François Mitterrand
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was a French politician who was the President of the French Republic from 21 May 1981 until 17 May 1995. He was born in Jarnac in the Charente department. He was a member of the Socialist Party. Before being elected president, he had held several positions in the French Cabinet. As President of France, he was also one of the Co-Princes of Andorra. He abolished death penalty in 1981. Jacques Chirac was President of France and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra after him. Mitterrand died of prostate cancer in Paris.[1] He was laid to rest in his birthplace Jarnac.
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| President of France | |
| In office 21 May 1981 – 17 May 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Mauroy Laurent Fabius Jacques Chirac Michel Rocard Édith Cresson Pierre Bérégovoy Édouard Balladur |
| Preceded by | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Chirac |
| Co-Prince of Andorra | |
| In office 21 May 1981 – 17 May 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Òscar Ribas Reig Josep Pintat-Solans Òscar Ribas Reig Marc Forné Molné |
| Served with | Joan Martí Alanis |
| Representative | Jean-Yves Caullet |
| Preceded by | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Chirac |
| Personal details | |
| Born | François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand 26 October 1916 Jarnac, France |
| Died | 8 January 1996 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Cimetiere des Grands-Maisons Jarnac, France |
| Political party | Cross of Fire (Before 1936) Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (1945–1964) Convention of Republican Institutions (1964–1971) Socialist Party (1971–1996) |
| Spouse(s) | Danielle Gouze (m. 1944; his death 1996) |
| Children | 4, including Jean-Christophe and Mazarine Pingeot Mitterrand |
| Relatives | Frédéric Mitterrand (nephew) |
| Alma mater | University of Paris Sciences Po |
From 1959 to 1981, Mitterrand was also mayor of Château-Chinon (Ville), a municipality in the Nièvre department.
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François Mitterrand à dix-sept ans, en 1933.
Mitterrand (right) with Philippe Pétain on 15 October 1942
Mitterrand as War Veterans Minister in February 1947
François Mitterrand, president of France from 1981 to 1995, photographed in 1959
Mitterrand on 16 October 1959
Mitterrand in Toulouse on 17 December 1965 during the 1965 presidential election campaign
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Mitterrand in Strasbourg on 5 May 1979
Mitterrand with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, 1984
Mitterrand and German Chancellor Kohl, 1987.
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References
- ↑ "Francois Mitterrand Dies at 79; Champion of a Unified Europe". The New York Times. January 9, 1996. Retrieved August 21, 2011.