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Sarkozy, Nicolas (Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa) (nēkōlä` särkōzē`), 1955–, French politician, b. Paris. A lawyer and a conservative, Sarkozy was (1983–2002) mayor of Neuilly, a Paris suburb, and was elected to the National Assembly from the Hauts-de-Seine dept. in 1988 and reelected in 1993, 1995, and 1997. Sarkozy served in Premier Balladur Balladur, Édouard , 1929–, French political leader, b. Turkey. He moved to France as a child and grew up in Marseille. A Gaullist and member of the Rally for the Republic, he served under Premier Georges Pompidou in the 1960s and was finance minister
..... Click the link for more information. 's cabinet as budget minister (1993–94), and as Raffarin Raffarin, Jean-Pierre , 1948–, French politician. From a political family, he began his career in business and served as a spokesman for a labor minister in the late 1970s before returning to the private sector. ..... Click the link for more information. 's interior minister (2002–04) he gained a reputation for being tough on crime and immigration. A longtime member of the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic party (RPR), he joined the new center-right coalition, Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). He was appointed finance minister in 2004, but resigned later that year to become UMP party leader; from 2005 to 2007 he again served as interior minister. Popular and charismatic, the energetic Sarkozy has been characterized as a media-savvy American-style politician; in late 2006 he announced his candidacy for the 2007 French presidential race; he secured the UMP nomination for the post in Jan., 2007. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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