Giscard d'Estaing

[zhees-kar des-tan, zhee-skahr de-stang]

noun

1. Valéry 1926–2020, French political leader: president 1974–81.

Giscard d'Estaing

/ ʒiskardɛstɛ̃ /

noun

1. Valéry (valeri). born 1926, French politician; minister of finance and economic affairs (1962–66; 1969–74); president (1974–81)

Example Sentences

He was close to the powerful Servan-Schreiber, President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and prominent statesman Pierre Mendès France, among others.

From BBC

He joined the Socialist party in 1971, but both the left-wing François Mitterrand and the conservative Valéry Giscard d' Estaing asked him to join them three years later.

From BBC

But Mr. Macron, with his strong sense of history, favored New Orleans, last visited by a French president, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, in 1976.

From New York Times

The Advocate reported that the visit will be the first by a French president since Valery Giscard d’Estaing traveled to Lafayette and New Orleans in 1976.

From Seattle Times

The visit will be the first by a French president since Valery Giscard d’Estaing traveled to Lafayette and New Orleans in 1976, The Advocate reported.

From Seattle Times