François Chérèque was born in Nancy department of Lorraine.

[3] His brother, Marc Chérèque, went on to serve as the President, since 2005, of FC Grenoble.

Chérèque went to the Lycée Notre-Dame Saint-Sigisbert in Nancy earning his Baccalauréat, leaving in 1975.

[3] During his tenure, he negotiated in favour of pensions for public sector workers.

[4] Chérèque served as the president of PS Terra Nova, a think tank, from 2012 to 2016.