Giscard d'Estaing
Americannoun
noun
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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 ● Dec. 2, 2022
But in 1976 under President Giscard d'Estaing, the French state introduced a brighter blue on the tricolour to match the blue on the flag of Europe.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2021
Born on Feb. 2, 1926, in Koblenz, Germany, where his father was posted as an economist serving in the French diplomatic service, he was christened Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d’Estaing.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2020
Thatcher reminded Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the aquiline French President, of a tiresome English nanny his family had once employed.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2019
First served at a dinner at the Élysée Palace in 1975, the soup was named for the French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, who had just awarded Mr. Bocuse the French Legion of Honor.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2018
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