Bernard Cazeneuve named French PM after Valls quits
Cazeneuve will take control of Socialist government until legislative elections in June
This file photo taken on April 09, 2015 shows French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve posing on April 9, 2015 at the Culture Ministry in Paris. PHOTO: AFP
PARIS:
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed as the new prime minister on Tuesday after Manuel Valls resigned to seek the Socialist nomination in the presidential election, the presidency said.
Cazeneuve, who has overseen the security forces' reaction to a string of extremist attacks that have killed more than 230 people in France over the past two years, will take control of the Socialist government until legislative elections in June.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed as the new prime minister on Tuesday after Manuel Valls resigned to seek the Socialist nomination in the presidential election, the presidency said.
Cazeneuve, who has overseen the security forces' reaction to a string of extremist attacks that have killed more than 230 people in France over the past two years, will take control of the Socialist government until legislative elections in June.