[DOC] [TLE] France's New Five-Year Presidential Term | Brookings Institution [PAR] France's New Five Year Presidential Term, U.S.-France Analysis, March 2001, 
Olivier ... In September 2000 the French voted for a constitutional amendment to 
shorten the length of the presidential term from 7 to 5 years. ... But why and how it 
was decided to reduce the presidential mandate to five years is more 
complicated. [DOC] [TLE] President of France - Wikipedia [PAR] The President of the French Republic is the executive head of state of the French 
Fifth Republic. The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, and 
their ... Unlike many other European presidents, the French President is quite .... 
Deprived of Gaullist party support halfway into his seven-year term spanning... [DOC] [TLE] List of Presidents of France - Wikipedia [PAR] This is a list of Presidents of France. The first President of France is considered to 
be ... From 1793 the National Convention was dominated by its sub-committee 
the .... During his seven-year term, the 1905 French law on the Separation of the 
... The office of President of the French Republic did not exist from 1940 until 
1947. [DOC] [TLE] Presidential and Legislative Elections in France [PAR] May 25, 2014 ... Voters in France, which held a presidential election on April 22 and May 6, 2012, 
.... and legislature), the French constitution has its share of ambiguities. ... with the 
largest number of votes is elected to office for a term of five years. ... in 2000 
reduced the president's term of office from seven to five years. [DOC] [TLE] France Shrugs As Voters Back 5-Year Term For President - The New ... [PAR] Sep 25, 2000 ... PARIS French voters strongly approved a constitutional referendum Sunday to 
cut the presidential term of office from seven years to five ... In the voting Sunday, 
the number of people who stayed away from ... The change will now require 
presidential elections every five years  a pace designed to reduce... [DOC] [TLE] Jacques Chirac | president of France | Britannica.com [PAR] French politician, who served as the country's president (19952007) and prime 
... its kind in the history of the Fifth Republic, in which previously the president 
and ... a referendum to change the presidential term of office from seven to five 
years. ... During Chirac's presidency, a number of his political associates were 
tried on... [DOC] [TLE] France | Presidential Power | Page 2 [PAR] May 1, 2015 ... Its impact of legislative productivity and intra-executive negotiations is treated ... 
Methodologically, the French president is not endowed with the same ... of 2000 
reduced the presidential mandate from 7 to 5 years and made it ..... a hotly 
debated topic in a number of European republics and several office... [DOC] [TLE] Senegal leader Macky Sall offers to reduce presidential term as ... [PAR] Mar 18, 2015 ... Senegal leader Macky Sall offers to reduce presidential term as 'example to 
Africa' ... Agence France-Presse ... constitutional change to allow their leaders a 
third term in office. I was elected for seven years (but) next year, I will propose 
the ... As many as 42 people were killed in protests that erupted in the... [DOC] [TLE] Senegal Consolidates Its Constitutional Democracy - Newsweek [PAR] Apr 4, 2016 ... Senegalese President Macky Sall votes in the referendum. ... Abdoulaye Wade 
was first elected to a seven-year term in 2000, but the following ... cut the current 
term, instead ordering that the new reduced term of office would take ... 
parliament, Blaise Diagne, as its deputy in the French National Assembly. [DOC] [TLE] French furtively ponder shortening presidential term | StAugustine.com [PAR] PARIS - Whenever the French president gathers with foreign leaders, only kings 
and queens may be ... The head of state here is elected for seven years - nearly 
twice as long as a U.S. presidential term. ... Published Saturday, September 16, 
2000 ... It's a fact that if Chirac hadn't blundered three years ago and called early
... [DOC] [TLE] Fixed Term Parliaments - UCL [PAR] the government introduced its Fixed Term Parliaments Bill, just before

Question: It's the number of years in a French president's term of office; in 2000 it was reduced from 7
Answer: 5