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  • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former President of the Republic, died at the age of 94

  • The former President of the Republic died at the age of 94 "surrounded by his family" on his property in Authon in Loir-et-Cher

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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former President of the Republic, is dead

11:42 p.m.: VGE died "as a result of the Covid"

According to his family, quoted by AFP, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing died "from the Covid"

11:38 p.m.: The first tributes from political figures arrive

Rachida Dati, former Minister of Justice, thus pays tribute to the man who is committed to "Europe, women's rights, the rights of young people" 

Minute of silence in the Senate, after the announcement of the death of the former President of the Republic Valérie Giscard d'Estaing pic.twitter.com/w4XLrYnrju

- Public Senate (@publicsenat) December 2, 2020

11:36 p.m .: A minute of silence in the Senate

While we were still in session, the news of the death of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing fell.

The Senators proceeded to a minute of silence in tribute to the former president.

Minute of silence in the Senate, after the announcement of the death of the former President of the Republic Valérie Giscard d'Estaing pic.twitter.com/w4XLrYnrju

- Public Senate (@publicsenat) December 2, 2020

11:28 pm: "VGE" is gone

Good evening everyone and welcome to this live.

The news fell a little after 11pm: the former President of the Republic, Valérie Giscard d'Estaing has left us.

Follow in this live all the reactions to his death.

"VGE" is no more.

The former President of the Republic died at the age of 94 "surrounded by his family" on his property in Authon in Loir-et-Cher, AFP learned from his entourage, confirming information from 'Europe 1.

He had been hospitalized several times in recent months for heart problems.

Youngest president of the Fifth Republic when he was elected in 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing had made one of his last public appearances on September 30, 2019 during the funeral in Paris of another President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac , who was its Prime Minister.

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