Carla Bruni, the New First Lady of France

Model Carla Bruni married French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a civil ceremony yesterday morning in Paris.

Carla Bruni, the New First Lady of France - PIC

This is the first time in history of the republic that a president has married in office.

People reports,

Only nine weeks after meeting, and less than three weeks since telling journalists he was “serious,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the ex-supermodel turned singer-songwriter wed in a civil ceremony Saturday morning morning in Paris.

The French President 53, who divorced in October, and the Italian-born Bruni were wed at 11 a.m. in the Presidential Office of the Elysee Palace, in a private civil ceremony before 30 family and friends.

Bruni, 39, who signed her wedding certificate “Mrs. Carla Bruni Sarkozy,” wore a white dress and looked “ravishing as usual,” according to Paris’s 8th Arrondissement Mayor Francois Lebel, who officiated the 20-minute ceremony.

Nicolas has only been divorced from CÃ©cilia Ciganer-AlbÃ©niz for a little over 3 months.

President Nicolas Sarkozy and CÃ©cilia Ciganer-AlbÃ©niz - PIC

As mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, Sarkozy met former fashion model and public relations executive CÃ©cilia Ciganer-AlbÃ©niz (great-granddaughter of composer Isaac AlbÃ©niz and of a Russian father), when he officiated at her wedding to television host Jacques Martin. In 1988, she left her husband for Sarkozy, and divorced Martin one year later. Sarkozy married her in October 1996, with witnesses Martin Bouygues and Bernard Arnault. They have one son, Louis, born 23 April 1997.

Between 2002 and 2005, the couple often appeared together on public occasions, with CÃ©cilia Sarkozy acting as the chief aide for her husband. On 25 May 2005, however, the Swiss newspaper Le Matin revealed that she had left Sarkozy for French-Moroccan national Richard Attias, head of Publicis in New York. There were other accusations of a private nature in Le Matin, which lead to Sarkozy suing the paper. In the meantime, he was said to have had an affair with a journalist of Le Figaro, Anne Fulda.

Sarkozy and CÃ©cilia ultimately divorced in October 15, 2007.

Who is Carla Bruni?

Born Carla Bruni Tedeschi, December 23rd 1967, in Turin, Italy, she grew up in France from the age of five and later attended boarding school in Switzerland. She eventually returned to Paris to study art and architecture, but left school at 19 to become a model full-time.

Heiress to Italian tire manufacturing Pirelli fortune, Bruni signed with City Models at age 19 and her career began. Paul Marciano, president and creative director of Guess? Inc., came across her picture among a stack of composite cards of aspiring models and chose her to model with Estelle Hallyday in ad campaigns for Guess? jeans. Bruni subsequently worked for a number of designers and fashion houses, such as Christian Dior, Paco Rabanne, Sonia Rykiel, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano, Yves Saint-Laurent, Chanel, Versace, and others. By the 1990s, Bruni was among the 20 highest-paid fashion models, earning $7.5 million a year. While modeling, Bruni dated Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger and Donald Trump.

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