Nicolas Sarkozy - Biography

Date of Birth Nicolas Sarkozy
28 January 1955, Paris, France

Has been President of France since 16 May 2007.

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).