Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1932-11-29
Deathday: 2019-09-26 (86 years old)

Biography

Jacques René Chirac (29 November 1932 – 26 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as the Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.


After attending the École nationale d'administration, Chirac began his career as a high-level civil servant, entering politics shortly thereafter. Chirac occupied various senior positions, including Minister of Agriculture and Minister of the Interior. In 1981 and 1988, he unsuccessfully ran for President as the standard-bearer for the conservative Gaullist party Rally for the Republic. Chirac's internal policies initially included lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and business privatisation. After pursuing these policies in his second term as Prime Minister, he changed his views. He argued for different economic policies and was elected president in the 1995 presidential election with 52.6% of the vote in the second round, beating Socialist Lionel Jospin, after campaigning on a platform of healing the "social rift" (fracture sociale). Then, Chirac's economic policies, based on dirigisme, allowing for state-directed investment, stood in opposition to the laissez-faire policies of the United Kingdom under the ministries of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, which Chirac described as "Anglo-Saxon ultraliberalism".


He was also known for his stand against the American-led invasion of Iraq, his recognition of the collaborationist French Government's role in deporting Jews, and his reduction of the presidential term from 7 years to 5 through a referendum in 2000. At the 2002 French presidential election, he won 82.2% of the vote in the second round against the far-right candidate, Jean-Marie Le Pen. During his second term, however, he had a very low approval rating and was considered one of the least popular presidents in modern French political history.


In 2011, the Paris court declared Chirac guilty of diverting public funds and abusing public confidence, giving him a two-year suspended prison sentence.


Jacques René Chirac was born on 29 November 1932 in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. He was the son of Abel François Marie Chirac (1898–1968), a successful executive for an aircraft company, and Marie-Louise Valette (1902–1973), a housewife. His grandparents were all teachers from Sainte-Féréole in Corrèze. His great-grandparents on both sides were peasants in the rural south-western region of the Corrèze.


According to Chirac, his name "originates from the langue d'oc, that of the troubadours, therefore that of poetry". He was a Catholic.


Chirac was an only child (his elder sister, Jacqueline, died in infancy nearly ten years before his birth). He was educated in Paris at the Cours Hattemer, a private school. He then attended the Lycée Carnot and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. After his baccalauréat, behind his father's back he went off to serve for three months as a sailor on a coal-transport.


Chirac played rugby union for Brive's youth team, and also played at university level. He played no. 8 and second row. At age 18, his ambition was to become a ship's captain. ...


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Filmography

all 71

self 70

Movies 60

TV Shows 11

Self (archive footage)
Unveiling Arafat

Unveiling Arafat (2023)

TV
Self (archive footage)
The Rise of Wagner

The Rise of Wagner (2023)

TV
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Lebanon in Crisis

Lebanon in Crisis (2020)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
30 Years of Democracy

30 Years of Democracy (2019)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Mr & Mme Adelman

Mr & Mme Adelman (2017)

Movie
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Sanctuary

Sanctuary (2015)

Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key (2010)

Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Modern Life

Modern Life (2008)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Chirac

Chirac (2006)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Being Jacques Chirac

Being Jacques Chirac (2006)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Celsius 41.11

Celsius 41.11 (2004)

Movie
Self - President, France
The Road to Europe

The Road to Europe (2003)

Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Taxi 2

Taxi 2 (2000)

Movie
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1932-11-29

Deathday
2019-09-26 (86 years old)

Birth Name
Jacques René Chirac

Birth Place
5th arrondissement of Paris, France

Religion
Catholicism

Height

Relationships
Bernadette Chirac (1956 - 2019)

Children
Laurence Chirac, Claude Chirac

Father
François Chirac

Mother
Marie-Louise Valette

Citizenships
France

Residences
Hôtel de Montmorency-Fosseux · Élysée Palace · Hôtel Matignon, France

Awards
Order of the Republic, Heydar Aliyev Order, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Ig Nobel Prize, Order of the White Eagle, Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg", Order of the Rajamitrabhorn, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav, Knight of the Order of the Black Star, Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit, Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry, Collar of the Order of Charles III, Grand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Grand Cross of the Order of Grand Duke Gediminas, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Grand Master of the Legion of Honour, Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania, honorary citizen of Sarajevo, doctor honoris causa of Keiō University, honorary doctor of the China Foreign Affairs University, Honorary member of the Athens Academy, Collar of the Order of the White Lion, Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class, Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, honorary doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations

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