PARIS, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron has nominated Francois Bayrou as France's new prime minister, the Elysee announced in a press release on Friday.

"The President of the Republic has nominated Mr. Francois Bayrou as Prime Minister and tasked him with forming a government," Macron's office said.

Francois Bayrou, a centrist ally of Macron, succeeds Michel Barnier who was outed in a no-confidence vote.

The French National Assembly voted Dec. 4 in favor of the no-confidence motion, compelling Barnier to resign and causing the government to collapse. Barnier's government became the first to fall to a no-confidence vote since 1962. Enditem

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