Hollande also served in the National Assembly twice for the 1st constituency of Corrèze from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 until 2012.īorn 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 previously was First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from 2001 to 2008 and President of the General Council of Corrèze from 2008 to 2012. François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande ( French: ( listen) born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017.
