Jacques Chirac
Born on 29 November 1932 in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Son of François Chirac, a company director, and Marie-Louise, née Valette. Married on 16 March 1956 to Mlle Bernadette Chodron de Courcel (two children: Laurence and Claude).
Education
Lycée Carnot and Lycée Louis-le-Grand,Paris
Qualifications
Graduate of the Paris Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Institute of Political Science), and of the Harvard University Summer School (USA).
Decorations
- Grand-Croix de la Légion d'Honneur
- Grand-Croix de l'Ordre National du Mérite
- Croix de la Valeur Militaire
- Médaille de l'Aéronautique (aerospace industry)
- Chevalier du Mérite Agricole, des Arts et des Lettres, de l'Etoile Noire, du Mérite Sportif, du Mérite Touristique
- Grand-croix du Mérite de l'Ordre Souverain de Malte (Grand Cross of the Merit of the Sovereign Order of Malta)
Career
- 1957-1959
Ecole nationale d'Administration (competitive-entrance college which trains top civil servants)
- 1959
- Auditeur (Junior member) of the cour des comptes (Audit Court)
- 1962
- Chargé de mission at the Government Secretariat-General
- Chargé de mission in the private office of Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister
- 1965-1993
- Conseiller référendaire (middle-ranking member) of the Cour des comptes
- March 1965 to March 1977
- Member of the Sainte-Féréole (Corrèze) municipal council
- March - May 1967
National Assembly Deputy fot he Corrèze départment
- 1967-1968
- State Secretary for Social Affairs, with responsibility for Employment (government of Georges Pompidou)
- 1968
- Member of the Corrèze General Council for the canton of Meymac, re-elected in 1970, 1976, 1982)
- 1968-1971
- State Secretary for the Economy and Finance (governments of Georges Pompidou, Maurice Couve de Murville and Jacques Chaban-Delmas)
- June 1968 - August 1968
- UDR (Union pour la Défense de la République)National Assembly Deputy for the Corrèze département
- Since 1969
- Treasurer of the Fondation Claude Pompidou (a voluntary organization providing assistance particularly for the elderly and handicapped children)
- 1970 to March 1979
- Chairman of the Corrèze General Council
- 1971-1972
- Minister attached ti the Prime Minister, with responsibility for relations with Parliament (government of Jacques Chaban-Delmas)
- 1972-1973
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (government of Pierre Messmer)
- March 4 1973 to May 5 1973
- Re-elected National Assembly Deputy for the Corrèze département
- 1973-1974
- Minister of the Interior (government of Messmer)
- 1974
- Minister of the Interior (government of Messmer)
- 27 May, 1974
Prime Minister
- December 1974 - June 1975
- Union des Démocrates pour la République (UDR) General Secretary
- June 1975
- UDR, Honorary General Secretary
- 25 August 1976
- Tendered his government resignation
- 1976 to 15 May 1995
Re-elected National Assembly Deputy for Corrèze département , 3rd constituency
- 5 December 1976 to 12 November 1994
- Elected Chairman of the Rassemblement pour la République (RPR)
- 20 March 1977 to 16 May 1995
Elected Mayor of Paris
- 1 May 1979
- Elected Chairman of the Association internationale des Maires et Responsables des Capitales et Métropoles partiellement ou entièrement francophones (AIMF) (international association of mayors and those in charge of partially or entirely French-speaking capitals and cities)
- June 10, 1979
- Elected to the European Parliament - Défense des Intérêts de la France en Europe (defending France's interests in Europe) list. He resigned his seat in 1980
- 20 March 1986 to 10 May 1988
- Prime minister (Cohabitation)
- 7 May 1995
Elected President of the French Republic
- 17 May 1995
- Inauguration as President of the Republic
- 5 May 2002
- Re-elected President of the French Republic
- 16 May 2002
- Inauguration as President of the Republic
Published works
Thesis at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques: le Développement du Port de la Nouvelle- Orléans (development of the Port of New Orleans) (1954)
- Discours pour la France à l'Heure du Choix, Editions Stock (1978)
- "La lueur de l'espérance : réflexion du soir pour le matin" Editions La Table Ronde (1978)
- "Une nouvelle France, Réflexions 1 " Nil Editions (1994)
- "La France pour Tous" Nil Editions (1995)