Editing Jacques Chirac (section)

== Personal life ==
In 1956, Chirac married [[Bernadette Chirac|Bernadette Chodron de Courcel]], with whom he had two daughters: {{vanchor|Laurence}} (4 March 1958{{snd}}14 April 2016)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/laurence-chirac-dead-morte-daughter-jacques-chirac-french-president-dies-a6985406.html|title=The troubled daughter of a French President, hidden away for decades, has died|website=The Independent|access-date=18 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906165252/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/laurence-chirac-dead-morte-daughter-jacques-chirac-french-president-dies-a6985406.html|archive-date=6 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Claude Chirac|Claude]] (born 6 December 1962). Claude was a long-term [[public relations]] assistant and personal adviser to her father,<ref name=b>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/europe/europetoday/letters/020321_jlaurenson.shtml |title=BBC World Service: "Letter from Paris – John Laurenson on Claude Chirac's crucial but understated electoral role". |work=BBC News |date=21 March 2002 |access-date=20 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115122856/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/europe/europetoday/letters/020321_jlaurenson.shtml |archive-date=15 January 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> while Laurence, who suffered from [[anorexia nervosa]] in her youth, did not participate in her father's political activities.<ref name=c>Colin Randall, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/1478438/Chiracs-wife-tells-of-anorexic-daughters-death-wish.html "Chirac's wife tells of anorexic daughter's death wish"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225231830/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/1478438/Chiracs-wife-tells-of-anorexic-daughters-death-wish.html |date=25 December 2017 }}. ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''. 12 July 2004</ref> Chirac was the grandfather of Martin Rey-Chirac by the relationship of Claude with French [[judoka]] [[Thierry Rey]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} A former Vietnamese refugee, [[Anh Dao Traxel]], is a foster daughter of Jacques and Bernadette Chirac.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/troubled-chiracs-adopted-daughter-rides-to-his-rescue-q65qf6hsj3h|title=Troubled Chirac's adopted daughter rides to his rescue|last=Bremner|first=Charles|date=21 July 2005|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=20 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604013200/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article546174.ece|archive-date=4 June 2011|location=London}}</ref>

Chirac remained married, but had many other relationships.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9626060/French-leaders-featured-in-extramarital-affair-website-billboard-campaign.html French leaders featured in extramarital affair website billboard campaign] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628163032/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9626060/French-leaders-featured-in-extramarital-affair-website-billboard-campaign.html |date=28 June 2019 }}, 22 October 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2019.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/first-lady-tells-of-chiracs-infidelity-9146029.html |title=First lady tells of Chirac's infidelity |date=22 February 2014 |access-date=28 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628163033/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/first-lady-tells-of-chiracs-infidelity-9146029.html |archive-date=28 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/the-hollande-affair-and-the-end-of-presidential-privacy-in-france/283088/ |title=The Hollande Affair and the End of Presidential Privacy in France |website=[[The Atlantic]] |date=15 January 2014 |access-date=28 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628163028/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/the-hollande-affair-and-the-end-of-presidential-privacy-in-france/283088/ |archive-date=28 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Chirac was a close friend of actor [[Gregory Peck]].{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}