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4 unusual facts about François Hollande


Ayrault Cabinet

The Ayrault Cabinet is the present cabinet of France, formed on 16 May 2012 by the presidential decree of President François Hollande.

Couëron

In the 2012 presidential election, François Hollande (PS) received an astonishing 68.83% of the vote in the second round against then-President, Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP).

Jean-Pierre Filiu

He was one of the ten independent experts that President François Hollande designated to contribute to the 2013 White Book for National Defense and Security.

Misogyny speech

Gillard told media that she had been approached by world leaders who congratulated her on her speech at the 2012 Asia-Europe Meeting, including French President François Hollande and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.


Euro

In May 2012, socialist François Hollande was elected as president of France and a month later the French socialist legislative position was strengthened, while German leader Angela Merkel "has appeared to be floundering and been badly let down by her advisers in recent months", one commentator said.

Gentrification

This has been first documented in the book Plaidoyer pour une gauche populaire by think-tank Terra-Nova which had a major influence on all contestants in the presidential election (and at least, Sarkozy, François Hollande, and Marine Le Pen).

Louvre-Lens

On Dec 4, 2012, 8 years after Jean-Pierre Raffarin chose Lens to build the new museum, President François Hollande, alongside the First Lady Valérie Trierweiler, the Ministry of Culture Aurélie Filippetti, The director of Le Louvre Henri Loyrette, The Mayor of Lens Guy Delcourt, the previous Prime Ministers Lionel Jospin and Pierre Mauroy officially inaugurates the Louvre-Lens.

MISCA

At start of the two-day summit in Paris, French President François Hollande, at the funeral for former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela, was horrified by the dramatic situation in Bangui, he announced that the French military presence in the CAR would double to include 1,200 troops, immediately, possibly within hours.

Philippe Crouzet

He is married to Sylvie Hubac, who has served as the Chief of Staff of President François Hollande since 2012.

Pierre-René Lemas

Pierre-René Lemas (born February 23, 1951 in French Algeria) is the chief of staff of the French President, François Hollande.

Wallis and Futuna

The head of state is President François Hollande of France as represented by the Administrator-Superior Michel Jeanjean (since July 2010).


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