François Mitterrand

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President of France human politician socialist

François Mitterrand was a French Socialist politician who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, overseeing major domestic reforms and playing a key role in European integration and international affairs.

Aliases (4)

Mitterrand ×3
President François Mitterrand ×2
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand ×1
Presidency of François Mitterrand ×1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	President of France → human → politician → socialist →
awardReceived	Charlemagne Prize → Order of Lenin → Order of the White Eagle (Poland) →
burialPlace	Jarnac →
causeOfDeath	prostate cancer →
child	Gilbert Mitterrand → Jean-Christophe Mitterrand → Mazarine Pingeot → Pascal Mitterrand →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfBirth	France →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
dateOfBirth	1916-10-26 →
dateOfDeath	1996-01-08 →
educatedAt	Lycée Saint-Paul, Angoulême → Lycée Voltaire → University of Paris → École libre des sciences politiques →
familyName	Mitterrand →
fullName	François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand →
givenName	François →
headOfGovernmentDuringPresidency	Jacques Chirac → Laurent Fabius → Michel Rocard → Pierre Bérégovoy → Pierre Mauroy → Édith Cresson → Édouard Balladur →
ideology	democratic socialism → social democracy →
influenced	European integration in the late 20th century → French domestic policy in the 1980s →
knownFor	Bibliothèque nationale de France project → Grand Louvre project → La Défense Grande Arche project → abolition of the death penalty in France → cooperation with Helmut Kohl on European Union development → creation of the solidarity tax on wealth (ISF) → decentralization reforms in France → major nationalization program in the early 1980s → role in the creation of the euro project → support for European integration →
languageSpoken	French →
memberOf	French Resistance →
militaryBranch	French Army →
movement	French socialism →
nationality	French →
notableWork	Le Coup d’État permanent → L’Abeille et l’Architecte →
numberOfTermsAsPresidentOfFrance	2 →
officeEnd	1995-05-17 →
officeStart	1981-05-21 →
placeOfBirth	Jarnac →
placeOfDeath	Paris →
politicalAlignment	left-wing →
politicalParty	French Section of the Workers' International → Socialist Party (France) →
positionHeld	Co-Prince of Andorra → Deputy in the National Assembly of France → Mayor of Château-Chinon → Minister of Justice of France → Minister of Overseas France → Minister of the Interior of France → President of France →
precededBy	Valéry Giscard d’Estaing →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Élysée Palace →
sexOrGender	male →
signature	François Mitterrand signature →
spouse	Danielle Mitterrand →
succeededBy	Jacques Chirac →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Laurent Fabius → Michel Rocard → Pierre Bérégovoy → Édith Cresson →	appointedBy
Gilbert Mitterrand → Jean-Christophe Mitterrand → Mazarine Pingeot → Pascal Mitterrand →	father
Danielle Mitterrand ("Mitterrand") → François Mitterrand ("Mitterrand") → Jean-Christophe Mitterrand ("Mitterrand") →	familyName
Pierre Bérégovoy → Pierre Mauroy → Édouard Balladur →	servedUnder
Le Coup d’État permanent → L’Abeille et l’Architecte →	author
1992 Winter Olympics → XVI Olympic Winter Games →	openingDeclaredBy
Gulf War →	coalitionLeader
Louvre Pyramid ("President François Mitterrand") →	commissionedBy
Lycée Voltaire →	educated
François Mitterrand ("François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand") →	fullName
Franco-German reconciliation →	hasKeyFigure
Lycée Henri-IV →	hasNotableAlumni
Lycée Saint-Paul, Angoulême →	hasNotableAlumnus
Jarnac →	hasNotablePerson
Socialist Party (France) →	hasPresident
Musée d'Orsay →	inauguratedBy
Bibliothèque nationale de France →	namedAfter
Lycée Voltaire →	notableAlumnus
Socialist Party (France) →	notableMember
Brasserie Lipp →	notablePatron
Channel Tunnel ("President François Mitterrand") →	openedBy
Socialist Party (France) ("Presidency of François Mitterrand") →	participatedInGovernment
Jacques Chirac →	precededBy
Pascal Mitterrand →	relative
Treaty of Canterbury →	signatoryHeadOfGovernment
Danielle Mitterrand →	spouse
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing →	succeededBy