Jean-Pierre Raffarin is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005 under President Jacques Chirac.
Raffarin in 2013
Jean Pierre Raffarin signature
Prime Minister Raffarin and Mikuláš Dzurinda in Paris, December 2003
Raffarin with Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, June 2004
Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2005 to 2007 under President Jacques Chirac.
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
…accepted by President Chirac on 30 May 2005, after the "no" victory at the European Constitution referendum, and he was replaced as prime minister by Dominique de Villepin. On 18 September 2005, he was elected Senator in the Vienne département. Speculation were that he could eventually try to become President of the Senate…
Dominique de Villepin with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, 2003
Villepin speaking at the Hôtel Matignon in 2006
Dominique de Villepin, 2006