François Hollande, the newly-inaugurated President of France, may be as notable for what he has not done as for what he has. He has never held national elective office despite being at the center of  French politics for more than a decade, and he has never been married despite a three-decade relationship and four children with Ségolène Royale, another of the country's top Socialist politicians. Hollande led the Socialist Party for 11 years and was leader when Royale ran unsuccessfully for president against Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007. Hollande and Royale split up a month before that election, and he is now seeing journalist Valérie Trierweiler, who appeared, smiling with him, as he celebrated his victory Sunday.
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François Hollande has never held national elective office
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He has never been married but has had two long-term relationships and four children
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Hollande emerged as a candidate after fall of ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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Hollande spooked the markets by coming out against austerity in his victory speech
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