Five French presidents elected twice before Macron's possible second term

"If Macron wins, he will become the second President of France to serve a second term: until now only Jacques Chirac managed it, who led the country from 1995 to 2007," writes Alexey Pivovarov on his Telegram channel.

And he is mistaken.

In fact, François Mitterrand, too, was president for two consecutive terms, from 1981 to 1995, and led France for two years longer than Jacques Chirac, who succeeded him. In Mitterrand's day the presidential term was 7 years, which makes him the longest-serving French president, whereas under Chirac it was cut to 5 years. So Macron, in the event of victory, will not be the second president of France to remain in power for two terms. Besides Chirac and Mitterrand, de Gaulle too was twice president, though he held the office for ten years and left it of his own accord. Albert Lebrun was also elected twice to the presidency, in 1932 and 1939, as was Jules Grévy, in 1879 and 1885.

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