Article 7 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic

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Article 7 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic is the French constitutional provision that governs presidential succession and interim authority, notably assigning a key role to the President of the Senate when the presidency falls vacant.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
amendmentContext reforms of presidential election procedures under the Fifth Republic ⓘ
appliesInCaseOf annulment of the presidential election ⓘ
death of the President of the Republic ⓘ
definitive impediment of the President of the Republic ⓘ
resignation of the President of the Republic ⓘ
vacancy resulting from any other cause recognized by the Constitutional Council ⓘ
appliesToOffice President of the French Republic ⓘ
assignsFunction acting President of the Republic ⓘ
bindingOn state institutions of the French Republic ⓘ
constitutionalRank supreme law within the French legal order ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateOfOriginalEnactment 4 October 1958 ⓘ
definesRoleOf President of the Senate of France ⓘ
enforcedBy Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
establishes order of interim authority in case of vacancy of the Presidency ⓘ
governs interim authority of the President of the Senate ⓘ
succession to the President of the French Republic ⓘ
hasBeenAmended yes ⓘ
jurisdiction French Republic ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legalSystem French constitutional law ⓘ
limitsPowersOf acting President of the Republic ⓘ
objective ensure continuity of the office of President of the Republic ⓘ
partOf Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
providesThat in case of temporary impediment of the President of the Republic, the Government may request the Constitutional Council to declare the impediment ⓘ
in case of vacancy of the Presidency of the Republic, the President of the Senate exercises the functions of the President of the Republic on an interim basis ⓘ
the Constitutional Council declares the vacancy or the impediment of the President of the Republic ⓘ
the election of a new President of the Republic must take place within a short period after the declaration of vacancy ⓘ
the interim President cannot initiate a revision of the Constitution ⓘ
the interim President cannot organize a referendum under Article 11 of the Constitution ⓘ
the interim President cannot use the power to dissolve the National Assembly ⓘ
regulates time limits for organizing a presidential election in case of vacancy ⓘ
relatedTo Article 11 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
Article 16 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
Article 6 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
President of the Senate of France ⓘ
requires consultation of the Constitutional Council in case of vacancy or impediment ⓘ
publication of the Constitutional Council’s decision on vacancy or impediment ⓘ
subject impediment of the President of the Republic ⓘ
interim exercise of presidential powers ⓘ
presidential succession ⓘ
vacancy of the Presidency of the Republic ⓘ

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President of the Senate of France → constitutionalArticle → Article 7 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Senate