Jacques Chirac

Personal Informations

Known for Department
Acting
Known appearances
53
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 29, 1932 (86 old)
Deathday
Sep 26, 2019
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac

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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Known for

Acting

2024
The Relentless Patriot
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Self
2023
Au cœur du Papotin
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Self
La Revanche de Bernadette Chirac
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Self (archive footage)
Unveiling Arafat
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Self (archive footage)
The Rise of Wagner
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Self (archive footage)
2022
In France with Madonna
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Self (archive footage)
Cent jours
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Self
2021
Mitterrand et la télé
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Self (archive footage)
2020
Lebanon in Crisis
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Self - Politician (archive footage)
Nicotine - A Drug with a Future
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Self (archive footage)
2019
30 Years of Democracy
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Self (archive footage)
1974, l'alternance Giscard
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Self (archive footage)
Mon Chirac
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Self (archive footage)
2018
The Perfect Day
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Self
2017
Balladur-Chirac, mensonges et trahisons
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Self (archive footage)
Mr & Mme Adelman
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Self (archive footage)
2016
King of Morocco, the secret reign
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Self (archive footage)
2015
Sanctuary
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Self - Politician (archive footage)
2013
Le Clan Chirac
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Self
2012
Bernadette Chirac - Un jour, un destin
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Self (archive footage)
The New Watchdogs
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Self
2010
Sarah's Key
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Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
Modern Life
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Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
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Self (archive footage)
Being Jacques Chirac
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Self (archive footage)
2005
French Kiss
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Self
2004
Celsius 41.11
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Self (archive footage)
One of Many
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Self
L'Invité
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self
2000
Taxi 2
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Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vivement dimanche
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Self
1996
Télévision (histoires secrètes)
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Self (archive footage)
1993
Zone interdite
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Self
1990
Christo in Paris
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Self
1987
Islands
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Self
1982
L'Heure de vérité
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self
1981
Reporters
  —
Self
1976
Les Jeux de 20 heures
  —
Self
1975
Midi Première
  —
Self

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