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Claude Chirac | |
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Education | Lycée de la Tour |
Alma mater | Panthéon-Assas University |
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Children | 1 |
Parent(s) | Jacques Chirac Bernadette Chirac |
Claude Chirac, ComM (born 6 December 1962) [1] is the youngest daughter of French president Jacques Chirac and was her father's personal advisor from 1994 until his death in 2019.
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She had a relationship with Thierry Rey, the 1980 Summer Olympics and World gold medal champion in Judo. Rey is the father of her son, Martin Rey-Chirac.
Since 11 February 2011, Chirac has been married to former general secretary of the Elysée, Frédéric Salat-Baroux.
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