The President of France is the head of state and also the head of state of Andorra (the French Prime Minister is the head of government). Directly elected by voters who have reached the age of 18 and enjoy civil and political rights. Generally speaking, elections have to go through two rounds of voting. If more than half of the candidates vote in the first round of voting, they can be directly elected president (but since the Fifth Republic, few candidates have met this requirement, so a second round of voting is needed).

The second round of voting was re-elected by the candidates who got the top two votes in the first round. If these two people withdraw from the election in the second round of voting, the other candidates will make up in the order of the first round of votes (and their votes should reach 5%). After the general election, the new president is sworn in at Ashley Palace, the official residence of the Presidential Palace, usually around 10 days.

(Presidential candidate election conditions: 1. French citizens who have reached the age of 23; 2. At least 500 signatures of foreigners or local officials from 30 different provinces or overseas territories shall be obtained, and the number of signatures in each region shall not exceed110; 3. Require candidates to submit sealed personal property reports to the Constitutional Council; 4. The official list of candidates shall be reviewed and published by the Constitutional Council)