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Ex-French President Sarkozy's 5-year jail term to start next week, RTL reports
Nicolas Sarkozy will serve a five-year sentence at La Santé prison for criminal conspiracy over alleged illegal Libyan campaign funding in 2007, becoming the first postwar French leader jailed.
- On October 21st, Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, will present himself at La Santé prison, Paris, to begin a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy tied to alleged Libyan funding of his 2007 presidential campaign.
- Prosecutors say Nicolas Sarkozy and close aides struck a 2005 deal with Muammar Gaddafi to seek illegal funding for his 2007 bid, while presiding judge Nathalie Gavarino called the offences of "exceptional gravity" and ordered incarceration.
- Sarkozy will become the first postwar French leader to serve jail time, and his lawyers can petition the appeals court for release, which has up to two months to rule after electronic tagging earlier this year.
- Because the sentence is provisionally enforceable, it will be carried out while appeals continue, and Nicolas Sarkozy has filed appeals up to France’s top court with a new trial expected in the coming months.
- Political allies and critics alike are watching as the former president prepares to report to prison; Nicolas Sarkozy has lost the Legion of Honour and hosted 100 friends in Paris last week.
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Former France President Sarkozy ordered to serve five-year prison sentence
The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to begin serving his prison sentence in Paris next week, following a court verdict last month sentencing him to five years in prison. The Correctional Tribunal of Paris found Sarkozy guilty of a criminal association with an organized scheme to illegally finance his 2007 presidential election campaign. The 70-year-old, who used to be the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, w…
Former French President Sarkozy to Begin Prison Term on Oct. 21 - teleSUR English
He will become the first former French president in contemporary history to serve a prison sentence. On Monday, French media reported that former President Nicolas Sarkozy has been informed that he will begin serving his prison sentence on Oct. 21, following his conviction in the case concerning Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign. RELATED: Where is France’s Political Crisis Heading? Sarkozy was notified of the conditions of his i…
Former French President Sarkozy is reported to be in prison on 21 October in La Santé prison in Paris.
Sarkozy Ordered to Start Five-Year Prison Sentence
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will begin serving his prison sentence in Paris from October 21st. The 70-year-old will be incarcerated at La Santé prison, making him the first post-war French leader—and the first former head of a European Union member state—to serve jail time. Sarkozy was sentenced last month to five years in prison, after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy, after allegations that Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi …
Next week, France's convicted ex-President Sarkozy has to report to the Santé prison in Paris, but the president will not stay long, probably less than two months.
From 21 October 2025, ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy will be incarcerated at the Health Prison in Paris in a neighbourhood for vulnerable people.
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