French Presidents

As Emmanuel Macron wins a second term, we look back in the AP Photo Archive which covers nearly 100 years of French presidents.

French President Gaston Doumergue, left, arm in arm with American Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and some of the Peace Pact signatories, in the grounds of the Castle of Rambouillet in France, Aug. 28, 1928, after the signing of the Peace Pact by 15 nations. (AP Photo)

The new President of France, Paul Doumer, (left white beard) leaving the Elysee Palace in Paris, France after being invested, on June 3, 1931. (AP Photo)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, in conversation with French President Albert Francois Lebrun at the Bagatelle Garden Party in France, on July 20, 1938. (AP Photo/Len Puttnam)

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt shakes hands with President Vincent Auriol on arrival at the reception given at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Sept. 24, 1948, for United Nations delegates. At right is India’s Mme. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit, Ambassador to the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Jean-Jacques Levy)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is escorted by French President Rene Coty, at the Paris Royal Opera House, on April 8, 1957. Behind Britain's Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh can be seen. (AP Photo)

French President Charles de Gaulle with wife Yvonne de Gaulle, in their state landau as they drive through Fleet Street on their way to the Guildhall, in the City of London, on April 6, 1960. They are paying a state visit to Britain. (AP Photo)

French Prime Minister Georges Pompidou, smokes a cigarette and puts on headphones while being asked by a journalist to comment on the presidential election results, on Dec. 20, 1965 in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Jean Jacques Levy)

Admiral Georges Cabanier passes the chain of the Legion of Honor on Georges Pompidou in Paris, France on June 20, 1969, the new French President of the Republic, in presence from left to right: Alain Poher, Maurice Couve de Murville and Jacques Chaban Delmas. (AP Photo)

French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, left, and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt are pictured on July 5, 1976, in the guest house of the Hamburg Senate. (AP Photo/Helmuth Lohmann)

French President Francois Mitterrand is escorted to his car by President Ronald Reagan, after the two finished their second day of meetings in Washington, Mar. 23, 1984. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

Rock star Madonna poses with French singer Line Renaud, left, and then French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac at Paris City Hall, Aug. 28, 1987 holding a 500,000-franc check for the Line Renaud sponsored foundation to help medical research on AIDS. (AP Photo/Pierre Gleizes)

Then French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy follows the stage of the Tour de France cycling race, during the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Lezat-sur-Leze, southwestern France, and Saint-Lary-Soulan, Pyrenees mountains, July 17, 2005. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

President Barack Obama meets with French President Francois Hollande, Friday, May 18, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Former French Economy Minister and candidate for next year's presidential election, Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers his speech during a campaign meeting in Paris, France, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)


Photo editing by Katherine O’Mara

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