France&#39;s Chirac Names Gaymard Finance Chief to Replace Sarkozy
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French President Jacques Chirac named Agriculture Minister Herve Gaymard as his third finance chief this year, charging him with reviving an economy plagued by unemployment of almost 10 percent.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy took over the ruling conservative party Sunday at a glitzy American-style congress that put him on course to launch a presidential bid and possibly challenge Jacques Chirac.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has told President Jacques Chirac that he will stand for the leadership of the main governing party, officials say.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday after losing a key minister in a parliamentary election and made former international lawyer Christine Lagarde France's first female economy minister.
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The European Union on Tuesday chose France's Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund.
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement today after a 45-year career in politics.Comment
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Former French economy minister Francis Mer was elected head of the supervisory board of Safran, a group active in aerospace propulsion, aircraft equipment, defense security, and communications, the company said.
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Mr Forgeard, current chief executive of Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer 80 per cent owned by EADS, will replace Philippe Camus as the French co-chief executive of EADS.
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French President Jacques Chirac has congratulated Nicolas Sarkozy on his nomination as president of his ruling party, Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
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Nicolas Sarkozy, a flamboyant rival to President Chirac, is crowned as head of France's governing party.
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Italy's aerospace and defense company Finmeccanica Spa has named chairman Pier Francesco Guarguaglini as chief executive after the resignation of Roberto Testore, the company said in a statement late Tuesday.
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Comments The French president has announced his retirement Jacques Chirac has announced his retirement from politics after a career spanning more than 40 years.Comment
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview published Saturday he will support the candidacy of former socialist minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund.
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PARIS -- President Nicolas Sarkozy sent a strong signal to France's disaffected minorities yesterday by appointing an outspoken advocate of Muslim women and a woman of Senegalese origin to his government -- among the country's most diverse ever.
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Nicolas Sarkozy resigned as finance minister Monday, a day after accepting the leadership of France&#39;s conservative party and effectively becoming a rival to his old boss, President Jacques Chirac.
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French-American relations are set to shift as France chooses a successor to President Jacques Chirac, who has defined himself on the world stage as an opponent of American dominance.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- French Agriculture Minister Herve Gaymard will replace Nicolas Sarkozy as finance minister, le Monde reported Monday.