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France:

• republic government and semi-presidential system.that measn it has a president alongside a prime minister. 
• president Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls are the leaders 
• Valls was elected April 1st, 2014
• prime minister is appointed by the president
• republic government- supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercized by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them
• gov. started in 1958
•  leaders can be changed by: new election, revolution, boycott, assassinate, 
• Hollande is likely to run for president once again for his second and final term
• potential runners for the next election: Nicolas Sarkozy, Manuel Valls, Alain Jupe, and many others