This unpublished series in four episodes of the magazine “1:15 p.m. on Sunday” (Twitter, #1:15 p.m.), signed François-Julien Piednoir, Léo Forissier and Anthony Santoro, takes an interest in the first ladies of the Fifth Republic a few months before the presidential election, the two rounds of which will be held on April 10 and 24, 2022. Nine women have settled in the Elysée since 1959 alongside the eight successive presidents: Yvonne de Gaulle, Claude Pompidou, Anne-Aymone Giscard d’Estaing, Danielle Mitterrand, Bernadette Chirac, Cécilia Sarkozy, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Valérie Trierweiler and Brigitte Macron.
Each played a role, in public or behind the scenes. Each has tried to develop this function of “First Lady” as the wives of the presidents of the United States of America are called. A very difficult “job” in France, where the first lady has no status. You have to endure the cumbersome protocol, criticism, political blows … How can you exist with the president, a husband unlike any other? These nine women tried to find their place …
Find his place
If Bernadette Chirac suffered from not finding her place during the first term of her husband Jacques (1995-2002), she will take her revenge during the second (2002-2007) and become one of the most popular first ladies.
While Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande spoke before the latter’s inauguration in 2012, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy had things to say to Valérie Trierweiler about her experience as first lady. And Carla will also give advice to Brigitte Macron, the current tenant of the Elysée …
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