Being in power, is tiring!
And it’s not these presidents who are going to say the opposite. Older and with more tired traits, a smile at the beginning is transformed into a wrinkled scowl with eyebrow lines, the face of these heads of state have changed a lot. It must also be said that being president is not easy. From Barack Obama to Nicolas Sarkozy or Angela Merkel, here are some before-after photos which prove that power makes you grow old!
1/ Nicolas Sarkozy
French President from 2007 to 2012.
2/ Barack Obama
USA president from 2008 to 2016.
3/ Jacques Chirac
French President from 1995 to 2007.
Russian president from 1999 to 2008 and then again from 2012 to 2017.
5/ Angela Merkel
German president from 2005 to 2016.
6/ Bill Clinton
USA president from 1993 to 2001.
7/ George W. Bush
USA president from 2001 to 2009.