Claude Chirac daughter of Jacques Chirac, accompanied by her husband thanks the French who wait in front of the Invalides to pay tribute to the former president. Night

national homage to the Invalides in the evening. Jacques Chirac, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 86, was one of the longest serving presidents in the history of France, holding the position from 1995 until 2007. The center-right politician was the second longest serving president of France, after socialist Francois Mitterrand. Chirac also served twice as prime minister of the Western European country from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988. He served as mayor of Paris for 18 years -- from 1977 to 1995 -- as well