Former president Jacques Chirac, who died on Thursday, will be buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris with his daughter Laurence, the family said on Friday. The burial should take place Monday in a strictly private, said the son-in-law of the former head of state, Frédéric Salat-Baroux, husband of Claude Chirac, daughter of the former president. According to the wish of his wife Bernadette, Jacques Chirac will be buried in the vault where their eldest daughter Laurence, who died in 2016, already rests, said Frédéric Salat-Baroux.
On Sunday, early in the afternoon, a popular tribute to the former president will be held Sunday early in the afternoon at the Invalides, in the presence of the family. The modalities of the tribute to the Invalides, "wished by the family", "will be fixed during the day," said the Elysee.
This tribute to the Invalides is linked to "the strong relationship that Jacques Chirac had with the French, and all those who loved him could come and take refuge in his coffin," added Jacques Chirac's son-in-law. A day of national mourning was decreed Monday and a solemn service will be given that day at 12.00 in the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris.
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