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...Giscard was elected president in 1974 fellowing the death of incumbent Georges Poinpidou. Running on a center right ticket. He narrowly defeated Sociatist challenger Francors Mitterrand...
Mitterrand unseated Giscard in May 1981. winning the election by less than one percentage point. French political experts believe Giscard will make another run for the presidency when Mitterrand's term ends...
Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has tentatively agreed to deliver a major policy address in early May at the Kennedy School of Government. He would also serve as a visiting fellow for three days to the school's Institute of Politics...
...officials stressed that they are uncertain about how Giscard would allocate his time here. but Strickland said his visit is "pencilled...
...President Francois Mitterrand and Communist Party Leader Georges Marchais. No one noticed at first, and now Father Louis Hubert and his parishioners are content to let them be. "There were a few nasty souls," says Father Hubert, "who intimated that Jesus bears a strange resemblance to [former President Valery] Giscard d'Estaing. But that is false-absolutely false...