“The tragedy of Africa is that the African has never really entered into history ... They have never really launched themselves into the future,”
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Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa is a French former politician who served as the president of France from 2007 to 2012.
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politics · President of France from 2007 to 2012 · politician · lawyer · statesperson · jurist · also Nicolas Sarkozy, Nicolas Sarközy, Sarkozy, Sarko
Born 28 January 1955 · Q329
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The African peasant, who for thousands of years has lived according to the seasons, whose life ideal was to be in harmony with nature, only knew the eternal renewal of time ... In this imaginary world, where everything starts over and over again, there is room neither for human endeavour, nor for the idea of progress.
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2026· 8 entries
“The African peasant, who for thousands of years has lived according to the seasons, whose life ideal was to be in harmony with nature, only knew the eternal renewal of time ... In this imaginary world, where everything starts over and over again, there is room neither for human endeavour, nor for the idea of progress.”
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“I am ready to carry your energy, I am ready to embody your hopes. I am ready as I probably have ever been,”
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“Get lost, then, poor dumb-ass, go.”
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“We are on the path to failure if we continue to act as we have”
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El Economista: Carla Bruni se apoya en Nicolas Sarkozy tras la muerte del amigo que la unió a Isabel II y Carolina de Mónaco: "Nunca olvidaré cómo me elegiste"
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Yeni Safak English: French court endorses Sarkozy phone-tapping in upset for comeback
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Semana: Las imágenes exclusivas de las vacaciones de Nicolás Sarkozy junto a Carla Bruni en la paradisíaca isla de Córcega mientras espera el desenlace de su batalla judicial
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2025· 5 entries
CBS News: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy released from prison, but he's not quite free
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Yahoo: Nicolas Sarkozy released from prison three weeks into five-year sentence
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New York Post: Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy to be released from prison less than 3 weeks into 5-year sentence
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CNN: Former French President Sarkozy accompanied by police officers overnight as he starts prison sentence
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UPI: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy begins 5-year prison sentence
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2024· 2 entries
“RT by @ NicolasSarkozy : Merci @ NicolasSarkozy pour votre soutien aux 136 otages, dont trois français, toujours retenus par le Hamas à Gaza. 100 jours sans nouvelles. 100 jours en enfer. 100 jours de trop. Ne les oublions pas. # 100joursSansEux # BringThemAllHome 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/AJC_Paris/status/174 6287656219062327#m [2024-01-13 21:46 UTC]”
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Reduced his eventual prison incarceration by half, to that of six-months
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2023· 10 entries
“RT by @ NicolasSarkozy : En exclusivité , le président @ NicolasSarkozy dit tout à @TelQuelOfficiel 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/REDADALIL/status/173 5656898433630446#m [2023-12-15 13:43 UTC]”
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“RT by @ NicolasSarkozy : 🔴 Le numéro 1069 de TelQuel est en kiosque et sur http:// Telquel.ma [𝐄𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞] 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐟. 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐨𝐳𝐲, 𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧 📰 Sommaire : https:// buff.ly/3tmG1Dp 🛎️ Abonnement : https:// buff.ly/3oZXTC5 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/TelQuelOfficiel/stat us/1735609271788728675#m [2023-12-15 10:34 UTC]”
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“Retour dans les Hauts-de-Seine demain ! Rendez-vous à https:// nitter.cz/Ville_Asnieres à partir de 18h https:// nitter.cz/search?q=%23letempsd escombats https:// nitter.cz/EditionsFayard 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/NicolasSarkozy/statu s/1735530717214646422#m [2023-12-15 05:22 UTC]”
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“Quel accueil à Marrakech 🇲🇦! https:// nitter.cz/search?q=%23letempsd escombats https:// nitter.cz/EditionsFayard 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/NicolasSarkozy/statu s/1735340028170051962#m [2023-12-14 16:44 UTC]”
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“RT by @ NicolasSarkozy : @ NicolasSarkozy : le Roi # MohammedVI , "un homme d’exception et l’un des grands dirigeants sages et visionnaires" . https:// atlasinfo.fr/sarkozy-le-roi-mo hammed-vi-un-homme-dexception-et-lun-des-grands-dirigeants-sages-et-visionnairesire.html 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/atlasinfo/status/173 5045827884712200#m [2023-12-13 21:15 UTC]”
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“RT by @ NicolasSarkozy : 🇲🇦🇫🇷 « SM le Roi Mohammed VI est un homme que je n’ai cessé d’admirer et de respecter. C’est un homme d’exception et l’un des grands dirigeants sages et visionnaires», a affirmé M. Sarkozy lors de la cérémonie de présentation de son dernier ouvrage «Le temps des combats», qui s’est déroulée en présence notamment du Conseiller du Roi, André Azoulay et de l’ambassadeur de France au Maroc, Christophe Lecourtier, ainsi que d’un parterre d’éminentes personnalités du monde”
