Bernadette Chirac

French politician

Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac (born Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chodron de Courcel; 18 May 1933) is a French politician and the widow of the former President Jacques Chirac.

Bernadette Chirac
Spouse of the President of France
In role
17 May 1995 – 16 May 2007
PresidentJacques Chirac
Preceded byDanielle Mitterand
Succeeded byCécilia Sarkozy
Personal details
Born
Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chodron de Courcel

(1933-05-18) 18 May 1933 (age 90)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Spouse(s)
Jacques Chirac
(m. 1956; his death 2019)
RelationsClaude Chirac (daughter)
Martin Rey-Chirac (grandson)
Anh Dao Traxel (adoptive daughter)
ResidenceQuai Voltaire, Paris (personal)
Bity Castle, Sarran, Corrèze (personal)
Professionpolitician

Post-First Lady roles change

Since 2001, Bernadette has been a leading member of the "Pièces Jaunes" (Yellow Coins), a charity that aids children in French hospitals by collecting small change. On 3 September 2007, she became the president of the "Fondation Claude-Pompidou" (Claude Pompidou Foundation), following the death of its founder, Claude Pompidou.

She also helped her husband's being elected in 1995 and is herself an elected official in Corrèze, the couple's home département.

Honours change

Bibliography change

  • 2001: Bernadette Chirac by Bertrand Meyer-Stabley (Perrin Edition)
  • 2006: La Fille de Cœur by Anh Đào Traxel (Flammarion Editions) (a biography of the Chirac family by their foster daughter).
  • 2001: Conversation by Bernadette Chirac, with Patrick de Carolis, (Plon Editions)

References change

  1. "Bernadette Chiracreçoit la Légion d'honneur". 24 March 2008.

Other websites change

  Media related to Bernadette Chirac at Wikimedia Commons