 Nov 1794), and (4 May 1795 – 2 Aug 1795).
Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud	10 January 1793	24 January 1793	Girondist: Executed 31 October 1793.
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne	24 January 1793	7 February 1793	Girondist: Executed 5 December 1793.
Jean-Jacques Bréard	7 February 1793	21 February 1793	Member of CoPS (7 Apr 1793 – 5 Jun 1793), (31 Jul 1794 – 5 Dec 1794), (4 Jan 1795 – 4 May 1795).
Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé	21 February 1793	7 March 1793
Armand Gensonné	7 March 1793	21 March 1793	Girondist: Executed 31 October 1793.
Jean Debry	21 March 1793	4 April 1793	Later served as member of CoGS.
Jean-François-Bertrand Delmas	4 April 1793	18 April 1793	Member of CoPS (4 Apr 1793 – 10 Jul 1793), (1 Sep 1794 – 4 Jan 1795).
Marc David Alba Lasource	18 April 1793	2 May 1793	Girondist: Executed 31 October 1793.
Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède	2 May 1793	16 May 1793	Girondist: Executed 31 October 1793.
Maximin Isnard	16 May 1793	30 May 1793	Member of CoGS. Girondist who survived in hiding.
François René Auguste Mallarmé	30 May 1793	13 June 1793
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois	13 June 1793	27 June 1793	Member of CoPS (6 Sep 1793 – 1 Sep 1794).
Jacques-Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière	27 June 1793	11 July 1793	Member of CoPS (10 Jul 1793 – 20 Sep 1793), (31 Jul 1794 – 5 Dec 1794).
Jean Bon Saint-André	11 July 1793	25 July 1793	Member of CoPS (12 Jun 1793 – 31 Jul 1794).
Georges Danton	25 July 1793	8 August 1793	Executed 5 April 1794.
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles	8 August 1793	22 August 1793	See above.
Maximilien Robespierre	22 August 1793	5 September 1793	Executed 28 July 1794. Member of CoPS (27 Jul 1793 – 27 Jul 1794).
Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne	5 September 1793	19 September 1793	Member of CoPS (6 Sep 1793 – 1 Sep 1794).
Joseph Cambon	19 September 1793	3 October 1793	Member of Finance Committee, created Great Book of the Public Debt.
Louis-Joseph Charlier	3 October 1793	22 October 1793
Moyse Bayle	22 October 1793	6 November 1793
Pierre Antoine Laloy	6 November 1793	21 November 1793
Gilbert Romme	21 November 1793	6 December 1793	Committed suicide after failed Prairial Insurrection of Year III.
Jean-Henri Voulland	6 December 1793	21 December 1793	Member of CoGS.
Georges Couthon	21 December 1793	5 January 1794	Executed with Robespierre. Member of CoPS (30 May 1793 – 27 Jul 1794).
Jacques-Louis David	5 January 1794	20 January 1794	Famous painter. Member of CoGS.
Marc-Guillaume-Alexis Vadier	20 January 1794	4 February 1794	Member of CoGS.
Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran	4 February 1794	19 February 1794	Known as Dubarran.
Louis Saint-Just	19 February 1794	6 March 1794	Executed with Robespierre A member of CoPS (30 May 1793 – 27 Jul 1794).
Philippe Rühl	6 March 1794	21 March 1794	Member of CoGS.
Jean-Lambert Tallien	21 March 1794	5 April 1794
Jean-Pierre-André Amar	5 April 1794	20 April 1794	Member of CoGS.
Jean-Baptiste-Robert Lindet	20 April 1794	5 May 1794	Member of CoPS (7 Apr 1793 – 12 Jun 1793), (22 Jun 1793 – 6 Oct 1794).
Lazare Carnot	5 May 1794	20 May 1794	Member of CoPS (14 Aug 1793 – 6 Oct 1794). Director of France (4 November 1795 – 5 September 1797)
Claude-Antoine Prieur de la Côte d'Or	20 May 1794	4 June 1794	Member of CoPS (14 Aug 1793 – 6 Oct 1794).
Maximilien Robespierre	4 June 1794	19 June 1794	Presided over Festival of the Supreme Being in this term.
Élie Lacoste	19 June 1794	5 July 1794
Jean-Antoine Louis du Bas-Rhin	5 July 1794	19 July 1794	Member of CoGS.
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois	19 July 1794	3 August 1794	See above.
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai	3 August 1794	18 August 1794	Member of CoPS (1 Sep 1794 – 4 Jan 1795), (3 Feb 1795 – 3 Jun 1795), (2 Aug 1795 – 4 Nov 1795). Director of France (8 September 1797 – 18 June 1799).
Antoine-Christophe Merlin de Thionville	18 August 1794	2 September 1794
André Antoine Bernard de Saintes	2 September 1794	22 September 1794
André Dumont	22 September 1794	7 October 1794
Jean Jacques Régis Cambacérès	7 October 1794	22 October 1794	Napoleon's Second Consul (12 December 1799 – 18 May 1804).
Pierre Louis Prieur de la Marne	22 October 1794	6 November 1794	Member of CoPS (10 Jul 1793 – 31 Jul 1794), (6 Oct 1794 – 3 Feb 1795) .
Louis Legendre	6 November 1794	24 November 1794
Jean-Baptiste Clauzel	24 November 1794	6 December 1794
Jean-François Reubell	6 December 1794	21 December 1794	Director of France (2 November 1795 – 19 May 1799).
Pierre-Louis Bentabole	21 December 1794	6 January 1795
Étienne-François Le Tourneur de la Manche	6 January 1795	20 January 1795	Director of France (2 November 1795 – 26 May 1797).
Joseph-Stanislas Rovère de Fontvielle	20 January 1795	4 February 1795
Paul Barras	4 February 1795	19 February 1795	Director of France (2 November 1795 – 10 November 1799).
Francois Louis Bourdon de l'Oise	19 February 1795	6 March 1795
Antoine Claire Thibaudeau	6 March 1795	24 March 1795
Jean Pelet de la Lozère	24 March 1795	5 April 1795	Protestant leader.
François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas	5 April 1795	20 April 1795	Member of CoPS (3 Jul 1795 – 4 Nov 1795).
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès	20 April 1795	5 May 1795	Director of France (20 May 1799 – 10 November 1799). Arranged coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon's Second Consul (10 November – 12 December 1799).
Théodore Vernier	5 May 1795	26 May 1795
Jean-Baptiste Charles Matthieu	26 May 1795	4 June 1795
Jean-Denis Lanjuinais	4 June 1795	19 June 1795
Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai	19 June 1795	4 July 1795
Louis Gustave le Doulcet	4 July 1795	19 July 1795	Girondist survivor.
Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux	19 July 1795	3 August 1795	Director of France (2 November 1795 – 18 June 1799).
Pierre Claude François Daunou	3 August 1795	19 August 1795	Girondist survivor.
Joseph Chénier	19 August 1795	2 September 1795
Théophile Berlier	2 September 1795	23 September 1795
Pierre-Charles-Louis Baudin	23 September 1795	8 October 1795
Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu	8 October 1795	26 October 1795	Minister of Justice and Lord Chancellor of France 5 January - 4 April 1796.

