Chirac Takes Office as President of France
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, French History
- Geographical Location: France
- Date: May, 1995
Article abstract: Chirac takes office as president of France, seeking aggressively to apply his unique “Gaullist” imprint on the domestic and foreign affairs of the post-Cold War French republic.
Summary of Event
In May, 1995, Jacques Chirac, former mayor of Paris and head of the right of center Reassemblement pour la Republique (RPR), was sworn in as the fifth president of the Fifth French Republic. Having promised his post-Cold War French constituency a brighter future, he quickly sought to establish his administration’s imprint on French...
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