- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFrédéric Bernard Mitterrand
- Height1.77 m
- Frédéric Mitterrand was born on August 21, 1947 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Lettres d'amour en Somalie (1982), Madame Butterfly (1995) and Roberte (1979). He died on March 21, 2024 in Paris, France.
- ParentsÉdith Cahier
- RelativesFrançois Mitterrand(Aunt or Uncle)Marie Mitterrand(Niece or Nephew)Mazarine Pingeot(Cousin)Jean-Gabriel Mitterrand(Sibling)
- Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).
- Appointed French Minister of Culture and Communication in the Prime Minister François Fillon's second cabinet (June 23th, 2009).
- Called on the Iranian authorities to release Jafar Panahi, arrested on 1 March 2010 along with Mohammad Rasoulof and Mehdi Pourmoussa. Mitterrand described Panahi as a "great figure of the cinema". Pourmoussa and Rasoulof were released from the Evin prison on 17 March 2010, but Panahi remains in ward 209.
- President of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 42nd Deauville Film Festival in 2016.
- Owned cinemas and was an author before becoming minister of culture.
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