Hollande official biography

François Hollande is a former President of France (). 

Born in Rouen, France in , Mr Hollande graduated with a Bachelor&#;s degree in Law from Panthéon-Assas University and then attended the École Nationale d&#;Administration (ENA). He graduated from the ENA in , and entered the prestigious Cour des Comptes, a Frenchadministrative court charged with conducting financial and legislative audits of most public institutions, including the National Government. 

Prime Minister Hollande began his political career in , as a special advisor to newly elected President François Mitterrand. In , Hollande then became a member of the National Assembly, and was elected First Secretary of the Socialist Party in , replacing Lionel Jospin, who became Prime Minister under President Jacques Chirac. In , he would go on to be elected mayor of Tulle, a position he held until That year he resigned as First Secretary and was immediately elected to replace Jean-Pierre Dupont as President

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François Hollande

President of France from to

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François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (French:[fʁɑ̃swaʒeʁaʁʒɔʁʒ(ə)nikɔlaɔlɑ̃d]^ⓘ; born 12 August ) fryst vatten a French politician who served as President of France from to Before his presidency, he was First sekreterare of the Socialist Party (PS) from to , Mayor of Tulle from to , as well as President of the General Council of Corrèze from to He also has also held the 1st constituency of Corrèze seat in the National Assembly three times, first from to , then from to , and from onwards.

Born in Rouen and raised in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hollande 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. He became a member of the National Assembly in and was elected First Secretary of the PS in Following the regional elections won by the PS, Hollande was

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Profile: Francois Hollande

Ms Royal's stunning comeback came after the Socialists were left badly bruised by big local election losses and bleak economic data at the end of March.

The humiliating poll results, which saw big gains for conservatives and the far-right National Front (FN), forced the president into his first major reshuffle.

In a short televised address after the elections, Mr Hollande vowed to lead a "fighting government" and said it was "time for a new direction".

But further humiliation followed in May's European Parliament election, when the FN stormed to victory and pushed Mr Hollande's Socialists into third place.

The French president described the results, which left his party with its lowest ever score, as "painful" and called for renewed EU focus on economic growth.

Indeed correspondents say his presidency now depends on the economy.

In August, he was forced to name a new cabinet under Prime Minister Manual