Much has been said about Emmanuel Macron ascending to the French presidency at the tender age of 39, making him the youngest French president in history.
And while many would say that a more notable feature of the upcoming Macron administration is that he has never before held elected office and that his political movement En Marche! was set up barely a year ago (he served as a former government adviser and economy minister in the disastrous Hollande administration), below is a chart showing the various ages of French presidents since Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, courtesy of AFP.