2012 - 2017 François Hollande

12 August 1954
François Hollande was born in Rouen. He studied at the HEC School of Management and Sciences Po Paris.

1979 
He became a member of the Socialist Party.

1980
He graduated from École Nationale d’Administration (Voltaire class) and worked as an auditor at the Cour des Comptes and a lecturer at Sciences Po.

1981
After François Mitterrand was elected President of the Republic, François Hollande became a special assistant at the Élysée. During the general election of June 1981, he ran for the office of Deputy for the Department of Corrèze.

1983
He was the Director of Private Office for two spokespersons of the Governments of Pierre Mauroy: Max Gallo and Roland Dumas. 

1984
He was a public auditor at the Cour des Comptes.

1988-1993 then 1997- 2012
He served as Deputy for the Department of Corrèze.
From 1993 to 1997, after losing another term-of-office as Deputy, he was chairperson of the Jacques Delors’ Témoin Club.

November 1994
He became National Secretary of the Socialist Party responsible for economic issues.

1995
He was appointed Socialist Party Spokesperson by Lionel Jospin in 1995.

1998-2008
He was First Secretary of the Socialist Party.

2001-2008
He was Mayor of Tulle. 

2008-2012
He was President of the Corrèze Departmental Council.

March 2011
He ran for office in the Social Party primaries, which he won seven months later.

Mai 2012
François Hollande became the 7^th President of the Fifth Republic.