Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (born February 2, 1926 in Koblenz, Germany) is a French politician who was President of the Republic from 1974 until 1981.
He is a son of Edmond Giscard d'Estaing (1892-1982), a French civil servant, and his wife, May Bardoux, who was a daughter of French senator and academicien Jacques Bardoux and a great-granddaughter of French minister of state education Agénor Bardoux .
He was educated at the École Polytechnique and the École nationale d'administration.
He is one of the fiercest proponents of the United States of Europe.
He is currently serving as:
His name is often shortened to "Giscard" or even "VGE" by the French media. A less flattering nickname is l'Ex (the Ex), as he is, as of 2004, the only surviving former president of France and is still in politics.
In 1952, Giscard married Anne-Aymone Sauvage de Brantes, a daughter of the Marquis de Brantes and his wife, Princess Aymone de Faucigny-Lucinge. They have four children: Valerie-Anne, Henri, Louis and Jacinte.
He is an uncle of French artist Aurore Giscard d'Estaing, who is married to the American actor Timothy Hutton.
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1926 | Fifth Republic | France/History | French Fifth Republic | Gaston Edmont Thorn | Gaston Egmond Thorn | Gaston Thorn | History of France | November 2002 | October 2003
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