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Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing [6] was born on 2 February 1926 in Koblenz, Germany, during the French occupation of the Rhineland. [7] He was the elder son of Jean Edmond Lucien Giscard d'Estaing, a high-ranking civil servant, and his wife, Marthe Clémence Jacqueline Marie (May) Bardoux. [8]
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (born February 2, 1926, Koblenz, Germany—died December 2, 2020, Loir-et-Cher, France) was a French political leader, who served as the third president of the Fifth Republic of France (1974–81). Giscard was the eldest son of a prominent French financier and economist and member of a patrician family.
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Dec 2, 2020 · Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the modern-minded conservative who became president of France in 1974 vowing to transform his tradition-bound, politically polarized country, only to be turned out of ...
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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing [v a l e ʁ i ʒ i s k a ʁ d ɛ s t ɛ̃] [d] Écouter — communément appelé « Giscard » ou désigné par ses initiales, « VGE » —, né le 2 février 1926 à Coblence et mort le 2 décembre 2020 à Authon , est un homme d'État français, président de la République de 1974 à 1981.
Dec 2, 2020 · Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the former French president who has died at the age of 94 after being infected with Covid-19, was one of the outstanding political figures in postwar France and on the...
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Dec 3, 2020 · By The Associated Press. PARIS — Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, died on Wednesday. He was 94. Giscard d ...
Dec 3, 2020 · Valéry Giscard d’Estaing obituary. Former French president who brought in socially liberal reforms but whose grand style ultimately proved offputting to voters. Kim Willsher. Thu 3 Dec 2020 11....
