Mitterand was a French resistance hero of WWII and president of the Republic from 1981-1995.
Mitterand and his wife Danielle (nee Gouze) were respectively 28 and 20 years old when they married in October 1944. The had three sons together, Pascal (who died in childhood), Jean-Christophe and Gilbert.
Mitterand started his affair with Anne Pingeot, an art historian, before 1975 (when their daughter Mazarine Pingeot was born). Mitterrand lived with Anne and Mazarine during the week, joining his 'official' family at weekends.
For decades there was a tacit consensus among French journalists not to publicise or even discuss Mitterand's private life. The situation only became widely known to the public in 1995, when pictures of Mitterand leaving restaurant with Anne Pingeot were published.
Mitterrand died only a year later. Both families attended the funeral. Mazarine was made executor of the estate and guardian of her father's library; he argued that she was intellectually the closest of his offspring.
Mitterand and his wife Danielle (nee Gouze) were respectively 28 and 20 years old when they married in October 1944. The had three sons together, Pascal (who died in childhood), Jean-Christophe and Gilbert.
Mitterand started his affair with Anne Pingeot, an art historian, before 1975 (when their daughter Mazarine Pingeot was born). Mitterrand lived with Anne and Mazarine during the week, joining his 'official' family at weekends.
For decades there was a tacit consensus among French journalists not to publicise or even discuss Mitterand's private life. The situation only became widely known to the public in 1995, when pictures of Mitterand leaving restaurant with Anne Pingeot were published.
Mitterrand died only a year later. Both families attended the funeral. Mazarine was made executor of the estate and guardian of her father's library; he argued that she was intellectually the closest of his offspring.