| François Hollande | |
 François Hollande |
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First secretary of the French Socialist Party
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| Assumed office 1997 |
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| Born | August 12 1954 Rouen, Seine-Maritime |
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| Political party | French Socialist Party |
| Children | 4 |
François Hollande (born August 12, 1954) is a French politician. Since 1997, he has been the chairman of the French Socialist Party. He is also a deputy from the département of Corrèze and the mayor of Tulle. On November 24, 2005, the Party voted to retain him (running unopposed) as their leader through the 2007 presidential election. He is a graduate of HEC, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and ENA, and his former profession was as councillor in the Court of Accounts. In 2004, he took the position of 'yes' on the French referendum on the European Constitution, thus opposing number two of the party, Laurent Fabius. Hollande organised an internal vote on the party's position on December 1, in which representatives voted with 59% margin for 'yes', but the constitution was eventually defeated by the French public in May 2005. His partner was former French presidential candidate Ségolène Royal, with whom he has four children - Thomas (1984), Clémence (1985), Julien (1987) and Flora (1992). Shortly after the election, Ségolène Royal announced in June 2007 that they separated. Shortly after his split from Ségoléne Royal was announced a French website lepolitique.com published details of a relationship between Hollande and a French journalist Valérie Trieweiler. Many considered this to be a breach of France's strict stance on politicians' personal privacy. In November 2007, Valérie Trieweiler discussed openly her relationship with Hollande in an interview with French weekly Télé 7 Jours.
Elected office
- Member of the Ussel City Council (March 14, 1983—March 12, 1989)
- Deputy in the French National Assembly (June 13, 1988—April 1, 1993 and January 6, 1997—present)
- Deputy mayor of Tulle (March 17, 1989—June 18, 1995)
- Member of the Limousin Regional Council (March 23, 1992—March 30, 1992 and March 16, 1998—April 2, 2001)
- Member of the Tulle City Council (June 25, 1995—March 18, 2001)
- Deputy in the European Parliament (July 20, 1999—December 16, 1999)
- Mayor of Tulle (elected June 16, 2002)
