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Line 1: {{Infobox officeholder ~~[[File:Reagan Mitterrand 1984 (cropped).jpg\|right\|thumb\|François Mitterrand in 1984]]~~ \| honorific_prefix = ''[[His Excellency]]'' '''François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand''' (26 October 1916 - 8 January 1996) was a [[France\|French]] [[politician]] who served as the [[President of the French Republic]] from 21 May 1981 until 17 May 1995. He was born in [[Jarnac]]. He was a member of the [[Socialist Party (France)\|Socialist Party]]. Before being elected president, he had held several positions in the French [[Cabinet]]. As President of France, he was also one of the [[Co-Princes of Andorra]]. [[Jacques Chirac]] was President of France and ''ex officio'' Co-Prince of Andorra after him. Mitterrand died of [[prostate cancer]] in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/09/world/francois-mitterrand-dies-at-79-champion-of-a-unified-europe.html\|title=Francois Mitterrand Dies at 79; Champion of a Unified Europe\|work=The New York Times\|date=January 9, 1996\|accessdate=August 21, 2011}}</ref>▼ \| honorific_suffix = ''The [[President of France]]'' \| name = François Mitterrand \| office = [[President of France]] \| image = President Mitterand bij slotzitting Europa Congres Mitterand, kop, Bestanddeelnr 934-2444 (portrait crop).jpg \| predecessor = [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] \| primeminister = [[Pierre Mauroy]]<br />[[Laurent Fabius]]<br />[[Jacques Chirac]]<br />[[Michel Rocard]]<br />[[Édith Cresson]]<br />[[Pierre Bérégovoy]]<br />[[Édouard Balladur]] \| successor = [[Jacques Chirac]] \| predecessor2 = [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] \| party = [[Croix-de-Feu\|Cross of Fire]] {{small\|(Before 1936)}}<br />[[Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance]] {{small\|(1945–1964)}}<br />[[Convention of Republican Institutions]] {{small\|(1964–1971)}}<br />[[Socialist Party (France)\|Socialist Party]] {{small\|(1971–1996)}} \| 1blankname1 = Served with \| 1namedata1 = [[Joan Martí i Alanis\|Joan Martí Alanis]] \| office1 = [[Co-Princes of Andorra\|Co-Prince of Andorra]] \| primeminister1 = Òscar Ribas Reig<br />[[Josep Pintat-Solans]]<br />[[Òscar Ribas Reig]]<br />[[Marc Forné Molné]] \| successor2 = [[Jacques Chirac]] \| birth_name = François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand \| birth_date = {{birth date\|1916\|10\|26\|df=y}} \| birth_place = [[Jarnac]], France \| death_date = {{death date and age\|1996\|1\|8\|1916\|10\|26\|df=y}} \| death_place = [[Paris]], France \| resting_place = Cimetiere des Grands-Maisons <br />[[Jarnac]], France \| spouse = {{marriage\|Danielle Gouze<br>\|28 October 1944\|1996\|end=his death}} \| children = 4, including Jean-Christophe and Mazarine Pingeot Mitterrand \| alma_mater = [[University of Paris]]<br />[[Sciences Po]] \| 1blankname2 = Representative \| 1namedata2 = Jean-Yves Caullet \| relatives = [[Frédéric Mitterrand]] <small>(nephew)</small> \| term_start = 21 May 1981 \| term_end = 17 May 1995 \| term_start1 = 21 May 1981 \| term_end1 = 17 May 1995 }} ▲'''François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand''' (26 October 1916 -– 8 January 1996) was a [[France\|French]] [[politician]] who ~~served as~~was the [[President of the French Republic]] from 21 May 1981 until 17 May 1995. He was born in [[Jarnac]] in the [[Charente]] department. He was a member of the [[Socialist Party (France)\|Socialist Party]]. Before being elected president, he had held several positions in the French [[Cabinet]]. As President of France, he was also one of the [[Co-Princes of Andorra]]. He abolished [[death penalty]] in 1981. [[Jacques Chirac]] was President of France and ''ex officio'' Co-Prince of Andorra after him. Mitterrand died of [[prostate cancer]] in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/09/world/francois-mitterrand-dies-at-79-champion-of-a-unified-europe.html\|title=Francois Mitterrand Dies at 79; Champion of a Unified Europe\|work=The New York Times\|date=January 9, 1996\|accessdate=August 21, 2011}}</ref> He was laid to rest in his birthplace Jarnac. From 1959 to 1981, Mitterrand was also mayor of [[Château-Chinon (Ville)]], a municipality in the [[Nièvre]] department. ==References== {{commonscat\|François Mitterrand}} <references/> {{Presidents of the European Council}} {{Presidents of France}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitterrand, Francois}} Line 12 ⟶ 49: [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] [[Category:French lawyers]] [[Category:French ~~politicians~~mayors]] [[Category:French socialists]]▼ [[Category:Presidents of France]] [[Category:Princes of Andorra]] [[Category:~~Socialists~~Socialist Party (France) politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[Category:Politicians from Grand Est]] [[Category:People from Charente]] ▲[[Category:~~French~~People ~~socialists~~from Nièvre]]