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[[File:Reagan Mitterrand 1984 (cropped 2).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]] 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]]. [[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=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.
| 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 aswas 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=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.
 
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[[Category:People from Nièvre]]