Leader of the Opposition in the French Senate

Leader of the Main Opposition in the Senate
Incumbent Didier Guillaume since 1 October 2014
Style	The President
Residence	None
Term length	3 years
Inaugural holder	Antoine Courrière

In France, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate is the leader of the largest opposition group in the Senate. This status has no official recognition in the French Constitution. What is more, the ideological differences between groups in the Senate is smaller than as usual, as the powers of the Senate allow it, at best, to lengthen the time for a bill.

List of Opposition Leaders in the Fifth Republic

Political Party: Socialist UMP

	Took office	Left office	Political Group	Notes
Antoine Courrière^[1]	28 April 1959	2 October 1974	Socialist
Marcel Champeix^[2]	2 October 1974	2 October 1980	Socialist
André Méric^[3]	2 October 1980	22 June 1988	Socialist	Resigned to join the government
Claude Estier^[4]	22 June 1988	1 October 2004	Socialist	Did not seek reelection to the Senate
Jean-Pierre Bel^[5]	1 October 2004	1 October 2011	Socialist	Opposition won 2011 Senate elections, subsequently he became President of the Senate.^[6]
Jean Claude Gaudin^[7]	1 October 2011	1 October 2014	UMP	First right-wing opposition leader of the Fifth Republic
Didier Guillaume^[8]	1 October 2014	Incumbent	Socialist

References

Senate of France

Leadership	President Vice Presidents Secretaries Questors Committee Chairs

Opposition	Leader of the Opposition

Standing Committees	Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces Social Affairs Culture, Education and Communication Economy, Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning Finance Laws

Elections & members	1959 (m) 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 (m) 2008 (m) 2011 (m) 2014 (m)

See also	Demographics Political Groups Congress

Groups in the Senate of France

Current	Union for a Popular Movement (143) Socialist (112) Union of Democrats and Independents - UC (43) Communist, Republican and Citizen (18) European Democratic and Social Rally (13) Europe Ecology – The Greens (10) Administrative Meeting for Senators not on the list of another Group (9)

Historic	Independent Republicans Rally for the Republic Union for the New Republic Union of Democrats for the Republic Democratic Left Centrist Union of Progressive Democrats

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