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Current parties: PCF: French Communist Party (f. 1920); PS: Socialist Party (f. 1969); FN: National Front (f. 1972); Rad.: Radical Party (f. 1972); PRG: Radical Party of the Left (f. 1972); MPF: Movement for France (f. 1994); RPF: Rally for France (f. 1999); FRS: Forum of Social Republican (f. 2001); UMP: Union for a Popular Movement (f. 2002); MRC: Citizen and Republican Movement (f. 2003); MoDem: Democratic Movement (f. 2007); NC: New Centre (European Social Liberal Party) (f. 2007)
Late parties:
-Left: SFIO: French Section of the Workers International (1905-1969 > PS); RGR: Rally of Republican Lefts (1945-?); MGRS: Movement of the Radical-Socialist Left (1972-1973 = MRG); MRG: Movement of Radicals of the Left (1973-1996 = PRS); PRS: Radical Socialist Party (1996-1998 = PRG); PSU: Unified Socialist Party (1960-1990); MDC: Citizens' Movement (1993-2002 > Pole); Pole: Republican Pole (2002-2003 > MRC)
-Center/right in IV Republic: MRP: People's Republican Movement (1944-1967 > CD, UNR); Rad.: Radical Party (1901-1972 > Rad., MRG); UDSR: Democratic and Social Union of the Resistance (1945-1967 > mostly CD); CNIP: Nacional Center of Independents and Peasants (1949-1976 > CDS); CR: Republican Center (1956-70s)
-Non-Gaullist center/right in V Republic: RI: Committees of Studies and Liason of Independent Republicans (1962-1966 > FNRI); FNRI: National Federation of Independent Republicans (1966-1977 > PR); PR: Republican Party (1977-1997 = DL); UDF: Union for the French Democracy (1978/1998-2007 > MoDem); DL: Liberal Democracy (1997-2002 > UMP); CD: Democratic Center (1966-1976 > CDS); CDP: Center Democracy and Progress (1969-1976 > CDS); CDS: Center of Social Democrats (1976-1995 > FD); MDSF: Socialist Democratic Movement of France (1973-1982 = PSD); PSD: Social Democratic Party (1982-1995 > FD); CPR: Clubs Perspectives and Realities (1965-1995 = PPDF); FD: Democratic Force (1995-1998 > New UDF); PPDF: Popular Party for the French Democracy (1995-2002 > UMP); PRIL: Liberal, Independent and Republic Pole (1998 > FD)
-Gaullism: RPF: Rally for the French People (1947-1953/55); URAS: Union of Republicans for Social Action (1954-1958 > UNR); UNR: Union for the New Republic (1958-1962 > UNR-UDT); UDT: Democratic Union of Labour (Gaullist of left, 1959-1962 > UNR-UDT); UNR-UDT: Union for the French Republic-Democratic Union of Labour (1962-1967 = UDVe); UDVe: Union of Democrats for the V Republic (1967-1968 = UDR); UDR: Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968-1976 = RPR, called to 1971 Union for the Defence of the Republic); RPR: Rally for the Republic (1976-2002 > UMP);
 Presidents of the Republic
