Jacques Chirac

29 November 1932 – 26 September 2019

Jacques Chirac was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He was twice Prime Minister, founded the Rassemblement pour la Republique, and was Mayor of Paris for eighteen years. As president he ended French nuclear testing, acknowledged the French state's role in the wartime deportation of Jews, and opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Born in Paris
29 November 1932
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Married Bernadette Chodron de Courcel
March 1956

The couple had two daughters, Laurence and Claude.

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Graduated from the Ecole nationale d'administration
1959

He had earlier studied at Sciences Po in Paris and served in the Algerian War.

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Appointed Prime Minister under Valery Giscard d'Estaing
27 May 1974 – 25 August 1976

He resigned from the post in 1976 after disagreements with the president.

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Founded the Rassemblement pour la Republique
December 1976

He relaunched the Gaullist movement as a party under his own leadership.

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Elected Mayor of Paris
1977 – 1995

He held the office until becoming president in 1995.

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Served a second term as Prime Minister
20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988

He governed in cohabitation with President Francois Mitterrand.

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Elected President of France
7 May 1995

He won the run-off against Lionel Jospin after two earlier unsuccessful presidential campaigns.

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Re-elected President against Jean-Marie Le Pen
5 May 2002 – 16 May 2007

He served a second term of five years and left office in May 2007.

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Died in Paris
26 September 2019
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