List of Presidents of the French Senate

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The French Senate is the Upper House of the French Parliament. It is presided over by a President. Although there had been Senates in both the First and Second Empires, these had not technically been legislative bodies, but rather advisory bodies on the model of the Roman Senate. France's first experience with an upper house was under the Directory from 1795 to 1799, when the Council of Ancients was the upper chamber. With the Restoration in 1814, a new Chamber of Peers was created, on the model of the British House of Lords. At first it contained hereditary peers, but following the July Revolution of 1830, it became a body to which one was appointed for life. The Second Republic returned to a unicameral system after 1848, but soon after the establishment of the Third Republic in 1870, a Senate was established as the upper chamber. In the Fourth Republic, the Senate was renamed the Council of the Republic, but its function was largely the same. With the new constitution of the Fifth Republic in 1959, the older name of Senate was restored.

The President of the Senate, in addition to his duties as presiding officer of the Upper House of parliament, is also, according to the constitution of the Fifth Republic, first in line of succession in case of death or resignation of the president, thus becoming Acting President of the Republic until a new election can be held.

Presidents of the Senate, 1876-1940

PresidentBeganEnded
Edmé-Armand-Gaston, Duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier13 March 187615 January 1879
Louis Martel15 January 187925 May 1880
Léon Say25 May 18802 February 1882
Philippe Le Royer2 February 188224 February 1893
Jules Ferry24 February 189317 March 1893
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour27 March 189316 January 1896
Émile Loubet16 January 189618 February 1899
Armand Fallières3 March 189917 January 1906
Antonin Dubost16 February 190614 January 1920
Léon Bourgeois14 January 192022 February 1923
Gaston Doumergue22 February 192313 June 1924
Justin de Selves19 June 19249 January 1927
Paul Doumer14 January 192713 May 1931
Albert Lebrun11 June 193110 May 1932
Jules Jeanneney3 June 19329 July 1940

Presidents of the Council of the Republic, 1946-1958

PresidentBeganEnded
Auguste Champetier de Ribes27 December 19466 March 1947
Gaston Monnerville18 March 19474 October 1958

Presidents of the Senate, 1958-present

PresidentBeganEnded
Gaston Monnerville4 October 19582 October 1968
Alain Poher2 October 19682 October 1992
René Monory2 October 19921 October 1998
Christian Poncelet1 October 1998present
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