François Hollande, the newly-inaugurated President of France, may be as notable for what he has not done as for what he has. 

He has never held national elective office despite being at the center of French politics for more than a decade, and he has never been married despite a three-decade relationship and four children with Ségolène Royale, another of the country's top Socialist politicians. 

Hollande led the Socialist Party for 11 years and was leader when Royale ran unsuccessfully for president against Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007. 

Hollande and Royale split up a month before that election, and he is now seeing journalist Valérie Trierweiler, who appeared, smiling with him, as he celebrated his victory Sunday. 

He immediately spooked markets, and Germany, France's key ally in the European Union, with his victory speech. 

"Austerity can no longer be something that is inevitable," he said, apparently undercutting the belt-tightening that his predecessor and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have urged on European countries beset by debt. 

Hollande emerged as his party's candidate for president after the downfall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was once considered the Socialist favorite to defeat Sarkozy. 

But Strauss-Kahn was arrested in May 2011 after a New York hotel maid alleged that he tried to rape her. Charges against the former IMF chief were later dropped in the United States, but he has been warned he could be investigated in France over accusations he participated in a prostitution ring. 

But Hollande was not an accidental candidate despite the way he has come to power, one commentator said. 
Who is the Newly inaugurated President of France?
What is he notable for not doing?
how long has he lead the Socialist party?
What did he do the the Markets in Germany?
What did he say that undercut what his predicessor and the German Chancellor whated the EU countries to do?
Who's downfall lead to him emerging as his party's canidate?
Who unsuccessfully ran for president against Nicolas Sarkozy?
How long has Hollande been the center of French Politics?
Would he be considered an Accidental Canidate?
Who appeared with him celebrating his victor?
François Hollande
François Hollande
He has never held national elective office
He has never held national elective office
for 11 years
for 11 years
He immediately spooked them with his victory speech
He immediately spooked
"Austerity can no longer be something that is inevitable,
"Austerity can no longer be something that is inevitable,
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Ségolène Royale
Ségolène Royale
for more than a decade
 for more than a decade
no
Hollande was not an accidental candidate
Valérie Trierweiler
Valérie Trierweiler