Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Videos
Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing, also known as simply Giscard or VGE, was President of France from 1974 to 1981.
Giscard d'Estaing in 1975
Giscard d'Estaing in the 1940s
Giscard with US president John F. Kennedy at the White House in 1962
Giscard d'Estaing (right) with US president Jimmy Carter (left) in 1978
Georges Pompidou
Videos
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou was President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. He had previously served from 1962 to 1968 as Prime Minister of France under President Charles de Gaulle, with
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
…Gaullists accused him of being largely responsible for De Gaulle's departure. During the 1969 presidential campaign, he supported the winning candidate Georges Pompidou, after which he returned to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. He was representative of a new generation of politicians emerging from the senior civil…
Pompidou in 1969
Pompidou (upper right) with US Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Gemini 4 astronauts at the 1965 Paris Air Show
Pompidou with US president Richard Nixon in Reykjavík, 31 May 1973
Pompidou with West German chancellor Willy Brandt in Cologne, 3 July 1972