1965 French presidential election 1965 French presidential election The 1965 French presidential election, held on 5 December and 19 December, was the first direct presidential election in the Fifth Republic and the first since the Second Republic in 1848. It had been widely expected that incumbent president Charles de Gaulle would be re-elected, but the election was notable for the unexpectedly strong performance of his left-wing challenger François Mitterrand. This was the second presidential election since the beginning of the Fifth Republic. Under the first draft of the 1958 constitution, the president was elected by an electoral college, in order to appease concerns about
14th legislature of the French Fifth Republic him on December 6, 2016 and will remain head of a single government until the election of Emmanuel Macron to the presidency of the Republic. The last government of the fourteenth legislature is that of Édouard Philippe, which is renewed following the parliamentary elections of June 2017. 155 women were elected or reelected and make up 26.86% of French MPs: 125 women MPs from left-wing parties. 29 women MPs from right-wing parties. 1 women MP from the Front National party. The oldest member of the National Assembly is François Scellier, from the Radical Party, linked to the larger UMP conservative