Nicolas Sarkozy (born 28 January 1955 in Paris) is a French former politician who served as President of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012. He was mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine from 1983 to 2002, Minister of the Budget under Edouard Balladur, and later Minister of the Interior and Minister of Finance under Jacques Chirac, and he led the Union for a Popular Movement from 2004 to 2007. He won the 2007 presidential election against Segolene Royal and governed through the 2008 financial crisis, the European sovereign debt crisis and the Arab Spring, initiating university and pension reforms. He lost the 2012 election to Francois Hollande, returned to lead his party in 2014 and retired from public life after losing the 2016 primary. He was later convicted in several corruption and campaign finance cases.
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born 28 January 1955
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served as the president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012
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Sarkozy was defeated by the PS candidate François Hollande by a 3.2% margin
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is a French former politician
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returned in 2014 as UMP leader (renamed The Republicans in 2015)
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