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François Mitterrand

1916 - 1996

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François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was a French politician 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Mitterrand has received more than 3,598,292 page views. His biography is available in 104 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). François Mitterrand is the 343rd most popular politician (down from 324th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from France (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular French Politician.

François Mitterrand was the President of France from 1981 to 1995. He is most famous for being the first Socialist president in France and for his economic policies.

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  • 104

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.27

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  • 5.02

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, François Mitterrand ranks 343 out of 15,577. Before him are Philip III of Spain, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Nerva, Constantine XI Palaiologos, Joachim Murat, and Abbas the Great. After him are Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Charles V of France, Khafra, Turhan Hatice Sultan, Hafsa Sultan, and Mustafa II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, François Mitterrand ranks 2. Before him is Edward Heath. After him are Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck, Elena Ceaușescu, Francis Crick, Aldo Moro, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Olivia de Havilland, Roald Dahl, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and Claude Shannon. Among people deceased in 1996, François Mitterrand ranks 2. Before him is Baba Vanga. After him are Marcello Mastroianni, Thomas Kuhn, Tupac Shakur, Carl Sagan, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Marguerite Duras, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Ella Fitzgerald, and Joseph Brodsky.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Mitterrand ranks 145 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Joseph Fourier (1768), Louis XI of France (1423), Georges Braque (1882), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), and Joachim Murat (1767). After him are Georges Seurat (1859), Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640), Charles V of France (1338), Jean Bodin (1530), Christian Dior (1905), and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, François Mitterrand ranks 40. Before him are Charles VI of France (1368), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Louis XII of France (1462), Charles VIII of France (1470), Louis XI of France (1423), and Joachim Murat (1767). After him are Charles V of France (1338), Charles IX of France (1550), Francis II of France (1544), Henry II of England (1133), Philip VI of France (1293), and Louis X of France (1289).

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