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  2. www.france24.com › en › europe‘An extraordinary politician’: François Mitterrand’s ...

    May 10, 2021 · François Mitterrand was elected the Fifth Republic’s first Socialist president on May 10, 1981. Mitterrand soon U-turned on his socialist economic agenda – but he remains lionised by large ...

  3. www.france24.com › en › live-newsMitterrand's secrets still fascinate France 25 years on

    Jan 6, 2021 · An ailing Mitterrand spent his last days in Paris bedridden in his apartment near the Eiffel Tower. His entourage knew it was the end. The 79-year-old had stopped eating and ended his treatment...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › François_MitterrandFrançois Mitterrand - Wikipedia

    François Mitterrand. François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand [a] (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France. As a former Socialist Party First Secretary, he was the first left-wing politician to assume the ...

  5. thehill.com › homenews › administrationBiden appears to mix up Macron with Mitterrand, French ...

    Feb 6, 2024 · President Biden on Sunday appeared to mix up French President Emmanuel Macron with François Mitterrand, the former president of France who died in 1996. The apparent mix-up took place during...

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  6. www.nbcnews.com › politics › white-houseIn his second mix-up this week, Biden talks about meeting ...

    Feb 8, 2024 · Speaking at an event in North Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, Biden confused François Mitterrand, the former French president who died in 1996, for French President Emmanuel Macron in retelling...

  7. www.huffpost.com › entry › joe-biden-francoisJoe Biden Recalls 2021 Chat With French President ... - HuffPost

    Feb 6, 2024 · President Joe Biden on Sunday said he had a conversation in 2021 with former French President Francois Mitterrand, who died in 1996. (Watch the video below.) The president meant current French President Emmanuel Macron, who has been in office since 2017.

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  9. www.courthousenews.com › mitterrands-secrets-stillMitterrand’s Secrets Still Fascinate France 25 Years On

    Jan 6, 2021 · But a quarter of a century later the enigmatic leader they called "The Sphinx" still fascinates France — in particular, the bombshell revelations about his illegitimate daughter and the illness he kept hidden as a "state secret" for 11 years. Double life.