Jacques Chirac Net Worth

They have two daughters together by the names of Laurence and Claude. Chirac attended the Institute of Political Studies, Paris as well as the National School of Administration and practiced Roman Catholicism. Many of Chirac’s policies during his presidency regarded the lowering of tax rates, removing price controls, business privatization, and heightened punishment for crime and terror. Chirac was accused of embezzlement in 2009 and in 2011 was found guilty of nineteen fake jobs paid by the city of Paris, causing for conviction of illegal conflict of interest, abuse of public trust and misuse of public funds. He served two terms as President of France, which is recognized as the second longest reign in the country’s history. An assassination attempt was made on him in 2002 during Bastille Day by Maxime Brunerie who was associated with Unite Radicale. Chirac was a member of the Constitutional Council of France and established the Fondation Chirac, which focuses on peace advocacy programs. Jacques Chirac died on September 26, 2019.