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	Jacques Chirac
		Chirac was the mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995, and Prime Minister of France from 1974-76 and again from 1986-88.
		Chirac is implicated in several major scandals, but as President of France he's immune from prosecution until he leaves office.
		As a young man, Chirac was a communist activist, and of course, this was used against him in his early political life.
	www.nndb.com /people/649/000023580 (437 words)

	Jacques Rene Chirac Biography
		Chirac was elected mayor of Paris in 1977 and again elected as a member of the National Assembly.
		Chirac ran for president in 1981 but was defeated at the time France made a political swing in the opposite direction.
		Chirac was elected president of France in 1995 but has spent much of his time in office attempting to assuage an angry, disillusioned electorate.
	www.iraqinews.com /people_chirac.shtml (541 words)

	CNN.com - Chirac: Lesser of two evils? - May 6, 2002
		In a 35-year political career that has had its share of ups and downs, Chirac is now in the unique position of having won another five years as president because he was, to many voters, the lesser of two evils -- the greater being his second-round opponent from the extreme right, Jean-Marie Le Pen.
		Chirac controls only foreign and military policy -- and even then, the purse strings remain in the hands of the prime minister.
		For three decades Chirac had laboured to emerge from the political wilderness to follow in the path of his political role model, postwar President Charles de Gaulle.
	www.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/04/19/chirac.profile.bittermann (876 words)

	Jacques Chirac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Chirac already rose to become economy minister in the late 1960s, serving as department head and a secretary of state.
		Chirac ran against sitting president Giscard, thus splitting the center-right vote; both Chirac and Giscard were defeated by Socialist François Mitterrand.
		Chirac was elected on a platform of tax cuts and job programs, but his policies did little to ease the recent labor strikes during his first months in office.
	jacques-chirac.iqnaut.net (2471 words)

	Jacques Chirac - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
		En 1986, Chirac se convirtió en primer ministro durante el periodo de ‘cohabitación’ (en lenguaje político, ejercicio del poder en un sistema presidencial, en el cual los cargos de jefe de gobierno y de presidente son ejercidos por tendencias distintas) con el socialista Mitterrand como presidente de la República.
		Cuando, en las elecciones de marzo de 1993, las distintas fuerzas conservadoras obtuvieron una amplia mayoría parlamentaria, Chirac se mantuvo al margen, permitiendo así que Édouard Balladur se convirtiera en el último primer ministro de François Mitterrand, mientras él se disponía a afrontar un tercer intento para alcanzar la presidencia en la primavera de 1995.
		Chirac consiguió la victoria frente al candidato socialista Lionel Jospin y pasó a ser presidente de la República, en el marco de una plataforma de compromiso con la unidad europea, la unión monetaria europea y la lucha contra el desempleo.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jacques_Chirac (1362 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Profile: Jacques Chirac
		Jacques Chirac is a political beast par excellence.
		Mr Chirac has been accused of presiding over a system of illegal party financing while he was mayor of Paris.
		It is a look of deep, deep sincerity - emphasised by a furrowing of his massive forehead and a pause as he chooses some new formula of crushing sententiousness.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1943550.stm (722 words)

	The Chirac Doctrine - Middle East Quarterly
		While Chirac inherited a French foreign policy already tilted toward the Arab world, his pursuit of close personal ties to Arab leaders and his outreach to Islamists, rejectionist Arab states, and groups considered terrorists by the U.S. government is part of a broader strategy to increase French influence in the region.
		Chirac may have several reasons for extending French embrace beyond mere sympathy with the Arab world to uncritical support of rogues regardless of their rejectionism or support for terror.
		The legacy of the Chirac doctrine, though, may not be the French grandeur that Chirac and his allies seek, but rather a reputation for cynicism, hostility to democracy and reform, and association with the worst excesses of Middle Eastern society.
	www.meforum.org /article/772 (5171 words)

	Chirac Urges a Transfer of Power
		Chirac for the first time laid out a two-stage plan for Iraqi self-rule, the first stage being a symbolic transfer of sovereignty from American hands to the existing 25-member Iraqi Governing Council, followed by the gradual ceding of real power over a period of about six to nine months.
		Chirac also said France had no intention of sending troops to be part of the American-led occupation force, although he suggested that circumstances could change.
		Chirac's proposal suggested that it would be difficult for the two sides to agree on the wording of a resolution that Washington introduced in draft form early this month.
	www.nytimes.com /2003/09/22/international/22CHIR.html?ex=1379563200&en=e583293b89c7baf9&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (816 words)

	Jacques Chirac Has Long Record of Public Service Marred by Corruption Allegations - Global Policy Forum - Nations and ...
		Dapper and tall with charm to spare, French President Jacques Chirac is a well-bred bon vivant who enjoys such trappings of power as luxury voyages abroad or life in a government-owned palace.
		Investigators believe Chirac used hundreds of thousands of public dollars to pay for personal vacations for himself, his family and his entourage while he was Paris mayor in the 1990s.
		In an explanation that raised more questions, Chirac said the money came from a special fund he was entitled to use as prime minister between 1986 and 1988.
	www.globalpolicy.org /nations/launder/regions/2002/0504chirac.htm (756 words)

