Trivia

Has two brothers, Guillaume Georges Didier Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in Paris 18 June 1951, unmarried and without issue) and François Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in Paris 3 June 1958), who is a Medicine Doctor, and with issue from both marriages), and two younger half-siblings by his second stepmother Christine Marie Irène de Ganay, Caroline Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (married to François Roger Conrad Fournier, born in Hauts-de-Seine 11 Apr 1950), and Pierre Olivier Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa, unmarried and without issue.

President of France 16 May 2007 - 15 May 2012.

Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

French Minister of Finance (31 March 2004 - 29 November 2004).

His father, Pál István Ernö Sárközy de Nagy-Bocsa Pal Sarkozy (born in Budapest on May 5, 1928), is a Hungarian-born lawyer from the Hungarian nobility, who immigrated to France after the Communist regime took power in Hungary after WWII. His mother, Andrée Jeanne Mallah (born in Paris on October 12, 1925 died 13 December 2017 in Paris), was of Greek descent on her own father's side, and of French descent on her own mother's side. They married in Paris on February 8, 1950.

Head of the French conservative party UMP and the winner of the 2007 presidential elections.

Minister of the Interior from 7 May 2002 to 31 March 2004 and from 31 May 2005 to 26 March 2007.

Was elected President of France, the sixth in the Fifth Republic, in the second round of the 2007 election by 53.06% of the votes (6 May 2007).

Several celebrities including Johnny Hallyday, Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Charlotte Rampling and Mireille Mathieu supported his 2007 electoral campaign.

Has two uncles, Györgi Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa and Gedeon Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa.

Former stepson of Mabel Ilona Michelina Véronique d' Eliassy (born on 16 April 1942 in Budapest, died on 15 December 2004 in Madrid).

Has two nieces and one nephew by brother François: one from his first marriage, Katinka Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in 1991) and two from his second marriage to Sophie Garaudet Douzal, Arpad Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in 2002) and Anastasia Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born in 2003).

Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". Volume 260, pages 342-344. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2008.

Married Carla Bruni at the Elysée Palace in the presence of close family and friends, making her the second First Lady of France during his presidency (2 February 2008).

Brother-in-law of actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.

Only his maternal grandmother was of French descent, and his wife, Carla Bruni, is of French descent through three of her own maternal great-grandparents.

Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine (1983-2002).