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30th anniversary of François
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Roger-Viollet | 493446 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1976. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1976.
Roger-Viollet | 179271 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, during a press conference at the Elysee Palace. Paris, on May 18, 1989. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, during a press conference at the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1382133 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, during his presidential campaign. Toulouse (France), December 1965. | © Jean-Régis Roustan / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, during his presidential campaign. Toulouse [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1382132 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, during his presidential campaign. Toulouse (France), December 1965. | © Jean-Régis Roustan / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, during his presidential campaign. Toulouse [...]
Roger-Viollet | 548023 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, during a press conference at the Elysee Palace. Paris, 1981. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, during a press conference at the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 466257 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1977. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1977.
Roger-Viollet | 325234 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1977. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1977.
Roger-Viollet | 558406 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1977. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1977.
Roger-Viollet | 526181 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, during a press conference. | © Jacques Cuinières / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, during a press conference.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1382128 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1965. | © Jean-Régis Roustan / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1965.
Roger-Viollet | 1382127 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1965. | © Jean-Régis Roustan / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. France, 1965.
Roger-Viollet | 403679 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, during a visit in the Lorraine region (France), 1981. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, during a visit in the Lorraine [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1381580 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), presidential candidate. Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, France), 17 December 1965. | © Jean-Régis Roustan / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), presidential candidate. Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, France), 17 [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1381572 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French statesman. France, around 1970. | © Jean-Régis Roustan / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French statesman. France, around 1970.
Roger-Viollet | 1381564 | Meeting between François Mitterrand (1916-1996) and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926-2020), French statesmen. Paris, 1970. | © Jean-Régis Roustan / Roger-Viollet
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Meeting between François Mitterrand (1916-1996) and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926-2020), French [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1379531 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, observing his portrait painted by Katell Le Goarnig (Katheline Manrot Le Goarnic, born in 1948), French painter. France, on April 25, 1968. Photograph by Jean-Pierre Sardou, from the collections of the French newspaper France-Soir . Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris. | © Jean-Pierre Sardou / Fonds France-Soir / BHVP / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, observing his portrait painted by Katell Le [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1379530 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, posing next to his portrait painted by Katell Le Goarnig (Katheline Manrot Le Goarnic, born in 1948), French painter. France, on April 25, 1968. Photograph by Jean-Pierre Sardou, from the collections of the French newspaper France-Soir . Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris. | © Jean-Pierre Sardou / Fonds France-Soir / BHVP / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, posing next to his portrait painted by Katell [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1378010 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996) and Charles Hernu (1923-1990), French politicians. Saint-Fons (France), on July 25, 1970. Photograph by André Perlstein (born in 1942). | © André Perlstein / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996) and Charles Hernu (1923-1990), French politicians. Saint-Fons [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1375944 | Georges Marchais (1920-1997), French politician, and François Mitterrand (1916-1996), then leader of the Socialist Party, attending the Meeting du Programme Commun at the Palais des Sports de la Porte de Versailles. Paris, December 28, 1972. Photograph by André Perlstein (born in 1942) | © André Perlstein / Roger-Viollet
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Georges Marchais (1920-1997), French politician, and François Mitterrand (1916-1996), then leader [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1059432 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, during a press conference at the Elysee Palace. Paris, on May 18, 1989. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, during a press conference at the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1044632 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), Minister of War Veterans. Paris, May 1948. | © LAPI / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), Minister of War Veterans. Paris, May 1948.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1022742 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), Minister of Justice in the Guy Mollet Government, reading Le Monde . Paris, Elysee Palace, on August 14, 1956. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), Minister of Justice in the Guy Mollet Government, reading "Le [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1019976 | François Mitterrand (first row, fifth from the left, 1916-1996), following a military preparation at the Montrouge fort (France). | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (first row, fifth from the left, 1916-1996), following a military preparation [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1003441 | European elections. TV election debate with Simone Veil, François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac and Georges Marchais, on May 4, 1979. | © Jacques Cuinières / Roger-Viollet
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European elections. TV election debate with Simone Veil, François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac and [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1001527 | Socialist rally. François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. Next to him : Jean Auroux (born in 1942). Epinay-sur-Seine (France), on June 11, 1971. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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Socialist rally. François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. Next to him : Jean Auroux [...]
Roger-Viollet | 995064 | Nobel prize-giving at the Elysee Palace. François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic. Paris, on January 18, 1988. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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Nobel prize-giving at the Elysee Palace. François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 993622 | François Mitterrand, Claude Estier and Georges Marchais, French politician, during a rally against the decision by Franco to execute Spanish terrorists. Paris, 1975. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand, Claude Estier and Georges Marchais, French politician, during a rally against [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 987522 | Rally of the French socialist party. François Mitterrand, Jean Poperen, Lionel Jospin and Pierre Bérégovoy. Alfortville (France), January 1980. | © Jacques Cuinières / Roger-Viollet
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Rally of the French socialist party. François Mitterrand, Jean Poperen, Lionel Jospin and Pierre [...]
