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person_profile-François Mitterrand

François Mitterrand Died at age: 79

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

François Mitterrand

Date of Birth:

Oct 26, 1916

Country of birth:

France

Died:

Jan 08, 1996

Biography of

François Mitterrand

    François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he was the first left-wing politician to assume the presidency under the Fifth Republic.

    Reflecting family influences, François Mitterrand started political life on the Catholic nationalist right. He served under the Vichy Regime during its earlier years. Subsequently he joined the Resistance, moved to the left, and held ministerial office several times under the Fourth Republic. Mitterand opposed Charles de Gaulle's establishment of the Fifth Republic. Although at times a politically isolated figure, he outmanoeuvered rivals to become the left's standard bearer in the 1965 and 1974 presidential elections, before being elected president in the 1981 presidential election. He was re-elected in 1988 and remained in office until 1995.

    François Mitterrand invited the Communist Party into his first government, which was a controversial decision at the time. In the event, the Communists were boxed in as junior partners and, rather than taking advantage, saw their support erode. They left the cabinet in 1984. Early in his first term, he followed a radical left-wing economic agenda, including nationalisation of key firms, but after two years, with the economy in crisis, he reversed course. He pushed a socially liberal agenda with reforms such as the abolition of the death penalty, the 39-hour work week, and the end of a government monopoly in radio and television broadcasting. His foreign and defense policies built on those of his Gaullist predecessors, except as regards their reluctance to support European integration, which he reversed. His partnership with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl advanced European integration via the Maastricht Treaty, and he reluctantly accepted German reunification. During his time in office, he was a strong promoter of culture and implemented a range of costly "Grands Projets". He was the first French President to appoint a female Prime Minister, Édith Cresson, in 1991. François Mitterrand was twice forced by the loss of a parliamentary majority into "cohabitation governments" with conservative cabinets led, respectively, by Jacques Chirac (1986–1988), and Édouard Balladur (1993–1995). Less than eight months after leaving office, he died from the prostate cancer he had successfully concealed for most of his presidency.

    Beyond making the French Left electable, François Mitterrand presided over the rise of the Socialist Party to dominance of the left, and the decline of the once-mighty Communist Party (As a share of the popular vote in the first presidential round, the Communists shrank from a peak of 21.27% in 1969 to 8.66% in 1995, at the end of François Mitterrand's second term.) ...

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Photos of

François Mitterrand

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Filmography of

François Mitterrand

Found 24 Movies in total

La banlieue, c’est le paradis

Self - archive ( Actor )

... 2025

Cent jours

Self ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2022

... 2021

Mitterrand et la télé

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

10 mai 1981 : Changer la vie ?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Laboratory Greece

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

... 2019

1958: Those Who Said No

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

Self - Politician (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Mr & Mme Adelman

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2016

Les vendredis d'Apostrophes

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

Laissez-faire

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Self - Politician (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

Owners of Portugal

Self - President of France (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

L'Amour Fou

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2010

... 2002

... 2001

Notre Dame de la Croisette

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

... 1975

The Society of the Spectacle

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1974