{"id":4413,"date":"2010-08-03T22:30:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T05:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/?p=4413"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:53:18","slug":"nicolas-sarkozy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/nicolas-sarkozy","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Sarkozy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sarkozy in 2010, photo<\/a> credit: europeanpeoplesparty<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Birth Name: Nicolas Paul St\u00e9phane S\u00e1rk\u00f6zy de Nagy-Bocsa<\/p>\n

Place of Birth: Paris, France<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: 28 January, 1955<\/p>\n

Ethnicity:
\n*50% Hungarian
\n*25% Sephardi Jewish
\n*25% French<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicolas Sarkozy is a French politician. As a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, he served as the 23rd President of France<\/a>, and Co-Prince of Andorra, both, from 16 May, 2007 to 15 May, 2012. He was also Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, from 14 April, 1983 to 7 May, 2002, Minister of the Interior, from 7 May, 2002 to 30 March, 2004, and again, from 2 June, 2005 to 26 March, 2007; and Minister of Finance, from 31 March, 2004 to 29 November, 2004, among other duties.<\/p>\n

He is the son of Andr\u00e9e Jeanne (Mallah) and P\u00e1l Istv\u00e1n Ern\u0151 Sark\u00f6zy de Nagy-Bocsa. His father was born in Budapest, Hungary; his family left Hungary for Germany at the end of WWII. His father later settled in France. President Sarkozy’s mother was born in Paris, France. His maternal grandfather was a Greek Sephardi Jew who converted to Catholicism, and his maternal grandmother was French and Catholic-born.<\/p>\n

President Sarkozy is married to actress and singer Carla Bruni<\/a>. He has two children, including politician Jean Sarkozy, with his former wife Marie-Dominique Culioli; a son, French-American writer and political commentator Louis Sarkozy, with his former wife, model and public relations executive C\u00e9cilia Attias<\/a>; and two children with Carla.<\/p>\n

President Sarkozy’s paternal grandfather was Nagyb\u00f3csai S\u00e1rk\u00f6zy Gy\u00f6rgy S\u00e1ndor (the son of Nagyb\u00f3csai S\u00e1rk\u00f6zy Gy\u00f6rgy and Gy\u00f6ngy\u00f6si Juh\u00e1sz R\u00f3zsa). President Sarkozy’s grandfather Gy\u00f6rgy was Hungarian, from Szolnok. President Sarkozy’s great-grandfather Nagyb\u00f3csai was the son of Nagyb\u00f3csai S\u00e1rk\u00f6zy Ferencz and Nagyb\u00f3csai S\u00e1rk\u00f6zy Jana. Gy\u00f6ngy\u00f6si was the daughter of Gy\u00f6ngy\u00f6si Juh\u00e1sz Ignacz and Marasz Erzsebet.<\/p>\n

President Sarkozy’s paternal grandmother was Cs\u00e1fordi\/Casford T\u00f3th Katalin Ilona Anna Tam\u00e1s (the daughter of Cs\u00e1fordi T\u00f3th Imre and Borosjenei Jeney Adel). President Sarkozy’s grandmother Katalin was Hungarian, from Szolnok.<\/p>\n

President Sarkozy’s maternal grandfather was Aron\/Aaron Benico Mallah (the son of Mordohai\/Mordechai Mallah and Reyna Magriso). Aron was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, to a Sephardi Jewish family. Aron was baptized Catholic in 1917, as B\u00e9n\u00e9dict\/Beno\u00eet Mallah. Mordohai was the son of Aron Nehama Mallah and Rivka Eliakim.<\/p>\n

President Sarkozy’s maternal grandmother was Ad\u00e8le Jeanne Bouvier (the daughter of Henri Bouvier and Caroline Rosset Billoux). Ad\u00e8le was French, and from a Catholic family. She was born in Lyon, Rh\u00f4ne, to a father from Sermerieu, Is\u00e8re and a mother from Traize, Savoie. Henri was the son of Anthelme Bouvier and Marguerite Poizat. Caroline was the daughter of Martin “Billoux” Rosset and Francoise Claudine Dullin.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> Genealogies of Nicolas Sarkozy – http:\/\/www.wargs.com<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.geni.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Family history of Nicolas Sarkozy – http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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