François Hollande | |
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24th President of France | |
Assumed office 15 May 2012 |
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Prime Minister |
Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
Preceded by | Nicolas Sarkozy |
Co-Prince of Andorra | |
Assumed office 15 May 2012 Serving with Joan Enric Vives Sicília |
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Prime Minister | Antoni Martí |
Representative |
Sylvie Hubac Thierry Lataste Jean-Pierre Hugues |
Preceded by | Nicolas Sarkozy |
President of the Corrèze General Council | |
In office 20 March 2008 – 15 May 2012 |
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Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Dupont |
Succeeded by | Gérard Bonnet |
First Secretary of the Socialist Party | |
In office 27 November 1997 – 27 November 2008 |
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Preceded by | Lionel Jospin |
Succeeded by | Martine Aubry |
Mayor of Tulle | |
In office 17 March 2001 – 17 March 2008 |
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Preceded by | Raymond-Max Aubert |
Succeeded by | Bernard Combes |
Member of the National Assembly for Corrèze's 1st Constituency |
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In office 12 June 1997 – 15 May 2012 |
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Preceded by | Raymond-Max Aubert |
Succeeded by | Sophie Dessus |
In office 12 June 1988 – 17 May 1993 |
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Preceded by | Proportional representation |
Succeeded by | Raymond-Max Aubert |
Member of the European Parliament for France |
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In office 20 July 1999 – 17 December 1999 |
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Preceded by | Proportional representation |
Succeeded by | Anne Ferreira |
Personal details | |
Born |
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande 12 August 1954 Rouen, France |
Political party | Socialist Party |
Domestic partner |
Ségolène Royal (1978–2007) Valérie Trierweiler (2007–2014) Julie Gayet (2014–present) |
Children | 4 |
Residence | Élysée Palace |
Alma mater |
Panthéon-Assas University HEC Paris Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
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François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (French: [fʁɑ̃swa ɔlɑ̃d]; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who has been President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra since taking office in 2012. Hollande was previously the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party from 1997 to 2008, the mayor of Tulle from 2001 to 2008, and the President of the Corrèze General Council from 2008 to 2012. Hollande also served in the National Assembly of France twice for the department of Corrèze's 1st Constituency from 1988 to 1993, and again from 1997 to 2012.
Hollande was born in Rouen and raised in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He began his political career as a special advisor to newly elected President François Mitterrand, before serving as a staffer for Max Gallo, the government's spokesman. After a brief stint as a municipal councillor for Ussel, he was elected as the country's inaugural First Secretary of the Socialist Party. After the triumph of the left in the 2004 regional elections, Hollande was cited as a potential presidential candidate, and resigned as First Secretary and was immediately elected to replace Jean-Pierre Dupont as the president of the General Council of Corrèze in 2008. In 2011, Hollande announced that he would be a candidate in the primary election to select the Socialist Party presidential nominee; he won the nomination and on 6 May 2012, he was elected President with 51.7% of the vote.