Biography

Grandfather of Martin, son of Claude and judoka champion Thierry Rey

Father of two daughters: Laurence Chirac (1958 - April 14, 2016) and Claude Chirac (his communications supervisor). He and his wife also adopted a young adult Vietnamese refugee, Anh Dao Duong Traxel (Anh-Dao Traxel) in 1979.

May 5, 2002: re-elected as President of France with almost 82% of the votes in the second round against Jean-Marie Le Pen. (He had less than 20% in the first round)

Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

Staunch opponent of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. His relations thereafter with US President George W. Bush were hardly cordial.

If we prove capable of showing a pioneering commitment, we shall create a community listened to around the world.

Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face.

These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the most sincere condolences, both in my name and in that of the French people.

One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.