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Former French president Jacques Chirac dies
Source: BBC
Jacques Chirac, former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86.
He served two terms as French president and took his country into the single European currency.
One of his major political reforms was to cut the presidential term of office from seven to five years.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49838146
He was clear the invasion of Iraq was wrong:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1405706/Chirac-tells-Bush-not-to-attack-Iraq.html
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/feb/25/iraq.france
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