President of France to. He was succeeded by Nicolas Sarkozy on 16 May 2007. Following a further change, the constitutional law on the modernisation of the institutions of the Fifth Republic, 2008, a President cannot serve more than two consecutive terms. François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac are the only Presidents to date who have served a full two terms (14 years for the former, 12 years for the latter). In order to be admitted as an official candidate, potential candidates must receive signed nominations (informally known as "parrainages", for "sponsors") from more than 500 elected officials, mostly mayors. These officials must be from
France at the 2020 Summer Olympics France at the 2020 Summer Olympics France is scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo from 24 July to 9 August 2020. French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Greece. As Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics, a French segment is expected to be performed at the closing ceremony. The French delegation include 15 athletes competing in 3 sport. French equestrians qualified a full squad in the team eventing competition by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon,