Nicolas Sarkozy - Official biography

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Nicolas Sarkozy - Official biography
President of the French Republic
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born on 28th of January 1955 (Paris)
Married, Father of four children
Former Lawyer, Paris.
EDUCATION
Master's degree in private law (1978);
Qualified as a lawyer (1981);
Postgraduate pre-PhD diploma in political science, with distinction (thesis on the referendum of 27th of April 1969) ;
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Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris (1979-1981).
CAREER
• Member of Neuilly-sur-Seine Municipal Council (1977)
• Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine (1983-2002)
• Vice-Chairman of Hauts-de-Seine General Council, responsible for education and culture (1986-1988)
• National Assembly Representative for Hauts-de-Seine (sixth constituency) (1988-2002)
• Elected Chairman of the Rassemblement pour la République (RPR)
• Departmental committee of Hauts-de-Seine on 3 May 2000
• Elected Chairman of Hauts-de-Seine General Council on 1 April 2004
• Minister for the Budget (1993-1995), Minister for Communications (1994-1995)
• Government Spokesman (1993-1995)
• National Secretary of the RPR, responsible for Youth and Training (1988), and for Activities, Youth and
Training (1989)
• Co-director of the union list for the European elections (1989)
• RPR Deputy General Secretary, responsible for local branches (1992-1993)
• Member of the RPR.s political bureau (1993)
• Coordinator and spokesman of the transition team (10 July 1997)
• RPR General Secretary (6 February 1998)
• Acting RPR chairman (April 1999-October 1999)
• Head of the Rassemblement pour la République-Démocratie Libérale (RPR-DL) list for the June 1999
European elections
• Minister of the Interior, Internal Security and Local Freedoms (2002-2004)
• Ministre d.Etat, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry (2004)
• Chairman of Hauts-de-Seine General Council
• Elected Chairman of the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) on 28 November 2004
• Minister of the Interior and Town and Country Planning (May 2005-March 2007)
Presidential election candidate (14 January 2007)
Resigned from the government in March 2007
Obtained 31.18% of the votes in the first round of the presidential election (22 April 2007)
Elected President of the French Republic with 53.06% of the votes on 6 May 2007
Resigned from UMP Presidency on 14 May 2007.
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PUBLICATIONS
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Georges Mandel, Le Moine de la Politique - Editions Grasset -- 1994
Au bout de la passion, l'équilibre -- Entretien avec Michel Denisot -- Editions Albin Michel -- 1995
Libre -- Editions XO / Robert Laffont -- Janvier 2001
La République, les Religions, l'Espérance- Cerf --2004
Témoignage -- Editions XO -- 2006
Ensemble -- Editions XO -- 2007
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