Emmanuel Macron will be inaugurated as President by his political mentor Francois Hollande. PHOTO: AFP
French president-elect Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Sunday to be inaugurated as the country's youngest ever president.
Macron, 39, will take over from outgoing Socialist Francois Hollande and will face a series of daunting challenges including tackling high unemployment, fighting religion-inspired violence and uniting a deeply divided country.
Under light rain, he was driven through the streets of Paris to the 18th-century palace that will become his home as the eighth president under France's current republic, which was founded in 1958.
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Macron's wife, his 64-year-old former school teacher Brigitte, arrived separately and walked up the red carpet into the Elysee wearing a pale blue outfit.
Macron and Hollande will have a private meeting in the president's office where Macron will be given the codes to launch France's nuclear weapons.
After a formal lunch, Macron will visit the Arc de Triomphe, a war memorial at the top of the Champs Elysees avenue, and will later make a stop at the Paris town hall.
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