1916–1996
François Mitterrand
21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995
79years old at death
28,928days lived
69%of the people on this site died younger
François Mitterrand was born on 26 October 1916 and died on 8 January 1996, aged 79 years and 74 days. That is 28,928 days in all.
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