List of spouses or partners of the president of France

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Spouse of the president of France
Première dame de France
Incumbent Brigitte Macron since 14 May 2017
Residence	Élysée Palace
Inaugural holder	Élise Thiers
Formation	1848; 176 years ago (1848)

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

Name	President	Period	Notes
Élise Thiers	Adolphe Thiers	1871–1873
Élisabeth de Mac Mahon	Patrice de Mac-Mahon	1873–1879
Coralie Grévy	Jules Grévy	1879–1887
Cécile Carnot	Marie François Sadi Carnot	1887–1894
Hélène Casimir-Perier	Jean Casimir-Perier	1894–1895
Berthe Faure	Félix Faure	1895–1899
Marie-Louise Loubet	Émile Loubet	1899–1906
Jeanne Fallières	Armand Fallières	1906–1913
Henriette Poincaré	Raymond Poincaré	1913–1920
Germaine Deschanel	Paul Deschanel	1920
Jeanne Millerand	Alexandre Millerand	1920–1924
Jeanne Doumergue [fr]	Gaston Doumergue	1931
Blanche Doumer [fr]	Paul Doumer	1931–1932
Marguerite Lebrun	Albert Lebrun	1932–1940
Michelle Auriol [fr]	Vincent Auriol	1947–1954	First presidential spouse of the Fourth Republic.
Germaine Coty	René Coty	1954–1955
Yvonne de Gaulle	Charles de Gaulle	1959–1969	First presidential spouse of the Fifth Republic.
Claude Pompidou	Georges Pompidou	1969–1974
Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	1974–1981
Danielle Mitterrand	François Mitterrand	1981–1995
Bernadette Chirac	Jacques Chirac	1995–2007
Cécilia Sarkozy	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	Nicolas Sarkozy	2008–2012
Valérie Trierweiler	François Hollande	2012–2014	Trierweiler and Hollande were never married, but she was widely considered the "de facto first lady".
Brigitte Macron	Emmanuel Macron	2017–present

Current living presidential spouses or companions

Living French presidential spouses or companions as of December 19, 2024 (from oldest to youngest):

Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing
(1974–1981)
Born (1933-04-10) 10 April 1933 (age 91)
Bernadette Chirac
(1995–2007)
Born (1933-05-18) 18 May 1933 (age 91)
Brigitte Macron
(2017–present)
Born (1953-04-13) 13 April 1953 (age 71)
Cécilia Attias
(2007)
Born (1957-11-12) 12 November 1957 (age 67)
Valérie Trierweiler
(2012–2014)
Born (1965-02-16) 16 February 1965 (age 59)
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
(2008–2012)
Born (1967-12-23) 23 December 1967 (age 56)