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Manuel Valls

Manuel Carlos Valls is a French politician and the current Prime Minister of France. He has been the Prime Minister of France since 31^st March 2014. A member of the Socialist Party, he was the Minister of the interior from 2012 to 2014 before becoming the Prime Minister of France. He has also been the Mayor of Evry from 2001 to 2012 and was first elected to the National Assembly of France in 2002. Regarded as Socialists Party’s social liberal wing, he is known for sharing common orientations with Scandinavian style democracy and Blarism. He has also hold several important positions in his political career and he was the National Secretary of the French Socialist Party with responsibility for communications (1993-1994 and 1995-1997), First Secretary of the Val d'Oise department Socialist Federation (1990-2000) and National Secretary of the French Socialist Party with responsibility for organisation (2003-2004).

Born on 13^th August 1962 in Barcelona, he was born to Xavier Valls and Luisangela Galfetti. His father was the Barcelona born painter and in 1955, he won the prize for best still life in the third Spanish-American Art Biennial inaugurated by Franco. Manuel Valls was born in Barcelona and lived there and later moved to France as a teenager. Valls completed his education as a history graduate from Université Paris I-Tolbiac. Later in 1980, at the age of 17he joined the French Socialist party supporting Michel Rocard. And later while studying history, he became a member of the UNEF-ID, a progressive students union. After completing his education, he started to focus in politics and being a member of Socialist Party, he held many important positions. He was appointed as the Parliamentary attaché to the MP for the 1st Ardèche constituency, Robert Chapuis (1983-1986) and later in 1986, he became the Ile-de-France Regional Councillor (1986-2002). Apart from being the Ile-de-France, he was also the Special Adviser to the Prime Minister's Office (1988-1991). In 1990, he became the First Secretary of the Val d'Oise department Socialist Federation (1990-2000) and he maintained this position till 2000. In 1991, he was appointed as the Deputy Inter-ministerial Delegate to the Winter Olympics in Albertville (1991-1993) and later from 1993-94 and 1995-97, he was appointed as the National Secretary of the French Socialist Party with responsibility for communications. In 1998, he was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the Ile-de-France Regional Council (1998-2002). He was elected as the Mayor of Evry (2001-2012) and he maintained this post till 2012. In 2002, he also became the Deputé (MP) for the 1st Essonne constituency (since 2002, reelected in 2007 and 2012) and was later appointed as the National Secretary of the French Socialist Party with responsibility for organisation (2003-2004). In 2008, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Evry-Centre-Essonne Urban Community, (2008-2012). In 2009, Valls announced his intention of running the Socialist Presidential Primary in 2011 for the 2012 election and later on 7^th June 2011, he confirmed his candidacy for Socialist primary. Later in March 2014, following major losses to centre-right and extreme-right political parties in French municipal elections, President Francois Hollande appointed Valls to the post of Prime Minister. He replacedJean-Marc Ayrault who had resigned earlier that day The Valls Cabinet was formed on 2 April 2014, consisting of 16 ministers from the Socialist Party and one minister from the Radical Party of the Left.After the 2016 Nice attack, he was criticised for saying that "France will have to live with terrorism." French citizens booed him when he joined the memorial for the victims, yelling "murderer" and "resign" at him before the minute of silence for the dead began.

In 1987, Valls married Nathalie Soulié, with whom he had 4 children before divorcing. On 1 July 2010, he married Anne Gravoin, a violinist and winner of the Conservatoire de Paris' prestigious Premier Prix for Violin and Chamber Orchestra.Owing to his family background, Manuel Valls is fluent in French, Spanish, Catalan and Italian, and is distantly related to the Marquesses del Bosch de Arés.

