The former French president, Jacques Chirac, has died. It informs the family told AFP.
– Jacques Chirac, died this morning surrounded by his family – peaceful, says his son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux to the AFP.
Chirac, who was France’s president from 1995 to 2007, was 86 years old.
the Frenchman came on all residents ‘ lips in 1995, because he conducted a series of controversial nuclear tests in the Pacific. This resulted in major international protests.
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Before he became the president of France, he was mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
The former French president, will among other things be remembered for having implemented the abbreviation of præsidentperioden in France from seven to five years, even if it meant that he had to make do with 12 and not 14 years in office.
the Frenchman did not come through his career without scratches in the paintwork. In 2011, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for corruption and abuse of power.
He was convicted of In his time as Paris mayor to have used public funds in an attempt to promote his party.
Jacques chirac’s health was the last year not in the top, why he did not participate in the proceedings against him.
