Tag: Jacques Chirac
Akebono, legendary sumo wrestler of Hawaiian origin, dies at 54
A big sumo fan, Jacques Chirac made him famous in France, notably by presenting him with the first “Jacques Chirac Cup” in July 2000. Former sumo grand champion of Hawaiian…
After twenty years of tramway, should Bordeaux turn the page?
It was preferred in the 1990s to a metro, and the oldest still remember the extraordinary construction site that it sparked. For three years, the city was completely turned around…
The changing of the Republican Guard at the Elysée becomes open to the public again, 27 years later
It is the return of a tradition abandoned since the dawn of Jacques Chirac’s mandate. The changing of the Republican Guard in front of the Elysée will once again be…
Death of former Chirac minister Nicole Catala
Committed to the RPR, Nicole Catala was appointed in 1986 Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education. She was 86 years old. Former Chiraquian minister Nicole Catala, former…