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Mitterrand died in Paris on 8 January 1996 at the age of 79 from prostate cancer, a condition he and his doctors had concealed for most of his presidency (see section on "Medical secrecy" below). [107]
Aug 23, 2024 · François Mitterrand (born Oct. 26, 1916, Jarnac, France—died Jan. 8, 1996, Paris) was a politician who served two terms (1981–95) as president of France, leading his country to closer political and economic integration with western Europe.
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Francois Mitterrand, who revived France's Socialist Party into a modern political force and whose election as President ended decades of Gaullist rule, died this morning in his official residence...
Jan 9, 1996 · Francois Mitterrand, whose political career spanned half a century, from right-wing sympathizer to Resistance fighter to Socialist Party icon and finally French president, died Monday morning...
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Jan 8, 1996 · Mitterrand died in his sleep in an apartment adjoining his Paris office at 8:30 a.m. (1:30 a.m. CST) after a long battle with cancer that left him stooped and in pain. He had undergone three...
Jan 29, 1996 · FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS MITTERrand had been in office just six months when his doctor gave him the grim news: the leg and back pains he had been experiencing were due to a previously...
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May 21, 2018 · He died on January 8, 1996 at age 79. Further Reading. A critical assessment of Mitterrand's political ascendancy in France can be found in Wayne Northcutt, The French Socialist and Communist Party Under the Fifth Republic, 1958-1981: From Opposition to Power (1985).
