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In office March 20, 2004 – February 6, 2006 | Prime Minister | Paul Martin |
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Preceded by | Grant Hill |
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Succeeded by | Bill Graham |
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In office May 21, 2002 – January 8, 2004 | Prime Minister |
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Preceded by | John Reynolds |
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Succeeded by | Grant Hill |
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In office March 20, 2004 – October 19, 2015 | Deputy | Peter MacKay |
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Preceded by | John Lynch-Staunton (interim) |
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Succeeded by | Rona Ambrose (interim) |
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In office March 20, 2002 – December 7, 2003 | Preceded by | John Painter (interim) |
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Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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In office May 13, 2002 – August 26, 2016 | Preceded by | Preston Manning |
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Succeeded by | Bob Benzen |
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In office October 25, 1993 – April 26, 1997 | Prec • In Search of Monsters On 11 January, seemingly out of the blue, François Hollande announced that France would ‘respond to the request of the Malian president’ and send forces to its former colony to fight ‘terrorist elements coming from the north’. ‘Today, the very existence of this friendly nation is at stake,’ he declared. ‘Military operations will last for as long as required … Terrorists must know that France will always be there when it’s a matter not of its fundamental interests but the right of a population … to live in freedom and democracy.’ In France, though ominous warnings did the rounds, the president’s approval ratings soared from a nadir of 40 per cent to 63 per cent. Hitherto seen as weak, Hollande was suddenly perceived as a strong commander-in-chief (linguistically, it’s a small step from chef d’état to chef de guerre). Abroad, despite offers from Western allies of logistical or humanitarian support (France’s plea for military support from its European allies remains unanswered), many suspected that neocolonial ghosts were haunting Paris yet again. La Françafrique, that infamous amalgam of truncated African sovereignty and French interventi • Nicolas SarkozyPresident of France from 2007 to 2012 "Sarkozy" and "Sarko" redirect here. For other people etc., see Sarkozy (surname) and Sarko (disambiguation). Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (sar-KOH-zee; French:[nikɔlapɔlstefansaʁkɔzidənaʒibɔksa]ⓘ; 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 his 2012 re-election campaign.[1][2] Born in Paris, his roots are 1/2 Hungarian Protestant, 1/4 Greek Jewish, and 1/4 French Catholic. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine from 1983 to 2002, he was Minister of the Budget under Prime Minister Édouard Balladur (1993–1995) during François Mitterrand's second term. During Jacques Chirac's second presidential term, he served as Minister of the Interior and as Minister of Finances. He was the leader of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party from 2004 to 2007. He won the 2007 French presidential election by a 53.1% to 46.9% margin against Ségolène Royal, the Socialist Party (PS) candidate. During his term, he faced the financial crisis of 2007–2008, the late-2000s recession, and the European
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