Jacques Chirac

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(1932, France)   | 

( fr ) Chirac was born in Paris. In 1959, after completing studies at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d'Administration, Jacques Chirac began his career as a high-level civil servant, and soon entered politics. He has since occupied various senior positions, such as Minister of Agriculture, Prime Minister, Mayor of Paris, and finally President of France for 13 years on two consecutive terms.

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China opposes imposing carbon tariffs on imported products
    BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- A proposal for charging carbon tariffs towards imported products will breach the rules of the World Trade Organization and the spirit of Kyoto Protocol, Yao Jian, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), said here Friday.     Imposing carbon tariffs on foreign products will allow developed countries to conduct trade protection in the name of protecting the environment, said Yao in a statement posted on the website of the MOC Friday.     The concept of carbo [Read more]
15 hours ago on Xinhua  (Jacques Chirac) 
Algerian star accused of kidnap and trying to force abortion on ex
A month later, a person connected with Mami's entourage called to invite her for a four-day trip to cover rai in Algiers. Camille said she was met at the city airport by people close to Mami's entourage who accompanied her to a rented house where she was given an orange juice that had apparently been laced with a sedative. [Read more]
1 day ago on Irish Times  (Jacques Chirac) 
France Cuts Tax on Restaurant Food in Effort to Boost Industry
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2 days ago on Wall Street Journal  (Jacques Chirac) 
Far-right National Front tipped to win town
shocked Europe in 2002 by making it into the second round of a presidential election where he was eventually defeated by Jacques Chirac. [Read more]
3 days ago on Gulf Times  (Jacques Chirac) 
French nuclear test victims to get compo
The French National Assembly approved a landmark bill on compensating the victims of nuclear tests carried out in French Polynesia and Algeria over more than three decades. Some 150,000 civilian and military personnel took part in 210 nuclear tests carried out in the Sahara desert and the Pacific between 1960 and 1996. Many of them later developed serious health problems. The bill must now be presented to the Senate, which is practically certain to approve it. Defence Minister Herve Morin said [Read more]
3 days ago on The Age  (Jacques Chirac) 
French nuclear test victims to get compo
The French National Assembly approved a landmark bill on compensating the victims of nuclear tests carried out in French Polynesia and Algeria over more than three decades. Some 150,000 civilian and military personnel took part in 210 nuclear tests carried out in the Sahara desert and the Pacific between 1960 and 1996. Many of them later developed serious health problems. The bill must now be presented to the Senate, which is practically certain to approve it. Defence Minister Herve Morin said [Read more]
3 days ago on Sydney Morning Herald  (Jacques Chirac) 
Ex-envoy: Sarkozy acted in undiplomatic manner
At the time, (then-French President Jacques) Chirac did not want to meet with him. He even invited (former President Moshe) Katsav in order to make it clear [Read more]
3 days ago on Ynetnews  (Jacques Chirac) 
Giant attraction for the granite city
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3 days ago on Deadline Press & Picture Agency  (Jacques Chirac) 
French restaurants prepare for VAT cut
Former French President Jacques Chirac pushed hard for the cut but was blocked by EU partners including Germany, which feared it would lose out in cross-border trade to French restaurants and was reluctant to match the proposed cuts because of budget ramifications.  Continued... [Read more]
3 days ago on Reuters  (Jacques Chirac) 
Rival parties unite in France against resurgent National Front
that would give the party a respite in its decline since her father, 81, contested the run-off against Jacques Chirac in the 2002 presidential election. [Read more]
4 days ago on Times Online  (Jacques Chirac) 
MEPs gear up for ALDE leadership battle
Previous articleNext articleMEPs gear up for ALDE leadership voteDiana Wallis and Guy Verhoftstadt are set to go head-to-head in the battle to lead parliament's ALDE group.Each of the group's 84 newly-elected members will vote on Wallis, a UK MEP, and Verhofstadt, a former prime minister of Belgium.They are the only two candidates to succeed Graham Watson, who hopes to become president of parliament and has been leader for seven years.The keenly-awaited election takes place at 3pm on Tuesday.Ver [Read more]
4 days ago on TheParliament.com  (Jacques Chirac) 
Corruption in perspective
Former French president Jacques Chirac was surrounded by scandal from his days as Paris mayor. Subsequent high office conferred upon him an immunity he'd [Read more]
6 days ago on Jerusalem Post  (Jacques Chirac) 
McCHATTER : We need Berlusconi's ilk in British politics
He famously shocked the French president, Jacques Chirac, on a visit to his villa in Sardinia, one of his many homes, when he pointed to a bidet and [Read more]
6 days ago on Sunday Herald  (Jacques Chirac) 
Turkey loses key French supporter
He backed the right-winger Jacques Chirac as president in 1995 and even professes a royalist streak. But Mitterand's name alone enables Sarkozy, [Read more]
7 days ago on Hürriyet  (Jacques Chirac) 
Did Pakistani Spies Kill 11 French Naval Engineers?
This new theory hinges on a change in French government as the possible trigger. In 1994, Paris signed a $1 billion deal to sell and assemble Agosta submarines to Pakistan; a year later, the cabinet of newly elected President Jacques Chirac decided to start holding back payment of some $33 million in kickbacks that had been promised to Pakistani officials who had helped secure the contract. French security officials tell TIME that last year French investigators obtained documents and testimonies [Read more]
7 days ago on TIME  (Jacques Chirac) 
Trust, respect the pillars of LeBlanc's success
As governor general, LeBlanc presented Yvonne with a Caring Canadian Award in 1998 in recognition of her volunteer work. The award was created by LeBlanc during his mandate as a way of recognizing extraordinary contributions by Canadians. [Read more]
8 days ago on Daily Gleaner  (Jacques Chirac) 
Roméo remembered for his kindness, humility
Saddened by the news of his death after a long illness, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, and simple admirers of LeBlanc's pointed out various exploits he achieved within the fields of education, journalism, politics, the fishing industry, and even as the first Acadian governor general. [Read more]
8 days ago on Times and Transcript  (Jacques Chirac) 
Iranian protests not a fight for us
French President Nicholas Sarkozy doesn't govern like his predecessor Jacques Chirac. Ditto for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who followed Gerhard [Read more]
8 days ago on News-Herald.com  (Jacques Chirac) 
Tribune Media Services
Q: What's wrong with you? We know Pit Bulls are terrible attack dogs because they're always in the news, right? Why shouldn't we ban these dangerous dogs? - C.T., CyberspaceA: I'm all for the establishment and enforcement of laws which take definitive steps when any dog is deemed dangerous - whether the pet is a Pit Bull (if you can even define what a Pit Bull is) or a Pomeranian. While you're right, Pit Bull attacks do make the news, clearly most Pit Bull-type dogs are not bad dogs. In fact, th [Read more]
8 days ago on The Aurora Sentinel  (Jacques Chirac) 
Sarkozy appoints Mitterrand nephew to cabinet
The new culture minister has never been a card-carrying Socialist and voted for Jacques Chirac, the former Gaullist president, in 1995 elections. [Read more]
9 days ago on SANA  (Jacques Chirac) 
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