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Nicolas Sarkozy

president of France
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Category: History & Society
Born:
January 28, 1955, Paris, France (age 69)
Title / Office:
president (2007-2012), France
Political Affiliation:
Union for a Popular Movement
Role In:
euro-zone debt crisis
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Nicolas Sarkozy (born January 28, 1955, Paris, France) French politician who served as president of France (2007–12). Sarkozy was born to immigrant Greek and Hungarian parents. He qualified as a lawyer (1981) and pursued advanced studies in political science at the Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris (1979–81). An ambitious and highly skilled politician, Sarkozy in 1983 was elected mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, where he served until 2002. He first made his mark on the national scene in 1993 when he became budget minister and official spokesman in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Balladur. Balladur had been put forward by rightist ...(100 of 1498 words)

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