jacques chirac

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{n} Jacques Chirac (born 1932), French politician, prime minister of France (1986-88); president of France (1995-present)
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{i} (born 1932), former president of France (1995-2007), former prime minister of France (1986-1988)
born Nov. 29, 1932, Paris, France President of France (from 1995). In 1967 he was elected to the National Assembly as a Gaullist. As prime minister (1974-76), he resigned over differences with Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and formed a neo-Gaullist group, Rally for the Republic. As mayor of Paris (1977-95), he continued to build a conservative political base. His campaign for the presidency in 1981 split the conservative vote and allowed socialist François Mitterrand to win. Mitterrand later appointed Chirac prime minister (1986-88) in an unusual power-sharing arrangement after the right swept to victory in parliamentary elections. Although defeated again in presidential elections in 1988, Chirac won the presidency on his third try, in 1995. He was reelected in 2002 in a landslide victory over Jean-Marie Le Pen
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Jacques Chirac (né en 1932), actuel président de la République française depuis 1995, il fut réélu en 2002 pour un second mandat, premier ministre de 1986 à 1988; maire de Paris de 1977 jusqu'en 1995 (réélu en 1983 et 1989)