Jacques Chirac

Bongo rejected the request but had asked French President Jacques Chirac to rein in the Joly enquiry...

The association of traditional chiefs of northern Côte d'Ivoire which is led by Alassane Ouattara's elder brother Gaoussou Dramane Ouattara wrote to French President Jacques Chirac saying IB was the victim of a 'cabal'...

French military planners who opposed the Congo deployment but were overruled by President Jacques Chirac will be further dismayed by this slippage especially when French troops in Côte d'Ivoire also face worsening conditions...

President Jacques Chirac is a former Gaullist Agriculture Minister who has kept a close eye on French farmers' interests as he has risen through the ranks...

In March after the coup Presidents Jacques Chirac of France and Omar Bongo of Gabon at first wanted to expel him from Bangui but Sassou and Déby argued strongly for recognising him as ruler especially since the people of the capital happily celebrated Patassé's overthrow...

Washington would be prepared partly to go along with French President Jacques Chirac's plans to widen market access for African exporters and to stop temporarily all subsidies on exports to Africa...

Dictator at home doyen abroad Eyadéma is counting on his long friendship with French President Jacques Chirac and believes problems of democracy in Africa attract little attention in the present international climate...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was still basking in the reflected glow of French President Jacques Chirac's anti-war stance as United States' and British forces crossed into Iraq (AC Vol 44 No 6)...

President Jacques Chirac is said to feel personally let down by Eyadéma breaking his promise to quit made when he visited Lomé in 1999...

His position has propelled him into the embrace of France's President Jacques Chirac who accorded Mbeki reverential treatment at the Franco-African summit in Paris on 19-21 February...