Francois Hollande unveiled a plaque and laid a wreath in Montrouge in the outskirts of Paris where the officer was involved in a shootout with Islamist gunman Amedy Coulibably.
Events have been taking place all week to mark the anniversary of the attacks on the satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket, which left 17 people dead.
The first plaque was unveiled on Tuesday outside the former offices of Charlie Hebdo, but it was quickly covered up as a victim’s name, Georges Wolinski, had been spelt incorrectly.
The president later uncovered more plaques at a spot where a policeman was shot and at the supermarket where four of the victims were killed.
The 7 January attacks were carried out by two Muslim extremists in revenge for publication in the magazine of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.
Meanwhile hundreds of French mosques are inviting visitors the opportunity to come in for tea and a chat about Islam in a country rocked by jihadist attacks.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith said the event aims to stimulate dialogue about Islam and create a greater sense of "national cohesion".
Following the Paris terror attacks in November in which jihadists killed 130 people, France declared a state of emergency which has seen police staging around 20 raids on Muslim places of worship.
At least three have been closed on suspicion of radicalising their members.
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