This page lists Presidents of the French parliament (or, as the case may be, of its lower Chamber).

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

Presidents of the Legislative Assembly, 1791-1792

Presidents of the National Convention, 1792-1795

1793

• 10 janvier VERGNIAUD Pierre
• 24 janvier RABAUT ST ETIENNE J.Paul
• 7 février BREARD J.Jacques
• 22 février DUBOIS DE CRANCE
• 7 mars GENSONNE Armand
• 21 mars DEBRY Jean
• 4 avril DELMAS J.F.Bertrand
• 18 avril ALBA-LASOURCE Marc David
• 2 mai BOYER-FONFREDE
• 16 mai ISNARD
• 20 mai MALLARME
• 13 juin Collot d'Herbois
• 27 juin THURIOT
• 11 juillet JEANBON ST ANDRE
• 25 juillet Georges DANTON
• 9 aout HERAULT DE SECHELLES
• 21 aout Maximilien ROBESPIERRE
• 5 septemb Billaud-Varenne
• 20 septem CAMBON Pierre joseph
• 4 octobre CHARLIER Louis
• 22 octobr BAYLE Moyse
• 6 novemb LALOY Pierre Antoine
• 22 novem ROMME Gilbert
• 6 décemb VOULLAND
• 21 décem COUTHON Georges

1794

5 janvier DAVID Louis Jacques 20 janvier VADIER 4 février BARBEAU DUBARRAN 20 février SAINT JUST 6 mars RUHL 21 mars TALLIEN Jean Lambert 5 avril AMAR 20 avril LINDET Robert 5 mai CARNOT Lazare 20 mai PRIEUR-DUVERNOIS 4 juin ROBESPIERRE Maximilien 20 juin LACOSTE Elie 5 juillet LOUIS 19 juillet COLLOT D’HERBOIS 4 aout MERLIN DE DOUAI 19 aout MERLIN DE THIONVILLE 3 septemb BERNARD DE SAINTES 18 septem DUMONT André 7 octobre CAMBACERES J.J.Régis 22 octobr PRIEUR DE LA MARNE 5 novemb LEGENDRE Louis 21 novem CLAUZEL 7 décemb REWBELL 22 décem BENTABOLE

1795

5 janvier LETOURNEUR Etienne 21 janvier ROVERE DE FONTVIELLE 5 février BARRAS Paul 20 février BOURDON DE L’OISE François 6 mars THIBAUDEAU Antoine-Clair 25 mars PELET DE LA LOZERE 6 avril BOISSY D’ANGLAS 19 avril SIEYES Emmanuel 5 mai VERNIER Théodore 26 mai MATHIEU 4 juin LANJUINAIS Jean Denis 19 juin LOUVET DE COUVRAI 4 juillet DOULCET - PONTECOULANT 19 juillet LAREVELLIERE-LEPEAUX 2 aout DAUNOU 17 aout CHENIER Marie-Joseph 1 septemb BERLIER Théophile 22 septem BAUDIN 8 octobre GENISSIEU

Presidents of the Council of Five Hundred, 1795-1799

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Presidents of the Legislative Corps, 1800-1814

Presidents of the Chamber of Départements' Deputies, 1814-1815

Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives, 1815

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of the Departments, 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