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Sarkozy said. French presidential elections will be held in two rounds with the first one slated for April 22 and the second for May 6. Nicolas Sarkozy began his rise to the presidency in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He headed the national youth...
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He was passed over to head the Socialist Party in 1997 by Francois Hollande. His campaign platform is built around rejecting austerity measures, and polls put him in fifth place. A published poet and scholar of Napoleon Bonaparte, Villepin marked...
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A demonstrator wears a mask during a protest against French presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen during a protest in Sydney, 01 May 2002. A small number of demonstrators held an anti-Le Pen rally outside the French consulate in Sydney. Far-right... View Photo »
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He was passed over to head the Socialist Party in 1997 by Francois Hollande. His campaign platform is built around rejecting austerity measures, and polls put him in fifth place. Villepin, 58, was prime minister from 2005 to 2007 under conservative...
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He was passed over to head the Socialist Party in 1997 by Francois Hollande. His campaign platform is built around rejecting austerity measures, and polls put him in fifth place. Villepin, 58, was prime minister from 2005 to 2007 under conservative...
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2000-2002. He was passed over to head the Socialist Party in 1997 by Francois Hollande. His campaign platform is built around rejecting austerity measures, and polls put him in fifth place. A published poet and scholar of Napoleon Bonaparte, Villepin...
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Jacques Chirac, mayor of Paris (R) and Pierre Mazeaud (L), mayor of Saint-Julien inaugurate a place for Georges Pompidou, former President, on 25 February, 1984 in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois. View Photo »
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Vanneste has made remarks seen as disparaging to gays in the past, but touched a particularly sensitive chord by referring to World War II. It was 1995 before France's then-President Jacques Chirac acknowledged the nation's responsibility for the...
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According to regular visitors, Sarkozy is obsessed with his victory in 2007 – which was an astounding one. He won over his own political party, then in the hands of Jacques Chirac and Dominique de Villepin, convincing 53% of the French people that he...
About Jacques Chirac
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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... Full Article
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French President Jacques Chirac confers 27 April 1996 with Dominique de Villepin (R), the secretary general of the Presidency. The Chirac desk is located in the former office of the late President General Charles de Gaulle on the first floor of the Elysee Palace in Paris.
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French President Jacques Chirac (R, 1st row), Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (L), Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and other members of French Government, attend the annual Bastille day parade, 14 July 2006 Place de la Concorde in Paris.
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French president Jacques Chirac (C) escorts Prime minister Dominique de Villepin (R) as he leaves the Elysee Palace after a meeting to resign his government, 15 May 2007 in Paris, on the eve of the formal handover of power between Chirac and his successor Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy, a 52...
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FILE - In this May 9, 2007 file photo, French President Jacques Chirac, right, speaks with Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. A lawyer says Monday Sept. 12, 2011 he delivered an estimated $20 million in cash from West African leaders for former French...
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Former French President Jacques Chirac leaves his home in a car, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 in Paris. Chirac won't have to attend his long-awaited corruption trial, a judge ruled Monday, after Chirac's lawyers said the 78-year-old is suffering from severe memory lapses. The trial involves...
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Jean-Yves Le Borgne, lawyer of Remy Chardon (not in the pic), former director of French Jacques Chirac's cabinet as Paris' mayor (1977-1995) and who is one of Chirac's co-defendants speaks to the press at the Paris' court on September 5, 2011 after the opening of Chirac trial for...
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One of the lawyer of France's former president Jacques Chirac, Georges Kiejman speaks to the press at Paris' court on September 5, 2011 after the opening of Chirac trial for embezzlement and breach of trust during the years he served as mayor of Paris. Jacques Chirac's trial opened with...
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Jean Veil (R), a lawyer of former France's President Jacques Chirac, arrives for the first day of the Chirac's trial at Paris court September 5, 2011. A long-delayed trial into misuse of public funds by former French president Jacques Chirac opens on Monday, but a senior neurologist has...
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Reporters surround one of the lawyer of France's former president Jacques Chirac, Georges Kiejman (C) as he arrives at Paris' court on September 5, 2011 for the opening of Chirac trial for embezzlement and breach of trust during the years he served as mayor of Paris. Chirac might again...
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French former president Jacques Chirac (C) arrives at his office, on September 1st, 2011 in Paris, five days ahead of the start of his trial for corruption relating to his time as Paris mayor in the 1990s. Chirac, who is accused of embezzling public funds while mayor, avoided the dock...
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Supporters of the Left Front (Front de Gauche) party's candidate for 2012 French presidential election, carry masks featuring (From L) former French President Jacques Chirac, foreign affairs minister Alain Juppe, former prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and current French President Nicolas...
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