Dynamic leader at age of just 39

FRANCE’s dynamic new leader was born in Amiens in 1977. His mum was a doctor and his dad a professor at the local university.

As a boy, he was close to his maternal grandmother, Manette, but little is known about his relationship with George’s daughter Jacqueline, who died in 1998, when he was 21.

The former investment banker was Minister of Economy and Finance for Francois Hollande, but left to form his own political movement, En Marche. He easily saw off far-right Marine Le Pen in the presidential elections in May.