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Former French president Jacques Chirac hospitalised with `lung infection`: Family
Former French president Jacques Chirac, 83, was admitted to hospital on Sunday with a lung infection, his son-in-law said.
Paris: Former French president Jacques Chirac, 83, was admitted to hospital on Sunday with a lung infection, his son-in-law said.
Chirac, who led France from 1995 to 2007, was "hospitalised this morning at Pitie-Salpetriere (hospital in Paris) to be treated for a lung infection," Frederic Salat-Baroux told AFP, adding he would remain there "in the coming days."