List of French non-presidential heads of state by tenure

This is a list of the Republican French heads of state who have not held the title "President of the Republic" since the final fall of House of Capet in 1848, as sorted by length of service.

List

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Title	Term of office		Political Party (Political Coalition)
File:Pétain - Portrait photographique 1941.jpg	Philippe Pétain (1856–1951)	Chief of State	11 July 1940	19 August 1944	Independent
File:De Gaulle-OWI (cropped)-(d).jpg	Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970)	Chairman of the Provisional Government	20 August 1944	26 January 1946	Independent
File:Général Cavaignac - photo Pierre Petit.jpg	Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802–1857)	Chief of the Executive Power	28 June 1848	20 December 1848	Republican
File:Ary Scheffer - Dupont de l'Eure.jpg	Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767–1855)	Chairman of the Provisional Government	26 February 1848	9 May 1848	Moderate Republican
File:Félix Gouin député SFIO 1936.jpg	Félix Gouin (1884–1977)	Chairman of the Provisional Government	26 January 1946	24 June 1946	French Section of the Workers' International (Tripartisme)
File:Georges Bidault.jpg	Georges Bidault (1899–1983)	Chairman of the Provisional Government	24 June 1946	28 November 1946	Popular Republican Movement (Tripartisme)
File:Louis Jules Trochu.jpg	Louis-Jules Trochu (1815–1896)	President of the Government of National Defense	4 September 1870	22 January 1871	Military
File:Léon Blum.jpg	Léon Blum (1872–1950)	Chairman of the Provisional Government	16 December 1946	22 January 1947	French Section of the Workers' International (Tripartisme)
File:François Arago by Carl von Steuben.jpg	François Arago (1786–1853)	Chairman of the Executive Commission	10 May 1848	24 June 1848	Moderate Republican
File:Portrait officiel Vincent Auriol.jpg	Vincent Auriol (1884–1966) (interim)	President of the French Fourth Republic	28 November 1946	16 December 1946	French Section of the Workers' International (Tripartisme)