Jacques Chirac1981
Comes 3rd in the 1st round of the Presidential elections
France · Government / Gaullist. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Comes 3rd in the 1st round of the Presidential elections
French voters end 14 years of socialist rule electing longtime Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac to the presidency
Elected President of France, "to reduce the social rift"
"We must reject extremism in the name of the honor of France in the name of the unity". Parties outside the National Front call for opposing Le Pen in favour of Chirac
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