Former French President Giscard d’Estaing passes away



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Giscard d’Estaing was by far the oldest living president of France.

In mid-November and September, Giscard d’Estaing was admitted to the hospital.

He participated in the battles for the liberation of Paris during World War II, was a minister in the government of General Charles de Gaulle and a member of the French Academy.

V. Giscard d’Estaing was born in 1926. in the present German city of Koblenz.

1956 he was elected a member of the French National Assembly in 1959-62. he was Secretary of State for Finance in France, and from 1962 to 1966 – Minister of Economy and Finance. 1969 re-elected Minister of Finance and Economy, and in 1974 after the sudden death of President Georges, Pompidou was elected President in early elections.

He served as president from 1974 to 1981, when he lost the elections to Francois Mitterrand.

Giscard d’Estaing, 48, was elected president and became the youngest leader in the republic until the election of Emmanuel Macron in 2017.

As president, Giscard d’Estaing has carried out a series of radical reforms: legalizing abortion, liberalizing divorce, and lowering the minimum voting age to 18.

1989-1995 he was a member of the European Parliament (EP).

In 2003, Giscard d’Estaing received the Charlemagne Prize for his contribution to the constitution of the European Union (EU).

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