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Caretaker presidents as chairmen of the GPRF Charles de Gaulle 3 Aug 1944 - 23 Jan 1946 (+1970) n/p Félix Gouin 23 Jan 1946 - 24 Jun 1946 (+1977) SFIO Georges Bidault 24 Jun 1946 - 18 Dec 1946 (+1983) MRP Léon Blum 18 Dec 1946 - 16 Jan 1947 (+1950) SFIO Presidents of the Republic Vincent Auriol 16 Jan 1947 - 16 Jan 1954 (+1966) SFIO René Coty 16 Jan 1954 - 8 Jan 1959 (+1962) CNIP Charles de Gaulle 8 Jan 1959 - 28 Apr 1969 (+1970) UNR, UNR-UDT, UDVe, UDR Alain Poher 28 Apr 1969 - 20 Jun 1969 (+1996) CD (interim) Georges Pompidou 20 Jun 1969 - 2 Apr 1974 (+) UDR Alain Poher 2 Apr 1974 - 27 May 1974 (+1996) CD (interim) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 27 May 1974 - 21 May 1981 FNRI, PR-UDF François Mitterrand 21 May 1981 - 17 May 1995 (+1996) PS Jacques Chirac 17 May 1995 - 16 May 2007 RPR, UMP [biography] Nicolas Sarkozy 16 May 2007 - UMP [biography] |
| Heads of Government
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Chairmen of the Provisional Government of the French Republic (GPRF) Charles de Gaulle 3 Jun 1944 - 23 Jan 1946 (+1970) n/p Félix Gouin 23 Jan 1946 - 24 Jun 1946 (+1977) SFIO Georges Bidault 24 Jun 1946 - 18 Dec 1946 (+1983) MRP Léon Blum 18 Dec 1946 - 22 Jan 1947 (+1950) SFIO Chairmen of the Council of Ministers Paul Ramadier 22 Jan 1947 - 24 Nov 1947 (+1961) SFIO Robert Schuman 24 Nov 1947 - 24 Jul 1948 (+1963) MRP André Marie 24 Jul 1948 - 2 Sep 1948 (+1974) Rad. Robert Schuman 2 Sep 1948 - 11 Sep 1948 (+1963) MRP Antoine Henri Queuille 11 Sep 1948 - 28 Oct 1949 (+1970) Rad. Georges Bidault 28 Oct 1949 - 2 Jul 1950 (+1983) MRP Antoine Henri Queuille 2 Jul 1950 - 12 Jul 1950 (+1970) Rad. René Pleven 12 Jul 1950 - 10 Mar 1951 (+1993) UDSR Antoine Henri Queuille 10 Mar 1951 - 11 Aug 1951 (+1970) Rad. René Pleven 11 Aug 1951 - 20 Jan 1952 (+1993) UDSR Edgar Faure 20 Jan 1952 - 8 Mar 1952 (+1988) Rad. Antoine Pinay 8 Mar 1952 - 8 Jan 1953 (+1994) CNIP René Mayer 8 Jan 1953 - 28 Jun 1953 (+1972) Rad. Joseph Laniel 28 Jun 1953 - 19 Jun 1954 (+1975) CNIP Pierre Mendès France 19 Jun 1954 - 23 Mar 1955 (+1982) Rad. Edgar Faure 23 Mar 1955 - 1 Feb 1956 (+1988) Rad. Guy Mollet 1 Feb 1956 - 13 Jun 1957 (+1975) SFIO Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury 13 Jun 1957 - 6 Nov 1957 (+1993) Rad. Félix Gaillard 6 Nov 1957 - 14 May 1958 (+1970) Rad. Pierre Pflimlin 14 May 1958 - 1 Jun 1958 (+2000) MRP Charles de Gaulle 1 Jun 1958 - 8 Jan 1959 (+1970) UNR Prime Ministers Michel Debré 8 Jan 1959 - 14 Apr 1962 (+1996) UNR Georges Pompidou 14 Apr 1962 - 10 Jul 1968 (+1974) UNR, UNR-UDT, UDVe Maurice Couve de Murville 10 Jul 1968 - 20 Jun 1969 (+1999) UDVe, UDR Jacques Chaban-Delmas 20 Jun 1969 - 7 Jul 1972 (+2000) UDR Pierre Messmer 7 Jul 1972 - 27 May 1974 (+2007) UDR Jacques Chirac 27 May 1974 - 26 Aug 1976 UDR [biography] Raymond Barre 26 Aug 1976 - 22 May 1981 (+2007) n/p, UDF Pierre Mauroy 22 May 1981 - 23 Jul 1984 PS Laurent Fabius 23 Jul 1984 - 20 Mar 1986 PS Jacques Chirac 20 Mar 1986 - 10 May 1988 RPR [biography] Michel Rocard 10 May 1988 - 15 May 1991 PS Édith Cresson 15 May 1991 - 2 Apr 1992 PS Pierre Bérégovoy 2 Apr 1992 - 29 Mar 1993 (+1993)s PS Édouard Balladur 29 Mar 1993 - 18 May 1995 RPR Alain Juppé 18 May 1995 - 3 Jun 1997 RPR [biography] Lionel Jospin 3 Jun 1997 - 6 May 2002 PS [biography] Jean-Pierre Raffarin 6 May 2002 - 31 May 2005 DL, UMP [biography] Dominique de Villepin 31 May 2005 - 17 May 2007 UMP [biography] François Fillon 17 May 2007 - UMP [biography] |
