Sisi's aide attends funeral of late French president Chirac

CAIRO - 30 September 2019: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi delegated presidential aide for national and strategic projects, Sherif Ismail to attend the funeral of former French president Jacques Chirac who died at the age of 86.

Ismail attended the funeral procession which started at the Hôtel des Invalides, in the presence of President Emmanuel Macron.

Chirac had served as president of France for 12 years, from 1995 until 2007.

Other leaders at the funeral included German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri and European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker. Prince Edward, youngest son of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, also attended.

Chirac is to be buried at the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris, in a plot next to his daughter Laurence, who died in 2016.


Thousands of people queued outside the Hotel des Invalides to pay tribute to Chirac. His coffin was on display, draped in the French flag and in front of a large photograph of a smiling Chirac.