François Mitterrand

Personal Info

Birthday

October 26, 1916

Day of Death

1996-01-08

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Jarnac, Charente, France

François Mitterrand

Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

2025
La banlieue, c’est le paradis
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The Revenge of Bernadette Chirac
as Self (archive footage)
North Korea: A Plan to Survive
as Self (archive footage)
2022
TGV, génie français du rail
as Self (archive footage)
Cent jours
as Self
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
as Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
2021
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
Mitterrand, président culturel
as Self (archive footage)
10 mai 1981 : Changer la vie ?
as Self (archive footage)
Mitterrand et la télé
as Self (archive footage)
10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party
as Self (archive footage)
Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Laboratory Greece
as Self (archive footage)
1974, l'alternance Giscard
as Self (archive footage)
Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français
as Self (archive footage)
Danielle Mitterrand, une certaine idée de la France
as Self (archive footage)
2018
1958: Those Who Said No
as Self (archive footage)
Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah
as Self (archive footage)
Gare du Nord : La Plus Grande Gare d'Europe
as Self (archive footage)
Roland Dumas, le mauvais garçon de la république
as self
2017
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
François Mitterrand : Bâtisseur de mystères
as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
Mr & Mme Adelman
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
as Self (archive footage)
Mitterrand, the impossible legacy
as Self (archive footage)
2015
François Mitterrand, la maladie au secret
as Self (archive footage)
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
as Self (archive footage)
Laissez-faire
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2013
Un mort à L'Elysée: François de Grossouvre
as Self (archive footage)
2012
De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile
as Self (archive footage)
Owners of Portugal
as Self - President of France (archive footage)
2011
François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996
as Self (archive footage)
2010
François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie
as Self (archive footage)
L'Amour Fou
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
1974, une partie de campagne
as Self
2001
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
as Self
1992
Cérémonie d'ouverture des 16èmes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver à Albertville
as Self
Promesses
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Notre Dame de la Croisette
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1975
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth
as Self
1974
The Society of the Spectacle
as Self (archive footage)
1953
Statues Also Die
as Self (archive footage)