	CNN.com - Chirac urges no sanctions on Iran - Sep 18, 2006
		Chirac said thy although international efforts to urge Iraq to comply had so far failed to bear fruit, he believed that negotiations remained the way forward.
		Speaking on Iraq, Chirac said his country was willing to work alongside the United States to bring an end to conflict.
		Chirac said that while he backed Bush's view that there was genocide taking place in the Sudanese region of Darfur, he favored a measured diplomatic approach to resolving three years of conflict that have led to the displacement of up to two million people.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/europe/09/18/chirac.interview (705 words)

	Chirac: World is full of power politics
		Chirac reminded Chinese youth of their responsibility for the future of not only their own country but the whole world.
		Chirac said China would become a major power in the future, possibly the strongest nation in the world, so what happens to China would influence global politics, economy, culture and environment.
		Chirac said Europe and Asia might have similar interpretations of international affairs, because both two continents boast long histories and outstanding wisdom.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /china/2006-10/27/content_718154.htm (536 words)

	AEI - Short Publications
		Last week, Chirac delivered a speech at a French submarine base warning terrorist states of a “firm and fitting response” should they attack France.
		Chirac, once a hero of the pacifist left for his opposition to America’s Iraq war, has suddenly found himself transmuted into a Dr Strangelove villain in the eyes of his former admirers.
		Chirac has just delivered the Iranians a warning that their next steps may cost them far more dearly.
	www.aei.org /publications/pubID.23747,filter.all/pub_detail.asp (619 words)

	FOXNews.com - Chirac Opposes Deadline Over Iran's Nuclear Program - International News \| News of the World \| Middle ...
		UNITED NATIONS — French President Jacques Chirac said Tuesday that he does not want to set a new deadline for Iran to suspend nuclear activities feared to be a prelude to developing a nuclear weapons program, despite Tehran's defiance of U.N. Security Council demands.
		Chirac, after the talks with Bush, insisted that his compromise proposal was just a reiteration of France's position.
		Chirac also urged the Sudanese government to accept a U.N. peacekeeping force for the war-torn region of Darfur, and warned of a pending a "humanitarian catastrophe" there.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,214554,00.html (969 words)

	Chirac names new PM after EU no vote - Europe - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		But for Chirac, Villepin was a known quantity: The senator's son was his closest adviser from 1995 to 2002.
		Portly, folksy Raffarin, 57, was a senator from the provinces when he was plucked from relative obscurity to head the government after Chirac was elected for a second term in 2002.
		Chirac chose to hold a referendum rather than take the EU constitution to parliament, where it would have passed with a wide majority.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8022003 (1003 words)

	The Chirac-Hussein Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		During that visit, Chirac said, “Iraq is in the process of beginning a coherent nuclear program and France wants to associate herself with that effort in the field of reactors.” France sold two reactors to Iraq, with the agreement signed during Hussein’s visit.
		Partly because of the breadth of the relationship Chirac and Hussein had created in a relatively short period of time and the obvious warmth of their personal ties, there was intense speculation about the less visible aspects of the relationship.
		It is unfair to tag Chirac with the rumors that have trailed him in his relations with Hussein.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/846787/posts (2929 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Two faces of Jacques Chirac
		Chirac also called for an immediate transfer of sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government, a ploy dismissed as "unreasonable" by Secretary of State Colin Powell and Bush, who argued that the United States had no intention of leaving the Iraqis in the lurch before they could build lasting representative institutions.
		When French leaders, including Chirac, have felt their own interests at stake, they have not hesitated a heartbeat to send in the troops, whether it be to the Ivory Coast, Chad, Republic of the Congo or Kosovo.
		The French government under former Chirac ally Edouard Balladur arranged for the shipment of $500 million in weaponry purchased through intermediaries from the former Soviet bloc in 1993-1994 to the government of Angola, in violation of a U.N. arms embargo.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34988 (1633 words)

	Chirac's threats over pro-US letter rile eastern Europe - smh.com.au
		Diplomats and commentators likened Mr Chirac's comments to Soviet edicts to Warsaw pact countries and warned they would have a lasting impact on France's standing in Europe.
		The Romanian President, Ion Iliescu, led the counter attack on France, describing Mr Chirac's "outdated" views as an affront to democracy and free speech.
		Mr Chirac told reporters after Monday's ill-tempered EU summit on Iraq that some aspiring EU members had "not been very well behaved" for signing a letter supporting the US on Iraq.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/02/19/1045638359464.html (535 words)

	Chirac: Co-operative partnership beneficial
		In an address at the prestigious Tongji University, Chirac said France, the first country in the world to advocate "freedom, equality and humanism," sees humanism as the fundamental requirement of the World Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and also the basis of French ethics.
		When specifying the target of France-China co-operation, Chirac said France and China share a belief and wish for a just and peaceful world, stable economic development and a well-off life for their people.
		Chirac said France-China projects have reached the highest level in human genome research, superconductor material, information technology and applied mathematics.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-10/12/content_381682.htm (305 words)