| Presidents of the National Assembly
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Vincent Auriol 1946-1947 (+1966) SFIO Édouard Herriot 1947-1954 (+1957) Rad. André Le Troquer 1954-1955 (+1963) SFIO Pierre Schneiter 1955 (+1973) MRP André Le Troquer 1955-1958 (+1963) SFIO Jacques Chaban-Delmas 1958-1969 (+2000) UNR, UNR-UDT, UDVe, UDR Achille Peretti 1969-1973 (+1983) UDR Edgar Faure 1973-1978 (+1988) UDR, RPR Jacques Chaban-Delmas 1978-1981 (+2000) RPR Louis Mermaz 1981-1986 PS Jacques Chaban-Delmas 1986-1988 (+2000) RPR Laurent Fabius 1988-1992 PS Henri Emmanuelli 1992-1993 PS Philippe Séguin 1993-1997 (+2010) RPR Laurent Fabius 1997-2000 PS Raymond Forni 2000-2002 (+2008) PS Jean-Louis Debré 2002-2007 RPR, UMP Patrick Ollier 2007 UMP Bernard Accoyer 2007- UMP |
| Presidents of the Senate
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Presidents of the Council of the Republic Auguste Champetier de Ribes 1946-1947 (+) MRP Gaston Monnerville 1947-1959 (+1991) RGR Presidents of the Senate Gaston Monnerville 1959-1968 (+1991) RGR Alain Poher 1968-1992 (+1996) CD René Monory 1992-1998 (+2009) CDS-UDF Christian Poncelet 1998-2008 RPR, UMP Gérard Larcher 2008-2011 UMP Jean-Pierre Bel 2011- PS |
| Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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Georges Bidault 1944-1946 (+1983) MRP Léon Blum 1946-1947 (+1950) SFIO Georges Bidault 1947-1948 (+1983) MRP Robert Schuman 1948-1953 (+1963) MRP Georges Bidault 1953-1954 (+1983) MRP Pierre Mendès France 1954-1955 (+1982) Rad. Edgar Faure 1955 (+1988) Rad. Antoine Pinay 1955-1956 (+1994) CNIP Christian Pineau 1956-1958 (+1995) SFIO René Pleven 1958 (+1993) UDSR Maurice Couve de Murville 1958-1968 (+1999) UNR, UNR-UDT, UDVe Michel Debré 1968-1969 (+1996) UDVe, UDR Maurice Schumann 1969-1973 (+1998) UDR André Bettencourt 1973 (+2007) FNRI (interim) Michel Jobert 1973-1974 (+2002) n/p Jean Victor Sauvagnargues 1974-1976 (+2002) n/p Louis de Guiringaud 1976-1978 (+1982)s n/p Jean François-Poncet 1978-1981 UDF Claude Cheysson 1981-1984 PS Roland Dumas 1984-1986 PS Jean-Bernard Raimond 1986-1988 RPR Roland Dumas 1988-1993 PS Alain Juppé 1993-1995 RPR [biography] Hervé de Charette 1995-1997 PPDF Hubert Vedrine 1997-2002 PS Dominique de Villepin 2002-2004 n/p [biography] Michel Barnier 2004-2005 UMP Philippe Douste-Blazy 2005-2007 UMP Bernard Kouchner 2007-2010 n/p [biography] Michèle Alliot-Marie 2010-2011 UMP Alain Juppé 2011- UMP [biography] |
| Ministers of Defence
