Charles de Gaulle, who was the first French president elected under the Fifth Republic in December 1958, believed in a strong head of state, which he described as embodying l'esprit de la nation ("the spirit of the nation"). [6] Under the fifth republic, the president has the right to dissolve the national assembly and hold new parliamentary ...

A 1962 referendum held under the Fifth Republic at the request of President Charles de Gaulle transferred the election of the president of France from an electoral college to a popular vote. Since then, ten presidential elections have taken place. The 25th and current officeholder has been Emmanuel Macron since 14 May 2017.

5 天之前 · Fifth Republic, system of government in France from 1958. Under the constitution crafted by Charles de Gaulle with the help of Michel Debré, executive power was increased at the expense of the National Assembly. In 1959 de Gaulle was inaugurated as the first president of the Fifth Republic, with Debré as his prime minister.

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was elected the first president of France in 1848. Prior to that point, the country had been ruled by kings, emperors, and various executives. The succession of republics was several times interrupted (1852–70, 1940–44, and 1944–46) by other forms of government that did not entail a presidency.

Discover the biographies of the twenty-five people who served as President of the French Republic, from the 2nd to the 5th Republic.

The second left-wing President of the Fifth Republic. Elected in the 2012 election, defeating Nicolas Sarkozy. Legalised same-sex marriage in 2013. The army intervened in Mali (Operation Serval), in the Central African Republic (Operation Sangaris), and against the Islamic State (Opération Chammal).

2008年4月15日 · On December 21, 1958, General de Gaulle was elected President of the 5 th French Republic. He was reelected on December 19, 1965, by the first direct universal suffrage (passed in 1962 by referendum).

Charles De Gaulle returned as ‘providential’ leader. President 1959-69. Reassured French Army and settlers, but then negotiated withdrawal from Algeria with the National Liberation Front (FLN). New Constitution in fact strengthened roles of both President and PM—not so obvious at first since both were Gaullist. Georges Pompidou as PM from ...

The key role of the President of the Republic, while partly codified by the constitution, is also the result of the history of the Fifth Republic. Its institutional importance was increased firstly by how Charles de Gaulle embodied the role, bringing his political and historic aura to it, and secondly by the establishment of the election of ...

2023年7月25日 · There have been 25 presidents of France since 1848. The first was Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, President of the Second Republic and later Emperor Napoleon III. Since de Gaulle and the start of the Fifth Republic, there have been 8 presidents, including the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron. Who are the last presidents of France?