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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.
| President | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| Edmé-Armand-Gaston, Duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier | 13 March 1876 | 15 January 1879 |
| Louis Martel | 15 January 1879 | 25 May 1880 |
| Léon Say | 25 May 1880 | 2 February 1882 |
| Philippe Le Royer | 2 February 1882 | 24 February 1893 |
| Jules Ferry | 24 February 1893 | 17 March 1893 |
| Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour | 27 March 1893 | 16 January 1896 |
| Émile Loubet | 16 January 1896 | 18 February 1899 |
| Armand Fallières | 3 March 1899 | 17 January 1906 |
| Antonin Dubost | 16 February 1906 | 14 January 1920 |
| Léon Bourgeois | 14 January 1920 | 22 February 1923 |
| Gaston Doumergue | 22 February 1923 | 13 June 1924 |
| Justin de Selves | 19 June 1924 | 9 January 1927 |
| Paul Doumer | 14 January 1927 | 13 May 1931 |
| Albert Lebrun | 11 June 1931 | 10 May 1932 |
| Jules Jeanneney | 3 June 1932 | 9 July 1940 |
| President | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| Auguste Champetier de Ribes | 27 December 1946 | 6 March 1947 |
| Gaston Monnerville | 18 March 1947 | 4 October 1958 |
| President | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| Gaston Monnerville | 4 October 1958 | 2 October 1968 |
| Alain Poher | 2 October 1968 | 2 October 1992 |
| René Monory | 2 October 1992 | 1 October 1998 |
| Christian Poncelet | 1 October 1998 | present |