La Cinquième République was organized by De Gaulle in May 1958 following a coup d'état in Algeria led by French troops unwilling to countenance the prospect of decolonization. After the French parliament called for a constitutional convention and dissolved itself, De Gaulle came out of retirement for his third and last turn at the head of the French govt. His Gaullist conservative party has subsequently had several names, currently LR (Les Républicains), and has been out of power since Nicolas Sarkozy lost to François Hollande in 2012. The other two leading parties are Socialist (Mitterand, Hollande) and Centrist (Macron, currently heading the LREM or La République en Marche), with the far right (Marie le Pen) and far-left (Jean-Luc Mélenchon) regularly gaining and losing members of parliament, but so far not the top job:
1 Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970): 8 January 1959 – 28 April 1969 (resigned); Independent
- Alain Poher: 28 April – 15 June 1969 (interim)
2 Georges Pompidou (1911–1974): 15 June 1969 – 2 April 1974 (died in office); UDR (Con)
- Alain Poher: 2 April – 19 May 1974 (interim)
3 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926–2020): 19 May 1974– 21 May 1981; UDF (Con)
4 François Mitterrand (1916–1996): 21 May 1981 – 17 May 1995; Socialist
5 Jacques Chirac (1932–2019): 17 May 1995 – 16 May 2007; RPR then UMP (Con)
6 Nicolas Sarkozy (b. 1955): 16 May 2007 – 15 May 2012; UMP (Con)
7 François Hollande (b. 1954): 15 May 2012 – 14 May 2017; Socialist
8 Emmanuel Macron (b. 1977): 14 May 2017 – Incumbent; LREM (Centrist)
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https://www.elysee.fr/la-presidence/les-presidents-de-la-republique
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/international/french-president-macron-8217-s-top-quotes-at-inauguration_98844?profile=&template=PrinterVersion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fifth_Republic
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