François Henri Goullet de Rugy is a French politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2018 and Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition from 2018 to 2019.
de Rugy in 2017
François de Rugy as Vice President of the National Assembly with Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China, in 2016
2017 French Socialist Party presidential primary
The French Socialist Party held a two-round presidential primary to select a candidate for the 2017 presidential election on 22 and 29 January 2017. It was the second open primary held by the center-left coalition, after the primary in 2011 in which François Hollande defeated Martine Aubry to become the Socialist nominee. Hollande went on to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 presidential election. However, because of his low approval rating, he announced that he would not seek re-election, becoming the first president of the Fifth Republic to decide not to run for a second term. The primary was contested by seven candidates, four from the Socialist Party and three representing other parties part of the left-wing electoral alliance.
Image: Benoît Hamon place de République plan serré (cropped)
Image: Valls Schaefer Munich Economic Summit 2015 (cropped)
Arnaud Montebourg during his 2011 campaign for the Socialist nomination
Vincent Peillon speaking at the Maison de la Mutualité in 2013