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

Le Conseil des Cinq-Cents

Präsident	Beginn	Ende
Pierre Claude François Daunou	28 October 1795	21 November 1795
Marie-Joseph Chénier	22 November 1795	21 December 1795
Jean-Baptiste Treilhard	22 December 1795	20 January 1796
Armand-Gaston Camus	21 January 1796	19 February 1796
Antoine Claire Thibaudeau	20 February 1796	20 March 1796
Louis Gustave le Doulcet	21 March 1796	19 April 1796
Aaron-Jean-François Crassous	20 April 1796	19 May 1796
Jacques Defermon des Chapelières	20 May 1796	18 June 1796
Jean Pelet (known as Pelet de la Lozère)	19 June 1796	18 July 1796
François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas	19 July 1796	17 August 1796
Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret	18 August 1796	21 September 1796
Charles-Antoine Chasset	22 September 1796	21 October 1796
Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès	22 October 1796	20 November 1796
Nicolas Marie Quinette	21 November 1796	20 December 1796
Jean Debry	21 December 1796	19 January 1797
François Riou de Kersalaün	20 January 1797	18 February 1797
Pierre Antoine Laloy	19 February 1797	20 March 1797
Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau	21 March 1797	21 April 1797
François Lamarque	21 April 1797	19 May 1797
Jean-Charles Pichegru	20 May 1797	18 June 1797
Pierre Henry-Larivière	19 June 1797	18 July 1797
Joseph-Vincent Dumolard	19 July 1797	17 August 1797
Joseph-Jérôme Siméon	18 August 1797	21 September 1797
François Lamarque (interim)	18 August 1797	21 September 1797
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan	22 September 1797	21 October 1797
François-Toussaint Villers	22 October 1797	20 November 1797
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès	21 November 1797	20 December 1797
Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe	21 December 1797	19 January 1798
Jacques-Charles Bailleul	20 January 1798	18 February 1798
Antoine-François Hardy	19 February 1798	20 March 1798
Alexis Pison du Galland	21 March 1798	19 April 1798
Joseph-Clément Poullain de Grandprey	20 April 1798	19 May 1798
Jacques Antoine Creuzé-Latouche	20 May 1798	18 June 1798
Marie-Joseph Chénier	19 June 1798	19 July 1798
Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau	20 July 1798	17 August 1798
Pierre Claude François Daunou	18 August 1798	21 September 1798
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan	22 September 1798	21 October 1798
Dieudonné Dubois	22 October 1798	20 November 1798
Julien Savary	21 November 1798	20 December 1798
Théophile Berlier	21 December 1798	19 January 1799
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc (known as Leclerc du Maine et Loire)	20 January 1799	18 February 1799
Gabriel Malès	19 February 1799	20 March 1799
Philippe-Laurent Pons	21 March 1799	19 April 1799
Jean-Marie Heurtault de la Merville	20 April 1799	19 May 1799
Jean Debry	20 May 1799	18 June 1799
Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu	19 June 1799	18 July 1799
Jean-Baptiste Quirot	19 July 1799	17 August 1799
Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe	18 August 1799	22 September 1799
Jean-Pierre Chazal	23 September 1799	22 October 1799
Lucien Bonaparte	23 October 1799	12 November 1799
Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe	22 November 1799	21 December 1799
Pierre Claude François Daunou	22 December 1799	26 December 1799
Jean-Ignace Jacqueminot	22 December 1799	26 December 1799

