Jacques René Chirac (UK: /ˈʃɪəræk/, US: /ʒɑːkʃɪəˈrɑːk/ ⓘ; French: [ʒak ʁəne ʃiʁak] ⓘ; 29 November 1932 – 26 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007.
He was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
Portrayal
Chirac was depicted as being overly obsessed and callous with nuclear weapons to the point of being sexually aroused by them going off. Because of his term as President of France starting around the time of Spitting Image ending, this led to him only appearing in the final series of the show, Series 18.
Appearances
Series 18
Episode 2: In a nature documentary-styled sketch, he greets the viewer and swims through a radiated French ocean in scuba gear, encountering a two-headed fish along the way.
Episode 3: Chirac's agents give him a new nuclear button which he attempts to resisting pressing at first, but his agents' egging on causes him to repeatedly press the button and therefore set off nuclear weapons (as signified by a flash), arousing him.
Episode 4: Through negotiations with Greenpeace, Chirac agrees to stop nuclear testing, only to pull out a nuke from under his desk as he announces the use of nuclear weapons for real as he blows himself and everyone around him up with it.
He is one of the invited world leaders touring Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth II as their guide.
Episode 6: He is one of the puppets singing in "You Make Me Want To Spit", singing the lyric "nuclear testing".
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Miscellaneous
Trivia
- He is best known for having a puppet in Les Guignols, a daily French political satire puppet show inspired by Spitting Image, who is arguably the show's most popular character.