Mitterrand

[meet^uh-rahn, mee-tuh-rahn, -rand, mit-uh-]

noun

1. François (Maurice Marie) 1916–96, French political leader: president 1981–95.

Mitterrand

/ mitɛrɑ̃ /

noun

1. François Maurice Marie (frɑ̃swa mɔris mari). 1916–96, French statesman; first secretary of the socialist party (1971–95); president (1981–95)

Example Sentences

The then French President, François Mitterrand, helped secure his release in 1982 and he became a French citizen.

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Even François Mitterrand, who became French president during the 1980s, had a collaborationist past.

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Or the miss may be phonetic, as the names of France’s current president, Emmanuel Macron, and former President Francois Mitterrand both begin with “M.”

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Mr. Badinter was particularly close to Mr. Mitterrand, and worked with him on the refashioning of the Socialist Party as a center-left movement that abandoned the wholesale nationalization of industries.

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If you asked Donald Trump who François Mitterrand was, he would look at you like, ‘What are you talking about?’

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