But the Third Republic had a new Prime Minister almost every year!
Readding Ropp is highly amusing, a new administration almost every year, with a new Minister for Marine, reversing the policies of his predecessor and shuffling the coast defence ships from port to port
This was a contribution of mine on the general Alternate PMs and Presidents topic. It could be called "Revenge of the Underdogs", since it takes to power many famous hopefulls of the last 40 years that were somehow prevented to play a major role in OTL. The POD, obviously, is De Gaulle assassinated at Petit Clamart in 1962:
FRENCH PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS SINCE 1959
Charles de Gaulle (1) 1959-1962
Prime ministers:
Michel Debré 1959-1962
Georges Pompidou Apr.-Oct. 1962
Gaston Monnerville (2) Aug.-Oct 1962
Antoine Pinay 1962-1969
Prime ministers:
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (3) 1962-1964
Jean Lecanuet 1964-1968
Pierre Mendès France 1968-1969
Gaston Monnerville 1969-1976
Prime ministers:
Pierre Mendès France 1969-1973
François Mitterrand 1973-1975
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 1975-1976
Jacques Chaban-Delmas 1976-1990
Prime ministers:
Robert Boulin 1976-1980
Michel Rocard 1980-1988
Lionel Jospin 1988-1990
Michel Rocard (4) 1990-2004
Prime ministers:
Lionel Jospin 1990-1995
Philippe Séguin 1995-1997
François Léotard 1997-2000
Martine Aubry 2000-2004
Philippe Séguin 2004-
Prime ministers:
Martine Aubry 2004-2008
Pierre Moscovici 2008-2011
(1) Assassinated by the OAS at Petit-Clamart, 22 August 1962
(2) President of the Senate, President ad interim of the Republic
(3) Resigned after a vote of non-confidence at the Assembly
(4) First popularly elected President after the 1988 Constitutional Reform