Anh Dao Traxel ( Vietnamese spelling: Anh Đào Traxel; born Dương Anh Đào; born 22 August 1957) is the

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daughter of the late French president

Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac (, ; ; 29 November 193226 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 Pari ...

(1932–2019) and his wife

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(born 1933). She was a boat-person refugee, and met Jacques Chirac at

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in 1979. He told her "Don’t cry, ma chérie. You are coming home with us" and took her home. She was then 21 and her adoptive father was 47. She spent two years in the home of the Chiracs. Mrs. Traxel was married twice. Her second husband, Emmanuel Traxel, is a police lieutenant.Anh Đào Traxel, fille de coeur, femme de combats
Donatien Huet, 27 juillet 2008, www.ouest-france.fr,

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. She has four children, Bernard-Jacques, Laurence-Claude, Jacques and Cassandre. The children called Jacques Chirac ''Grandpa''. She is now the President of a European association of assistance to the families of civil servants who died during their service (''Étoile européenne du dévouement civil et militaire'').

Awards and honours

French honours

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, ''Chevalier'' (Knight) — since 2009.

Foreign honours

*Commandeur de l'Étoile de Mohéli (

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) *Chevalier de l'Étoile de la Grande Comore (known as Saïd Ali).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Traxel, Anh Dao French women writers 1957 births Living people French people of Vietnamese descent Vietnamese writers Knights of the Legion of Honour Jacques Chirac French-language literature of Vietnam 20th-century French women

Awards and honours

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Foreign honours

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