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List of Presidents of the French National Assembly
This page lists Presidents of the Lower Chamber (or only chamber, as the case may be) of the French parliament. 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, and after 1876 was joined by a Senate as an upper house. The Chamber of Deputies was renamed the National Assembly in the constitution of the Fourth Republic, and is still known as that.
Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly, 1789-1791
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| Jean-Sylvain Bailly | 17 June 1789 | 3 July 1789
| | Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans | 3 July 1789 | 3 July 1789
| | Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan | 3 July 1789 | 18 July 1789
| | François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt | 18 July 1789 | 3 August 1789
| | Jacques Guillaume Thouret | 3 August 1789 | 3 August 1789
| | Isaac René Guy Le Chapelier | 3 August 1789 | 17 August 1789
| | Stanislas, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre | 17 August 1789 | 31 August 1789
| | César Guillaume de La Luzerne | 31 August 1789 | 9 September 1789
| | Stanislas, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre | 9 September 1789 | 28 September 1789
| | Jean-Joseph Mounier | 28 September 1789 | 10 October 1789
| | Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just | 10 October 1789 | 28 October 1789
| | Armand Gaston Camus | 28 October 1789 | 12 November 1789
| | Jacques Guillaume Thouret | 12 November 1789 | 23 November 1789
| | Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé | 23 November 1789 | 5 December 1789
| | Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just | 5 December 1789 | 22 December 1789
| | Jean-Nicolas Démeunier | 22 December 1789 | 4 January 1790
| | François Xavier de Montesquiou-Fezensac | 4 January 1790 | 18 January 1790
| | Guy Jean Baptiste Target | 18 January 1790 | 2 February 1790
| | Jean Xavier Bureaux de Puzy | 2 February 1790 | 16 February 1790
| | Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord | 16 February 1790 | 28 February 1790
| | François Xavier de Montesquiou-Fezensac | 28 February 1790 | 15 March 1790
| | Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne | 15 March 1790 | 27 March 1790
| | Jean-François, baron de Menou | 27 March 1790 | 12 April 1790
| | Charles François, marquis de Bonnay | 12 April 1790 | 27 April 1790
| | François Henri, comte de Virieu | 27 April 1790 | 29 April 1790
| | Jean-Louis Gouttes | 29 April 1790 | 8 May 1790
| | Jacques Guillaume Thouret | 8 May 1790 | 27 May 1790
| | Bon-Albert Briois de Beaumetz | 27 May 1790 | 8 June 1790
| | Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès | 8 June 1790 | 21 June 1790
| | Le Pelletier Saint-Fargeau | 21 June 1790 | 5 July 1790
| | Marquis de Bonnay | 5 July 1790 | 20 July 1790
| | Jean-Baptiste Treilhard | 20 July 1790 | 1 August 1790
| | D'André | 1 August 1790 | 16 August 1790
| | Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours | 16 August 1790 | 30 August 1790
| | Jessé | 30 August 1790 | 12 September 1790
| | Bureaux de Pusy | 12 September 1790 | 26 September 1790
| | Emmery | 26 September 1790 | 9 October 1790
| | Philippe-Antoine Merlin | 9 October 1790 | 25 October 1790
| | Antoine-Pierre-Joseph-Marie Barnave | 25 October 1790 | 8 November 1790
| | Chasset | 8 November 1790 | 21 November 1790
| | Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth | 21 November 1790 | 5 December 1790
| | Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve | 5 December 1790 | 22 December 1790
| | D'André | 22 December 1790 | 4 January 1791
| | Emmery | 4 January 1791 | 18 January 1791
| | Henri-Baptiste Grégoire | 18 January 1791 | 30 January 1791
| | Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau | 30 January 1791 | 15 February 1791
| | Adrien-Jean-François Duport | 15 February 1791 | 27 February 1791
| | Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles | 27 February 1791 | 14 March 1791
| | Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac | 14 March 1791 | 30 March 1791
| | Tronchet | 30 March 1791 | 10 April 1791
| | Chabroud | 10 April 1791 | 25 April 1791
| | Jean-François Reubell | 25 April 1791 | 10 May 1791
| | D'André | 10 May 1791 | 27 May 1791
| | Bureaux de Pusy | 27 May 1791 | 6 June 1791
| | Dauchy | 6 June 1791 | 19 June 1791
| | Alexandre-François-Marie, vicomte de Beauharnais | 19 June 1791 | 3 July 1791
| | Charles-Malo-François, comte de Lameth | 3 July 1791 | 19 July 1791
| | Joseph-Jacques Defermon | 19 July 1791 | 31 July 1791
| | Alexandre-François-Marie, vicomte de Beauharnais | 31 July 1791 | 14 August 1791
| | Charles-Louis-Victor, prince de Broglie | 14 August 1791 | 28 August 1791
| | Théodore Vernier | 28 August 1791 | 11 September 1791
| | Jacques-Guillaume Thouret | 11 September 1791 | 30 September 1791
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Presidents of the Legislative Assembly, 1791-1792
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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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Presidents of the Chamber of Départements' Deputies, 1814-1815
Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives, 1815
Presidents of the Chamber of Départements' Deputies, 1815-1830
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, 1830-1848
Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly, 1848-1849
Presidents of the National Legislative Assembly, 1849-1852
Presidents of the Legislative Corps, 1852-1870
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, 1871-1940
Presidents of the Consultative Assembly (Free French), 1943-1945
List of Presidents of the Constituent National Assembly, 1945-1946
Presidents of the National Assembly, 1946-present
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