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Félix Gouin 1946 (+1977) SFIO André Le Troquer 1946-1947 (+1963) SFIO François Billoux 1947 (+1978) PCF Yvon Delbos 1947 (+1956) Rad. (interim) Pierre-Henri Teitgen 1947-1948 (+1997) MRP René Mayer 1948 (+1972) Rad. Paul Ramadier 1948-1949 (+1961) SFIO René Pleven 1949-1950 (+1993) UDSR Jules Moch 1950-1951 (+1985) SFIO Georges Bidault 1951-1952 (+1983) MRP René Pleven 1952-1954 (+1993) UDSR Marie Pierre Koenig 1954 (+1970) RPF Emmanuel Temple 1954-1955 (+1988) CNIP Jacques Chevallier 1955 (+1962) CNIP Marie Pierre Koenig 1955 (+1970) URAS Pierre Billotte 1955-1956 (+1992) URAS Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury 1956-1957 (+1993) Rad. André Morice 1957 (+1990) CR Jacques Chaban-Delmas 1957-1958 (+2000) URAS Pierre de Chevigné 1958 (+2004) MRP Charles de Gaulle 1958-1959 (+1970) n/p Pierre Guillaumat 1959-1960 (+1991) UNR Pierre Messmer 1960-1969 (+2007) UNR, UNR-UDT, UDVe, UDR Michel Debré 1969-1973 (+1996) UDR Robert Galley 1973-1974 UDR Jacques Soufflet 1974-1975 (+1990) UDR Yvon Bourges 1975-1980 (+2009) UDR, RPR Joël Le Theule 1980 (+) RPR Robert Galley 1980-1981 RPR Charles Hernu 1981-1985 (+1990) PS Paul Quilès 1985-1986 PS André Giraud 1986-1988 (+1997) n/p Jean-Pierre Chevènement 1988-1991 n/p Pierre Joxe 1991-1993 PS Pierre Bérégovoy 1993 (+1993)s PS François Léotard 1993-1995 PR-UDF Charles Millon 1995-1997 PR-UDF Alain Richard 1997-2002 PS Michèle Alliot-Marie 2002-2007 RPR, UMP Hervé Morin 2007-2010 NC Alain Juppé 2010-2011 UMP [biography] Gérard Longuet 2011- UMP |
| Ministers of the Interior
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André Le Troquer 1946 (+1963) SFIO Édouard Depreux 1946-1947 (+1981) SFIO Jules Moch 1947-1950 (+1985) SFIO Antoine Henri Queuille 1950-1951 (+1970) Rad. Charles Brune 1951-1953 (+1956) RGR Léon Jean Martinaud-Deplat 1953-1954 (+1969) Rad. François Mitterrand 1954-1955 (+1996) UDSR Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury 1955- (+1993) Rad. Edgar Faure 1955-1956 (+1988) Rad. (interim) Jean Gilbert-Jules 1956-1957 (+1984) Rad. Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury 1957-1958 (+1993) Rad. Maurice Faure 1958 Rad. Jules Moch 1958 (+1985) SFIO Émile Pelletier 1958-1959 (+1975) n/p Jean Berthoin 1959 (+1977) Rad. Pierre Chatenet 1959-1961 (+1997) UNR Roger Frey 1961-1967 (+1997) UNR, UNR-UDT Christian Fouchet 1967-1968 (+1974) UNR-UDT, UDVe Raymond Marcellin 1968-1974 (+2004) CNIP Jacques Chirac 1974 UDR [biography] Michel Poniatowski 1974-1977 (+2002) FNRI Christian Bonnet 1977-1981 PR-UDF Gaston Defferre 1981-1984 (+) PS Pierre Joxe 1984-1986 PS Charles Pasqua 1986-1988 RPR Pierre Joxe 1988-1991 PS Philippe Marchand 1991-1992 PS Paul Quilès 1992-1993 PS Charles Pasqua 1993-1995 RPR Jean-Louis Debré 1995-1997 RPR Jean-Pierre Chevènement 1997-2000 MDC Daniel Vaillant 2000-2002 PS Nicolas Sarkozy 2002-2004 RPR, UMP [biography] Dominique de Villepin 2004-2005 UMP [biography] Nicolas Sarkozy 2005-2007 UMP [biography] François Baroin 2007 UMP Michèle Alliot-Marie 2007-2009 UMP Brice Hortefeux 2009-2011 UMP Claude Guéant 2011- UMP |
| Ministers of Finances and/or Economy
