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List of presidents of the National Assembly of France

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List of presidents of the National Assembly of France
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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.

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Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly (1789–1791)

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Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly rotated in short periods.

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Presidents of the Legislative Assembly (1791–1792)

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Presidents of the Legislative Assembly rotated in short periods.

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Presidents of the National Convention (1792–1795)

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

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Presidents of the Legislative Corps (1800–1814)

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

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

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

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Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1830–1848)

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Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly (1848–1849)

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President of the National Legislative Assembly (1849–1852)

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Presidents of the Legislative Corps (1852–1870)

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Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1871–1940)

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President of the Consultative Assembly (1943–1945)

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Presidents of the Constituent National Assembly (1945–1946)

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

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

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