PARIS - Bernadette Chirac, who has died aged 93, stood by her late husband and French president Jacques Chirac through thick and thin during 12 years as first lady, but also forged her own, more discreet, political career.
Quiet, traditionally Roman Catholic and always immaculately turned out in classic suits and styled hair, she willingly dedicated herself to the career of the man she married when she was 22 years old and who died on Sept 26, 2019, aged 86.
