JACQUES CHIRAC
Name: Jacques René Chirac
Born: 2 November 1932 Paris, France
Jacques René Chirac, (born on 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 François Mitterrand. He and his predecessor
were also the only presidents to serve two full terms in the Élysée Palace.
Chirac is the only person to have served twice as Prime Minister under the Fifth
Republic.
His internal policies included lower tax rates, the removal of price controls,
strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and business privatization.
He has also argued for more socially responsible economic policies, and was
elected in 1995 after campaigning on a platform of healing the "social rift" (fracture
sociale). His economic policies, based on dirigiste, state
directed ideals, stood in opposition to the laissez-faire policies of the United
Kingdom, which Chirac famously described as "Anglo-Saxon ultraliberalism".
After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the Institut d'Études
Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d'Administration, Chirac began his
career as a high-level civil servant, and soon entered politics. He subsequently
occupied various senior positions, including Minister of Agriculture, Prime
Minister, Mayor of Paris, and finally President of France.
Name: Jacques René Chirac
Born: 2 November 1932 Paris, France
Jacques René Chirac, (born on 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 François Mitterrand. He and his predecessor
were also the only presidents to serve two full terms in the Élysée Palace.
Chirac is the only person to have served twice as Prime Minister under the Fifth
Republic.
His internal policies included lower tax rates, the removal of price controls,
strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and business privatization.
He has also argued for more socially responsible economic policies, and was
elected in 1995 after campaigning on a platform of healing the "social rift" (fracture
sociale). His economic policies, based on dirigiste, state
directed ideals, stood in opposition to the laissez-faire policies of the United
Kingdom, which Chirac famously described as "Anglo-Saxon ultraliberalism".
After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the Institut d'Études
Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d'Administration, Chirac began his
career as a high-level civil servant, and soon entered politics. He subsequently
occupied various senior positions, including Minister of Agriculture, Prime
Minister, Mayor of Paris, and finally President of France.