A veteran politician, as both Paris mayor and prime minister of France, before becoming president in 1995.

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More recently he has made noises about becoming mayor of New York City.

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Mr Riordan is a studiously uncharismatic businessman who had never run for public office before becoming mayor in 1993.

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Before becoming mayor of New York City in 1994, he served as associate attorney general of New York and, later, as a federal prosecutor.

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