Former French President Jacques Chirac, known for a carefully crafted "everyman" image but whose later years were dogged by allegations of corruption, has died at the age of 86. Former French ...

PARIS (AP) — French people lined up at the Elysee Palace and Paris City Hall on Friday to write in memory books recalling late President Jacques Chirac, who presided over both seats of power during ...

PARIS -- Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and who defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, died Thursday ...

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Timeline:1962 - Joins the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers. 1967-1968 - Secretary of State of Employment. 1968-1971 - Economy and Finance Minister. 1972-1974 - Agriculture Minister.

PARIS (AP) — Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust and who defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, died ...

(Reuters) - The trial of former French president Jacques Chirac for misuse of public funds is heading for likely dismissal, with even the prosecution calling for the 78-year-old to be discharged, in a ...

PARIS -- Former president Jacques Chirac was formally charged with embezzlement Friday, joining a growing list of sitting and former senior French officials accused of abusing power to raise political ...

Former French President Jacques Chirac, an outspoken critic of the Iraq War, is set to stand trial for misusing public funds when he was mayor of Paris. The corruption trial makes Chirac the first ...

Former French president Jacques Chirac died on Thursday at the age of 86 after a long battle with deteriorating health, prompting tributes from across the political spectrum for a charismatic ...

Former French president Jacques Chirac, who led France from 1995 to 2007, died on Thursday morning at the age of 86, his ...