Jacques Chirac
Politician and Country Leader
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Opinion: In France, la Etat is no longer moi...is no longer moi France's former president, Jacques Chirac on the right, and the country's current president, Nicolas Sarkozy, attend a ceremony honoring France's wartime resistance heroes in Paris in Mar. 21, 2007. (Charles... In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Prince Jean, France, Jacques Chirac, Paris, Dominique de Villepin, Major League Baseball, and Charles de Gaulle |
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washingtonpost.com | November 12, 2009
Ex-French minister links Chirac to arms scandal
Ex-French minister links Chirac to arms scandal PARIS (Reuters) - Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua, convicted last month for his role in an arms scandal in the 1990s, accused former President Jacques Chirac on Thursday of...
In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Dominique de Villepin, Jonas Savimbi, Paris, Angolan Civil War, Unita, and Clearstream
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 03, 2009
French thinker Levi-Strauss dead at 100
...and raised the reputation of French human and social sciences to its highest level." His predecessor Jacques Chirac, who opened the Paris museum of tribal arts at Levi-Strauss' side in 2006, paid respect to "a thinker who dedicated his...
In this article: Claude Levi-Strauss, Anthropology, Philosophy, Current density, France, and Nicolas Sarkozy
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BC Heights | November 04, 2009
Jacques Chirac Facing Jailhouse Rock In Trial
...or signed, as reported in The New York Times. In a particular case, investigators interviewed a driver who worked for a senator and political ally of Chirac whose pay was authorized by Chirac. The driver told investigators he could not...
In this article: Paris, Jailhouse Rock, Allegation, Le Monde, and The New York Times
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 3 days ago
Nicolas Sarkozy rebuffed in plan to move Albert Camus
Jacques Chirac, Mr Sarkozy's predecessor, had the remains of Alexandre Dumas and Andre Malraux, the Gaullist hero and writer, moved to the Republic's secular temple, which houses Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola and other giants.
In this article: Albert Camus, Nicolas Sarkozy, France, Totalitarianism, The Rebel, Nobel Prize for literature, Booker prize, and Le Monde
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The State | November 14, 2009
Eastwood made French Legion of Honor commander
...citation. Former French President Jacques Chirac had honored Eastwood as a knight of the Legion of Honor two years ago, and Friday's decoration was a step up for Eastwood to grade three on the legion's five-grade scale. U.S. Ambassador...
In this article: Clint Eastwood, Nicolas Sarkozy, Legion of Honor, Paris, Elysee Palace, and U.S.
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The Australian | November 01, 2009
Chirac seeks write of reply
...he carried bags of cash to the mayor. Mr Chirac heard the decision while holidaying in Morocco and will return to Paris this week for Thursday's launch of his book, Each Step Should be a Goal. He is due to give an intensive round of...
In this article: Paris, Beneficiary, Allegation, and Abdullah Abdullah
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Valery Giscard d'Estaing's romantic novel with Princess Diana character is a flop
...to hit the 450,000 mark by Christmas. Mr Chirac is currently enjoying huge popularity despite this month being ordered to stand trial for corruption during his time as mayor of Paris. British Airways offers you the chance to win...
In this article: Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Diana, Princess of Wales, Le Monde, Princess Patricia, British Airways, and Cardiff
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The Japan Times: All Stories | 4 days ago
Twilight of France's Republican aristocracy
...Sarkozy. Chirac's indictment is remarkable for the very modesty of his supposed crime: He is suspected of having asked city bureaucrats to work for his political party and run his electoral campaigns when he was mayor of Paris. On a...
In this article: France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Roman Polanski, Paris, Jean-Francois Revel, Dominique de Villepin, and Francois Mitterrand
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Kansas City Star | October 30, 2009
France's Chirac ordered to stand trial
...ordered to stand trial PARIS A judicial official says former French President Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial in an alleged corruption scandal dating back to his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor. </p><p>The prosecutor had...
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Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932) served as the President of France from 17 May 1995 until 16 May 2007. As President he also served as an ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra and Grand Master of the French Légion d'honneur. Chirac was the second-longest serving President of France (two full terms, first seven years and second five), behind François Mitterrand. Chirac is the only person to have served twice as Prime Minister under the Fifth Republic.
His internal policies included lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and business privatization. He has also argued for more socially responsible economic policies, and was elected in 1995 after campaigning on a platform of healing the "social rift" (fracture sociale). His economic policies, based on dirigiste, state directed ideals, stood in opposition to the laissez-faire policies of the United Kingdom, which Chirac famously described as "Anglo-Saxon ultraliberalism".
After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d'Administration, Chirac began his career as a high-level civil servant, and soon entered politics. He subsequently occupied various senior positions, including Minister of Agriculture, Prime Minister, Mayor of Paris, and finally President of France.
- Birth Date:
- November 29, 1932
- Birthplace:
- Paris, France
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Spouse:
- Bernadette Chirac
- Occupation:
- Civil Servant
- Political party:
- UDR, RPR and UMP
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