Bernadette Chirac
Bernadette Chirac | |
|---|---|
 Chirac in 2009 | |
| Spouse of the President of France | |
| In role 17 May 1995 – 16 May 2007 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Danielle Mitterrand |
| Succeeded by | Cécilia Sarkozy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chodron de Courcel 18 May 1933 Paris, France |
| Died | 5 June 2026 (aged 93) Rueil-Malmaison, France |
| Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris |
| Party | UDR (1971–1976) RPR (1976–2002) UMP (2002–2015) LR (from 2015) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3, including Claude Chirac and Anh Dao Traxel (foster daughter) |
Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnadɛt teʁɛz maʁi ʃiʁak]; née Chodron de Courcel; 18 May 1933 – 5 June 2026) was a French politician who was active in the local politics of Corrèze and was the wife of President Jacques Chirac. She was the head of the charity Opération Pièces jaunes from 1994 to 2019.