President of the General Council of Corrèze: 1970–1979. Nicolas Sarkozy : Ministre de l'intérieur, de la sécurité intérieure et des libertés locales. The riots were triggered by the accidental deaths of two North African immigrants in a poor Paris suburb named Clichy-sous-Bois who were rumoured to be fleeing from police. - Jean-Marie Le Pen, candidat du Front national (extrême droite). In December 1974, he took the lead of the Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR) against the will of its more senior personalities. Despite the rising awareness of global warming issues, the G8 focused on "energy security" issues. Following the public ceremony, Chirac was buried at the Montparnasse Cemetery with only his closest family in attendance. During a state visit to the People's Republic of China on April 21, 2005 Chirac's Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin lent support to the new Anti-Secession Law, which justified an invasion of Taiwan by the PRC in the event of a declaration of Taiwan independence, and continued to push for a lift of the European Union arms embargo against China. [citation needed], One of his first acts concerning foreign policy was to call back Jacques Foccart (1913–1997), who had been de Gaulle's and his successors' leading counsellor for African matters, called by journalist Stephen Smith the "father of all "networks" on the continent, at the time [in 1986] aged 72. He proceeded to build up his political base among France's several conservative parties, with a goal of reconstituting the Gaullist UDR into a Neo-Gaullist group, the Rally for the Republic (RPR). Ex-Premier ministre de Jacques Chirac entre 2002 et 2005, Jean-Pierre Raffarin a rendu hommage à la générosité et à l’humanité de l’ex-président de la République. Minister of Relation with Parliament: 1971–72. "[97], In 1956, Chirac married Bernadette Chodron de Courcel, with whom he had two daughters: Laurence (4 March 1958 – 14 April 2016)[98] and Claude (born 6 December 1962). A droite, les rôles semblent clairs : à Balladur, le rôle de Premier ministre, à Chirac (alors maire de Paris et président du RPR) la préparation de la présidentielle de 1995. Par ordre fonctionnel "Iraq today does not represent an immediate threat that justifies an immediate war", Chirac said on March 18, 2003. Acting heads of state are denoted by an asterisk. Nommé Premier ministre en mai 2002, il remplace Lionel Jospin qui a été éliminé au premier tour de l’élection présidentielle, dépassé par Jean-Marie Le Pen, le candidat du Front national. [52] In October 2004, Chirac signed a trade agreement with PRC President Hu Jintao where Alstom was given €1 billion in contracts and promises of future investment in China.[53]. After attending the École nationale d'administration, Chirac began his career as a high-level civil servant, entering politics shortly thereafter. On the right, a new generation of politicians, the "renovation men", accused Chirac and Giscard of being responsible for the electoral defeats. Knapp, Andrew. After some months in the ministry for Relations with Parliament, Chirac's first high-level post came in 1972 when he became Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development under Pompidou, who had been elected president in 1969, after de Gaulle retired. However, Chirac became increasingly unpopular during his second term. [90], On 7 March 2011, he went on trial on charges of diverting public funds, accused of giving fictional city jobs to twenty-eight activists from his political party while serving as the mayor of Paris (1977–95). Quinquennat de M. Jacques Chirac [2002-2007] Premier gouvernement de M. Jean-Pierre Raffarin , Premier Ministre [6 mai 2002 au 17 juin 2002] - M. Dominique de Villepin, Ministre des Affaires étrangères, de la Coopération et de la Francophonie • M. Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, Ministre délégué aux Affaires européennes Répondant à une question, lors du traditionnel entretien télévisé le 14 juillet 1997, Jacques Chirac déclare : "La Constitution … In a speech made on 16 July 1995 at the site of the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup, where 13,000 Jews had been held for deportation to concentration camps in July 1942, Chirac said, "France, on that day, committed the irreparable". Prime minister: 1974–76 (Resignation) / 1986–88. As mayor of Paris, Chirac's political influence grew. [59], In July 2006, the G8 met to discuss international energy concerns. Tiberi was finally expelled from the Rally for the Republic, Chirac's party, on 12 October 2000, declaring to the Figaro magazine on 18 November 2000: "Jacques Chirac is not my friend anymore".