FranceListe CSP, n° 54 · Institutions and politics

For how long is the President of the French Republic elected?

In the exam (French)

Pour combien de temps est élu le président de la République française ?

  1. a5 years5 ansCorrect answer
  2. b6 years6 ans
  3. c7 years7 ans
  4. d10 years10 ans

Why?

The President of the Republic is elected for five years: this is the five-year term (quinquennat), adopted by referendum in 2000. Before that, the term lasted seven years (the septennat). Since 2008, the President cannot serve more than two terms in a row.

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Source

Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.

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