Nicolas Sarkozy Four Children With Three Women
But Francois Hollande is on course to make former partner Segolene Royal the most powerful female politician in the country, despite the bitterness of their separation after 30 years and four children together.
President-elect Mr Hollande and fellow Socialist Miss Royal still have their personal differences and she does not get on with his current partner Valerie Trierweiler, a journalist 11 years her junior.
Only last year, while Mr Hollande and his former partner were contesting the Socialist nomination for the presidency, Miss Royal said: ‘Can anyone recall anything Francois Hollande has done in 30 years?’