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Finances René Pleven 1944-1946 (+1993) UDSR André Philip 1946 (+1970) SFIO Robert Schuman 1946 (+1963) MRP Economy and Finances André Philip 1946-1947 (+1970) SFIO Finances Robert Schuman 1947 (+1963) MRP Economical Affairs Jules Moch 1947- (+1985) SFIO Finances and Economical Affairs René Mayer 1947-1948 (+1972) Rad. Paul Reynaud 1948 (+1966) n/p Christian Pineau 1948 (+1995) SFIO Antoine Henri Queuille 1948-1949 (+1970) Rad. Maurice Petsche 1949-1951 (+) n/p René Mayer 1951-1952 (+1972) Rad. Finances Edgar Faure 1952 (+1988) Rad. Economical Affairs Robert Buron 1952 (+1973) MRP Finances and Economical Affairs Antoine Pinay 1952-1953 (+1994) CNIP Finances Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury 1953 (+1993) Rad. Robert Buron 1953 (+1973) MRP Finances/Financial and Economical Affairs Edgar Faure 1953-1955 (+1988) Rad. Robert Buron 1955 (+1973) MRP Pierre Pflimlin 1955-1956 (+2000) MRP Robert Lacoste 1956 (+1989) SFIO Paul Ramadier 1956-1957 (+1961) SFIO Félix Gaillard 1957 (+1970) Rad. Pierre Pflimlin 1957-1958 (+2000) MRP Edgar Faure 1958 (+1988) Rad. Antoine Pinay 1958-1960 (+1994) CNIP Wilfrid Baumgartner 1960-1962 (+1978) n/p Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 1962-1966 RI Economy and Finances Michel Debré 1966-1968 (+1996) UNR-UDT, UDVe Maurice Couve de Murville 1968 (+1999) UDVe François-Xavier Ortoli 1968-1969 (+2007) UDVe, UDR Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 1969-1974 FNRI Jean-Pierre Fourcade 1974-1976 CPR Raymond Barre 1976-1978 (+2007) n/p Economy René Monory 1978-1981 (+2009) CDS-UDF Jacques Delors 1981-1983 PS Economy and Finances Jacques Delors 1983-1984 PS Pierre Bérégovoy 1984-1986 (+1993)s PS Economy, Finances, and Privatization Édouard Balladur 1986-1988 RPR Pierre Bérégovoy 1988-1992 (+1993)s PS Michel Sapin 1992-1993 PS Economy Edmond Alphandéry 1993-1995 CDS-UDF Economy and Finances Alain Madelin 1995 PR-UDF Jean Arthuis 1995-1997 FD-UDF Dominique Strauss-Kahn 1997-1999 PS Christian Sautter 1999-2000 PS Laurent Fabius 2000-2002 PS Francis Mer 2002-2004 n/p Nicolas Sarkozy 2004 UMP [biography] Hervé Gaymard 2004-2005 UMP Thierry Breton 2005-2007 n/p Jean-Louis Borloo 2007 Rad. Christine Lagarde 2007-2008 UMP Economy Christine Lagarde 2008-2010 UMP Economy and Finances Christine Lagarde 2010-2011 UMP François Baroin 2011- UMP |
| Ministers of Budget
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Edgar Faure 1950-1951 (+1988) Rad. Pierre Courant 1951-1952 (+1965) CNIP Jean Moreau 1953 (+1972) Maurice Papon 1978-1981 (+2007) RPR Jacques Delors 1983-1984 PS Pierre Bérégovoy 1984-1986 (+1993)s PS Pierre Bérégovoy 1988-1992 (+1993)s PS Michel Charasse 1992 PS Martin Malvy 1992-1993 PS Nicolas Sarkozy 1993-1995 RPR [biography] Éric Woerth 2007-2010 UMP François Baroin 2010- UMP |
 Leaders of SFIO / PS
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General Secretary of SFIO Daniel Mayer 1943-1946 (+1996) Guy Mollet 1946-1969 (+1975) First Secretaries of PS Alain Savary 1969-1971 (+1998) François Mitterrand 1971-1981 (+1996) Lionel Jospin 1981-1988 [biography] Pierre Mauroy 1988-1991 Laurent Fabius 1991-1993 Michel Rocard 1993-1994 Henri Emmanuelli 1994-1995 Lionel Jospin 1995-1997 [biography] François Hollande 1997-2008 Martine Aubry 2008- |
 Leaders of RPF / URAS / UNR / UDT / UNR-UDT / UDVe / UDR / RPR (1947-2002)
