# Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur dies at 97

https://mins.news/en/item/39311

- Reuters, 2026-08-31 20:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/former-french-prime-minister-edouard-balladur-technocrat-who-feuded-with-chirac-2026-08-31/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a95e906fb274f000180ebd6

> Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur, a technocrat who feuded with Jacques Chirac, has died at 97. After losing the 1995 presidential election to his ally-turned-rival, Balladur wrote that he was not moved and would not have been more so had he won.

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