Jacques Chirac or Dominique de Villepin. no silly answers please.
2006-10-18 05:50:10 · 6 answers · asked by JonZ 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Jacques Chirac is the president and Dominique de Villepin is the primeminister. Strange set up really but works very well. The French legal system is quite interesting. They also have a bi-cambral chamber system.
2006-10-18 06:53:11 · answer #1 · answered by cassie s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dominique de Villepin is the Prime Minister and Jacques Chirac is currently the President.
There will be a Presidential election in 2007 and the current favourite is Nicolas Sargozy who at the moment is Interior Minister
2006-10-18 12:54:19 · answer #2 · answered by rosbif 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jacques Chirac is President (head of the state).
De Villepin is Prime Minister (head of the government, i.e. all the ministers).
2006-10-20 18:19:27 · answer #3 · answered by wizzie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jacques Chirac!
2006-10-18 12:53:18 · answer #4 · answered by Sami V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chirac is the president because the constitution gives him a lot of power, he is the head of the state, De Villpin does not not have so much power he is the primer minister. Chirac is tired he needs to retire... i think this is the reason we do not see him much. France is getting old school because they are not open to new ideas.buT i love this country.
2006-10-19 20:20:59 · answer #5 · answered by d_eyecandy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In France, the president is the chief of state, while the prime minister is the chief of government.
Do not confuse government with state, the government is the group of governors, mayors etc, while the state is the people of a given country.
2006-10-19 14:26:35 · answer #6 · answered by Peter pan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