Bernadette Chirac, formidable former first lady of France who built power of her own, dies at 93

Bernadette Chirac, formidable former first lady of France who built power of her own, dies at 93

Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the Elysee Palace from 1995 to 2007 beside President Jacques Chirac - weathering his notorious infidelities with dry humor while building her own political power base in rural France - has died. She was 93.

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