François Mitterrand photographed during a state visit to Switzerland in 1983.

Adapted from photograph by Comet Photo AG (Zürich), ca. 1983, ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv, Com_LC1500-0654-002-002, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand_in_1983.jpg.

Mitterrand, François 1916 - 1996

François Mitterrand photographed during a state visit to Switzerland in 1983.

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