Jacques Chirac
Politician and Country Leader
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Nicolas Sarkozy rebuffed in plan to move Albert CamusJacques 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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GlobalPost | November 17, 2009
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, Paris, Dominique de Villepin, Major League Baseball, and Charles de Gaulle
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 03, 2009
Chirac memoirs show restraint on Sarkozy
...soured with that incident. While Chirac's memoirs had tough words for other politicians, including former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Chirac's description of Sarkozy was careful and understated. Sarkozy's betrayal before the...
In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Le Parisien, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Edouard Balladur, Paris, and France
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Washington Times | November 16, 2009
Chirac popular for opposing Iraq war
...as low as 32 percent. Now his successor, Nicolas Sarkozy, who has just passed the midway mark of his five-year term, is in the doghouse at 39 percent approval while Mr. Chirac enjoys movie-star-like popularity. According to a recent poll...
In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Iraq War, France, World Cup, The Washington Times, Jean-Marie Le Pen, and Georges Pompidou
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AP Online | November 13, 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. Speaking in...
In this article: Clint Eastwood, Nicolas Sarkozy, Legion of Honor, France, and Paris
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Centre Daily Times | October 30, 2009
France's Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial
...that Chirac headed for years. One of Chirac's former prime ministers, Dominique de Villepin, is on trial, accused of orchestrating a smear campaign against Chirac's successor, Nicolas Sarkozy. Villepin denies the charges. And in a...
In this article: France, Paris, Segolene Royal, Dominique de Villepin, Nicolas Sarkozy, Allegation, Atlantic coast, and Belgrade
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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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