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30 Years of François Mitterrand's Death: His 1981 Speech Still Topical

Thirty years ago to the day, François Mitterrand disappeared. At his election on 10 May 1981, the newly elected socialist president had delivered a speech full of humanism with the desire to gather all the French, from his fief of Château-Chinon, in the Nièvre.

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Thirty years ago to the day, François Mitterrand disappeared. At his election on 10 May 1981, the newly elected socialist president had delivered a speech full of humanism with the desire to gather all the French, from his fief of Château-Chinon, in the Nièvre.

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The Socialists commemorate this Thursday the disappearance of the former president on January 8, 1996. The further away the rose and fist party from the date of death, the more the tributes of its leaders were marked.

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On January 8, 1996, François Mitterrand, president who long embodied the "figure of the Commander", disappeared. In thirty years, this representation of power has changed profoundly. But in what way?

Thirty years ago, France learned, on 8 January 1996, of the death of François Mitterrand, who died as a result of his cancer at the age of 79, a few months after he left the Elysée, the French were moved by the disappearance of a man who marked fifty years of French political life. Dived into the archives of La Croix.

Press release: On this thirtieth anniversary of the disappearance of François Mitterrand, the Federation of the Socialist Party of Saône-et-Loire pays tribute to the stateman who marked France and who has established lasting ties with our territory. François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995, died on 8 January 1996 in Paris after two septennats who profoundly transformed our country. At the time we commemorate his me…

The memories of the Socialists of Occitanie, nostalgic about the Mitterrand years, disappeared thirty years ago, in the light of the current context. Florilège.

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