Emmanuel Macron will take over as new President of France today for a five-year term. The inauguration function will be held in Central Paris. 39 year-old centrist newcomer Macron was unknown to the wider public three years ago and does not belong to any traditional political grouping. <br/><br/>The former investment banker will become the youngest postwar French leader and the first to be born after 1958 when President Charles de Gaulle put in place the country's fifth Republic. <br/><br/>Macron, once an aide to outgoing Socialist President Francois Hollande, rose to fame as his economy minister between 2014 and 2016. France is the world's fifth largest economy and a founding member of the European Union.