Spouses and companions of the president of France often play a protocol role at the Élysée Palace and during official visits, though they possess no official title. Brigitte Macron is the spouse of the current president, Emmanuel Macron, who took office on 14 May 2017.
List Portrait Name President Period Notes Élise Thiers(1818–1880) Adolphe Thiers 1871–1873 Élisabeth de Mac Mahon(1834–1900) Patrice de Mac-Mahon 1873–1879 Coralie Grévy(1811–1893) Jules Grévy 1879–1887 Cécile Carnot(1841–1898) Marie François Sadi Carnot 1887–1894 Hélène Casimir-Perier(1854–1912) Jean Casimir-Perier 1894–1895 Berthe Faure(1842–1920) Félix Faure 1895–1899 Marie-Louise Loubet(1843–1925) Émile Loubet 1899–1906 Jeanne Fallières(1849–1939)Armand Fallières 1906–1913 Henriette Poincaré(1858–1943)Raymond Poincaré 1913–1920 Germaine Deschanel(1876–1959) Paul Deschanel 1920 Jeanne Millerand(1864–1950) Alexandre Millerand 1920–1924 (1879–1963) Gaston Doumergue 1931 (1859–1933) Paul Doumer 1931–1932 Marguerite Lebrun(1878–1947) Albert Lebrun 1932–1940 (1896–1979) Vincent Auriol 1947–1954 First presidential spouse of the Fourth Republic. Germaine Coty(1886–1955) René Coty 1954–1955 Yvonne de Gaulle(1900–1979) Charles de Gaulle 1959–1969 First presidential spouse of the Fifth Republic. Claude Pompidou(1912–2007) Georges Pompidou 1969–1974 Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing(born 1933) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 1974–1981 Danielle Mitterrand(1924–2011) François Mitterrand 1981–1995 Bernadette Chirac(1933–2026) Jacques Chirac 1995–2007 Cécilia Sarkozy(born 1957) Nicolas Sarkozy 2007 Cécilia Ciganer-Albéniz and Nicolas Sarkozy divorced during his first year in office. Sarkozy and Bruni married several months later. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy(born 1967) 2008–2012 Valérie Trierweiler(born 1965) François Hollande 2012–2014 Trierweiler and Hollande were never married, but she was widely considered the "de facto first lady". Brigitte Macron(born 1953) Emmanuel Macron 2017–present
Current living presidential spouses or companions Living French presidential spouses or companions as of (from oldest to youngest):
See also First Lady President of France
References