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Nicolas Sarkozy

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Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa ( sar-KOH-zee; French: [nikɔla pɔl stefan saʁkɔzi d(ə) naʒibɔksa] ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. In 2021, he was found guilty of having tried to bribe a judge in 2014 to obtain information and spending beyond legal campaign funding limits during his 2012 reelection campaign. Born in Paris, his roots are 1/2 Hungarian Protestant, 1/4 Greek Jewish, and 1/4 French Catholic. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine from 1983 to 2002, he was Minister of the Budget under Prime Minister Édouard Balladur (1993–1995) during François Mitterrand's second term. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Sarkozy is the 460th most popular politician (up from 489th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from France (up from 205th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Politician.

Nicolas Sarkozy is most famous for being the president of France from 2007 to 2012. He was also the Minister of the Interior and Minister of Finance under Jacques Chirac.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nicolas Sarkozy ranks 460 out of 19,576. Before him are Porus, Mars, Mahidevran, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Radovan Karadžić, and Ibn Saud. After him are Henry VII of England, Pertinax, Alfred the Great, Willy Brandt, Toghon Temür, and Nawaz Sharif.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Nicolas Sarkozy ranks 5. Before him are Pope Leo XIV, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Bruce Willis. After him are Alain Prost, Friedrich Merz, Michel Platini, Kevin Costner, Rowan Atkinson, Pietro Parolin, and Bill Paxton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Sarkozy ranks 171 out of 6,770. Before him are Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684), Pope Martin IV (1220), François Viète (1540), Margaret of Valois (1553), and Thérèse of Lisieux (1873). After him are Henrietta Maria of France (1609), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Louis Daguerre (1787), Saint Sebastian (300), Catherine Deneuve (1943), and Madame du Barry (1743).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Nicolas Sarkozy ranks 43. Before him are Charles VIII of France (1470), Francis II of France (1544), Charles VI of France (1368), Charles V of France (1338), Georges Pompidou (1911), and Godfrey of Bouillon (1060). After him are Philip V of Spain (1683), Joachim Murat (1767), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Guy of Lusignan (1150), Louis VIII of France (1187), and Georges Danton (1759).

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