Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (/ s ɑːr ˈ k oʊ z i / sar-KOH-zee; French: [nikɔla pɔl stefan saʁkɔzi də naʒi bɔksa] ⓘ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. In 2021, he was found guilty of having tried to bribe a judge in 2014 to obtain information and spending beyond legal campaign funding limits during ...