Bernard Cazeneuve will replace Manuel Valls as the new French Prime Minister. (File Photo)
Paris:
Bernard Cazeneuve, currently French interior minister, will replace Manuel Valls as the country's new prime minister, President Francois Hollande's office said on Tuesday.
"He's a strong personality, with experience of state affairs," said a source in the president's entourage, commenting on Cazeneuve's appointment.
Valls is stepping down in order to seek the Socialist Party's nomination to be its presidential candidate in the 2017 election.
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