PARIS - Right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy became president of France on Wednesday, officially taking over from his conservative predecessor Jacques Chirac.

Sarkozy was proclaimed president when the head of France’s Constitutional Council, Jean-Louis Debre, read out the results of the May 6 presidential election during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace.

Sarkozy is a law and order hard-liner who mixes state intervention and pro-market economic views. He is a new generation of leader who promises to lead his reformist drive from the front — a style starkly different from 74-year-old Chirac.

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May 16th, 2007
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