- Born
- October 26, 1916
- Died
- January 8, 1996 (aged 79)
- Known as
- politician, lawyer, journalist
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995. He was the first left-wing politician to assume the presidency under the Fifth Republic, successfully remaining in office longer than any other republican head of state in French history.
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