Presidential elections were held in France on 21 and 22 April 2007 to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France for a five-year term. As no candidate received a majority of the vote
Nicolas Sarkozy, 2007
Ségolène Royal 2007
Transparent ballot boxes have been required since 1988.
Some French cities used voting machines.
Nicolas Sarkozy
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Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa is a French former politician who served as the president of France from 2007 to 2012.
2007 French presidential election
…for a five-year term. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 5 and 6 May 2007 between the two leading candidates, Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal. Sarkozy was elected with 53% of the vote. Sarkozy and Royal both represented a generational change. Both main candidates were born…
Sarkozy in 2010
Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni greet President Barack Obama at the G8 Summit dinner in Deauville, France, 26 May 2011.
Sarkozy speaking at the congress of his party, 28 November 2004
Sarkozy as Minister of the Interior with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, after their bilateral meeting in Washington, D.C., 12 September 2006