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Date of Birth

28 January 1955, Paris, France

Birth Name

Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa

Nickname

Sarko
The Bling Bling President
Speedy

Height

5' 6¼" (1.68 m)

Spouse

Carla Bruni	(2 February 2008 - present)
Cecilia Albeniz	(23 October 1996 - 15 October 2007) (divorced) 1 child
Marie-Dominique Culioli	(23 September 1982 - 1989) (divorced) 2 children

Trivia

Has been President of France since 16 May 2007.

Has his look-alike puppet in the French show "Les guignols de l'info" (1988).

In April 2004, he became Minister of Economy and Finances

His father Pál István Ernõ Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in Budapest, 5 May 1928) is a Lawyer from Hungarian nobility, who immigrated to France after the Soviet occupation of Hungary in WWII, and his mother Andrée Jeanne Mallah (born in Paris, 12 October 1925) was of Greek descent on her father's side and French on her mother's side. They married in Paris on 8 Feb 1950.

Head of the French conservative party UMP and the winner of the 2007 presidential elections.

Has three sons: Pierre Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in 1985) and Jean Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in 1987) with his first wife Marie-Dominique Culioli, Louis Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in 1997) with his second wife Cecilia Albeniz.

Minister of the Interior from 7 May 2002 to 31 March 2004 and from 31 May 2005 to 26 March 2007.

Was elected President of France, the sixth in the Fifth Republic, in the second round of the 2007 election by 53.06% of the votes (6 May 2007).

Has two brothers, Guillaume Georges Didier Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in Paris 18 June 1951, unmarried and without issue) and François Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in Paris 3 June 1958), who is a Medicine Doctor, and with issue from both marriages), and two younger half-siblings by his second stepmother Christine Marie Irène de Ganay, Caroline Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (married to François Roger Conrad Fournier, born in Hauts-de-Seine 11 Apr 1950), and Pierre Olivier Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa, unmarried and without issue.

Several celebrities including Johnny Hallyday, Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Charlotte Rampling and Mireille Mathieu supported his 2007 electoral campaign.

Romantically linked to Carla Bruni (17 December 2007).

Engaged to Carla Bruni (January 2008).

Officially confirmed his relationship to Carla Bruni and that he intended to marry her (8 January 2008).

Has two uncles, Györgi Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa and Gedeon Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa.

Former stepson of Mabel Ilona Michelina Véronique d' Eliassy (born on 16 April 1942 in Budapest, died on 15 December 2004 in Madrid).

Has two nieces and one nephew by brother François: one from his first marriage, Katinka Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in 1991) and two from his second marriage to Sophie Garaudet Douzal, Arpad Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in 2002) and Anastasia Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in 2003).

Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". Volume 260, pages 342-344. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2008.

Married Carla Bruni at the Elysée Palace in the presence of close family and friends, making her the second First Lady of France during his presidency (2 February 2008).

Brother-in-law of actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.

Both he and his current wife are of French descent only through their respective maternal grandmothers.

Personal Quotes

My father came from Hungary after the tragedy of Yalta, and my mother's father was a Jew from Salonika . . . we loved France. We didn't take it for granted.

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