François Mitterrand
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 26, 1916
- Died
- January 8, 1996 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Jarnac, Charente, France
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. 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. ... Source: Article "François Mitterrand" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Mr & Mme Adelman
Statues Also Die
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
L'Amour Fou
The Society of the Spectacle
1974, une partie de campagne
Reporters
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Filmography
Mai 68, dix semaines qui ébranlèrent la France
Movie · as François Mitterrand (Self)
François Mitterrand, une autre vie possible
Movie · as Self (archive) - president of France (1981-1995)
Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
La banlieue, c’est le paradis
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Revenge of Bernadette Chirac
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
North Korea: A Plan to Survive
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La Malédiction de la Grande Arche
Movie · as Self (archive) - President of the French Republic (1981-1995)
Unveiling Arafat
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Cent jours
Movie · as Self
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
TGV, génie français du rail
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
At War for Algeria
TV · as Self - Politician (archive footage) · 1 ep
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
10 mai 1981 : Changer la vie ?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mitterrand, président culturel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mitterrand et la télé
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Laboratory Greece
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Danielle Mitterrand, une certaine idée de la France
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
1974, l'alternance Giscard
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
1958: Those Who Said No
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Roland Dumas, le mauvais garçon de la république
Movie · as self
Gare du Nord : La Plus Grande Gare d'Europe
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
François Mitterrand : Bâtisseur de mystères
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mr & Mme Adelman
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Movie · as Self - Politician (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mitterrand, the impossible legacy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Laissez-faire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
François Mitterrand, la maladie au secret
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Movie · as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Un mort à L'Elysée: François de Grossouvre
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Owners of Portugal
Movie · as Self - President of France (archive footage)
Fashion !
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
L'Amour Fou
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Un jour, un destin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rendez-vous avec François Mitterrand
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
1974, une partie de campagne
Movie · as Self
François Mitterrand, le roman du pouvoir
Movie
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
Movie · as Self
François Mitterrand : Conversations avec un Président
TV · as Self · 5 eps
François Mitterrand : le roman du pouvoir
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 4 eps
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Télévision (histoires secrètes)
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Promesses
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cérémonie d'ouverture des 16èmes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver à Albertville
Movie · as Self
Écoutez La Bourse Du Travail De Paris
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
L'Heure de vérité
TV · as self · 1 ep
Reporters
Movie · as self
Chili Impressions
TV · as Self · 4 eps
30 millions d'amis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth
Movie · as Self
Apostrophes
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Society of the Spectacle
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Statues Also Die
Movie · as Self (archive footage)