Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy

Follow French president Nicoloas Sarkozy. Sarkozy won a hotly contested battle against Segolene Royal to win leadership of France. 51-year-old Nicolas Sarkozy began his political life 30 years ago. He's regarded as "The Mozart of... [more]

Follow French president Nicoloas Sarkozy. Sarkozy won a hotly contested battle against Segolene Royal to win leadership of France.

51-year-old Nicolas Sarkozy began his political life 30 years ago. He's regarded as "The Mozart of Politics" for his talents and energy. He is the son of a Hungarian refugee aristocrat.

Sarkozy has become one of France's most popular new politicians.

 
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    * 1977, becomes councillor in the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine.

    * 1977, member of the central committee for the RPR.

    * 1978 – 1979, national youth delegate for the RPR.

    * 1979 – 1981, president of the national youth delegates under Jacques Chirac for the presidential election of 1981.

    * 1983, becomes mayor in the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine.

    * 1988, national secretary of the RPR, in charge of youth and teaching issues.

    * Co-director of the list "Union pour les Élections européennes".

    * 1992 – 1993, secrétaire général-adjoint du RPR, chargé des Fédérations. (Assistant secretary of the RPR in charge of constituent interest groups)

    * Since 1993, member of the RPR political office.

    * 1993 – 1995, Minister for the Budget in the cabinet of Edouard Balladur.

    * 1995 – 1997 spokesman for the RPR.

    * 1998 – 1999, Secretary General of the RPR.

    * 1999, interim president of the RPR.

    * 1999, head of the RPR-DL electoral list of the European elections in June.

    * May 2000, elected President of the committee of the RPR for the département of Hauts-de-Seine.

    * 2002 – March 2004, Minister of the Interior in the cabinet of Jean-Pierre Raffarin.

    * March 2004 – November 2004, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry in the cabinet of Jean-Pierre Raffarin.

    * November 2004, elected the new head of President Jacques Chirac's governing UMP party.

    * June 2005 – March 2007, Minister of State and Minister of the Interior in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin.

    * January 2007, nominated by the Union for a Popular Movement for the 2007 presidential election.

    * March 2007, quits as Minister of Interior to get fully involved in the 2007 presidential campaign.

    * 22 April 2007, Sarkozy takes first place in the first round of voting for the French Presidential election.
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