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JACQUES CHIRAC

IN PICTURES: The story of Jaques Chirac through the years

Former President of France Jaques Chirac has died. Here's a look back at his life through the years.

Published: 26 September 2019 12:39 CEST
IN PICTURES: The story of Jaques Chirac through the years
In this file photo taken on August 29, 1986 French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, wearing a traditional hat, smiles upon his arrival in Noumea. All photos: AFP

Aged 14. 

An undated photo of Chirac in his early years.

A walk with his family in 1974. 

Sunbathing with his daughter in the mid-seventies. 

Lunching with Saddam Hussein in 1975 in Hotel Matignon in Paris.

Chirac in 1974 in Lievin, the official ceremony for the funerals of the 42 victims killed in a mining explosion in Lens. 

Jumping a turnstile in the Paris Metro at the opening of a new station. 

 

Chirac in 1975 in Maripasoula during his visit to Guyana.

Celebrating in front of the Arc de Triomphe, after being elected as mayor of Paris in 1977.

Donning traditional headgear in Nouméa, 1986

Meeting US-pop idol Madonna in 1987 at Paris City Hall during a charity event for Aids victims. 

Sharing a laugh with Bill Clinton in 1994.

Celebrating France's World Cup football win in 1998 with Laurent Blanc, Didier Deschamps and former CFO co-president Michel Platini

Chirac shares a laugh with Silvio Berlusconi in 2003.

 

Chirac pins the medal of the Legion of Honour on the jacket of US actor and director Clint Eastwood in 2007 in Paris. 


Sharing a laugh with Vladimir Putin in 2002. 

Shaking hands with Muammar Gaddafi at Bab Azizia palace in Tripoli in 2004

Welcoming Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to the Elysee Palace in Paris in 2001
 
Hugging former South African President Nelson Mandela after their meeting in Johannesburg in 2002
 
Relaxing on the French Riviera in 2011
 

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JACQUES CHIRAC

IN PICTURES: France bids adieu to Jacques Chirac at funeral service in Paris

A funeral service attended by dozens of world leaders took place in Paris on Monday for France's former president Jacques Chirac who died last week aged 86.

Published: 30 September 2019 12:38 CEST
IN PICTURES: France bids adieu to Jacques Chirac at funeral service in Paris
All photos: AFP

President Vladimir Putin of Russia and former US leader Bill Clinton were among the mourners at the Saint-Sulpice church in central Paris as France held a national day of mourning for its president who served from 1995-2007.

Chirac's coffin, draped in a French flag, was carried into the church by his former bodyguards while onlookers applauded outside.

As well as President Emmanuel Macron, other world leaders attending included Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani as well as EU commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker.

Chirac's widow Bernadette, who is said to be in frail health, attended a private service earlier but was not present at the main ceremony.

Chirac's immediate successors, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande, were both present, as, in a rare public appearance, was the third president of France's modern Fifth Republic, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, 93.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, whose father and former far-right chief Jean-Marie Le Pen was an arch-foe of Chirac, opted in the end not to attend after Chirac's family made known she would not be welcome.


Members of the public are gathered outside of the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris during the church service for former French President Jacques Chirac.


Republican Guards carry the coffin of former French president Jacques Chirac during a military tribute at the Invalides (Hotel des Invalides) in Paris. AFP


Republican Guards carry the coffin of former French president Jacques Chirac during a military tribute at Hotel des Invalides


French President Emmanuel Macron stands in front of the coffin


Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre) attends attends the church service for former French President Jacques Chirac at the Saint-Sulpice church 

The hearse transporting the coffin leaves Hotel des Invalides for the Saint-Sulpice church 

France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy (right) and his wife French-Italian model and singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy stand with the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral's rector Patrick Chauvet

 

 

 

 

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