Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy strikes me as a politician defined by sheer motion. Born in Paris in 1955, he rose from lawyer to the presidency of France, serving from 2007 to 2012, and was honored with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. Whatever one makes of his record, I respect the restless, forward-leaning energy he brought to the role. What I find most telling is that he kept generating headlines long after leaving office; some figures simply move the air around them, for better or worse. He was never the quiet consensus-builder but the man who pushed ahead through friction, embodying a particular heated chapter of French political life.

Name (English)

Nicolas Sarkozy

Name (Japanese)

ニコラ・サルコジ

Reading

にこら・さるこじ

Born

January 28, 1955 (age 71)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Goat

Origin

Paris, France

Occupation

politician / lawyer / statesperson / jurist

University

Paris Nanterre University

Awards & achievements

• Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
• Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
• Commander of the Order of the Crown
• Order of Glory
• Grand Master of the Legion of Honour
• honorary doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
• 2014 Prix de l'appel du 18 Juin

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B8

Tags

• politician
• lawyer
• statesperson

Last updated

2026-06-02

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