Presidential elections were held in France on 23 April, with a second round on 7 May. Following his tenure as Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac launched his third campaign for the presidency of the Frenc
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Jacques René Chirac was President of France from 1995 to 2007. He was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
1995 French presidential election
…Presidential elections were held in France on 23 April, with a second round on 7 May. Following his tenure as Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac launched his third campaign for the presidency of the French Republic. Campaigning heavily on the theme of healing the country's "social rift" (fracture…
Official portrait, June 1995.
Chirac with Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu during a visit to Neptun, 1975
Jacques Chirac with president François Mitterrand (1986)
President Ronald Reagan, Jacques Chirac, Nancy Reagan and Bernadette Chirac, (White House, March 1987)