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Jacques René Chirac (; ; born 29 November 1932) is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 (making him the only person to hold the position of Prime Minister twice under the Fifth Republic), and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
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A French court found former President Jacques Chirac guilty of embezzling public funds to illegally finance the conservative party he long led, in a historic verdict Thursday with repercussions for his legacy and France's political elite.
Chirac, a savvy world diplomat and icon of France's ruling establishment for decades, will not go behind bars but was handed a two-year suspended sentence that goes on his criminal record. Anti-corruption crusaders, long frustrated by dirty dealings in the French political machine, rejoiced at the conviction.He's the first former French head of state to face prosecution since the World War II era. But the 79-year-old former leader did not take part in the trial, after doctors determined that he suffers severe memory lapses.The court said Thursday it had found Chirac guilty in two related cases involving fake jobs created at the RPR party, which he led during his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor. He was convicted of embezzling public funds, abuse of trus...PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that the country's richest woman secretly funded President Nicolas Sarkozy's...
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Former French President Jacques Chirac will go back on trial in September on corruption charges linked to his time as mayor of Paris.A Paris court announced Monday t...
Former French President Jacques Chirac will go back on trial in September on corruption charges linked to his time as mayor of Paris.A Paris court announced Monday t...
A French judge ordered former President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges predating his presidency — a case that could mark the first time a form...
Prosecutors have asked a Paris court to dismiss a case of alleged corruption in a trial in which former President Jacques Chirac is the star defendant.The case cente...
France's highest court has ordered a corruption case centering on former President Jacques Chirac back to trial.The Court of Cassation ruled against a last-ditch app...
PARIS -- A Paris court opened a long-awaited corruption trial Monday with former President Jacques Chirac as the star defendant, but quickly suspended the opening se...
A former French interior minister says former President Jacques Chirac and other senior figures were aware of secret arms trafficking to Angola in the 1990s.The traf...
PARIS -- Years in the making, Jacques Chirac's day in court will have to wait a bit longer.A Paris court on Tuesday suspended for months a corruption trial in which ...
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that the country's richest woman secretly funded President Nicolas Sarkozy's...
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