Jacques Chirac was mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995 and has been named in several cases of alleged corruption and abuse, some of which have already led to felony convictions. Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932) is a French politician. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Jacques Chirac, as current president of France, enjoys virtual immunity from prosecution for acts preceding his tenure as president, following from decision 98-408 DC (
http://www.conseil-cons utionnel.f...8408/index.htm) of the Cons utional Council on January 22, 1999. This decision itself was highly controversial: the council was consulted on the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court, not about the status of the president with respect to the national criminal justice system. At the time, the president of the council was Roland Dumas, who later had to retire from his functions because of his implication in the Elf Aquitaine scandal [1] (
http://www.lexpress.fr/Express/Info/...asp?ida=420342). The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... The Cons utional Council was established by the Cons ution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, as defined by several international agreements, most prominently the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. ... Roland Dumas (born August 23, 1922) is a French Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister under Laurent Fabius from 1984 to 1986, and again under Michel Rocard, Edith Cresson, and Pierre Bérégovoy from 1988 to 1993. ... Elf Aquitaine is a former French oil company merged with TotalFina to form TotalFinaElf. ...
Jacques Chirac refused to testify before investigating magistrate Éric Halphen, arguing that this would be incompatible with his presidential functions. This article is about the inquisitorial system for organizing court proceedings. ...
On October 10, 2001, the Court of Cassation ruled that, while the president cannot be prosecuted by normal judicial means during his mandate, such an impossibility suspends the delays of prescription (statute of limitation). If Jacques Chirac does not run for office again in 2007 or is not re-elected, he may then be prosecuted on the several affairs he is involved in. This might explain why in 2003 some in the presidential entourage floated around the idea of Chirac running for a third term. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ...