Noun
French statesman and president of France from 1981 to 1985 (1916-1996)
Source: WordNetI gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand. François Hollande
Everyone says Francois Mitterrand had huge charisma. But before he was president they used to call him badly dressed, old, archaic and say he knew nothing about the economy until the day he was elected. It's called universal suffrage. When you're elected, you become the person that embodies France. François Hollande
When I was elected to head the German government, I was fortunate enough to find a partner in Francois Mitterrand. Helmut Kohl
But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now. Laurent Fabius