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Former President Valerie Giscard d’Estaing has died in France. This was reported by the newspaper “Figaro”.
The politician died at the age of 95.
In mid-November, the media reported that Giscard d’Estaing had been admitted to hospital.
On September 14, he was admitted to a Paris hospital due to a mild lung infection, but he was discharged three days later.
Giscard d’Estaing was President of France from 1974 to 1981.
He is one of the most respected French politicians.
He participated in the battle for the liberation of Paris during World War II, a minister in the government of Charles de Gaulle. The former head of state has also been a member of the French Academy since 2003.
Since 2001, Valerie Giscard d’Estaing has been President of the Convention on the Future of Europe. He is also a key figure in the drafting of the EU constitution.
In view of the need to save energy, Giscard d’Estaing introduced summer time in France in 1975.
Valerie Giscard d’Estaing was born in Koblenz, Germany, on February 2, 1926.
His father was a civil servant and his mother was the daughter of a senator and academic, great-granddaughter of the Minister of Education, granddaughter of a historian and niece of a diplomat, as well as the great-great-great-granddaughter of Louis XV through one of his lovers.
On October 22, 2006, Valerie Giscard d’Estaing was appointed an honorary citizen of her hometown of Koblenz.
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