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François Hollande
François Hollande

François Hollande
First secretary of the French Socialist Party
In office
1997 – 22 November 2008
Preceded by Lionel Jospin
Succeeded by Martine Aubry
Born 12 August 1954 (1954-08-12) (age 54)
Rouen, Seine-Maritime
Political party French Socialist Party
Children 4

François Hollande (born 12 August 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 24 November 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, the 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 (14 March 1983—12 March 1989)
  • Deputy in the French National Assembly (13 June 1988—1 April 1993 and 6 January 1997—present)
  • Deputy mayor of Tulle (17 March 1989—18 June 1995)
  • Member of the Limousin Regional Council (23 March 1992—30 March 1992 and 16 March 1998—2 April 2001)
  • Member of the Tulle City Council (25 June 1995—18 March 2001)
  • Deputy in the European Parliament (20 July 1999—16 December 1999)
  • Mayor of Tulle (elected 16 June 2002)

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Socialist Party (France)
First secretaries
SFIO (1905-1969): Daniel Mayer · Guy Mollet
PS: Alain Savary (1969–1971) · François Mitterrand (1971–1981) · Lionel Jospin (1981–1988)  · Pierre Mauroy (1988–1992) · Laurent Fabius (1992–1993) · Michel Rocard (1993–1994) · Henri Emmanuelli (1994–1995) · Lionel Jospin (1995–1997) · François Hollande (1997–2008) · Martine Aubry (elected 2008-)
National Conferences
Alfortville Congress (May 1969)  · Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress (July 1969) · Epinay Congress (1971) · Grenoble Congress (1973) · Pau Congress (1975) · Nantes Congress (1977) · Metz Congress (1979) · Créteil Congress (January 1981) · Valence Congress (October 1981) · Bourg-en-Bresse Congress (1983) · Toulouse Congress (1985) · Lille Congress (1987) · Rennes Congress (1990) · Grande Arche Congress (1991) · Bordeaux Congress (1992) · Bourget Congress (1993) · Liévin Congress (1994) · Brest Congress (1997) · Second Grenoble Congress (2000) · Dijon Congress (2003) · Le Mans Congress (2005) · Reims Congress (2008)
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