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Nicolas SARKOZY

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DEx officio member as former President of the Republic
Born on 28 January 1955 in Paris
Education
  • Master's degree in private law (1978)
  • Qualified as a barrister (1981)
  • Postgraduate pre-PhD diploma in political sciences with distinction (dissertation on the Referendum of 27 April 1969)
  • Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris [Paris Institute of Political Sciences] (1979-1981)
Career
  • Lawyer at the Paris Bar
  • 1977: Municipal Councillor of Neuilly-sur-Seine
  • 1983 / 2002: Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine
  • 1986 / 1988: Vice President of the General Council of Hauts-de-Seine, responsible for education and culture.
  • 1988 / 2002: Hauts-de-Seine Member of Parliament (6th constituency)
  • 3 May 2000: Elected President of the Departmental Committee of the RPR [Rally for the Republic] for Hauts-de-Seine
  • 1st April 2004: Elected President of the General Council for Hauts de Seine
  • 1993 / 1995: Budget Minister
  • 1994 / 1995: Minister of Communication
  • 1993 / 1995: Government's spokesman
  • 1988: National Secretary of the RPR responsible for Youth and Training
  • 1989: National Secretary of the RPR responsible for Activities, Youth and Training
  • 1989: Co-director of the union list for the European elections
  • 1992 / 1993: RPR Deputy General Secretary, responsible for local branches
  • Since 1993: Member of the RPR's political bureau
  • 10 July 1997: Coordinator and spokesman of the transition team
  • 6 February 1998: RPR General Secretary
  • April 1999 / October 1999: Acting RPR President
  • 1999: Head of the RPR-DL [Rally for the Republic-Liberal Democracy] for the European elections of June 1999
  • 7 May 2000: Minister of the Interior, Internal Security and Local Freedoms in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government, Prime Minister after Jacques Chirac's reelection
  • 1st April 2004: Minister of State, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government, Prime Minister after Jacques Chirac's reelection
  • 29 November 2004, he resigned after having been elected President of the UMP [Union for a Popular Movement] on 28 November 2004 with 85.1% of the votes
  • 2 June 2005: Minister of State, Minister of the Interior and Town and Country Planning in Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin's government.
  • 14 January 2007: Elected by the UMP's activists to be the candidate for presidential election
  • 6 May 2007 / 15 May 2012: 23rd President of the Republic
  • Since May 2012: Ex officio member of the Constitutional Council
Distinctions and decorations
  • Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
  • Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
  • Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Carlos III (Spain)
  • Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom)
  • Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Spain)
  • Simon Wiesenthal Center tolerance prize (2003)
  • Humanitarian Award bestowed by the Elie Wiesel Foundation (2008).
  • World Statesman Award 2008 bestowed by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Works
  • Georges Mandel, le moine de la politique, Paris, Grasset, 1994
  • Au bout de la passion, l'équilibre, (Entretiens avec Michel Denisot), Paris, Albin Michel, 1995
  • Libre, Paris, Robert Laffont, 2001
  • La République, les religions, l'espérance (Entretiens avec Philippe Verdin et Thibaud Collin), Paris, Ed. du Cerf, 2004
  • Témoignage, Paris, XO Editions, 2006
  • Ensemble, Paris, XO Editions, 2007