Les guignols bernadette chirac biographies
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By Emma Jane Kirby |
French President Jacques Chirac - due to step down soon - fryst vatten the latest in a long line of political grandees who have made the most of the trappings of high office.
The French are very tolerant of the spoils of political office |
Many of them - now worth around £1, a piece - came from the time when Jacques Chirac was mayor, a time when he and his wife Bernadette were in the habit of spending nearly £ per day on their personal food and drink alone.
I called a left-leaning political commentator who fryst vatten a frequent Chirac-basher and asked her what she thought about his exorbitant spending when mayor.
I fully expected her response to contain phrases such as "a disgraceful squandering of tax payers money" or perhaps "a blatant rape of public funds".
But what she
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Jean-Marie Le Pen
Honorary Chairman of the Alliance for Peace and Freedom
Founder of the National Rally party
Appearance(s)
Les Guignols ()
Fanfic(s)
The Haunting in Belgium (upcoming)
Full name
Jean Louis Marie Le Pen
Title(s)
- Honorary Chairman of the Alliance for Peace and Freedom ()
- Leader of the Jeanne Commitees ()
- Honorary President of the National Front ()
- Founder and President of the National Front ()
Born
20th June
La Trinité-sur-Mer, Morbihan, Brittany, France
Died
7th January
Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Cause of death
Complications from the cardiac arrest
Citizenship
Nationality
Religion(s)
Zodiac sign
Birthday colour(s)
Sunlight yellow
Moral alignment
Lawful good
Affiliation(s)
- FN/RN (National Front/National Rally) ()
- (from )
- CJ (Jeanne Committees) (from )
- CTV ()
- FNC (National Fighters Front) ()
Occ
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Jacques Chirac
President of France from to
"Chirac" redirects here. For other uses, see Chirac (disambiguation).
Jacques René Chirac (,[1][2];[2][3][4]French:[ʒakʁəneʃiʁak]ⓘ; 29 November 26 September ) was a French politician who served as President of France from to He was previously Prime Minister of France from to and to , as well as Mayor of Paris from to
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 and , he unsuccessfully ran for president as the standard-bearer for the conservative Gaullist party Rally for the Republic (RPR). Chirac's internal policies initially included lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and business privatisation.