Profile, Nicolas Sarkozy: Paris rematch?

Nicolas Sarkozy

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Age:59

Appearance: tanned, dapper, diminutive

Newsworthiness: the former French president has been elected leader of the centre-right UMP, and is expected to run for the Elysée Palace again in 2017

Shortly before the 2012 French presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy insisted that defeat would mean the end of his political career. “If I lose, I will go off and lead a completely different kind of life,” he told reporters. “You will never hear ...