President Sarkozy enthronement (29 images)

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Newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy is enthroned during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 16, 2007.
  • Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace for the formal handover of power ceremony, 16 May 2007 in Paris. A new era has opened in France as Sarkozy took over as president from Chirac.

  • New French President Nicolas Sarkozy's family arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris May 16, 2007. Nicolas Sarkozy took office as the new president of France on Wednesday, waving farewell to outgoing leader Jacques Chirac and promising to move quickly and boldly to equip the nation for a new era. From left are: his son Jean Sarkozy, President's wife Cecilia Sarkozy holding the hand of their son Louis, second left, and his step-daughter Judith Martin, fourth left, is step-daughter Jeanne-Marie and his son Pierre.

  • President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Elysee Palace for the formal handover of power ceremony May 16, 2007, in Paris. A new era has opened in France as Sarkozy took over as president from Chirac.

  • French President Jacques Chirac, left, welcomes his successor Nicolas Sarkozy upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace for the formal handover of power ceremony May 16, 2007, in Paris. A new era has opened in France as Sarkozy took over as president from Chirac.

  • France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during the handover ceremony with former President Jacques Chirac at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 16, 2007.

  • Cecilia Sarkozy, wife of the new French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and their son Louis prior the swearing in ceremony at the Elysee Palace Wednesday May 16, 2007, in Paris. Sarkozy officially takes office Wednesday as France's new president, replacing Jacques Chirac in an elaborate ceremony at the Elysee Palace.

  • Cecilia Sarkozy, wife of the new French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and their son Louis prior the swearing in ceremony at the Elysee Palace Wednesday May 16, 2007, in Paris. Sarkozy officially takes office Wednesday as France's new president, replacing Jacques Chirac in an elaborate ceremony at the Elysee Palace.

  • Louis Sarkozy, son of France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy, and a military aide admire the ceremonial collar during the handover ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris Wednesday May 16, 2007. Sarkozy officially takes office Wednesday as France's new president, replacing Jacques Chirac in an elaborate ceremony at the Elysee Palace.

  • France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy, front, during the handover ceremony with former President Jacques Chirac at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 16, 2007. From left : Nicolas Sarkozy's son Jean, his step-daugthers Judith Martin and Jeanne-Marie Martin, his son Louis Sarkozy, his wife Cecilia Sarkozy and his son Pierre Sarkozy listen.

  • President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Elysee Palace for the formal handover of power ceremony May 16, 2007, in Paris. A new era has opened in France as Sarkozy took over as president from Chirac.

  • France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, listens to the rRepublican Guard band following the handover ceremony with former President Jacques Chirac at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 16, 2007.

  • President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Elysee Palace for the formal handover of power ceremony May 16, 2007, in Paris. A new era has opened in France as Sarkozy took over as president from Chirac.

  • France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy lays a wreath at the Charles de Gaulle memorial statue on the Champs Elysees following the handover ceremony with former President Jacques Chirac at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 16, 2007.

  • France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with well-wishers on the Champs Elysees following the handover ceremony with former President Jacques Chirac at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 16, 2007.

  • France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of his newly named government in Paris May 18, 2007.

  • Police snipers take position on a roof-top looking over the Elysee Palace during the arrival of the ministers for the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris, May 18, 2007.

  • France's Housing Minister Christine Boutin arrives at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris May 18, 2007..

  • France's Justice Minister Rachida Dati arrives at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris, May 18, 2007.

  • France's Health, Youth and Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot arrives at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris, May 18, 2007..

  • France's Minister of State for the Environment and Sustainable Development Alain Juppe, left, and Prime Minister Francois Fillon shake hands as they arrive at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris May 18, 2007.

  • France's Defence Minister Herve Morin, left, and Jean Louis Borloo, economic strategy and employment minister, arrive at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris May 18, 2007. .

  • France's Work, Social Relations and Solidarity Minister Xavier Bertrand arrives at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris May 18, 2007.

  • France's Junior Minister for Public Policy Eric Besson arrives at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris, May 18, 2007.

  • France's Immigration Minister Brice Hortefeux, left, arrives at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris, May 18, 2007.

  • The children of Franco-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, Melanie and Lorenzo, arrive at the Elysee palace to meet with French president Nicolas Sarkozy May 18, 2007, in Paris. The missing Colombian senator and one-time presidential candidate who has campaigned against corruption and drug trafficking in her country, was abducted 23 February 2002 by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's most powerful left-wing rebel group.

  • French President Nicolas Sarkozy, foreground center, poses for a group photo along with members of his government after the first Cabinet meeting, Friday, May 18, 2007 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Ministers are, foreground, from left : Education Minister Xavier Darcos, Justice Minister Rachida Dati, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Finance Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, Prime Minister Francois Fillon, President Nicolas Sarkozy, Environment Minister Alain Juppe, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, Minister of Immigration, Integration and National Identity, Brice Hortefeux, Labor Minister Xavier Bertrand and Research Minister Valerie Pecresse. Background, from left : High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty, Martin Hirsch, Junior Minister for the Evaluation of State Politics, Eric Besson, Junior Minister for Relations with the Parliament, Roger Karoutchi, Culture Minister Christine Albanel, Housing Minister Christine Boutin, Defense Minister Herve Morin, Health, Youth and Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot, Agriculture Minister Christine Lagarde, Budget Minister Eric Woerth, Junior Minister for European Affairs, Jean-Pierre Jouyet and Junior Minister for Transportation, Dominique Bussereau.

  • France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (5th L) poses with Prime Minister Francois Fillon (4th L) and the female members of his newly named government at the Elysee Palace, after the first weekly cabinet meeting, in Paris, May 18, 2007. From left: Health, Youth and Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot, Higher Education and Research Valerie Pecresse, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, Prime Minister Francois Fillon, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Agriculture Minister Christine Lagarde, Culture and Communications Minister Christine Albanel, Justice Minister Rachida Dati, Housing Minister Christine Boutin.

  • France's Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner leaves the Elysee Palace following the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris, May 18, 2007.

  • France's Justice Minister Rachida Dati leaves the Elysee Palace following the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris, May 18, 2007. .