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    Édith Jeanne Thérèse Cresson (French pronunciation: [edit kʁɛsɔ̃]; née Campion; born 27 January 1934) is a French politician of the Socialist Party. She...
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    presidential election Musée du Président Jacques Chirac Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac "Chirac, Jacques". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University...
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    The Elliott Cresson Medal, also known as the Elliott Cresson Gold Medal, was the highest award given by the Franklin Institute. The award was established...
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    Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (French pronunciation: [ʒak lysjɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ dəlɔʁ]; 20 July 1925 – 27 December 2023) was a French politician who served as the eighth...
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  • a vampire version of Bécassine, Jack Lang as a goat, Édith Cresson as a panther, Jacques Chaban-Delmas as a duck, Charles Pasqua as a walrus, André Lajoinie...
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    1908 invented cellophane. He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal in 1937. Brandenberger was born in Zurich in 1872. He graduated from...
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    l'Eure, Jacques Charles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 688. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jacques Charles...
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    ministers Édouard Balladur, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Laurent Fabius, Maurice Couve de Murville, Michel Rocard, Pierre Mauroy, Édith Cresson were present. Sixty-one...
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    deputy for the Gironde département between 1946 and 1997. Jacques Chaban-Delmas was born Jacques Michel Pierre Delmas in Paris. He studied at the Lycée Lakanal...
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    craftsmen included the members of the Cresson family, Louis Cresson (1706–1761), Rene Cresson (1705–1749) and Michel Cresson (1709–1781), all of whom provided...
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    regional and cantonal elections and the following month Prime Minister Édith Cresson was replaced by Pierre Bérégovoy. The latter promised to fight against...
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    the executive. This was in part because the allegations centred on Édith Cresson and Manuel Marín, both from the Socialist party (PES). It was seen by some...
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    Jacques-Maurice Couve de Murville (French: [mɔʁis kuv də myʁvil, moʁ-]; 24 January 1907 – 24 December 1999) was a French diplomat and politician who was...
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    first from May 1873 to May 1874, and again from May to November 1877. Jacques Victor Albert de Broglie was born in Paris, France, the eldest son of Victor...
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  • men. Jacqueline comes from French, as the feminine form of Jacques (English James). Jacques originated from Jacob, which is derived from the Hebrew.[citation...
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    Democracy), and deputies faithful to President François Mitterrand. Édith Cresson, who succeeded him, used it eight times, even though she benefited from...
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    of cohabitation includes President François Mitterrand's appointment of Jacques Chirac as prime minister after the legislative election of 1986. While...
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  • He left domestic policy to his prime ministers: Michel Rocard, Édith Cresson and Pierre Bérégovoy. The party was hit by scandals about its financing...
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    Marie Curie (1903): 185  Matteucci Medal, with Marie Curie (1904) Elliott Cresson Medal (1909) awarded posthumously during Marie Curie's award ceremony Citation...
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    by the Parliament to resign in 1999; a central role was played by Édith Cresson. These frauds were revealed by an internal auditor, Paul van Buitenen....
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    Jacques Laffitte (24 October 1767 – 26 May 1844) was a leading French banker, governor of the Bank of France (1814–1820) and liberal member of the Chamber...
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    in the debate and endorsed Jacques Chirac instead of Balladur in the 1995 presidential election. Because he supported Jacques Chirac against Edouard Balladur...
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    is the second woman to hold the position of Prime Minister after Édith Cresson, who served from 1991 to 1992. A civil engineer, government official and...
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    based in Avignon, France, sent letters to both the Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay and the Hospitaller Grand Master Fulk de Villaret to discuss the...
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    President of the National Convention (4 June 1793 – 27 July 1794) with Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès as President of the National Convention (7 October...
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  • July 1968 – 16 June 1969 Jacques Duhamel 16 June 1969 – 8 January 1971 Michel Cointat 8 January 1971 – 7 July 1972 Jacques Chirac 7 July 1972 – 1 March...
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    vice-president posts, and was elected behind Leon Brittan, defeating Édith Cresson and Martin Bangemann. His initial portfolio in this mandate was External...
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  • ministers". Washington Post. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024. "Édith Cresson, une femme de caractère". AgoraVox (in French). 27 January 2024. Retrieved...
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    15 May 1991 President François Mitterrand Preceded by Jacques Chirac Succeeded by Édith Cresson Minister of Agriculture In office 22 March 1983 – 4 April...
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  • government) Former Prime Ministers, in order of term Laurent Fabius Édith Cresson Édouard Balladur Alain Juppé Lionel Jospin Jean-Pierre Raffarin Dominique...
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