Nicolas Sarkozy

23rd president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012

  • Fame84.6
  • Momentum2.5
  • France rank#18
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Born 1955 · age 71France

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  • Rank in France
    #18
    Politicians
  • Age
    71
    Born 1955
  • Known for
    The Clearstream Affair
    2015
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

France's president from 2007 to 2012, who steered the country through financial crisis and Arab Spring upheaval, then became the first French ex-president convicted of corruption — currently serving prison time for a conspiracy with Muammar Gaddafi.

Biography

About

Born in Paris in January 1955, Sarkozy climbed from mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1983 through budget and interior ministries to lead the UMP party. He won the presidency in 2007 with 53.1% against Ségolène Royal, navigating the 2008 crash, European debt crisis, and negotiating a ceasefire in the Russo-Georgian War. He reformed universities and pensions, married Carla Bruni at the Élysée in 2008, then lost reelection to François Hollande by 3.2% in 2012. A brief return as party leader ended with primary defeat in 2016. Prosecutors charged him with corruption tied to alleged Libyan election int…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy
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I want to issue a call to everyone in the world who believes in the values of tolerance, freedom, democracy, humanism, to all those who are persecuted by tyranny, by dictatorships.
Nicolas Sarkozy: Victory speech excerpts 6 May 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy
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I understand that people might be poor if they don't have any work, but I don't accept that someone is poor if they've worked really hard.
Interview with Charlie Rose, televised 31 January 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy
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If you come to France and you wear a veil, if you go to one of the administrative buildings, then that's not acceptable.
Interview with Charlie Rose, televised 31 January 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy
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We live in a world where people don't all have the same scruples, where all blows can be given, and where, in order to down somebody, all means can be used.
Le Monde, 2005
Nicolas Sarkozy
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To be a young Gaullist is to be a revolutionary!
National meeting of UDR in Nice, June 1975
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Completeness90.0
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