Francois Hollande (may 15, 2012 – may 14, 2017)
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Served as Deputy for Corrèze 1 1988–1993, 1997; and as First Secretary of the Socialist Party 1997–2008. He was Mayor of Tulle 2001–2008, and President of the Corrèze General Council 2008–2012. The second left-wing President of the Fifth Republic. Elected in the 2012 election, defeating Nicolas Sarkozy. Legalised same-sex marriage in 2013. The army intervened in Mali (Operation Serval), in the Central African Republic (Operation Sangaris), and against the Islamic State (Opération Chammal). Paris suffered terrorist attacks in January 2015 and November 2015. Hosted the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference. Did not seek re-election in the 2017 election, for which polls suggested his defeat in the first round.Added to timeline:
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may 15, 2012
may 14, 2017
~ 4 years and 11 months