title: Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
abstract: Using the latest French literature, the author presents a biographical sketch of the life and political activity of the third President of the Fifth Republic Valéry Giscard d’Estaing. He traces the life path of the future President of France, the formation of his personality and political views. Participation in the Second World War at its final stage, studying at the prestigious École Polytechnique and the elite École nationale d’administration, which trains senior staff for the civil service. 
journal: Novaia i noveishaia istoriia