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| Hollande's ex-partner Royal joins France's new cabinet | |
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| French President Francois Hollande's former partner, Segolene Royal, has joined the government in a major reshuffle by the ruling Socialists. | |
| She will serve as environment minister in the cabinet of the new Prime Minister, Manuel Valls. | |
| Mr Valls was appointed to the job after the Socialists suffered a humiliating defeat at local elections. | |
| The Finance Minister, Pierre Moscovici, has left the government, with his job now split between two ministers. | |
| Michel Sapin takes charge of finance while Arnaud Montebourg will be in charge of industry and economy. | |
| Laurent Fabius and Jean-Yves Le Drian keep their positions as foreign affairs and defence ministers in the new cabinet. | |
| President Hollande is one of the most unpopular French leaders in decades, having failed to restore the economy. | |
| It is said that his most recent official partner, Valerie Trierweiler, had opposed Ms Royal's appointment to any position in the government. | |
| Mr Hollande and Ms Trierweiler officially split up in January after it emerged he had been having an affair with an actress. | |
| Ms Royal's return to government follows a long period out of the political spotlight. | |
| She was the Socialist candidate in the 2007 presidential election, but lost to Nicolas Sarkozy. |