Thirty-nine years ago today, on March 20, 1986 (February 11, 1986 lunar calendar), Jacques Chirac was officially inaugurated as Prime Minister of France. Chirac became Prime Minister On March 20, 1986, an experiment in a new type of polity called "symbiosis" began in France today. Like 10 years of married life, it is likely to be unstable. Jacques Chirac officially became Prime Minister, he is a Conservative. President Franc ̧ ois Mitterrand belongs to the Socialist Party. For the first time in this century in France, the prime minister and the president do not belong to the same party. Chirac immediately announced that he wanted to repeal many of Mitterrand's policies, including the nationalization of major industrial industries. Chirac had announced early on that he planned to run for office in 1988 to take over Mitterrand's job. But now the two men had to work together. For the first time, they were caught in a dilemma over the terrorist bombings that killed two people near the Elyse ́ e Palace last night.