François Hollande
In the 2012 presidential election, he campaigned for Martine Aubry to represent the Socialist party. However François Hollande won the election for who would represent what party and thus was supported by the party. François Hollande then went on to win the presidential election. In the second round of voting on 6 May 2012, François Hollande was elected President of the French Republic with 51.7% of the vote.