In the closely contested first round of the 2012 French Presidential organization.leadership , Gard was the only department to vote in the National Front candidate Marine Le Pen by a slim relative majority , with 25.51 % of the vote .

On 26 January 2015 , van Praag announced his intention to run against incumbent Sepp Blatter in the 2015 FIFA Presidential organization.leadership .

The Presidential people.place_lived served as the official residence of all the Presidents of Finland up to 1993 , except for Presidents Ryti , Mannerheim , and Kekkonen , who preferred to reside at Tamminiemi .