# Presidential term reduced to five years (2000)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/2000-presidential-term-reduced-to-five-years
Location: France
Categories: main-event

A referendum replaced the seven-year presidential term with a five-year term. Within the broader Fifth Republic period, The 1958 Constitution created a stronger presidency and a durable Fifth Republic. Decolonization, European integration, social change, economic shocks and recurring debates over identity, secularism and the role of the state have shaped contemporary France. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Jacques Chirac (President of the French Republic). Presidential term reduced to five years mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Presidential term reduced to five years mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated.

Ruler at the time: [Jacques Chirac](https://history-france.com/rulers/jacques-chirac)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Presidential term reduced to five years](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Presidential+term+reduced+to+five+years&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Presidential term reduced to five years](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Presidential+term+reduced+to+five+years)
- [Élysée — Institutions of the Fifth Republic](https://www.elysee.fr/en/french-presidency/the-institutions)
- [Élysée — Presidents of the Republic](https://www.elysee.fr/en/french-presidency/the-presidents-of-the-republic)