Ex officio Member in his capacity as former
President of the Republic
Born November 29th 1932 in Paris
Etudes
Diploma of the Paris Institute of Political Science
Diploma of Harvard University Summer School (USA)
Former student of the Ecole nationale d'administration ( Vauban Class)
Carrière
1957 / 1959 : Student at the Ecole nationale d'administration
1959 : Junior Member of the Cour des Comptes
1962: Chargé de mission at the Secretariat General of the Government
1962 : Chargé de mission in the Cabinet of Mr Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister
1965 / 1993 : Senior Member of the Cour des Comptes
1965, March / 1977, March : Muncipal Councillor of Sainte-Féréole (Corrèze)
1967, March / 1967, May: Member of the National Assembly for Corrèze
1967 / 1968 Minister of State for Social Affairs, in charge of employment (Government of Georges Pompidou)
1968: General Councillor of the Canon of Maymac, re-elected in 1970, 1976 and 1982
1968 / 1971 : Minister of State for the Economy (Governments of Georges Pompidou, Maurice Couve de Murville, Jacques Chaban-Delmas)
1968, June / 1968, August : Member of the National Assembly for Corrèze
Since 1969 : Treasurer of the Claude Pompidou Foundation (Assistance to the Elderly and handicapped children)
1970 / 1979 March : President of the General Council of Corrèze
1971 / 1972 :) Minister of State in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister in charge of relations with the Parliament ( Government of Jacques
Chaban-Delmas)
1972 / 1973 : Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Government of Pierre Messmer)
1973, 4 March / 1973, 5 May : Re-elected Member of the National Assembly for Corrèze
1973 / 1974 : Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Government of Pierre Messmer)
1974 : Minister of the Interior (Government of Pierre Messmer)
1974, 27 May : Prime Minister
1974, December / 1975, June : Secretary General of the Union des Démocrates Républicains (UDR)
1976, 25 August : Presents resignation of his Government
1976 / 1995, 15 May Re-elected Member of the National Assembly for Corrèze (3rd constituency)
1976, 5 December / 1994, 12 November : Launches the Rassemblement Pour la République (RPR) and is elected President
1977, 20 March : Elected Mayor of Paris
1979, 1er May : Launches the International Association of Mayors of partly or entirely French-speaking Capitals and is elected President
1979, 10 June : Elected to the European Parliament (List : Defence of French Interests in Europe) resigns in 1980
1983 : Re-elected Mayor of Paris
1986, 20 March / 1988, 10 May : Prime Minister
1989 : Re-elected Mayor of Paris
1995, 7 May : Elected President of the French Republic
2002, 5 May : Re-elected President of the French Republic
2007, 16 May (since) : Ex officio Member of the Constitutional Council in his capacity as Former President of the
Republic
2008, June: President of the Jacques Chirac Foundation for Sustainable Development and Dialogue between Cultures
Decorations
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
Military Merit Medal
Aeronautics Medal
Chevalier of the Agricultural Order of Merit, of Arts and Letters, of the Black Star, of the Sporting Order, Grand Cross of the Sovereign
Order of Merit of Malta
Publications
Thesis at the Paris Institute of Pölitical Science on " le Développement du Port de la Nouvelle-Orléans" IEP Paris, 1954
Discours pour la France à l'Heure du Choix, Paris, Editions Stock, 1978
La lueur de l'espérance : réflexion du soir pour le matin, Paris, La Table Ronde, 1978
Oui à l'Europe, propos recueillis par Alain BERGER, Paris, édition Albatros, 1984
Une nouvelle France, Réflexions 1, Paris, Nil Editions, 1994
La France pour Tous, Paris, Nil Editions, 1995
Mon combat pour la France, Paris, éditions Odile Jacob, 2007
Mon combat pour la paix, Paris, éditions Odile Jacob, 2007
Ex officio Member in his capacity as former
President of the Republic
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