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According to the Constitution of France, the first round of the presidential election must be held between 20 and 35 days before the transition of power at the end of the five-year term of the incumbent officeholder. [citation needed] As Emmanuel Macron took office on 14 May 2017, the transition of power is expected to take place on 13 May 2022.
There were two presidential elections in France during the republican government known as the Fourth Republic (1946–1958). They were held in 1947 and 1953. The president was elected by the Congress of the French Parliament, a joint meeting of both houses of the French Parliament [11] (the National Assembly and the Council of the Republic).
Currently, the President of the French Republic is elected to a five-year term in a two-round election under Article 7 of the Constitution: if no candidate secures an absolute majority (including blank and void ballots) of votes in the first round, a second round is held two weeks later between the two candidates who received the most votes. [3]
France’s prime minister Gabriel Attal gives a speech following the first results of the second round of France’s legislative election at Matignon in Paris on 7 July 202 (AFP via Getty Images)
"The President of the Republic must call on us to run the government, to respect the outcome of the election," Manuel Bompard, of the hard left France Unbowed said before a meeting with the ...
President Emmanuel Macron called France’s snap parliamentary election to “clarify” the political situation. But after the shock second-round results, the waters are more muddied than they ...
Interim President of France, as President of the Senate. Stood in the 1969 election but was defeated in the second round by Georges Pompidou. 19 Georges Pompidou [27] (1911–1974) 20 June 1969 2 April 1974 † 4 years, 286 days Union of Democrats for the Republic: 1969: Prime Minister under Charles de Gaulle, 1962–1968.
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (French: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is the supreme magistracy of the country, the position is the highest office in France.