Fondation de france bernadette chirac biographies
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Bernadette Chirac
Bernadette Chirac | |
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| In role 17 May 1995 – 16 May 2007 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Danielle Mitterand |
| Succeeded by | Cécilia Sarkozy |
| Born | Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chodron de Courcel (1933-05-18) 18 May 1933 (age 91) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Spouse(s) | Jacques Chirac (m. ; died ) |
| Relations | Claude Chirac(daughter) Martin Rey-Chirac (grandson) Anh Dao Traxel(adoptive daughter) |
| Residence | Quai Voltaire, Paris (personal) Bity Castle, Sarran, Corrèze (personal) |
| Profession | politician |
Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac (born Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chodron de Courcel; 18 May 1933) is a French politician and the widow of the former PresidentJacques Chirac.
Post-First Lady roles
[change | change source]Since 2001, Bernadette has been a leading member of the "Pièces Jaunes" (Yellow Coins), a charity that aids children in Fre
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Biography
Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac (née Chodron de Courcel; born 18 May 1933) is a French politician and the widow of the former president Jacques Chirac.
She and Chirac met as students at Sciences Po, and were married on 16 March 1956. They had three children: Laurence (born 4 March 1958, deceased 14 April 2016) and Claude Chirac (born 6 December 1962), and a Vietnamese foster-daughter, Anh Đào Traxel.
Since 2001, Bernadette has been the patron of Opération Pièces Jaunes, a charity that helps children in French hospitals bygd collecting small donations. On 3 September 2007, she became the president of the "Fondation Claude-Pompidou" (Claude Pompidou Foundation), following the death of Claude Pompidou, a former First Lady of France.
She was involved in her husband's successful 1995 presidential campaign and her personal popularity saw her play an important role as First Lady in her husband's reelection in 2002. She was also a councillor in Corrèze, the couple's home dépar
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Bernadette Chirac
French politician (born 1933)
Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac (French pronunciation:[bɛʁnadɛtteʁɛzmaʁiʃiʁak]; née Chodron de Courcel; born 18 May 1933) is a French politician and the widow of the former president Jacques Chirac.
She and Chirac met as students at Sciences Po, and were married on 16 March 1956. They had two daughters: Laurence (born 4 March 1958, deceased 14 April 2016)[1] and Claude Chirac (born 6 månad 1962). A former Vietnamese flykting, Anh Dao Traxel, is a foster daughter of Bernadette and Jacques Chirac.
Since 2001, Bernadette has been the patron of Opération Pièces jaunes, a charity that helps children in French hospitals by collecting small donations. On 3 September 2007, she became the president of the "Fondation Claude-Pompidou" (Claude Pompidou Foundation), following the death of Claude Pompidou, a former First Lady of France.
She was involved in her husband's successful 1995 presidential campaign and he