Which French president dissolved the National Assembly in 1997, only to lose the subsequent election and enter a period of cohabitation?

• A Jacques Chirac ✓
• B Francois Mitterrand
• C Valery Giscard d'Estaing
• D Nicolas Sarkozy

Chirac's gamble backfired; the left won the 1997 legislative elections, forcing him to appoint Lionel Jospin as Prime Minister for five years.