14th legislature of the French Fifth Republic
The 14th legislature of the French Fifth Republic is the parliament elected in the 2012 French legislative election.
Composition of the executive
Successive Presidents of the Republic
During the passage to the 14th legislature, François Hollande is president of the Republic since 36 days. He decides not to run for a second term. Emmanuel Macron succeeds him on May 14, 2017 after the presidential election of 2017.Prime Ministers and successive governments
first reappointed Jean-Marc Ayrault as Prime Minister on June 20, 2012, which composes a single government. Manuel Valls is then named on March 31, 2014, which consists of two governments. Bernard Cazeneuve succeeds 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.
Composition of the National Assembly
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 grouping. He represents the 6th Constituency of Val d'Oise and was 76 years old at the beginning of the current parliamentary term.
The youngest member of the National Assembly is Marion Maréchal-Le Pen from the Front National, the MP for the 3rd Constituency of Vaucluse. She was 22 years old at the beginning of the current parliamentary term and was actually the youngest ever MP elected under the French Fifth Republic.
Changes in composition
Members of the National Assembly who join the government are required to give up their seats to their substitutes a month after their appointment, as stipulated in the constitution. Should ministers quit the government, they recover their seat in the National Assembly from their substitute a month after their resignation. By-elections are held in the event of the annulation of electoral results or vacancies caused by resignations, except within the year before legislative elections.By-elections
Parliamentary Groups
| Group | Number of deputies as of 9 June 2013 + deputies from linked parties | Group President |
| Democratic and Republican Left | 15 | André Chassaigne |
| Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left | 275+17 | Bruno Le Roux |
| Radical, Republican, Democratic, Progressive | 16 | Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg |
| Ecologist Group | 17 | François de Rugy |
| Union of Democrats and Independents | 31 | Jean-Louis Borloo |
| Union for a Popular Majority Group | 187+10 | Christian Jacob |
| Deputies not belonging to a group | 8 | n/a |