During Sarkozy's childhood, his father founded his own advertising agency and became wealthy. The family lived in a mansion owned by Sarkozy's maternal grandfather, Benedict Mallah, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. The family later moved to Neuilly-sur-Seine, one of the wealthiest communes of the Île-de-France région immediately west of Paris. According to Sarkozy, his staunchly Gaullist ...

French prosecutors have asked judges to sentence former President Nicolas Sarkozy to seven years in prison and fine him 300,000 euros ($330,000).

France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy has left a Paris prison after an appeals court granted him release under judicial supervision.

Sarkozy released from prison after 3 weeks as he appeals ... - PBS

Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar ...

Sarkozy enters jail over campaign financing - France's first ex ... - BBC

Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of France from 2007 to 2012, received a five-year sentence after being convicted in a campaign finance scandal.

France Sends Former President Nicolas Sarkozy to Prison to Start 5-Year ...

Libya ‘corruption pact’: Sarkozy returns to court as his former right ...

Nicolas Sarkozy is a French politician who served as the president of France from 2007 to 2012. He was the second president of France to fail in a reelection bid since the foundation of the Fifth Republic in 1958, and his attempt at a political comeback was stymied by a raft of corruption charges.