	Chirac mocks Blair's faith in US - Iraq - www.theage.com.au
		French President Jacques Chirac has undermined renewed attempts by Tony Blair to ease tensions between Europe and the United States by claiming the British Prime Minister has gained nothing for supporting the Iraq war.
		Speaking to reporters on the eve of a visit to London, Mr Chirac said that right now, the US was "not ready to make concessions to anyone, even the British".
		Mr Chirac's comments come as Britain moves to influence the US on the Middle East peace process and retain its central role in the development of the European Union as a diplomatic and democratic force.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Iraq/Chirac-mocks-Blairs-faith-in-US/2004/11/16/1100574464631.html?oneclick=true (764 words)

	Truthdig - Ear to the Ground - Chirac Blasts U.S.-Led Invasion of Iraq
		In a speech to ambassadors, Chirac also renewed his call for an international conference on the Middle East, saying he was deeply concerned by the growing number of crises there.
		President Chirac was quite silent for some time and at the end of his legacy apparently wants to leave his mark.
		Let us hope that Chirac may do something to get the European community to bring pressure on the US and the Middle East before he bids his final farewell to the ‘Homeless’ of France with whom the next President of France would have to wrestle.
	www.truthdig.com /eartotheground/item/20070105_chirac_blasts_invasion (1365 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- France's Chirac falls for Canadian radio PM prank
		PARIS –; French President Jacques Chirac took a call from Canada's newly elected leader only to find he had been fooled by a pair of radio pranksters known as the 'Masked Avengers' in Canada's French-speaking city of Montreal.
		Chirac's office confirmed that the French leader had taken a courtesy call on Thursday purportedly from Canada's new conservative Prime Minister-elect Stephen Harper.
		Chirac did not react once to Audette's outrageously thick French-Canadian accent as the two men discussed relations, including the name of Canada's new ambassador to France – Richard Z. Sirois – who unbeknownst to Chirac is a well-known French Canadian humorist.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20060127-1122-odd-chirac-prank.html (400 words)

	Chirac shares a joke at Britain's expense \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		According to French newspaper Libération, Mr Chirac thought he was off-microphone when he delivered his forthright assessment of Britain's food and farming methods.
		Relations between France and Britain have become increasingly troubled in recent months, with Mr Chirac and Tony Blair blaming each other for the failure of EU budget talks and clashing over agricultural subsidies.
		In Singapore, where the two cities are vying to win Wednesday's IOC vote and host the 2012 Olympic Games, temperatures were raised today when a British delegate broke protocol by directly criticising Paris's Stade de France's suitability as an Olympic stadium.
	www.guardian.co.uk /france/story/0,11882,1521199,00.html (365 words)

	Chirac: Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Disproportionate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		French President Jacques Chirac says it appears Israel is trying to deliberately destroy Lebanon's infrastructure on the second day of strikes on the region.
		Chirac suggested Israel's strikes against Lebanon appeared to be deliberately aimed at destroying that country's infrastructure.
		Chirac also said he had spoken with U.N. Secretary- General Kofi Annan Thursday about sending a U.N. mission to the Middle East to calm the situation.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-07-14-voa19.cfm (377 words)

	Jacques Iraq aka Jacques Chirac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Chirac is the only Western leader to have a personal knowledge of the Iraqi president.
		In 1996 Chirac delivered a speech at Cairo University where he forwarded France as an alternative to the U.S. as Middle East peace broker.
		Chirac said Arabs would benefit from the change because the U.S. was too pro-Israeli.
	www.lexnotes.com /misc/jacques_iraq.htm (2631 words)

	Chirac addresses inequities as spark for riots - Europe - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Chirac addresses social biases as fuel for rioting
		PARIS - President Jacques Chirac for the first time directly addressed the inequalities and discrimination that have fueled two weeks of rioting across France, saying Thursday that the country has “undeniable problems” in its poor neighborhoods.
		Chirac had kept largely silent about France’s worst unrest since the 1968 uprising by students and workers, speaking publicly about the crisis only once in a brief address focused on security measures.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9891709 (852 words)

	Chirac Shakes Up French Leadership - CBS News
		(AP) President Jacques Chirac appointed Dominique de Villepin, a loyalist who was France's voice against the Iraq war, as prime minister Tuesday to head a new government in response to a humiliating referendum defeat.
		Nicolas Sarkozy, who heads Chirac's governing center-right party, is being brought back into government to head the Interior Ministry that Villepin vacates, lawmaker Yves Jego, who is close to Sarkozy, told France-Info radio.
		Raffarin, in a short address after the president accepted his resignation, promised that his successor would work to bring a significant drop in unemployment in the last two years of Chirac's second term — which could be his last.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/05/31/world/main698600.shtml (510 words)

	Remarks by President Bush and French President Chirac
		We are in discussions with his administration, and I'm confident that we'll be able to come up with a clear position between France and the United States on this vital issue.
		PRESIDENT CHIRAC: (As translated.) First of all, I just like to say how delighted I am to have this opportunity to meet with the American President.
		And we must stop all those who are at present engaging in jeopardizing the security, the stability and authority of Lebanon.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2006/07/20060716-1.html (497 words)

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