[90], On 14 September 2020, Giscard d'Estaing was hospitalised for care for breathing complications at the Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou in Paris. [10] His connection to D'Estaing family was very remote. [11] In the run-off on 20 May, however, Giscard narrowly defeated Mitterrand, receiving 50.7% of the vote. [66], A 2014 poll suggested that 64% of the French thought he had been a good president. He was the longest-lived French president in history (94 years and 304 days). "Breaking the Gaullian Mould: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and the Modernisation of French Presidential Communication. [11] In 1969, unlike most of FNRI's elected officials, Giscard advocated a "no" vote in the constitutional referendum concerning the regions and the Senate, while De Gaulle had announced his intention to resign if the "no" won. "The Advancement of Women in Giscard d'Estaing's 'Advanced Liberal Society'. Former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, pictured in 2017, died Wednesday in Paris at age 94. France Télévisions lui rend hommage … [75][76][77], In 2008 he became the Honorary President of the Permanent Platform of Atomium Culture. “In accordance with his wishes, his funeral will take place in strict privacy,” his office said. He was 94. He's also credited with approving the creation of the country's high-speed train service, the TGV, in the 1970s, that is still in use today. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, président de la France de 1974 à 1981, est décédé à l'âge de 94 ans. [12], In 2003, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was admitted to the Académie française. [11][38], A rivalry arose with his Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, who resigned in 1976. On 25 September 1974, Giscard summed up his goals: To reform the judicial system, modernize social institutions, reduce excessive inequalities of income, develop education, liberalize repressive legislation, develop culture. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing est mort ce mercredi à l'hôpital de Tours, a fait savoir son entourage à l'AFP. It included a 3-month price freeze; a reduction in the value added tax; wage controls; salary controls; a reduction of the growth in the money supply; and increases in the income tax, automobile taxes, luxury taxes and bank rates. PARIS — Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, died on Wednesday. [104] He was also a Knight of Malta. [68], From 1989 to 1993, Giscard served as a member of the European Parliament. Elle a sans doute révolutionné la fonction de Première dame à l'Élysée. Acting heads of state are denoted by an asterisk. Giscard famously invited garbage collectors to the Élysée presidential palace to converse, in an attempt to understand the needs of "the people.". Member of the Gaullist majority: 1962–1974, Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol, "Filling the EEC leadership vacuum? Élu en 1974, il est mort 'entouré de sa famille'. France under his administration was thus the last country in the European Community and, had the United States not reinstated it, the last in the Western world to apply the death penalty. In 1981, despite a high approval rating, he was defeated in a runoff against Mitterrand, with 48.2% of the vote. Giroud worked to improve access to meaningful employment and to reconcile careers with childbearing. [16] He joined the National Centre of Independents and Peasants (CNIP), a conservative grouping. [29], He pushed for the development of the TGV high speed train network and the Minitel telephone upgrade, a precursor of the Internet. [78] On 27 November 2009, Giscard publicly launched the Permanent Platform of Atomium Culture during its first conference, held at the European Parliament,[79] declaring: "European intelligence could be at the very root of the identity of the European people. [24] In the election, Giscard finished well ahead of Chaban-Delmas in the first round, though coming second to Mitterrand. La date de naissance de Valery Giscard D'Estaing est : le mardi 2 février 1926 à Coblence, ALLEMAGNE. [6] He was the elder son of Jean Edmond Lucien Giscard d'Estaing, a high-ranking civil servant, and his wife, Marthe Clémence Jacqueline Marie (May) Bardoux. 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[11] He then joined the French First Army and served until the end of the war. [65] He supported the creation of the centrist Union of Democrats and Independents in 2012 and the introduction of same-sex marriage in France in 2013. [11] He was representative of a new generation of politicians emerging from the senior civil service, seen as "technocrats". [11], For that reason the Gaullists refused to re-elect him to that position after the 1968 legislative election. A committed multilateralist, Giscard d'Estaing with German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt convened the first summit of the world's six leading industrial economies in 1975, which he hosted at the Chateau de Rambouillet in France. In May, German journalist Ann-Kathrin Stracke accused the former president of groping her after a 2018 interview at his office in Paris. [85], In 2005 he and his brother bought the castle of Estaing, formerly a possession of the above-mentioned Admiral d'Estaing who was beheaded in 1794. [12] He introduced numerous small social reforms, such as reducing the voting age by three years, allowing divorce by common consent, and legalising abortion. [64], On 19 April 2007, he endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy for the presidential election. [11], He served as President of the UDF from 1988 to 1996, but he was faced with the rise of a new generation of politicians called the rénovateurs ("renovationmen"). Valéry Giscard d’Estaing n’est plus. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, communément appelé VGE ou "Giscard", est mort mercredi 2 décembre 2020 à l'âge de 94 ans. Giscard d'Estaing, 94, reportedly had suffered from breathing trouble on Nov. 16 and placed in intensive care. Daughter Jacinte Giscard d'Estaing died of a long illness at the age of 57 in 2018. As former president, he was a member of the Constitutional Council. [119] He was also granted a coat of arms by King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, for his induction as a Knight of the Seraphim. [58] That same year Giscard suffered a setback when he lost a close election for the mayoralty of Clermont-Ferrand. [33], Giscard initially tried to project a less monarchical image than had been the case for past French presidents. Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, has died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 at the age of 94, his office and the French presidency said. [11], In his appointments he was innovative regarding women. L'ancien chef de l'État de 1974 à 1981 avait 94 ans. In 1973, while Minister of Finance, Giscard d'Estaing was given a number of diamonds by Bokassa. [20] As chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Finances, he criticised his successor in the cabinet. He was the youngest president of the Fifth Republic, a record that would stand until the election of President Emmanuel Macron in 2017 at the age of 39. ", Shields, James. [56], He hoped to become prime minister during the first "cohabitation" (1986–88) or after the re-election of Mitterrand with the theme of "France united", but he was not chosen for this position. [47] However, the growing unpopularity of that government led Giscard to begin distancing himself from Bokassa. Giscard d'Estaing was also elected as a deputy to the European Parliament in 1989, serving until 1993. [62] Some of his actions there, such as his campaign in favour of the Treaty establishing the European Constitution, were criticised as unbecoming to a member of this council, which should embody nonpartisanship and should not appear to favour one political option over the other. Former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who championed European integration and helped modernise French society in the 1970s, has died at the age of 94 after contracting COVID-19. Though he was born into a family of the elite, French bourgeoisie, Giscard d'Estaing wanted to reform and modernize French society. It contributed to Giscard losing his 1981 reelection bid. [101], Giscard d’Estaing was seen as the pioneer in modernising France and strengthening the European Union. [7] His mother was the daughter of senator and academic Achille Octave Marie Jacques Bardoux, and a granddaughter of minister of state education Agénor Bardoux.[8]. Giscard d'Estaing is also remembered for a scandal linking him to an African dictator. [12][11] He was committed to supporting innovative technology, and focused on creating the TGV high-speed rail network, promoting nuclear power, and developing the telephone system. [81], Giscard's name was often shortened to "VGE" by the French media. Involved with the European Union, he notably presided over the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted the ill-fated Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics. But he took it badly and protested," says Emptaz. [10], Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was a close friend of West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and together they persuaded Europe's lesser powers to hold regular summit meetings, and set up the European Monetary System. Valéry Marie René Giscard d'Estaing was born on 2 February 1926 in Koblenz, Germany, during the French occupation of the Rhineland. "Valéry Giscard d'Estaing: the limits of liberalism", in, This page was last edited on 12 January 2021, at 15:45. [26] At 48, he was the third youngest president in French history at the time, after Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte and Jean Casimir-Perier. En 1984, il est réélu député du même département à la faveur d'une élection … [82], On 17 December 1952, Giscard married Anne-Aymone Sauvage de Brantes. [39] Giscard reacted by founding a centre-right confederation, the Union for French Democracy (UDF). [60] Following his retirement from the National Assembly his son Louis Giscard d'Estaing was elected in his former constituency. [54], In 1982, along with his friend Gerald Ford, he co-founded the annual AEI World Forum. The creation of the European Council in 1974. [22], In 1974, after the sudden death of President Georges Pompidou, Giscard announced his candidacy for the presidency. [22] He took a ride on the Métro, ate monthly dinners with ordinary Frenchmen, and even invited garbage men from Paris to have breakfast with him in the Élysée Palace. He decriminalized abortion in 1975 and created a minister for women's conditions. [49], In the 1981 presidential election, Giscard took a severe blow to his support when Chirac ran against him in the first round. "It was just a little line in the paper about how Giscard had offered himself some diamonds while on a trip to Africa. His tenure was marked by a more liberal attitude on social issues—such as divorce, contraception, and abortion—and attempts to modernise the country and the office of the presidency, notably launching such far-reaching infrastructure projects as the TGV and the turn towards reliance on nuclear power as France's main energy source. ", Michel, Franck. There was increased financial aid to farmers, who were suffering from a drought, and for social security. PARIS (AP) — Former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing has died at the age of 94, his office and the French presidency say. Mercredi 2 décembre, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing s'est éteint à l'âge de 94 ans. [39] Raymond Barre, called the "best economist in France" at the time, succeeded him. [72] In an article for Le Monde in June 2007, published in English translation by The Irish Times, he said that a "divide and ratify" approach, whereby "public opinion would be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals we dare not present to them directly", would be unworthy and would reinforce the idea that the construction of Europe was being organised behind the public's backs by lawyers and diplomats;[73][74] the quotation was taken out of context by prominent supporters of a "no" vote and distorted to give the impression that Giscard was advocating such a deception, instead of repudiating it. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing est décédé, à l'âge de 94 ans, dans sa propriété d'Authon dans le Loir-et-Cher. [9] Despite the addition of "d'Estaing" to the family name by his grandfather, Giscard was not male line descendant from the extinct aristocratic family of Vice-Admiral d'Estaing. For other uses, see, Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing. He was forced to impose austerity budgets and allow unemployment to rise in order to avoid deficits. [11] His funeral and burial was held on 5 December in Authon with forty people attending the event. [94], He died from complications attributed to COVID-19 on 2 December 2020[10] at the age of 94. [71] Although the Constitution was rejected by French voters in May 2005, Giscard continued to actively lobby for its passage in other European Union states. [11] Nevertheless, relations with Chirac, who had founded the Rally for the Republic (RPR), became more tense. Résumé de la rubrique. [47][11], The Diamonds Affair, known in France as l'affaire des diamants, was a major political scandal in the Fifth Republic. ", "Fromer President Gerald R. 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