Presidents of the Legislative Corps (1800–1814)

President	Began	Ended
Jean-Baptiste Perrin des Vosges	1 January 1800	21 January 1800
Jean-Pierre Duval	21 January 1800	5 February 1800
Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire	5 February 1800	20 February 1800
Jean-Baptiste Girot-Pouzol	20 February 1800	7 March 1800
Claude Pierre Dellay d'Agier	7 March 1800	22 March 1800
Isaac Tarteyron	22 March 1800	31 March 1800
Pierre Jacques Chatry-Lafosse	22 November 1800	7 December 1800
Alexis Pison du Galland	7 December 1800	22 December 1800
Antoine Bourg-Laprade	22 December 1800	6 January 1801
Jean-Jacques Bréard	6 January 1801	21 January 1801
Jean-Francois Rossée	21 January 1801	5 February 1801
Jacques Poisson de Coudreville	5 February 1801	20 February 1801
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc, dit Leclerc du Maine et Loire	20 February 1801	7 March 1801
Francois Joseph Lefebvre-Cayet	7 March 1801	21 March 1802
Charles Francois Dupuis	22 November 1801	7 December 1801
Jean Francois Baraillon	7 December 1801	22 December 1801
Pierre Louis Lefebvre-Laroche	22 December 1801	6 January 1802
Nicolas-Bernard Belzais-Courménil	6 January 1802	21 January 1802
Joseph Pematin	21 January 1802	5 February 1802
Denis Couzard	5 February 1802	20 February 1802
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières	20 February 1802	7 March 1802
Jaques Devismes	7 March 1802	22 March 1802
Jean-Francois-Joseph Marcorelle	5 April 1802	21 April 1802
Francois Lobjoy	21 April 1802	6 May 1802
Pierre-Antoine Rabaut-Dupuis	6 May 1802	20 May 1802
Francois Delattre	21 February 1803	7 March 1803
Jean-Francois Méric	7 March 1803	22 March 1803
Jean-Louis Girod de L'Ain	22 March 1803	6 April 1803
Marie-Félix Faulcon	6 April 1803	21 April 1803
Vincent-Marie Viénot de Vaublanc	21 April 1803	7 May 1803
Francois Lagrange	7 May 1803	21 May 1803
Jérôme Reynaud de Lascours	21 May 1803	29 May 1803
Louis de Fontanes	10 January 1804	24 January 1810
Élisabeth-Pierre de Montesquiou-Fezensac	24 January 1810	23 November 1813
Claude Ambroise Régnier	23 November 1813	4 June 1814

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

President	Began	Ended
Joseph Lainé	11 June 1814	20 March 1815

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

President	Began	Ended
Jean-Denis, Comte Lanjuinais	4 June 1815	13 July 1815

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

President	Began	Ended
Joseph Lainé	12 October 1815	5 September 1816
Étienne, duc Pasquier	12 November 1816	13 November 1817
Pierre François Hercule, comte de Serre	13 November 1817	11 December 1818
Auguste Ravez	11 December 1818	5 November 1827
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard	25 February 1828	16 May 1830

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1830–1848)

President	Began	Ended
Casimir Pierre Perier	6 August 1830	21 August 1830
Jacques Laffitte	21 August 1830	11 November 1830
Casimir Pierre Perier	11 November 1830	31 May 1831
Louis Gaspard Amédée, baron Girod de l'Ain	1 August 1831	28 April 1832
André Marie Dupin	29 April 1832	2 February 1839
Hippolyte Passy	16 April 1839	12 May 1839
Paul Sauzet	24 December 1839	24 February 1848

Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly (1848–1849)

President	Began	Ended
Philippe Joseph Benjamin Buchez	5 May 1848	5 June 1848
Antoine Marie Jules Sénard	5 June 1848	29 June 1848
Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges	29 June 1848	19 July 1848
Armand Marrast	19 July 1848	26 May 1849

President of the National Legislative Assembly (1849–1852)

President	Began	Ended
André Marie Dupin	1 June 1849	2 December 1851

Presidents of the Legislative Corps (1852–1870)

Name	Took office	Left office	Political party	Legislature (election)
Adolphe Billault	9 March 1852	12 November 1854	Bonapartist	I
Charles, duc de Morny	12 November 1854	10 March 1865	Bonapartist	I · II · III
Alexandre, comte Walewski	1 September 1865	29 March 1867	Bonapartist	III
Eugène Schneider	2 April 1867	4 September 1870	Bonapartist	III · IV

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1871–1940)

Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
Jules Grévy (1st term)	16 February 1871	2 April 1873	Left Republican
Louis Buffet	4 April 1873	15 March 1875	Conservative (Moderate Monarchist)
Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier	15 March 1875	6 March 1876	Conservative (Moderate Monarchist)
Jules Grévy (1st term) (provisional to 13 March 1876)	8 March 1876	31 January 1879	Left Republican
Léon Gambetta	31 January 1879	3 November 1881	Opportunist Republican
Henri Brisson (1st term)	3 November 1881	8 April 1885	Radical Republican
Charles Floquet (1st term)	8 April 1885	4 April 1888	Radical Republican
Jules Méline	4 April 1888	16 November 1889	Left Republican
Charles Floquet (2nd term)	16 November 1889	16 January 1893	Radical Republican
Jean Casimir-Perier (1st term)	16 January 1893	5 December 1895	Left Republican
Charles Dupuy	5 December 1893	2 June 1894	Left Republican
Jean Casimir-Perier (2nd term)	2 June 1894	5 July 1894	Left Republican
Auguste Burdeau	5 July 1894	12 December 1894	Left Republican
Henri Brisson (2nd term)	18 December 1894	9 June 1898	Radical Republican
Paul Deschanel (1st term)	9 June 1898	10 June 1902	Democratic Republican Alliance
Léon Bourgeois	10 June 1902	12 January 1904	Radical Socialist Party
Henri Brisson (3rd term)	12 January 1904	10 January 1905	Radical Socialist Party
Paul Doumer	10 January 1905	8 June 1906	Radical Socialist Party
Henri Brisson (4th term)	8 June 1906	23 May 1912	Radical Socialist Party
Paul Deschanel (2nd term)	23 May 1912	12 February 1920	Democratic Alliance
Raoul Péret (1st term)	12 February 1920	9 June 1924	Democratic Alliance
Paul Painlevé	9 June 1924	22 April 1925	Republican-Socialist Party
Édouard Herriot (1st term)	22 April 1925	22 July 1926	Radical Socialist Party
Raoul Péret (2nd term)	22 July 1926	11 January 1927	Democratic Alliance
Fernand Bouisson	11 January 1927	31 May 1936	Republican-Socialist Party
Édouard Herriot (2nd term)	4 June 1936	9 July 1940	Radical Socialist Party

President of the Consultative Assembly (1943–1945)

Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Political party	Legislature (election)
		Félix Gouin	9 November 1943	8 November 1945	SFIO	Provisional

Presidents of the Constituent National Assembly (1945–1946)

Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Political party	Legislature (election)
		Félix Gouin	8 November 1945	22 January 1946	SFIO	I (1945)
		Vincent Auriol	31 January 1946	27 November 1946	SFIO	II (Jun.1946)

