- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJacques René Chirac
- Nicknames
- le bulldozer
- Chichi
- Height6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
- Jacques Chirac was born on November 29, 1932 in Paris, France. He was married to Bernadette Chirac. He died on September 26, 2019 in Paris, France.
- SpouseBernadette Chirac(March 16, 1956 - September 26, 2019) (his death, 2 children)
- Grandfather of Martin, son of Claude and judoka champion Thierry Rey
- Father of two daughters: Laurence Chirac (1958 - April 14, 2016) and Claude Chirac (his communications supervisor). He and his wife also adopted a young adult Vietnamese refugee, Anh Dao Duong Traxel (Anh-Dao Traxel) in 1979.
- May 5, 2002: re-elected as President of France with almost 82% of the votes in the second round against Jean-Marie Le Pen. (He had less than 20% in the first round)
- Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).
- Staunch opponent of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. His relations thereafter with US President George W. Bush were hardly cordial.
- If we prove capable of showing a pioneering commitment, we shall create a community listened to around the world.
- Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face.
- These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the most sincere condolences, both in my name and in that of the French people.
- One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.
- Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.
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