Ruler · 1916 – 1996

François Mitterrand

Lived 1916 – 1996; politician. President of the French Republic of France, 1981 – 1995; also in the line of Andorra and French Fifth Republic. The atlas files them under French Third Republic.

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Lived: 1916 – 1996; 80 years
In office: 14 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: served out the term; the ruler's own article

President of the French Republic

France · the 30th of 34 dated reigns · 1824 – 2017

26 before

Georges Pompidou1969 – 1974

Alain Poher1974

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing1974 – 1981

François Mitterrand1981 – 1995

Jacques Chirac1995 – 2007

Nicolas Sarkozy2007 – 2012

François Hollande2012 – 2017

1 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1981 – 1995 · 14 years · came to it aged 65

Left it: served out the termread from the ruler's own article

His second and last term ended after the 1995 presidential election in May 1995 with the election of Jacques Chirac.

Also in the line of Andorra (115th of 121) and French Fifth Republic (8th of 12).

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