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Jacques Chirac

Date of Birth: 29 November 1932
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Died: 26 September 2019


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Bongo rebounds

His friend President Jacques Chirac whom he visited on 11 October is likely to listen courteously to his complaints about his fellow leaders; relations with France are still prickly over the matter of Elf-Gabon which was drawn into magistrate Eva Joly's inquiry into illicit payments by French parent company Elf-Aquitaine (AC Vol 38 No 10)...


Mining and undermining

In the competitive bidding for equipment for Girassol both companies won a share with a helping hand from President Jacques Chirac who visited in July for talks with President José Eduardo dos Santos...


War drums sounding

Then he flew on to Paris to follow up on President Jacques Chirac's recent visit to Luanda (during which the two presidents had an extended closed-door meeting with Elf-Aquitaine's Chief Executive Philippe Jaffré)...


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Lomé out of Lomé

Eyadéma clearly intends once more to tough it out but as long as France continues to support the EU line (President Jacques Chirac neglected to send a congratulatory telegram) he will have a serious international problem...


Mortgaged future

Although on 30 June President Jacques Chirac on a tour of southern Africa promised to help expedite an agreement with the IMF (he has good channels to fellow Frenchman and IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus) it will be difficult to convince the Fund to approve a standby agreement without a proper auditofSonangol' spaymentchannels...


    Vol 39 No 14 |
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Stolen votes

Eyadéma's best hope is to use his personal relationship with French President Jacques Chirac to keep the Paris aid taps turned on...


Twilight Zone

The Bundesbank regards this as sophistry and Wim Duisenberg the Dutchman who will be the first head of the European Central Bank is seen in Paris as the Bundesbank's man which is one reason why President Jacques Chirac tried (and failed) to put Frenchman Jean-Claude Trichet in the job instead...


Uglier turns

Despite the Socialist government' sreforms Maïnassara' schampionsinParisinclude Fernand Wibaux number two to the late Jacques Foccart in President Jacques Chirac's ‘unofficial' Africa policy cell at the Elysée Palace...


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