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Marie-Ségolène Royal ( French: [seɡɔlɛn ʁwajal] ⓘ; born 22 September 1953) is a French politician who was the Socialist Party candidate for the Presidency of France in the 2007 election . Royal was president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council from 2004 to 2014.
Ségolène Royal ( /seɡolɛn ʁwajal/ N 5 Écouter ), née Marie Ségolène Royal le 22 septembre 1953 à Dakar ( Sénégal ), est une haute fonctionnaire et femme politique française . Membre du Parti socialiste, conseillère du président François Mitterrand dans les années 1980, elle est députée de la deuxième circonscription des Deux-Sèvres de 1988 à 2007.
Segolene Royal, French politician, who was the Socialist Party’s candidate for president of France in 2007; she was defeated by Nicolas Sarzoky in the runoff election. Learn more about Royal’s life and career, including her numerous government posts.
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Ségolène Royal: ‘It’s quite simple, the French people have had enough of taxes’. The Socialist politician on Macron’s mis-steps, her country’s malaise — and why the men who rule France should...
Ségolène Royal, the defeated Socialist candidate in France’s 2007 election, was President Emmanuel Macron’s emissary to the North and South Poles and a public critic of his pensions...
May 15, 2016 · Ségolène Royal says her bluntness has been a potent weapon as well as her trademark during a three-decade political career that brought her close to becoming France’s first female president.
Apr 16, 2007 · (CNN) -- Segolene Royal is the first woman in the history of France to emerge as a presidential hopeful. She has made waves in a political arena traditionally dominated by men...