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Jacques Chirac

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Politician

The Resume

    (November 29, 1932-September 26, 2019)
    Elected mayor of Paris until 1995
    Served in French and European parliaments
    Twice served as prime minister of France
    Currently holds the position of president
    Founded Rassemblement pour la République RPR (1976)
    Founded Union for a Popular Movement UMP

Why he might be annoying:

    He dissolved the National Assembly for no apparent reason (April 21, 1997).
    He gives government money to his friends.
    He has been accused of overseeing illegal monetary contributions to his political party.
    He would be in jail if it were not for a French law that protects the president from the magistracy.
    Despite the wishes of his people, he continued to test nuclear weapons in French Polynesia.
    He was elected promising jobs and tax cuts, but has not followed up on these promises.
    He constantly implies that France is morally superior to the United States.
    His government sold two nuclear reactors to Iraq (these were later destroyed by Israeli forces).
    His opposition to the war in Iraq may have originated from a deal granting French oil companies a 23% share of Iraqi oil and various other privileges.
    Under his administration, France has Europe's highest unemployment rate.
    The thing he likes most about America is junk food.
    His administration alienated many Americans causing them to boycott France.
    During the World Cup, be mispronounced many of the French players' names (July 12, 1998).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He negotiated a truce during the worker strikes of 1968.
    He served in the military as a cavalry officer (1954-1957).
    He escaped an assassination, when a man with a gun in a guitar case fired at his presidential motorcade (July 14, 2002).

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 110 Votes: 52.73% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 59 Votes: 52.54% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 53 Votes: 52.83% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 74 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 83 Votes: 50.60% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 64 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 40 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 168 Votes: 75.60% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 119 Votes: 79.83% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 112 Votes: 69.64% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 146 Votes: 73.29% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 311 Votes: 78.46% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 414 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 3834 Votes: 76.42% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 4459 Votes: 69.70% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 4477 Votes: 70.00% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 19373 Votes: 69.99% Annoying