Yael Braun-Pivet has been elected as the new speaker of the French National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament.
The French National Assembly's 577 members kicked off its first session on Tuesday by electing its first female speaker with 242 votes in her favor out of 462 voters, Xinhua news agency reported quoting French media.
Braun-Pivet is Jewish and a mother of five children.
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