Lawyer: French president Sarkozy and wife are divorced
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Cecilia, have divorced after 11 years of marriage and months of questions about their relationship, their lawyer said Thursday.
"They were heard by a judge and the judge granted their divorce," lawyer Michele Cahen said on Europe-1 radio. "It went very well. There was not the slightest difficulty." Sarkozy is the first French president to divorce while in power.