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Bernadette Chirac, former first lady of France, dies aged 93

Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the ร‰lysรฉe Palace from 1995 to 2007 beside President Jacques Chirac while building her own political power in rural Corrรจze and turning a childrenโ€™s hospital charity into a national institution,

Bernadette Chirac, former first lady of France, dies aged 93
France 24 โ€” 6 June 2026
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Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the ร‰lysรฉe Palace from 1995 to 2007 beside President Jacques Chirac while building her own political power in rural Corrรจze and turning a childrenโ€™s hospital charity into a national institution, has died. She was 93.

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