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Nicolas Sarkozy

(ARCHIVES) - Photo prise le 27 janvier 2011 de gendarmes patrouillant au Jardin du Luxembourg à Paris. Ecartés sans ménagement de la protection rapprochée de Nicolas Sarkozy, les gendarmes font avec François Hollande leur retour dans le Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République (GSPR) aux côtés des policiers. Vingt gendarmes du GIGN vont être intégrés à partir du 31 mai 2012 dans le GSPR pour participer à la protection rapprochée du président, a-t-on appris de source proche du dossier. Au total le GSPR comptera 60 hommes et femmes: 40 policiers et 20 gendarmes.

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About Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy (pronounced [ni.kɔ.la saʁ.kɔ.zi] ( listen), born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa; 28 January 1955) is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier.

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