Jacques Chirac - Wikipedia
Jacques René Chirac (UK: / ˈʃɪəræk /, [1][2] US: / ʒɑːk ʃɪəˈrɑːk / ⓘ; [2][3][4] French: [ʒak ʁəne ʃiʁak] ⓘ; 29 November 1932 – 26 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
Chirac: A life in French politics - BBC News
Sep 26, 2019 · Jacques Chirac served two terms as French president and took his country into the single European currency. He moved from anti-European Gaullism to championing a European Union constitution that...
Jacques Chirac ne s’arrête jamais - Radio France
Sur les étagères de la salle des archives, le rayon "Jacques Chirac" est bien fourni, mais très peu de ces documents sortent réellement de l’ordinaire des déclarations politiques, dépassent le commentaire de l’actualité du moment.Comme si Jacques Chirac n’avait jamais voulu se confier réellement, ni dire publiquement qui il était.
Chirac, Charente - Wikipedia
Chirac (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Ex-French President Chirac, who stood up to US, dies at 86
Sep 26, 2019 · PARIS (AP) — Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and who defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, died Thursday at 86.
Family bid final farewell to Chirac in beloved Corrèze region - France 24
Oct 5, 2019 · Former French President Jacques Chirac's family bade him a final farewell Saturday at an intimate ceremony in the southwestern village where he grew up.
Hearty food and handshakes: Chirac's deep countryside roots
Sep 27, 2019 · Dominique Marchi shows off the table near the towering granite fireplace at his restaurant where Jacques Chirac always sat with his family in the village of Correze, deep in the heartland of...
Key moments in the life of French President Jacques Chirac
Sep 26, 2019 · Chirac’s popularity went through the roof after France opposed U.S. President George W. Bush’s military action in Iraq in 2003. For millions of French, Chirac’s “No to war” embodied the country’s idea of independence.
Chirac: Political chameleon who charmed France - BBC News
Sep 26, 2019 · Anyone who lived in France around the turn of the century will remember the special persona, a kind of avuncular clan elder, adopted by Jacques Chirac for his presidential broadcasts. With an...
Paris-Washington, From Quarrels to Reconciliation
Mar 16, 2023 · President Chirac had no doubts about the attitude that should be his and what he should do. His conviction was that a military intervention would modify the balance of power in the region with disastrous results and that it had to be opposed. 1. ... France voted in favour of other resolutions as well. Some areas of concern were shared by all ...