Successive Presidents of the Republic

When the 14th legislature was installed, François Hollande had been President of the Republic for 36 days.

After a tumultuous first term, Hollande decided not to run for a second term. Emmanuel Macron succeeded him on 14 May 2017 following the presidential election of 2017.

• François Hollande,
  president of the Republic
  from 15 May 2012
  to 14 May 2017.
• Emmanuel Macron,
  president of the Republic
  since 14 May 2017.

Prime Ministers and successive governments

François Hollande first reappointed Jean-Marc Ayrault as Prime Minister on June 20, 2012, which composes a single government. Manuel Valls is then named on March 31, 2014, which consists of two governments. Bernard Cazeneuve succeeds him on December 6, 2016 and will remain head of a single government until the election of Emmanuel Macron to the presidency of the Republic. The last government of the fourteenth legislature is that of Édouard Philippe, which is renewed following the parliamentary elections of June 2017.

• Jean-Marc Ayrault,
  Prime Minister
  from 15 May 2012
  to 31 March 2014.
• Manuel Valls,
  Prime Minister
  from 31 March 2014
  to 6 December 2016.
• Bernard Cazeneuve,
  Prime Minister
  from 6 December 2016
  to 10 May 2017.
• Édouard Philippe,
  Prime Minister
  since 15 May 2017.

Changes in composition

Members of the National Assembly who join the government are required to give up their seats to their substitutes (suppléants) a month after their appointment, as stipulated in the constitution.^[1] Should ministers quit the government, they recover their seat in the National Assembly from their substitute a month after their resignation. By-elections are held in the event of the annulation of electoral results or vacancies caused by resignations (in most circumstances not those related to the death of a deputy, in which case the substitute takes the seat if possible), except within the year before legislative elections.^[2]

By-elections

Chairmen of committees of the National Assembly