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A look back at French former first lady Bernadette Chirac's legacy

A look back at French former first lady Bernadette Chirac's legacy
France 24 Saturday 06 June 2026, 14:37 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the Élysée Palace from 1995 to 2007 beside President Jacques Chirac – weathering his notorious infidelities with dry humor while building her own political power base in rural France – has died. FRANCE 24's Philip Turle breaks down her legacy. Keywords for this article

Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the Élysée Palace from 1995 to 2007 beside President Jacques Chirac – weathering his notorious infidelities with dry humor while building her own political power base in rural France – has died. She was 93. FRANCE 24's Philip Turle breaks down her legacy. Keywords for this article
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