François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was a French politician and statesman 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 presidency under the Fifth Republic.
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was a French politician and statesman 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 presidency under the Fifth Republic.
Due to family influences, Mitterrand started his 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. Mitterrand opposed Charles de Gaulle's establishment of the Fifth Republic. Although at times a politically isolated figure, he outmanoeuvred 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.
Mitterrand invited the Communist Party into his first government, which was a controversial decision at the time. However, the Communists were boxed in as junior partners and, rather than taking advantage, saw their support eroded, eventually leaving the cabinet in 1984.
Early in his first term, Mitterrand followed a radical left-wing economic agenda, including nationalisation of key firms and the introduction of the 39-hour work week. He likewise pushed a progressive agenda with reforms such as the abolition of the death penalty, and the end of a government monopoly in radio and television broadcasting. He was also a strong promoter of French culture and implemented a range of "Grands Projets". However, faced with economic tensions, he soon abandoned his nationalization programme, in favour of austerity and market liberalization policies. In 1985, he was faced with a major controversy after ordering the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, a Greenpeace vessel docked in Auckland. Later in 1991, he became the first French President to appoint a female prime minister, Édith Cresson. During his presidency, 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).
Mitterrand’s foreign and defence policies built on those of his Gaullist predecessors, except in regard to 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 accepted German reunification.
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, Mitterrand presided over the rise of the Socialist Party to dominance of the left, and the decline of the once-dominant Communist Party. ...
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Filmography (Movies)
La banlieue, c’est le paradis
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Release Date:13/02/2025
The Revenge of Bernadette Chirac
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Release Date:08/10/2023
North Korea: A Plan to Survive
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Release Date:01/07/2023
TGV, génie français du rail
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Release Date:28/11/2022
Cent jours
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Release Date:03/05/2022
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
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Release Date:09/03/2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
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Release Date:07/01/2022
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
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Release Date:16/05/2021
Mitterrand, président culturel
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Release Date:12/05/2021
10 mai 1981 : Changer la vie ?
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Release Date:11/05/2021
Mitterrand et la télé
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Release Date:11/05/2021
10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir
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Release Date:10/05/2021
Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party
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Release Date:12/12/2020
Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi
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Release Date:13/07/2020
Laboratory Greece
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Release Date:08/12/2019
1974, l'alternance Giscard
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Release Date:05/10/2019
Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français
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Release Date:02/10/2019
Danielle Mitterrand, une certaine idée de la France
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Release Date:09/03/2019
1958: Those Who Said No
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Release Date:06/10/2018
Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah
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Release Date:29/07/2018
Gare du Nord : La Plus Grande Gare d'Europe
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Release Date:17/07/2018
Roland Dumas, le mauvais garçon de la république
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Release Date:12/04/2018
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
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Release Date:28/05/2017
François Mitterrand : Bâtisseur de mystères
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Release Date:04/04/2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
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Release Date:27/03/2017
Mr & Mme Adelman
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Release Date:08/03/2017
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
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Release Date:13/03/2016
Mitterrand, the impossible legacy
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Release Date:16/01/2016
François Mitterrand, la maladie au secret
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Release Date:15/12/2015
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
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Release Date:06/11/2015
Laissez-faire
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Release Date:30/01/2015
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
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Release Date:12/12/2014
Un mort à L'Elysée: François de Grossouvre
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Release Date:11/02/2013
De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile
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Release Date:12/06/2012
Owners of Portugal
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Release Date:25/04/2012
François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996
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Release Date:10/05/2011
François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie
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Release Date:01/11/2010
L'Amour Fou
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Release Date:22/09/2010
1974, une partie de campagne
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Release Date:20/02/2002
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
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Release Date:08/09/2001
Cérémonie d'ouverture des 16èmes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver à Albertville
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Release Date:08/02/1992
Promesses
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Release Date:01/01/1992
Notre Dame de la Croisette
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Release Date:23/02/1983
Écoutez La Bourse Du Travail De Paris
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Release Date:01/01/1982
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth
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Release Date:05/02/1975
The Society of the Spectacle
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Release Date:01/05/1974
Statues Also Die
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Release Date:01/05/1953
Television Appearances
Unveiling Arafat
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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
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At War for Algeria
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Fashion !
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Rendez-vous avec François Mitterrand
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François Mitterrand : Conversations avec un Président
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François Mitterrand : le roman du pouvoir
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Vivement dimanche
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Télévision (histoires secrètes)
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L'Heure de vérité
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30 millions d'amis
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Apostrophes
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Le Grand Échiquier
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