[41]. Reelected in 1970, 1976, 1982. Au cabinet du Georges Pompidou, Chirac se fait plus pompidolien que le Premier ministre. The first couple were in an Air France Boeing 747 taxiing toward the terminal when the jet had to stop and wait for Flight 4590 to take off. Struggle for the right-wing leadership: 1976–1986, State responsibility for the roundup of Jews. In 1977, Chirac stood as a candidate against Michel d'Ornano, a close friend of the president, and he won. However, a controversial judicial decision in 1999 granted Chirac immunity while he was president of France. Giscard d'Estaing was elected as Pompidou's successor after France's most competitive election campaign in years. Critics say the legal reform will create a generation of "disposable workers", but ministers tried to conciliate growing opposition, one saying no worker could be laid off without justification. He did not explain the reasons for his decision. In October 2003, there was an intense debate about French leaders' tradition of keeping secret their medical problems (for example Mitterrand's cancer was hidden for 14 years) : Jacques Chirac has gone slightly deaf in one ear, and a former Environment Minister Roselyne Bachelot had revealed that a small hearing aid had been fitted discreetly into Mr Chirac's left ear. The would-be assassin fired a shot toward the presidential motorcade, before being overpowered by bystanders. Despite British and American pressure, Chirac threatened to veto, at that given point, a resolution in the UN Security Council that would authorise the use of military force to rid Iraq of alleged weapons of mass destruction, and rallied other governments to his position. Shortly after taking office, Chirac – undaunted by international protests by environmental groups – insisted upon the resumption of nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia in 1995, a few months before signing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Albin Chalandon : Garde des sceaux, ministre de la justice . This unprecedented power-sharing arrangement, known as cohabitation, gave Chirac the lead in domestic affairs. Furthermore, confronted by anti-colonialist movements in New Caledonia, Prime Minister Chirac ordered a military intervention against the separatists in the Ouvéa cave, leading to several tragic deaths. Aujourd’hui, en France comme à l’international, de tous bords politiques et sur les réseaux sociaux, chacun se souvient de l’homme, de l’animal politique, de l’humaniste, du franchouillard, de l’érudit, du libéral, du Corrézien qui nous laisse un héritage immense. Jacques Chirac est élu le 7 mai 1995 et prend ses fonctions le 17 mai, succédant à François Mitterrand. He received 20% of the vote in the first ballot of the presidential elections in April 2002. Ce que la victoire amère de 2002 a changé en Jacques Chirac Jacques Chirac a longtemps porté cette blessure. Liste des ministres sous Chirac. La guerre de tranchée avec le Président, tourne encore à l’avantage du président en place et en 1988, il échoue une deuxième fois à l’élection … C’est d’ailleurs un sénateur qu’il nomma Premier ministre en 2002, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, engageant avec lui l’acte II de la décentralisation jusqu’à la loi constitutionnelle du 28 mars 2003, dont vous connaissez mieux que quiconque les avancées considérables. [citation needed], After Chirac's death in 2019, the street leading to the Louvre Abu Dhabi was named Jacques Chirac Street in November 2019 in celebration of Chirac's efforts to bolster links between France and the United Arab Emirates during his presidency. [74][75] On 10 December 2015, Chirac was hospitalised in Paris for undisclosed reasons, although his state of health did not "give any cause for concern", he remained for about a week in ICU. While the far-right National Front grew, taking advantage of the proportional representation electoral system which had been introduced for the 1986 legislative elections, he signed an electoral pact with the Giscardian (and more or less Christian Democratic) party Union for French Democracy (UDF). Sur … [citation needed], On 29 May 2005, a referendum was held in France to decide whether the country should ratify the proposed treaty for a Constitution of the European Union (TCE). - Lionel Jospin, premier ministre, candidat du Parti socialiste.- François Bayrou, candidat de l’UDF (centriste). Furthermore, the satirical newspaper Le Canard enchaîné revealed the astronomical "food expenses" paid by the Parisian municipality (€15 million a year according to the Canard), expenses managed by Roger Romani (who allegedly destroyed all archives of the period 1978–93 during night raids in 1999–2000). Chirac was elected on a platform of tax cuts and job programmes, but his policies did little to ease the labour strikes during his first months in office. [76] According to his son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux, Chirac was again hospitalised in Paris with a lung infection on 18 September 2016. 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