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François Hollande

president of France
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Also known as: François Gérard Georges Hollande
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François Gérard Georges Hollande
Born:
August 12, 1954, Rouen, France (age 70)
Title / Office:
president (2012-2017), France
Political Affiliation:
Socialist Party
Notable Works:
“Les leçons du pouvoir”
Role In:
Paris attacks of 2015
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François Hollande (born August 12, 1954, Rouen, France) is a French politician who was president of France (2012–17). He earlier served as first secretary of the Socialist Party (1997–2008). The son of a physician in France’s northwestern Haute-Normandie région, Hollande was educated at the elite École Nationale d’Administration, where his classmates included future prime minister Dominique de Villepin and future Socialist presidential candidate Ségolène Royal, who would also become Hollande’s longtime companion. In 1979, while still a student, Hollande joined the Socialist Party, and he worked as an economic adviser in the administration of Pres. François Mitterrand. He graduated from ...(100 of 1276 words)

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