Charly Triballeau, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - French President Emmanuel Macron (C) parades in a car on the Champs Elysees avenue after his formal inauguration ceremony as French President on May 14, 2017 in Paris.
Philippe Lopez, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - French President Emmanuel Macron (L), flanked by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, greets supporters as he arrives for an official ceremony with the city mayor after his formal inauguration ceremony as French President on May 14, 2017 at the City Hall in Paris.- Pool And Afp Photo / Alain Jocardalain Jocard, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - French President Emmanuel Macron greets people after laying a wreath on the unknown Soldier's tomb at the Arc of Triomphe monument, after his formal inauguration ceremony on May 14, 2017 in Paris.
- Thibault Camus, The Associated PressNew French President Emmanuel Macron bids farewell to former French President Francois Hollande, right, after the inauguration ceremony at the Elysee palace in Paris, France, Sunday, May 14, 2017.
- Thibault Camus, The Associated PressNew French President Emmanuel Macron bids farewell to former French President Francois Hollande, right, after the inauguration ceremony at the Elysee palace in Paris, France, Sunday, May 14, 2017.
- Thibault Camus, The Associated PressNew French President Emmanuel Macron, left, applauds as he accompanies former French President Francois Hollande to his car after the inauguration ceremony at the Elysee palace in Paris, France, Sunday, May 14, 2017.
- New French President Emmanuel Macron, right, smiles as outgoing President Francois Hollande waves during Macron's inauguration ceremony as French President, at the Elysee Palace Sunday, May 14, 2017 in Paris.
- Christophe Archambault, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - French President-elect Emmanuel Macron waves from his car as he arrives at the Elysee presidential Palace for the handover and inauguration ceremonies on May 14, 2017 in Paris.
- Pool / Yoan Valatyoan Valat, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - Brigitte Trogneux gestures as she arrives at the Elysee presidential Palace to attend her husband Emmanuel Macron's formal inauguration ceremony as French President on May 14, 2017 in Paris.
- Charly Triballeau, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - French President Emmanuel Macron (L) gestures as he parades in a car on the Champs Elysees avenue after his formal inauguration ceremony as French President on May 14, 2017 in Paris.
- Pool / Alain Jocard / Alternative Crop Alain Jocard, AFP/Getty ImagesTTOPSHOT - French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to lay a wreath on the unknown Soldier's tomb at the Arc of Triomphe monument after his formal inauguration ceremony as French President on May 14, 2017 in Paris.
- Pool / Michel Eulermichel Euler, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - New French President Emmanuel Macron observes a minute of silence during a wreath laying ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, after his formal inauguration ceremony, on May 14, 2017 in Paris.
- Pool / Alain Jocardalain Jocard, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd L) lights the flame at the tomb of the unknown Soldier at the Arc of Triomphe monument, after his formal inauguration ceremony on May 14, 2017 in Paris.
- Francois Mori, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - Emmanuel Macron (R) is presented the great necklace of France's National Order of the Legion of Honour by the great chancellor of the Legion of Honor General Benoit Puga, and designated as the order's "grand maitre" during his formal inauguration ceremony as French President in the Salle des Fetes of the Elysee presidential Palace on May 14, 2017 in Paris.
- Thibault Camus, The Associated PressNew French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte pose on the steps of the Elysee palace after the inauguration ceremony in Paris, France, Sunday, May 14, 2017.
- French President Emmanuel Macron listens as Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo delivers her speech during a ceremony at the Hotel de Ville in Paris, France, Sunday, May 14, 2017.
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Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated Sunday as France’s new president at the Elysee Palace in Paris, and immediately launched into his mission to shake up French politics, world economics and the European Union.
The 39-year-old Macron is the youngest president in the country’s history and the 8th president of France’s Fifth Republic, which was created in 1958. A former economy minister with pro-business, pro-European views, Macron is the first French president who doesn’t originate from the country’s two mainstream parties.