President Fran鏾is Mitterrand (1919-1996). Right; Jacques Chirac; Prime Minister (1932-2019); Andr?Giraud; ministry of the Armies (1925-1997). The Bastille Day Military Parade (D閒il?militaire du 14 Juillet) is a French military parade that has been held on the morning of 14 July each year in Paris since 1880; almost without exception. The parade passes down the Champs-Elys閑s from l'Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde where the President of the French Republic; his government and foreign ambassadors to France stand. In some years; invited detachments of foreign troops take part in the parade and foreign statesmen attend as guests. Paris. France.