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.

By the end of his ill-starred second term, Mr Chirac was the Fifth Republic’s most unpopular president (though François Hollande later beat that dismal record). It was easy to see why.

Former French president Jacques Chirac died on Sep 26, aged 86. Chirac served as the French president from 1995 to 2007, over which period he visited China four times.

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.

Chirac married Bernadette Chodron de Courcel, with whom he had two daughters. Making his entry into politics, the ambitious Gaullist served as a special assistant to Prime Minister Georges Pompidou.

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Former French President Jacques Chirac has been admitted to a Paris hospital for a pulmonary infection, his son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux said Sunday.

Chirac was the first head of state to recognize and apologize for France's deportation of Jews in World War II. In 2005, he traveled to Auschwitz with French deportees to mark the 60th anniversary ...