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General Secretaries of RPF Jacques Soustelle 1947-1951 (+1990) Louis Terrenoire 1951-1954 (+1992) Jacques Foccart 1954-1955 (+1997) General Secretaries of URAS Jacques Chaban-Delmas 1954-1958 (+2000) Edmond Michelet 1958 (+1970) General Secretary of UDT René Capitant 1959-1962 (+1970) General Secretaries of UNR and UNR-UDT Roger Frey 1958-1959 (+1997) Albin Chalandon 1959 Jacques Richard 1959-1961 Roger Dusseaulx 1961-1962 (+1988) Louis Terrenoire 1962 (+1992) Jacques Baumel 1962-1967 (+2006) Collective Secretaryship of UDVe Robert Poujade + André Fanton + Jean Charbonnel + Jean Taittinger + René Tomasini 1967-1968 (+1983) General Secretaries of UDR Robert Poujade 1968-1971 René Tomasini 1971-1972 (+1983) Alain Peyrefitte 1972-1973 (+1999) Alexandre Sanguinetti 1973-1974 (+1980) Jacques Chirac 1974-1975 [biography] André Bord 1975-1976 Yves Guéna 1976 Presidents of RPR Jacques Chirac 1976-1994 [biography] Alain Juppé 1994-1997 [biography] (interim to 1995) Philippe Séguin 1997-1999 (+2010) Nicolas Sarkozy 1999 [biography] (interim) Michèle Alliot-Marie 1999-2002 General Secretaries of RPR Jérôme Monod 1976-1978 Alain Devaquet 1978-1979 Bernard Pons 1979-1984 Jacques Toubon 1984-1988 Alain Juppé 1988-1995 [biography] Jean-François Mancel 1995-1997 Jean-Louis Debré 1997 (interim) Nicolas Sarkozy 1998-1999 [biography] Adrien Gouteyron 1999-2001 Serge Lepeltier 2001-2002 |
 Leaders of UMP
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Presidents Alain Juppé 2002-2004 [biography] Jean-Claude Gaudin + Philippe Douste-Blazy + François Baroin 2004 (acting) Nicolas Sarkozy 2004-2007 [biography] Jean-Claude Gaudin + Pierre Méhaignerie + Brice Hortefeux + Patrick Devedjian 2007 (acting) General Secretaries Philippe Douste-Blazy 2002-2004 Pierre Méhaignerie 2004-2007 Patrick Devedjian 2007-2008 Xavier Bertrand 2008- (acting to 2009) |
  Presidents of UDF (1978-2007)
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Jean Lecanuet 1978-1988 (+1993) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 1988-1996 François Léotard 1996-1998 François Bayrou 1998-2007 |
 Presidents of FNRI / PR / DL (1966-2002)
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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 1966-1974 Michel Poniatowski 1975-1977 (+2002) Jean-Pierre Soisson 1977-1988 François Léotard 1988-1990 Gérard Longuet 1990-1995 François Léotard 1995-1997 Alain Madelin 1997-2002 |
Jean Lecanuet 1976-1982 (+1993) Pierre Méhaignerie 1982-1994 François Bayrou 1994-1998History 23 May 1976 (Rennes Congress). CDS is founded as the merger of: CD, f. 2 Feb 1966 by Jean Lecanuet (+1993) and Pierre Abelin (+1977) with members of MRP, UDSR (f. 25 Jun 1945, d. Sep 1967), CNIP (f. 6 Jan 1949) and CDP, f. 8 Jun 1969 by Jacques Duhamel (+1977) and Joseph Fontanet (+1980) as a breakaway faction of CD); 1 Feb 1978: CDS is a founding member of UDF; 25 Nov 1995: CDS merges with PSD to form FD; 16 Sep 1998: FD is founding partner of the New UDF, constitued as a party
 Presidents of Rad.
