Jacques Chirac

**Jacques René Chirac** (29 November 1932 – 26 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of the French Republic and _ex officio_ Co-Prince of Andorra from 1995 to 2007. He was re-elected in 2002. Before that, he was Prime Minister of France twice, and Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.

## Assassination attempt

On 14 July 2002, during Bastille Day celebrations, a man tried to shoot Chirac. A lone gunman with a rifle hidden in a guitar case, the would-be assassin fired a shot toward the presidential motorcade. He was then overpowered by bystanders. The gunman, Maxime Brunerie, had psychiatric testing.

## After Presidency

On 15 December 2011, Chirac was found guilty for corruption. He was allowed to serve his 2-year sentence without prison time.

As a former president, Chirac had a lifetime pension. He was a member for life of France's Constitutional Council.

## Personal life

In 1956, he married Bernadette Chodron de Courcel.  They had two daughters: Laurence (1958–2016) and Claude (born 1962). Claude is a public relations assistant and personal adviser. Laurence, who had anorexia nervosa in her youth, did not participate in the political activities of her father.

### Health

In 2005, Chirac suffered a stroke. He had been suffering from memory loss and was in ill health. On 10 December 2015, Chirac was hospitalized in Paris for undisclosed reasons, and although his state of health did not "give any cause for concern", he would remain under the intensive care unit.

### Death

Chirac died at his home in Paris on 26 September 2019 at the age of 86.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: _His Excellency_
- **honorific suffix**: _The President of France_
- **image**: Jacques Chirac (1997) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Chirac in 1997
- **alt**: Jacques Chirac in 1997
- **office**: President of France
- **term start**: 17 May 1995
- **term end**: 16 May 2007
- **predecessor**: François Mitterrand
- **successor**: Nicolas Sarkozy
- **office2**: Prime Minister of France
- **term start2**: 20 March 1986
- **term end2**: 10 May 1988
- **president2**: François Mitterrand
- **predecessor2**: Laurent Fabius
- **successor2**: Michel Rocard
- **term start3**: 27 May 1974
- **term end3**: 26 August 1976
- **president3**: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
- **predecessor3**: Pierre Messmer
- **successor3**: Raymond Barre
- **office4**: List of mayors of Paris, Mayor of Paris
- **term start4**: 20 March 1977
- **term end4**: 16 May 1995
- **predecessor4**: Office recreated
- **successor4**: Jean Tiberi
- **office5**: President of Rally for the Republic
- **term start5**: 5 December 1976
- **term end5**: 4 November 1994
- **predecessor5**: Office established
- **successor5**: Alain Juppé
- **office6**: Minister of the Interior (France), Minister of the Interior
- **term start6**: 27 February 1974
- **term end6**: 28 May 1974
- **primeminister6**: Pierre Messmer
- **predecessor6**: Raymond Marcellin
- **successor6**: Michel Poniatowski
- **office7**: Ministry of Agriculture (France), Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
- **term start7**: 7 July 1972
- **term end7**: 27 February 1974
- **primeminister7**: Pierre Messmer
- **predecessor7**: Michel Cointat
- **successor7**: Raymond Marcellin
- **office8**: Minister for Parliamentary Relations
- **term start8**: 7 January 1971
- **term end8**: 5 July 1972
- **primeminister8**: Jacques Chaban-Delmas
- **predecessor8**: Roger Frey
- **successor8**: Robert Boulin
- **office9**: List of presidents of Corrèze General Council, President of the Corrèze General Council
- **term start9**: 15 March 1970
- **term end9**: 25 March 1979
- **predecessor9**: Élie Rouby
- **successor9**: Georges Debat
- **birth name**: Jacques René Chirac
- **birth place**: Paris, French Third Republic
- **death place**: Paris, France
- **resting place**: Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris
- **children**: 3 (including Claude Chirac and Anh Dao Traxel)
- **signature**: Jacques Chirac Signature.svg
- **serviceyears**: 1954–1957
- **rank**: Second lieutenant#France, Second lieutenant