Ruler · 1926 – 2020
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Lived 1926 – 2020; statesperson. President of the French Republic of France, 1974 – 1981; also in the line of Andorra and French Fifth Republic. The atlas files them under French Third Republic.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.
- Lived
- 1926 – 2020
- 94 years
- In office
- 7 years
- one reign
- Lines
- 3
- states
- Left it
- lost an election
- the ruler's own article
President of the French Republic
France · the 29th of 34 dated reigns · 1824 – 2017
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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing1974 – 1981
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Reigned 1974 – 1981 · 7 years · came to it aged 48
- Came to it
- elected
- Left it
- lost an electionread from the ruler's own article
After serving as Minister of Finance under prime ministers Jacques Chaban-Delmas and Pierre Messmer, Giscard d'Estaing won the presidential election of 1974 with 50.8% of the vote against François Mitterrand of the Socialist Party.
In 1981, despite a high approval rating, he was defeated in a runoff against Mitterrand, with 48.2% of the vote.
Also in the line of Andorra (114th of 121) and French Fifth Republic (7th of 12).
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