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“RT by @ NicolasSarkozy : # NicolasSarkozy : "Il n'existe qu'une seule solution crédible au différend autour du # Sahara , celle proposée par le # Maroc " # Sahara_marocain https:// ow.ly/aGRs50Qixtl 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/Medi1News/status/173 5059898361057335#m [2023-12-13 22:11 UTC]”
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“Demain, j’ai cet immense plaisir d’être à Marrakech à la rencontre de mes lecteurs. J’espère vous voir nombreux ! https:// nitter.cz/search?q=%23letempsd escombats https:// nitter.cz/EditionsFayard 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/NicolasSarkozy/statu s/1734890128605172008#m [2023-12-13 10:56 UTC]”
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“RT by @ NicolasSarkozy : 📺 A partir de las 09:00h. @ NicolasSarkozy visita el plató de # EspejoPúblico y será entrevistado por @SusannaGriso ☕️ # CaféSarkozy https:// ow.ly/H68P50QhGt9 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/EspejoPublico/status /1734465656009945196#m [2023-12-12 06:50 UTC]”
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Sarkozy's attempt to appeal the decision was denied, and he has been banned from holding public office for three years and will still have the option of serving his sentence from home with an electronic bracelet
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2021· 3 entries
In the Journal of the European Economic Association by Thomas Bourveau, Renaud Coulomb, and Marc Sangnier, examined insider trading behaviors of executives connected to Sarkozy
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Sarkozy was convicted of corruption in two separate trials, receiving a three-year sentence (two suspended, one in prison, under appeal) and a one-year sentence served under home confinement
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Sarkozy was convicted of corruption in two separate trials
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2020· 1 entry
Sarkozy was charged with corruption by French prosecutors in two cases, notably concerning the alleged Libyan interference in the 2007 French elections
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Edgar Faure Award (2019).
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2016· 1 entry
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament published a report stating that the military intervention "was based on erroneous assumptions" that the threat of a massacre of civilian populations has been "overv
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Prix de l'appel du 18 Juin (2014).
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As UMP leader (renamed The Republicans in 2015)
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2012· 2 entries
Election lost: 2012 presidential election.
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Campaign: 2012 presidential election.
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2011· 3 entries
Won Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (2011).
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“s participation. These actions of Sarkozy were favorably received by the majority of the French political class and public opinion. In 2016, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament published a report stating that the military intervention”
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The biopic The Conquest is a 2011 film that dramatizes Sarkozy's rise to power, with candid portrayals of Nicolas Sarkozy himself, Chirac and Villepin.
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2010· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A photograph shows Michelle Obama with Princess Letizia and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.” False.
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A study of Yale and Columbia universities ranked France the most respectful country of the G20 concerning the environment
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross (2009).
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A worker at a factory where Sarkozy gave a speech said she was asked to stand next to him because she was of a similar height to Sarkozy
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2008· 1 entry
“Opis: 23 lutego 2008 podczas zwiedzania 45. Salonu Rolniczego w Paryżu. Do mężczyzny, który odmówił podania mu ręki.”
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2007· 6 entries
Career landmark: French co-prince of Andorra (2007–2012).
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Nicolas Sarkozy invited Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to France over the objections of both the political opposition and members of his own government
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And 2008, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Quebec Premier Jean Charest all spoke in favour of a Canada – EU free trade agreement
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Career landmark: President of the French Republic (2007–2012).
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Sarkozy was nicknamed as Hyper-president or hyperpresident by some French media after his 2007 election as president, to describe his desire to control everything.
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“The French like burgers, Madonna and Miami Vice.”
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2006· 1 entry
“Opis: pytany po wizycie w 2006 w USA, jaka jest różnica między nim a Bushem.”
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2005· 3 entries
Supported a "yes" vote in the French referendum on the European Constitution, but the "No" vote won
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Career landmark: Minister of the Interior of France (2005–2007).
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (2005–2005).
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2004· 4 entries
Sarkozy was the most divisive conservative politician in France, according to polls conducted at the beginning of 2004
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Sarkozy co-authored a book, La République, les religions, l'espérance (The Republic, Religions, and Hope), in which he argued that the young should not be brought up solely on secular or republican values
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Career landmark: president of departmental council (2004–2007).
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Career landmark: Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (2004–2004).
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2002· 4 entries
Career landmark: Minister of the Interior of France (2002–2002).
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (2002–2002).
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Career landmark: Minister of the Interior of France (2002–2004).
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However, after his re-election as President of the French Republic (see 2002 French presidential election), Chirac appointed Sarkozy as minister of the interior in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, desp
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1999· 2 entries
Took the leadership of the Neo-Gaullist party
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Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (1999–1999).
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1997–2002).
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1996· 1 entry
After they had been separated for several years
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1995· 21 entries
“Kto jest przeciw mnie, jest przeciwko opinii publicznej.”
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“Opis: na spotkaniu z rolnikami w miejscowości Truchtersheim w Alzacji. W języku francuskim oba słowa zaczynają się podobnie: Allemagne i Alsace.”
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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.”
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“Opis: komentarz do swojej wypowiedzi o Niemczech i Alzacji.”
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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. If you don't want your wife to be examined by a male doctor, then you're not welcome here. France is a country that's open.”
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“Co z tego, że ktoś może się cieszyć czasem wolnym od pracy, jeśli nie ma środków, by zapewnić wykształcenie dzieciom?”
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“Francuski kryzys moralności ma konkretną nazwę: to kryzys pracy.”
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“Jeśli jest ktoś, komu doskwiera pobyt we Francji, niech się nie martwi, że musi opuścić kraj, który mu nie odpowiada.”
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“Opis: argument za stworzeniem państwowych funduszy inwestycyjnych (sovereign wealth funds – SWF), nacjonalizujących kluczowe gałęzie przemysłu.”
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“Opis: komentarz do wypowiedzi Sarkozyego, że nie uściśnie ręki człowiekowi, który chce wymazać Izrael z mapy.”
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“Opis: na szczycie w Brukseli.”
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“Opis: o procesie tygodnika satyrycznego „Charlie Hebdo”, który opublikował karykatury Mahometa.”
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“Wierzę w Schengen, ale jest niezbędne, by system ten ewoluował. Dzisiaj znajduje się w ślepej uliczce. Ze względu na trudności z zapewnieniem pracy wszystkim naszym obywatelom oraz 23-procentowy wskaźnik bezrobocia wśród cudzoziemców spoza Unii Europejskiej musimy stawiać sobie pytania w sprawie legalnej imigracji, to po prostu kwestia zdrowego rozsądku.”
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“Opis: o niepodpisaniu przez Lecha Kaczyńskiego traktatu lizbońskiego.”
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“Republika nie rozumie dziś pojęcia dobra i zła. Broni jedynie reguł, prawa, ale nie jest w stanie powiązać ich z porządkiem moralnym.”
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“Opis: Sarkozy do końca popierał Ben Alego.”
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“Prawa, które u nas są gwarantowane wszystkim religiom, powinny być także zapewnione w innych krajach.”
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“Opis: do nowych ministrów po kolejnej rekonstrukcji rządu.”
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“Opis: o Benjaminie Netanjahu, premierze Izraela.”
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Spurned Chirac and backed Édouard Balladur for President of France
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1995–1997).
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1994· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Culture (France) (1994–1995).
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1993· 3 entries
Nicolas Sarkozy was in the national news for personally negotiating with the "Human Bomb", a man who had taken small children hostages in a kindergarten in Neuilly
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Career landmark: Minister of Public Account and Action (1993–1995).
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1993–1993).
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1988· 4 entries
Reelected in 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2005
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Became a deputy in the National Assembly
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Left her husband for Sarkozy, and divorced one year later
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1988–1993).
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1983· 1 entry
Career landmark: Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine (1983–2002).
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1973· 1 entry
Was adopted by the Security Council of the United Nations, permitting the creation of a "no fly" zone over Libya, and for the undertaking of "necessary measures" for the protection of the country's civilian population
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-01-28.
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1802· 1 entry
To commemorate the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution
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