Roger-Viollet | 983417 | Rally of the Union of the Left. Georges Marchais, François Mitterrand and Robert Fabre. On the left : Yvette Roudy. Paris, on March 9, 1978. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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Rally of the Union of the Left. Georges Marchais, François Mitterrand and Robert Fabre. On the left [...]
Roger-Viollet | 958832 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, after his resignation from the Laniel Government. Paris, on September 3rd, 1953. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, after his resignation from the Laniel [...]
Roger-Viollet | 913626 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, looking at phographs of him. Paris, February 1978. | © Kathleen Blumenfeld / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, looking at phographs of him. Paris, February [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 887470 | Press conference by François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic. France, on June 9, 1982. | © Jacques Cuinières / Roger-Viollet
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Press conference by François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic. France, on [...]
Roger-Viollet | 877399 | Rally of the Socialist Party. From left to right : André Labarrère, François Mitterrand, Laurent Cathala, Paul Quilès and Jacques Attali. Alfortville (France), January 1980. | © Jacques Cuinières / Roger-Viollet
1442-1 DG
Rally of the Socialist Party. From left to right : André Labarrère, François Mitterrand, Laurent [...]
Roger-Viollet | 877299 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. | © Henri Martinie / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician.
 
Roger-Viollet | 876406 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, during a socialist meeting about the liberation of women . Paris, on December 13, 1972. Photograph by Janine Niepce (1921-2007). | © Janine Niepce / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, during a socialist meeting about the [...]
Roger-Viollet | 742497 | Robert Mitterrand, his brother François Mitterrand (1916-1996), Minister of War Veterans, and Georges Beauchamp. Paris, 1947. | © Roger Berson / Roger-Viollet
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Robert Mitterrand, his brother François Mitterrand (1916-1996), Minister of War Veterans, and [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 711305 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, buying a copy of the daily newspaper France-Soir . Paris, on March 2nd, 1978. Photograph by Kathleen Blumenfeld (1920-2011). | © Kathleen Blumenfeld / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, buying a copy of the daily newspaper [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 692107 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, during a meeting between the two rounds of the presidential election. Toulouse (France), on December 17, 1965. | © Jean-Régis Roustan / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, during a meeting between the two rounds of the [...]
Roger-Viollet | 681890 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French Minister of War Veterans, with his wife Danielle Mitterrand (1924-2011). Paris, on February 15, 1947. | © Roger Berson / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French Minister of War Veterans, with his wife Danielle Mitterrand [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 665127 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), Minister of War Veterans, with his wife Danielle and their son Jean-Christophe. Paris, on February 15, 1947. | © Roger Berson / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), Minister of War Veterans, with his wife Danielle and their son [...]
Roger-Viollet | 638455 | Rally of the Socialist Party. François Mitterrand (1916-1996) and Pierre Bérégovoy (1925-1993), French politicians. Alfortville (France), January 1980. | © Jacques Cuinières / Roger-Viollet
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Rally of the Socialist Party. François Mitterrand (1916-1996) and Pierre Bérégovoy (1925-1993), [...]
Roger-Viollet | 563285 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, paying homage to Pierre Mendès France (1907-1982), French politician. Paris, 1982. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, paying homage to Pierre Mendès [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 550643 | François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic surrounded by Jacques Delors, Gaston Defferre and Charles Fiterman, French politicians. Lorraine (France), on October 13, 1981. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic surrounded by Jacques Delors, Gaston Defferre [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 545855 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996) and Pierre Joxe (born in 1934), French politicians, attending the Paris International Agricultural Show, on March 12, 1981. | © Jean-Régis Roustan / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996) and Pierre Joxe (born in 1934), French politicians, attending the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 538007 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, during a press conference. France, 1984. | © Jean-Pierre Couderc / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic, during a press conference. [...]
Roger-Viollet | 516562 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, running for European elections. | © Jacques Cuinières / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician, running for European elections.
 
Roger-Viollet | 505871 | Rally of the Socialist Party. From left to right : André Labarrère (sitting), Claude Estier, François Mitterrand, Laurent Cathala, Paul Quilès and Jacques Attali. Alfortville (France), January 1980. | © Jacques Cuinières / Roger-Viollet
1442-3 DG
Rally of the Socialist Party. From left to right : André Labarrère (sitting), Claude Estier, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 473616 | Socialist rally. François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. Next to him : Jean Auroux (born in 1942). Epinay-sur-Seine (France), on June 11, 1971. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
1284-14 DG
Socialist rally. François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French politician. Next to him : Jean Auroux [...]
Roger-Viollet | 451265 | Press conference by François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic. France, on June 9, 1982. | © Jacques Cuinières / Roger-Viollet
719-15 DG
Press conference by François Mitterrand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic. France, on [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 439805 | François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French Minister of War Veterans, surrounded by the members of his cabinet, 1948. | © Henri Martinie / Roger-Viollet
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François Mitterrand (1916-1996), French Minister of War Veterans, surrounded by the members of his [...]