Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Koblenz, RP, Germany
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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing war der französische Staatspräsindent und wurde in Koblenz geboren.
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Location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Date Posted: 10/12/2017
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The birthplace of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was located in the Kaisers-Augusta complex in Koblenz.
[DE] "An dieser Stelle stand das Haus, in dem der ehemalige französische Staatspräsident und Koblenzer Ehrenbürger Valéry Giscard d'Estaing am 2. Februar 1926 geboren wurde."
"At this point was the house where former French President and Koblenz honorary citizen Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was born on 2 February 1926."
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"Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing (born 2 February 1926), also known as Giscard or VGE, is a French centrist statesman who served as President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981 and is now a member of the Constitutional Council of France. At age 91, Giscard is currently the oldest living former French President.
His tenure as President was marked by a more liberal attitude on social issues – such as divorce, contraception, and abortion – and attempts to modernize the country and the office of the presidency, notably launching such far-reaching infrastructure projects as the high-speed TGV and the turn towards reliance on nuclear power as France's main energy source. However, his popularity suffered from the economic downturn that followed the 1973 energy crisis, marking the end of the "thirty glorious years" after World War II. Giscard faced political opposition from both sides of the spectrum: from the newly unified left of François Mitterrand, and from a rising Jacques Chirac, who resurrected gaullism on a right-wing opposition line. In 1981, despite a high approval rating, he missed out on re-election in a runoff against Mitterrand.
As a former President, he is a member of the Constitutional Council. He became involved in the regional politics of Auvergne, serving as President of the Regional Council from 1986 to 2004. Involved with the European Union, he notably presided over the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted the ill-fated Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. In 2003, he was elected to the French Academy, taking the seat that his friend and former President of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor had held."
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