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In the first round of voting for that election, on April 22, 2007, Royal received 25.9% of votes to qualify for the second round to face [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], who received 31.2%. Either Royal or Sarkozy will be elected the next President on May 6.

In the first round of voting for that election, on April 22, 2007, Royal received 25.9% of votes to qualify for the second round to face [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], who received 31.2%. Either Royal or Sarkozy will be elected the next President on May 6.

Royal is good-looking, ever-smiling, impeccably dressed  and typically French. Her father Jacques Royal, is a Catholic, conservative French army colonel. Royal attended the prestigious Ecole Nationale d'Administration.  She has also a Degree in Economics, Graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris.

Royal is good-looking, ever-smiling, impeccably dressed  and typically French. Her father Jacques Royal, is a Catholic, conservative French army colonel. Royal attended the prestigious Ecole Nationale d'Administration.  She has also a Degree in Economics, Graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. At the Ecole Nationale she met François Hollande, the leader of the Socialist Party and father of her four children. Both collaborated with the staff of Socialist President François Mitterrand.

She is a National Assembly member and the President of the Poitou-Charentes region. On March 27, 2000, She was appointed as Minister at the Ministry of Employment and Solidarity, with delegated responsibility for Childhood and the Family.

She is a National Assembly member and the President of the Poitou-Charentes region. On March 27, 2000, She was appointed as Minister at the Ministry of Employment and Solidarity, with delegated responsibility for Childhood and the Family.