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
Jacques Chirac
Jospin 1996
Édouard Balladur
Videos
Édouard Balladur was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 17 May 1995. He previously served as Minister of Finance from 1986 to 19
1995 French presidential election
…lost the 1993 French legislative election in a landslide defeat. Since then, he had been "cohabiting" with a right-wing cabinet led by Prime Minister Édouard Balladur, a member of the neo-Gaullist RPR party. Balladur had promised the RPR leader, Jacques Chirac, that he would not run for the presidency, but as polls…
Balladur in 1993
Balladur with European Commission President Jacques Delors in 1993