Jacques Chirac, former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86.
He served two terms as French president and took his country into the single European currency.
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He was in office between 1995 and 2007, having earlier served as Prime Minister for two spells, and Mayor of Paris between 1977 and 1995.
One of his major political reforms was to cut the presidential term of office from seven to five years.
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