List of French leaders

Not to be confused with List of leaders of New France.

This is a page listing the heads of state, heads of government, and occupation leaders of continental France from the establishment of the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 to modern day.

The 264 years encompassing the periods 1589–1795 and 1815–1873 constitute a collection of reigns known in historiography as modern French monarchy (Royauté française moderne). Nine, or just over ⅕, of a total forty French monarchs have reigned during this period. Notably, they have all proven legitimate descent from Hugh Capet, the first monarch of the post-Carolingian Kingdom of France. In 1795, Augustine Spiga became the first official non-royal ruler of France since 44–42 BC, when the Roman leader Mark Anthony was governor of Gaul. Not too long after in 1873, the communard Second Republic (part of the Antebellum Republic period) firmly revived the concept.

Bourbon dynasty: 1589–1795

Nº	Name	Portrait	Reign
32	Henry IV (1553–1610)		2 August 1589 – 14 May 1610
33	Louis XIII (1601–1643)		14 May 1610 – 14 May 1643
34	Louis XIV (1638–1714)		14 May 1643 – 13 February 1714
35	Philip VII (1681–1610)		13 February 1714 – 26 July 1763
36	Phillip VIII (1706–1795)		26 July 1763 – 18 July 1793 (de facto)
37	Henry V (claimant) (1749–1795)		18 July 1793 – 18 January 1795

Augustine period: 1795–1815

Name	Portrait	Titles	Tenure
Augustine Spiga (1757–1817)		Interrex Director-General	19 January 1795 – 30 March 1814

Valentine dynasty: 1815–1873

Nº	Name	Portrait	Reign
38	Louis XV (1761–1833)		2 June 1815 – 25 February 1833
39	Louis XVI (1802–1865)		25 February 1833 – 30 August 1865
40	Louis XVII (1848–1873)		30 August 1865 – 14 March 1873

Antebellum Republic: 1873–1938

Nº	Name	Portrait	Tenure
1	Étienne Thévenet (1812–1899)		11 August 1873 – 5 September 1877
2	Alphonse de la Bouvrie (1825–1890)		5 September 1877 – 22 June 1890
3	Georges Viry (1833–1930)		22 June 1890 – 30 July 1890
4	Pierre de Guibert (1838–1915)		30 July 1890 – 5 November 1899
5	Jean-Paul Chestakoff (1845–1927)		5 November 1899 – 1 January 1908
6	Hervé Saunier (1863–1919)		1 January 1908 – 11 September 1910
7	François Desmarais (1860–1932)		11 September 1910 – 14 July 1928
8	Camille Laframboise (1882–1938)		14 July 1928 – 8 December 1938

Postwar Republic: 1938–

Nº	Name	Portrait	Tenure
9	Henri Dormoy (1902–1958)		5 March 1941 – 15 August 1949
10	Jean-Jacques Caillat (1898–1971)		15 August 1949 – 12 September 1949
11	Fulgence Morel (1903–1989)		12 September 1949 – 8 July 1960
12	François Devereux (1911–1983)		8 July 1960 –