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Théodore Steeg 1944-1948 (+1950) Édouard Herriot 1948-1957 (+1957) Édouard Daladier 1957-1958 (+1970) Félix Gaillard 1958-1961 (+1970) Maurice Faure 1961-1965 René Billères 1965-1969 (+2004) Maurice Faure 1969-1971 Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber 1971-1975 (+2006) Gabriel Péronnet 1975-1977 (+1991) Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber 1977-1979 (+2006) Didier Bariani 1979-1983 André Rossinot 1983-1988 Yves Galland 1988-1994 André Rossinot 1994-1997 Thierry Cornillet 1997-1999 François Loos 1999-2003 André Rossinot 2003-2005 Jean-Louis Borloo + André Rossinot 2005-2007 André Rossinot 2007- |
François Bayrou 2007-MoDem was launched by UDF's François Bayrou on 10 May 2007 and held its constituent congress on 1-2 Dec 2007.
Presidents Maurice Schumann 1944-1949 (+1998) Georges Bidault 1949-1952 (+1983) Pierre-Henri Teitgen 1952-1956 (+1997) Pierre Pflimlin 1956-1959 (+2000) André Colin 1959-1963 (+1978) Jean Lecanuet 1963-1965 (+1993) General Secretaries André Colin 1944-1955 (+1978) Maurice-René Simonnet 1955-1963 (+1988) Joseph Fontanet 1963-1967 (+1980)aHistory 25-26 Nov 1944: MRP is founded; 2 Feb 1966: Jean Lecanuet and other MRP members form CD; Sep 1967: MRP is finally disbanded; the remaining members join UDVe
 Secretaries of PCF
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General Secretaries Maurice Thorez 1930-1964 (+1964) Waldeck Rochet 1964-1972 (+1983) National Secretaries Georges Marchais 1972-1994 (+1997) Robert Hue 1994-2001 Marie-George Buffet 2001- |
   Leaders of MDC / Pole / MRC
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Presidents of MDC Max Gallo 1992-1993 Jean-Pierre Chevènement 1993-2001 Georges Sarre 2001-2002 Presidents of Pole Max Gallo 2002 Jean-Pierre Chevènement 2002- First secretaries of MRC Jean-Luc Laurent 2003-2004 Georges Sarre 2004- President of MRC Jean-Pierre Chevènement 2008- |
 Presidents of MGRS / MRG / PRS / PRG
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Robert Fabre 1972-1978 (+2006) Michel Crépeau 1978-1981 (+1999) Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg 1981-1983 Jean-Michel Baylet 1983-1985 François Doubin 1985-1988 Yvon Collin 1988-1989 Émile Zuccarelli 1989-1992 Jean-François Hory 1992-1996 Jean-Michel Baylet 1996- |
 President of FN
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Jean-Marie Le Pen 1972-2011 Marine Le Pen 2011- |
 President of MPF
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Philippe de Villiers 1994- |
 President of RPF
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Charles Pasqua 1999- |
Hervé Morin 2007-NC (New Centre-European Social Liberal Party) was founded on 29 May 2007 by members of the UDF who did not agree with François Bayrou's decision to found the Democratic Movement (MoDem) and wanted to support the newly elected president Nicolas Sarkozy, continuing the UDF-UMP alliance. The party's first name was merely PSLE.
Édouard Depreux 1960-1967 (+1981) Michel Rocard 1967-1973 Robert Chapuis 1973-1974 Michel Mousel 1974-1979 Huguette Bouchardeau 1979-1981 Jacques Salvator 1981-1983 Serge Depaquit 1983-1984 Jean-Claude Le Scornet 1984-1989History: 3 Apr 1960: PSU is founded as the merger of the Autonomous Socialist Party (PSA) and other minor groups and splinters of SFIO; Oct 1974: several members (M. Rocard. R. Chapuis) join PS; 24 Nov 1989: the party decides to dissolve; 7 Apr 1990: the party is effectively disbanded.
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