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What is the length of a deputy's term?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Naturalisation no. 57
Quelle est la durée du mandat des députés ?
What is the length of a deputy's term?
Answer. 5 years.
5 ans.
Deputies are elected for 5 years. The term can be shorter if the President of the Republic dissolves the National Assembly.
The official text that proves it
« les 577 députés de l’Assemblée nationale (élus au suffrage direct par les Français, tous les 5 ans) »
The 577 deputies of the National Assembly (elected by direct suffrage by the French people, every 5 years).
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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