Chirac

[ shee-rak ]

noun

1. Jacques (René), 1932–2019, prime minister of France 1974–76, 1986–88; president 1995–2007.

Chirac

/ ʃirak /

noun

1. ChiracJacques (René)1932MFrenchPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: head of statePOLITICS: mayor of Paris Jacques ( René ) (ʒɑk). born 1932, French Gaullist politician: president of France (1995–2007); prime minister (1974–76 and 1986–88); mayor of Paris (1977–95)

Example Sentences

He was there to collect funds for the approaching French presidential election on behalf of the centre-right Gaullist candidate Jacques Chirac, who was mayor of Paris at the time.

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Who should then be ushered into the same antechamber but Roland Dumas, former French foreign minister and right-hand man of ruling Socialist President François Mitterrand, Chirac’s arch-rival.

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“The procedure was simple. When there was an election approaching, Chirac made it clear that I should deliver a message in various African capitals,” he said in an interview in Le Figaro newspaper this week.

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According to Bourgi, he accompanied the envoy to the Elysée Palace, where they were greeted by Chirac.

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“Typical Blaise,” Bourgi quotes Chirac as saying.

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