Europe 1 with AFP 9:48 p.m., June 07, 2022
Former President of the Republic François Hollande and his partner, actress Julie Gayet, married discreetly on Saturday at the town hall of Tulle in Corrèze.
François Hollande and Julie Gayet "married privately", said the town hall.
It was the mayor and friend of François Hollande, Bernard Combes, who carried out the union.
Former President of the Republic François Hollande and his partner, actress Julie Gayet, married discreetly on Saturday at the town hall of Tulle in Corrèze, AFP learned from the municipality on Tuesday.
François Hollande and Julie Gayet "married privately", said the town hall when announcing the news to the newspaper
La Montagne
.
A first marriage at 67
It was the mayor of the Corrèze commune Bernard Combes who carried out the civil union of his friend François Hollande, whom he succeeded as head of the municipality in 2008. At 67, this is the first marriage of François Hollande, father of 4 children he had with his former partner Ségolène Royal.
Julie Gayet, divorced in 2006 from Santiago Amigorena, mother of two boys, celebrated her 50th birthday the day before, June 3, in Tulle.
According to the daily, singer Benjamin Biolay, who toured in 2021 with Julie Gayet, a feature film by Briviste Sébastien Bailly, was on the guest list.
A relationship made public in 2014
The couple, whose affair was revealed in 2014 by the magazine Closer, bought a house on the heights of Tulle in 2018. Former deputy of Corrèze then president of the Departmental Council, François Hollande regularly stays with his family in Tulle where he votes .
For the past few weeks, he has been crisscrossing the department, in particular to support the dissident socialist candidates for the legislative elections.