Valéry Giscard d’Estaing

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French politician President of France centrist politician human statesman

Valéry Giscard d’Estaing was a centrist French statesman who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981 and is known for his pro-European policies and modernization reforms.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French politician → President of France → centrist politician → human → statesman →
causeOfDeath	COVID-19 →
conflictParticipatedIn	Second World War →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
dateOfBirth	1926-02-02 →
dateOfDeath	2020-12-02 →
educatedAt	Lycée Louis-le-Grand → École Polytechnique NERFINISHED → École nationale d’administration →
familyName	Giscard d’Estaing →
fullName	Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d’Estaing →
givenName	Valéry →
headOfGovernment	France →
honor	Charlemagne Prize → Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic → Order of the White Eagle (Poland) →
knownFor	economic modernization → modernization reforms in France → pro-European policies → social liberalization measures →
languageSpoken	English → French → German →
memberOf	Académie française → Club of Madrid →
militaryService	French Army →
notableWork	role in drafting the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe →
numberOfChildren	4 →
officeEnd	1981-05-21 →
officeStart	1974-05-27 →
partyAffiliation	Independent Republicans → Republican Party (France, 1977) → Union for French Democracy →
placeOfBirth	Koblenz NERFINISHED → Weimar Republic →
placeOfDeath	Authon, Loir-et-Cher → France →
politicalAlignment	centrist →
positionHeld	Member of the European Parliament → Member of the National Assembly of France → Minister of Economy and Finance of France → President of France → President of the Convention on the Future of Europe → President of the Regional Council of Auvergne → Secretary of State for Finance of France →
precededBy	Georges Pompidou →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Anne-Aymone Giscard d’Estaing →
succeededBy	François Mitterrand →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lycée Louis-le-Grand → École Polytechnique →	hasAlumnus
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ("Giscard d’Estaing") →	familyName
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing ("Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d’Estaing") →	fullName
Lycée Henri-IV →	hasNotableAlumni
François Mitterrand →	precededBy