Since 1792, there have been ten changes in the way France has governed itself:
- First republic: September 1792-May 1804
- First French empire:
Napoléon I: May 1804-April 1814
Napoléon I: June 1815-July 1815
- Constitutional monarchy:
Louis XVIII: April 1814-March 1815
- Constitutional monarchy:
Louis XVIII: July 1815-September 1824
Charles X: September 1824-August 1830
Louis-Philippe I: August 1830-February 1848
- Second republic: February 1848- December 1852
- Second French empire:
Napoléon III: December 1852-September 1870
- Third republic: September 1870-June 1940
- Provisional Government of the French Republic(GPRF): June 1944-October 1946
- Fourth republic: October 1946- October 1958
- Fifth republic: October 1958-present