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Giscard d'Estaing

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Gis·card d'Es·taing  (zh-skär ds-tng, -t), Valéry Born 1926.
French political leader who as president of France (1974-1981) struggled against rising inflation and unemployment.
Giscard d'Estaing (French) [ʒiskardɛstɛ̃]
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(Biographies / Giscard d'Estaing, Valéry (1926 M, French, POLITICS: politician, POLITICS: head of state) Valéry (valeri). born 1926, French politician; minister of finance and economic affairs (1962-66; 1969-74); president (1974-81)


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While Nixon and Ford policies raised discontent among the gathering force of sunbelt Republicans in the 1970s, the moderate liberalism embodied by President Giscard d'Estaing (1974-81) alienated Chirac's neo-Gaullist base.
Vive le neoconservatisme? by Mireur, Yannick / The National Interest
Among them was the constitution's main architect, former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing who fumed that countries that reject the treaty will be asked to vote again.
Europe says no by Adamick, Paula / Catholic Insight
A political operator with no clear convictions, Chirac either betrayed and helped eliminate (Jacques Chaban-Delmas in 1974 and Valrry Giscard d'Estaing in 1981) or defeated at the polls (Raymond Barre and Edouard Balladur) personalities from his own camp with much stronger pro-reform credentials and vision.
The coming Chirac-Sarkozy prize fight: but will France when it's over ... by Ries, Philippe / The International Economy
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