Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa is a French former politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. Born in Paris, his roots are half Hungarian Protestant, a quarter Greek Jewish, and a quarter French Catholic. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine from 1983 to 2002, he was Minister of the Budget under Prime Minister Édouard Balladur during François Mitterrand's second term.