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| Jacques Chirac: Former French president taken to Paris hospital after falling ill | Jacques Chirac: Former French president taken to Paris hospital after falling ill |
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| Jacques Chirac has been rushed to hospital in Paris after falling ill. | Jacques Chirac has been rushed to hospital in Paris after falling ill. |
| The former French president is suffering from a lung infection, his family have said. Mr Chirac was staying at the palace of Mohamed VI of Agadir in Morocco when he fell ill. | |
| Two private jets belonging to the Moroccan royal family returned the 83-year-old and his family to Paris, where he is being treated in the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. | |
| He was admitted to hospital in December for an undisclosed illness. | He was admitted to hospital in December for an undisclosed illness. |
| Mr Chirac was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of embezzling public funds to illegally finance his party in 2011. | Mr Chirac was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of embezzling public funds to illegally finance his party in 2011. |
| He was the first French head of state to face prosecution since the Second World War. | He was the first French head of state to face prosecution since the Second World War. |
| The court found Mr Chirac guilty in two related cases involving fake jobs created at the party he led during his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor. | |
| Despite repeatedly denying any wrongdoing, he was convicted of embezzling public funds, abuse of trust and illegal conflict of interest. | Despite repeatedly denying any wrongdoing, he was convicted of embezzling public funds, abuse of trust and illegal conflict of interest. |
| In 2002, he survived an assassination attempt by a man described as an emotionally disturbed neo-Nazi. | In 2002, he survived an assassination attempt by a man described as an emotionally disturbed neo-Nazi. |