Paris (AFP)
Former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 94, died Wednesday evening "surrounded by his family" at 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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