Benoit Hamon, Manuel Valls top the list in French Socialist Party primaries
Indo-Asian News Service | January 23, 2017 3:00 AM IST
Paris, Jan 23: Former Education Minister Benoit Hamon and former Prime Minister Manuel Valls topped ...
Benoit Hamon, Manuel Valls top the list in French Socialist Party primaries
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French presidential hopeful Valls attacked over migrants
Press Trust of India | January 16, 2017 3:45 AM IST
Paris, Jan 16: Former French premier Manuel Valls has come under fire for his cautious stance on tak...
French presidential hopeful Valls attacked over migrants
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Bernard Cazeneuve named French PM as Valls quits to run for president
Press Trust of India | December 6, 2016 11:40 PM IST
Paris, Dec 6: French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed as the new prime minister tod...
Bernard Cazeneuve named French PM as Valls quits to run for president
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Bernard Cazeneuve become the new Prime Minister of France after Manuel Vells resigns
Shubhang Chauhan | December 6, 2016 3:50 PM IST
Paris, Dec 6: Bernard Cazeneuve has been named the new Prime Minister of France for the next six mon...
Bernard Cazeneuve become the new Prime Minister of France after Manuel Vells resigns
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French PM Manuel Valls quits to enter presidential race
Press Trust of India | December 6, 2016 11:45 AM IST
Paris, Dec 6: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is set to resign today to free himself to do battle...
French PM Manuel Valls quits to enter presidential race
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French PM Manuel Valls 'open' to interim ban on foreign funding of mosques
Press Trust of India | July 29, 2016 2:24 PM IST
Paris, Jul 29 : France's prime minister said today he was "open" to a temporary ban on foreign finan...
French PM Manuel Valls 'open' to interim ban on foreign funding of mosques
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Terrorism is now part of everyday lives for long period of time: French PM Manuel Valls
Indo-Asian News Service | July 18, 2016 3:14 AM IST
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has cautioned French citizens that they have moved to a different...
Terrorism is now part of everyday lives for long period of time: French PM Manuel Valls
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Nice Attack: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls calls for three days of national mourning
India.com News Desk | July 15, 2016 3:01 PM IST
New Delhi, July 15: After world leaders across the world expressed solidarity with the people of Fra...
Nice Attack: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls calls for three days of national mourning
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls opposes trade deal with US as against 'EU interests'
Press Trust of India | June 26, 2016 8:37 PM IST
Belleville-Sur-Mer (France), Jun 26: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls today blasted a planned EU-U...
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls opposes trade deal with US as against 'EU interests'
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French PM Manuel Valls puts off Canada trip as social unrest grows
Press Trust of India | May 31, 2016 9:02 AM IST
Paris, May 30: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has scrapped a trip to Canada next month to deal w...
French PM Manuel Valls puts off Canada trip as social unrest grows
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French PM Manuel Valls visits Israel to push for peace plan
Press Trust of India | May 22, 2016 9:39 PM IST
Tel Aviv, May 22: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls was today in Israel to advance his country's pl...
French PM Manuel Valls visits Israel to push for peace plan
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France: 4 charged with attempted murder after police car torched
Press Trust of India | May 22, 2016 8:31 AM IST
Paris, May 22: Four men were charged with attempted murder today over the torching of a police car w...
France: 4 charged with attempted murder after police car torched
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No theory can be ruled out' on missing EgyptAir flight: France
Press Trust of India | May 19, 2016 6:19 PM IST
Paris, May 19: France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls said today "no theory can be ruled out" in the m...
No theory can be ruled out' on missing EgyptAir flight: France
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French government survives no-confidence vote
Indo-Asian News Service | May 13, 2016 6:47 AM IST
Paris, May 13 : The National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, on Thursday rejected a c...
French government survives no-confidence vote
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2016-05-12T19:47:02+00:00
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France to create regional 'de-radicalisation' centres: PM Manuel Valls
Press Trust of India | May 9, 2016 10:42 PM IST
Paris, May 9: France will create centres in each region of the country to de-radicalise people or pr...
France to create regional 'de-radicalisation' centres: PM Manuel Valls
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Donald Trump 'probably a bad man' says French PM Manuel Valls
Press Trust of India | May 7, 2016 4:05 AM IST
Paris, May 6 : French Prime Minister Manuel Valls accused the presumptive US Republican presidential...
Donald Trump 'probably a bad man' says French PM Manuel Valls
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French PM Manuel Valls heading to Australia after mega subs contract
Press Trust of India | May 1, 2016 7:55 AM IST
Lifou (France), May 1 : France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls will make a surprise visit to Australia...
French PM Manuel Valls heading to Australia after mega subs contract
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Manuel Valls warns extreme Islam winning the propaganda war
Press Trust of India | April 5, 2016 4:18 PM IST
Paris, Apr 5 : Prime Minister Manuel Valls said extreme forms of Islam were winning the propaganda w...
Manuel Valls warns extreme Islam winning the propaganda war
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Belgian-French terror summit following Paris attacks
Press Trust of India | February 2, 2016 1:00 AM IST
Brussels, Feb 1 The Belgian and French prime ministers hold talks in Brussels today aimed at bolste...
Belgian-French terror summit following Paris attacks
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls justifies terror laws amid critics
Indo-Asian News Service | January 28, 2016 7:18 AM IST
Paris, Jan 28: Ahead of parliamentary debate on the Socialists' constitution reforms, French Prime M...
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls justifies terror laws amid critics
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