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French first lady seeks damages over love triangle claim
Nov 08, 2012 12:38 EST
Valerie Trierweiler, the girlfriend of French President Francois Hollande, is seeking 85,000 euros in damages from the authors and editor of a book that claims she two-timed the Socialist leader with a prominent right-winger.
Former French minister's eight lovers at heart of paternity case
Nov 06, 2012 14:01 EST
Rachida Dati, a former French justice minister who is alleged to have had eight lovers around the time she fell pregnant in 2008, will discover next month if she has won her legal bid to have a hotel tycoon recognised as the father of her daughter.
Republicans make up for lost time on social media
Nov 03, 2012 05:06 EDT
No YouTube channel, no account on photo site Flickr and a measly 5,000 followers on Twitter -- in 2008, Republican presidential candidate John McCain had a dismal social media footprint.
Republicans make up for lost time on social media
Nov 02, 2012 22:53 EDT
No YouTube channel, no account on photo site Flickr and a measly 5,000 followers on Twitter -- in 2008, Republican presidential candidate John McCain had a dismal social media footprint.
Adultery site barred from posting French president ads
Oct 22, 2012 12:16 EDT
French police Monday blocked a Canadian adultery website from posting spoof ads casting presidents Francois Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande as womanisers, the site said.
Lagerfeld denies calling French president an 'idiot'
Oct 21, 2012 17:10 EDT
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld on Sunday denied having called French President Francois Hollande an "idiot", suggesting the purported remark reported in a magazine came from a mistranslation.
Lagerfeld draws flak for calling French president an 'idiot'
Oct 19, 2012 16:23 EDT
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was in hot water on Friday after calling French President Francois Hollande an "idiot" over his plans to impose huge taxes on the rich.
French first lady finally embraces new role
Oct 18, 2012 13:45 EDT
The glamorous girlfriend of France's president said Thursday she is ready to embrace the role of first lady, drawing a line under months of controversy that have focused attention on the bed-hopping antics of the country's political elite.
French politician sues over first lady's lover claims
Oct 11, 2012 07:23 EDT
A right-wing politician is to sue the authors of a book on French first lady Valerie Trierweiler that claims she had an affair with him while also seeing the current Socialist president, his office said Thursday.
French first lady sues over 'malicious rumours' in biography
Oct 10, 2012 13:29 EDT
French first lady Valerie Trierweiler plans to sue the authors of the latest book about her because it spreads malicious rumours, her lawyer said Wednesday.
French president's partner admits tweet 'mistake'
Oct 03, 2012 10:32 EDT
French President Francois Hollande's partner Valerie Trierweiler admitted Wednesday she had made a mistake in firing off a tweet snubbing Hollande's ex-companion and said she regretted it.
France enthralled by first lady's battle with Hollande ex
Sep 05, 2012 10:50 EDT
France's Socialist President Francois Hollande hoped he could keep his love life private and distinguish himself from his showy predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy. But his feisty first lady appears to have dashed those plans.
French president's partner tweeting again after storm
Jul 22, 2012 18:05 EDT
French first lady Valerie Trierweiler was tweeting again on Sunday for the first time since she provoked a political storm with a jibe against President Francois Hollande's ex-partner.
French president's companion regrets tweet
Jul 15, 2012 12:09 EDT
French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler has said she will now think twice before tweeting, a month after she used the microblogging site to snub her rival, the president's former partner.
Hollande tells partner to keep personal life 'private'
Jul 14, 2012 12:22 EDT
French President Francois Hollande said Saturday that he had told those close to him to resolve personal issues in private, reacting to an incendiary tweet by his partner Valerie Trierweiler.
Hollande vows action on Peugeot job cuts, economy
Jul 14, 2012 11:31 EDT
President Francois Hollande vowed Saturday to take action to stop huge job cuts at carmaker Peugeot and to revive France's stagnant economy as he gave his first major interview since his May election.
French president was 'stunned' by partner's tweet, says son
Jul 12, 2012 12:47 EDT
An incendiary tweet by French President Francois Hollande's companion ahead of parliamentary elections last month has "destroyed the normal image he has built up," his eldest son said.
French Socialists enjoy free rein after vote win
Jun 18, 2012 02:19 EDT
The road was clear Monday for France's Socialists to push through their tax-and-spend agenda to battle the eurozone debt crisis after clinching an absolute majority in parliamentary polls.
Twin rivalries doom Hollande's ex-mate Royal in French vote
Jun 17, 2012 17:13 EDT
Twin rivalries -- one political, the other amorous -- doomed Segolene Royal, former partner of French President Francois Hollande, to suffer a humiliating defeat in Sunday's legislative polls.
Socialists take absolute majority in French parliament
Jun 17, 2012 16:28 EDT
France's Socialists won control of parliament Sunday, handing President Francois Hollande the convincing majority he needs to push through his tax-and-spend agenda to battle the eurozone debt crisis.
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| Ségolène Royal | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 30 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Élisabeth Morin |
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| In office 9 June 2002 – 17 June 2007 | |
| In office 1 June 1997 – 4 July 1997 | |
| In office 2 April 1993 – 21 April 1997 | |
| In office 13 June 1988 – 13 June 1992 | |
| Constituency | Deux-Sèvres |
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| In office 2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Preceded by | Brice Lalonde |
| Succeeded by | Michel Barnier |
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| Born | 22 September 1953 Dakar, Senegal |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Religion | Roman Catholic (Non-Practising)[1] |
| Website | desirsdavenir.com |
