A decree published in France’s Official Journal confirmed the removal of this honor, as well as Sarkozy also now being excluded from the National Order of Merit. The decision comes after the French Court of Cassation upheld the former president’s one-year prison sentence in December, making the conviction final and triggering an automatic withdrawal of these distinctions under French law.
Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, was found guilty of attempting to bribe a senior magistrate in 2014 to obtain confidential legal information, using his lawyer as an intermediary. He, his lawyer Thierry Herzog, and the magistrate Gilbert Azibert were all sentenced to three years in prison, with one year to be served.
The Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, General François Lecointre, signed the decree, stating the withdrawal was carried out “by right” due to the nature of the conviction. This development makes Sarkozy only the second French head of state to lose the Legion of Honor, the first being Marshal Philippe Pétain, who was stripped of the title in 1945 after being convicted of treason.
In addition to the corruption case, Sarkozy remains embroiled in other legal troubles, including allegations that his 2007 presidential campaign was illegally financed by the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi, a case in which he appeared in court again in early 2025.
For more information on Nicolas Sarkozy, see Dr. Rath’s 2007 and 2010 open letters in The New York Times about the threat he posed to world peace and his then role as the main geopolitical stakeholder for the pharma cartel.
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of the Legion of Honor, France’s highest distinction. According to emerging details, the decision resulted from his one-year prison sentence for corruption.
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A decree published in France’s Official Journal confirmed the removal of this honor, as well as Sarkozy also now being excluded from the National Order of Merit. The decision comes after the French Court of Cassation upheld the former president’s one-year prison sentence in December, making the conviction final and triggering an automatic withdrawal of these distinctions under French law.
Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, was found guilty of attempting to bribe a senior magistrate in 2014 to obtain confidential legal information, using his lawyer as an intermediary. He, his lawyer Thierry Herzog, and the magistrate Gilbert Azibert were all sentenced to three years in prison, with one year to be served.
The Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, General François Lecointre, signed the decree, stating the withdrawal was carried out “by right” due to the nature of the conviction. This development makes Sarkozy only the second French head of state to lose the Legion of Honor, the first being Marshal Philippe Pétain, who was stripped of the title in 1945 after being convicted of treason.
In addition to the corruption case, Sarkozy remains embroiled in other legal troubles, including allegations that his 2007 presidential campaign was illegally financed by the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi, a case in which he appeared in court again in early 2025.
For more information on Nicolas Sarkozy, see Dr. Rath’s 2007 and 2010 open letters in The New York Times about the threat he posed to world peace and his then role as the main geopolitical stakeholder for the pharma cartel.
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