The Fondation Chirac
Protecting biodiversity, dialogue between cultures and fostering respect for the environment: because these issues all require multiple responses, the action of the Fondation Chirac will take multiple forms…
Reasons for our commitment
Today's major question concerns the world we will leave behind for future generations. It is also because this involves the future of the French and their children that I wish to take on my full responsibility in this fight. I wish to remain fully mobilized in the thick of the fray on their behalf.
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Jacques Chirac
After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and the École nationale d'administration (ENA), Jacques Chirac began his career as a high-level civil servant, and soon entered politics. He subsequently occupied various senior positions, including Minister of Agriculture, Prime Minister, Mayor of Paris, and finally President of France from 1995 to 2007.
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Honor Committee
All of them are tireless workers in the cause of peace, dialog and development. They have all played an eminent role in their respective countries or at the head of international organizations. Together they represent the diversity of experience and cultures that can give balance to the world. They bring inestimable human capital to the fondation Chirac.
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Board of directors
To fulfill its missions, the Fondation Chirac wished to provide itself with a board of directors capable of taking the initiative and providing effective and rigorous management of the resources implemented in its programs. The team Jacques Chirac has gathered around him meets these aims. Each of its members brings his or her rich experience and wellhoned creative skills in his or her area of expertise.
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Board
President Jacques Chirac’s Bureau
Above and beyond the political battles remains one man’s commitment. Jacques Chirac, as do all Presidents of the French Republic, disposes of an office and a team to carry out his activities. The goal of this bureau, seperate from the Fondation Chirac, is to allow the President Jacques Chirac to continue serving France and the French.
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Speeches by President Jacques Chirac
News and events
“How to fight falsified medicines?”
The French organization la Mutualité française, along with the Fondation Pierre Fabre and the Fondation Chirac, organizes a conference on falsified medicines in Paris, on October 15, 2010. > Read more
Jean-Michel Severino has been elected President of the French water partnership
Member of the board of directors of the Fondation Chirac, Jean-Michel Severino has been elected President of the French water partnership on July 8, 2010. > Read more
Adapting the MDGs to new issues, by Philippe Brongniart
On May 19, 2010, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs brought together French leaders in the field of cooperation and development to discuss the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). > Read more