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

Name	Department	Took office	Left office	Political party	Legislature (election)
Vincent Auriol	Haute-Garonne	3 December 1946	21 January 1947	SFIO	I (Nov.1946)
Édouard Herriot	Rhône	21 January 1947	12 January 1954	Radical	I (Nov.1946)
Édouard Herriot	Rhône	21 January 1947	12 January 1954	Radical	II (1951)
André Le Troquer (1st term)	Seine	12 January 1954	11 January 1955	SFIO
Pierre Schneiter	Marne	11 January 1955	24 January 1956	MRP
André Le Troquer (2nd term)	Seine	24 January 1956	9 December 1958	SFIO	III (1956)

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

Name	Department	Took office	Left office	Political party	Legislature (election)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1st term)	Gironde	9 December 1958	25 June 1969	UNR UDR	I (1958) · II (1962) · III (1967) · IV (1968)
Achille Peretti	Hauts-de-Seine	25 June 1969	2 April 1973	UDR	IV (1968)
Edgar Faure	Doubs	2 April 1973	3 April 1978	UDR RPR	V (1973)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (2nd term)	Gironde	3 April 1978	2 July 1981	RPR	VI (1978)
Louis Mermaz	Isère	2 July 1981	2 April 1986	PS	VII (1981)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (3rd term)	Gironde	2 April 1986	23 June 1988	RPR	VIII (1986)
Laurent Fabius (1st term)	Seine-Maritime	23 June 1988	22 January 1992	PS	IX (1988)
Henri Emmanuelli	Landes	22 January 1992	2 April 1993	PS	IX (1988)
Philippe Séguin	Vosges	2 April 1993	12 June 1997	RPR	X (1993)
Laurent Fabius (2nd term)	Seine-Maritime	12 June 1997	29 March 2000	PS	XI (1997)
Raymond Forni	Territoire de Belfort	29 March 2000	25 June 2002	PS	XI (1997)
Jean-Louis Debré	Eure	25 June 2002	2 March 2007	UMP	XII (2002)
Patrick Ollier	Hauts-de-Seine	7 March 2007	19 June 2007	UMP	XII (2002)
Bernard Accoyer	Haute-Savoie	26 June 2007	19 June 2012	UMP	XIII (2007)
Claude Bartolone	Seine-Saint-Denis	26 June 2012	20 June 2017	PS	XIV (2012)
François de Rugy	Loire-Atlantique	27 June 2017	4 September 2018	REM	XV (2017)
Richard Ferrand	Finistère	12 September 2018	21 June 2022	REM	XV (2017)
Yaël Braun-Pivet	Yvelines	28 June 2022	Incumbent	REM	XVI (2022) · XVII (2024)

External links

(in French) List of presidents of the National Assembly of France on its official website

v t e Presidents of the lower house of the French Parliament
Chamber of Deputies of the Departments, 1815–1830	Joseph Lainé Étienne-Denis Pasquier Hercule de Serre Auguste Ravez Pierre Paul Royer-Collard
Chamber of Deputies, 1830–1848	Casimir Pierre Perier Jacques Laffitte Casimir Pierre Perier Amédée Girod de l'Ain André Marie Dupin Hippolyte Passy Paul Sauzet
National Constituent Assembly, 1848–1849	Philippe Buchez Antoine Sénard Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges Armand Marrast
National Legislative Assembly, 1849–1852	André Marie Dupin
Legislative Corps, 1852–1870	Adolphe Billault Charles de Morny Alexandre Colonna-Walewski Eugène Schneider
Chamber of Deputies, 1871–1940	Jules Grévy Louis Buffet Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier Jules Grévy Léon Gambetta Henri Brisson Charles Floquet Jules Méline Charles Floquet Jean Casimir-Perier Charles Dupuy Jean Casimir-Perier Auguste Burdeau Henri Brisson Paul Deschanel Léon Bourgeois Henri Brisson Paul Doumer Henri Brisson Paul Deschanel Raoul Péret Paul Painlevé Édouard Herriot Raoul Péret Fernand Bouisson Édouard Herriot
Consultative Assembly, 1943–1945	Félix Gouin
Constituent National Assembly, 1945–1946	Félix Gouin Vincent Auriol
National Assembly, 1946–present	Vincent Auriol Édouard Herriot André Le Troquer Pierre Schneiter André Le Troquer Jacques Chaban-Delmas Achille Peretti Edgar Faure Jacques Chaban-Delmas Louis Mermaz Jacques Chaban-Delmas Laurent Fabius Henri Emmanuelli Philippe Séguin Laurent Fabius Raymond Forni Jean-Louis Debré Patrick Ollier Bernard Accoyer Claude Bartolone François de Rugy Richard Ferrand Yaël Braun-Pivet