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Jacques Chirac, former French president, dies aged 86

Head of state 1995-2007, he was first French president to acknowledge country’s role in Holocaust and led international opposition to Iraq war.

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The former French president Jacques Chirac, a self-styled affable rogue who had one of the longest political careers in Europe, has died aged 86, reports The Guardian.

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