Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy

Born: January 28, 1955
in Paris, France
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012.

Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine from 1983 to 2002, he was Minister of the Budget under Prime Minister Édouard Balladur (1993–1995) during François Mitterrand's second term. During Jacques Chirac's second presidential term he served as Minister of the Interior and as Minister of Finances. He was the leader of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party from 2004 to 2007.

He won the 2007 French presidential election by a 53.1% to 46.9% margin against Ségolène Royal, the Socialist Party (PS) candidate. During his term, he faced the financial crisis of 2007–2008 (causing a recession, the European sovereign debt crisis), the Russo-Georgian War (for which he negotiated a ceasefire) and the Arab Spring (especially in Tunisia, Libya, and Syria). He initiated the reform of French universities (2007) and the pension reform (2010). He married Italian-French singer-songwriter Carla Bruni in 2008 at the Élysée Palace in Paris.

In the 2012 French presidential election, Sarkozy was defeated by the PS candidate François Hollande, by a 3.2% margin. After leaving the presidential office, Sarkozy vowed to retire from public life before coming back in 2014, being subsequently reelected as UMP leader (renamed The Republicans in 2015). Being defeated at the Republican presidential primary in 2016, he retired from public life. He was charged with corruption by French prosecutors in two cases, notably concerning the alleged Libyan interference in the 2007 French elections. In 2021, Sarkozy was convicted of corruption in two separate trials. His first conviction resulted in him receiving a sentence of three years, two of them suspended and one in prison; he has appealed against the ruling. For his second conviction, he received a one-year sentence, which he is allowed to serve under home confinement.

Sarkozy was born in Paris, and is the son of Pál István Ernő Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa (Hungarian: nagybócsai Sárközy Pál—in some sources Nagy-Bócsay Sárközy Pál István Ernő), (born 5 May 1928), a Protestant Hungarian aristocrat, and Andrée Jeanne "Dadu" Mallah (12 October 1925 – 12 December 2017), whose Ottoman Greek Jewish grandfather converted to Catholicism to marry Sarkozy's French Catholic maternal grandmother.] They were married in the Saint-François-de-Sales church, 17th arrondissement of Paris, on 8 February 1950, and divorced in 1959.

During Sarkozy's childhood, his father founded his own advertising agency and became wealthy. The family lived in a mansion owned by Sarkozy's maternal grandfather, Benedict Mallah, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. The family later moved to Neuilly-sur-Seine, one of the wealthiest communes of the Île-de-France région immediately west of Paris. According to Sarkozy, his staunchly Gaullist grandfather was more of an influence on him than his father, whom he rarely saw. Sarkozy was raised Catholic. ...

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Movies for Nicolas Sarkozy...

Au cœur du Papotin
Title: Au cœur du Papotin
Character: Self
Released: December 28, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: The Billionaire, the Butler, and the Boyfriend
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 8, 2023
Type: TV
How did a conflict between the world's wealthiest woman and her daughter spiral into national scandal? This riveting docuseries tells the whole story.
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Didier Barbelivien : tant qu'il y aura des chansons
Title: Didier Barbelivien : tant qu'il y aura des chansons
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 2023
Type: Movie
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La Revanche de Bernadette Chirac
Title: La Revanche de Bernadette Chirac
Character: Self - Former President of the Republic
Released: October 8, 2023
Type: Movie
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Président : le prix à payer - Face à la rue
Title: Président : le prix à payer - Face à la rue
Released: April 29, 2023
Type: Movie
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De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
Title: De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 9, 2022
Type: Movie
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The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
Title: The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 10, 2021
Type: Movie
The pride of Napoleon's victories, the Arc de Triomphe, whose first stone was laid in 1806 at the top of the Champs-Élysées, is, along with the Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited monuments in the French capital. Wanted by an emperor, inaugurated under the reign of a king (Louis-Philippe) and sanctuarized by the Republic, this patriotic temple polarizes the passions of a whole nation. A historical portrait before "packaging", which teems with anecdotes and unsuspected details.
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Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi
Title: Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 13, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: Decolonisation
Character: Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Released: January 7, 2020
Type: TV
The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still resonates and reverberates to this day.
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Laboratory Greece
Title: Laboratory Greece
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 8, 2019
Type: Movie
A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories. «If Democracy can be destroyed in Greece, it can be destroyed throughout Europe» Paul Craig Roberts
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Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français
Title: Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 2, 2019
Type: Movie
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Title: The Cameron Years
Character: Self
Released: September 19, 2019
Type: TV
Drawing on an exclusive interview with David Cameron, this series explores his leadership, the events that led to the EU referendum and his impact on our political landscape.
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Nous, les intranquilles
Title: Nous, les intranquilles
Character: Nicolas Sarkozy
Released: December 26, 2016
Type: Movie
A collective cinema experience that takes place in a therapeutic reception center in Reims. The film offers an indirect self-portrait of Artaud center in which patients and staff play along in order to give a more human picture of madness.
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Title: Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 13, 2016
Type: Movie
A mental journey - historical, political, musical and metaphysical - in contemporary times, from the Sixties until nowadays.
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The Clearstream Affair
Title: The Clearstream Affair
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: February 11, 2015
Type: Movie
Journalist Denis Robert sparked a storm in the world of European finance by denouncing the murky operations of banking firm Clearstream. His quest to reveal the truth behind a secret world of shadowy multinational banking puts him in contact with an ever-expanding anti-corruption investigation carried out by Judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke. Their paths will lead them to the heart of a political/financial intrigue, which will rock the foundations of Europe and the French government itself.
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Campagne Intime
Title: Campagne Intime
Character: Self
Released: November 5, 2013
Type: Movie
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Les Ambitieux
Title: Les Ambitieux
Released: May 28, 2013
Type: Movie
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Nicolas Sarkozy, Secrets d'une Présidence
Title: Nicolas Sarkozy, Secrets d'une Présidence
Character: Himself
Released: May 7, 2013
Type: Movie
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La Droite a-t-elle tué Nicolas Sarkozy
Title: La Droite a-t-elle tué Nicolas Sarkozy
Character: Himself
Released: May 7, 2013
Type: Movie
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Hollande, DSK, etc ...
Title: Hollande, DSK, etc ...
Character: Himself
Released: December 14, 2012
Type: Movie
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Bernadette Chirac - Un jour, un destin
Title: Bernadette Chirac - Un jour, un destin
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 1, 2012
Type: Movie
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Candidats pour du beur ?
Title: Candidats pour du beur ?
Character: Self
Released: June 4, 2012
Type: Movie
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Les fauves: Sarkozy - Villepin, 15 ans d'affrontements
Title: Les fauves: Sarkozy - Villepin, 15 ans d'affrontements
Character: Self
Released: February 7, 2012
Type: Movie
Les Fauves covers 15 years of hostility between Nicolas Sarkozy and Dominique de Villepin, from the 1995 presidential elections to the present day. Much of the French political right’s history can be expressed in the no-holds-barred battle between these two party siblings, who are simply incarnating the sequel to Chirac vs. Balladur. In this fight-to-the-political-death, senselessness and zeal trump all.
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The New Watchdogs
Title: The New Watchdogs
Character: Self
Released: January 11, 2012
Type: Movie
In 1932, the writer Paul Nizan published "The New Watchdogs" to denounce the philosophers and writers of his time who, sheltering behind intellectual neutrality, imposed themselves as true watchdogs of the established order. Today the watchdogs are journalists, editors, and media experts who've openly become market evangelists and guardians of the social order. In a sardonic manner, "The New Watchdogs" denounces this press that, claiming to be independent, objective and pluralist, makes out it is a democratic force of opposition. With forcefulness and precision, the film puts its finger on the increasing danger of information produced by the major industrial groups of the Paris Stock Exchange and perverted into merchandise.
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Title: La Guerre de la TNT
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 22, 2011
Type: TV
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L'Amour Fou
Title: L'Amour Fou
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: September 22, 2010
Type: Movie
This documentary examines the life and work of the late fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, recounting how a frail prodigy prone to bouts of depression became an icon of the fashion world. Initially appointed head of the House of Dior in 1957 before growing into a globally recognized designer in his own right, Saint-Laurent overcomes his struggles with substance abuse, accumulating a large art collection alongside his lifelong personal and professional partner, Pierre Bergé.
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Title: C à vous
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 7, 2009
Type: TV
Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.
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Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni
Title: Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
A documentary tracking the life and career of the model-musician turned first lady of France.
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Starko!
Title: Starko!
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Learn more about Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign, his personal life and more through this documentary.
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A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume
Title: A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume
Character: Self
Released: November 8, 2007
Type: Movie
Like more and more internet users, if you didn't watch TV in 2007, you'll think twice about it in 2008. Because Guillaume-en-Egypte, Chris Marker's freelance cat, has watched it a lot; from Al Jazeera to CNN via Russian television and animal channels. And he came out unscathed, even offering us a special zapping.
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Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
Title: Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 4, 2007
Type: Movie
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Les Guignols de l'info - L’Exclusive des 10 ans des Guignols
Title: Les Guignols de l'info - L’Exclusive des 10 ans des Guignols
Character: Self
Released: February 19, 1999
Type: Movie
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Zone interdite
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 7, 1993
Type: TV
The zone interdite refers to two distinct territories established in German-occupied France during the Second World War after the signature of the Second Armistice at Compiègne.
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Title: 60 Minutes
Character: Self
Released: September 24, 1968
Type: TV
America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard news coverage to politics to lifestyle and pop culture.