Danielle Mitterrand

Danielle Mitterrand , born Danielle Émilienne Isabelle Gouze the October 29th 1924 with Verdun in the Meuse, is the widow of the 21^e President of the Republic François Mitterrand and was " first lady of the Française" Republic; of the May 21st 1981 with the May 16th 1995. It is president of the foundation France Freedoms - Foundation Danielle Mitterrand.

Biography

It is seventeen years old when its family (her parents are professors) point of disjunction of the men of the maquis; it is liaison officer in the Résistance; it meets there François Mitterrand, which it marries with the release, three years later, the October 28th 1944.

After the presidential election of her husband François Mitterrand in 1981, Danielle Mitterrand takes up her duties of Dame first all while creating an autonomous space of political commitment very marked third-mondiste.

In 1986, it creates the foundation France Freedoms - Foundation Danielle Mitterrand (by the fusion of three associations founded shortly after 1981), intended to answer the distress calls of women and stripped and oppressed men, while launching publicity campaigns and by financing actions of ground carried by the inhabitants themselves.

It gave an opinion in favor of the Sahraouis, the Under-commander Marcos, the Tibetans, the Kurdish , the Indian people of Latin America, etc Its engagement in favor of Fidel Castro and of its mode put in difficulty the president, although it managed to make release from many political prisoners.

These last years, it put the right of access to water in the forefront of the Human rights, deciding to do of them one of its priorities at the side of education, the participative democracy and the responsible economy.

Quotation of Danielle Mitterrand: “ Today, France Freedoms, strong of its actions in the world, which they are construction of school to the Mali, fight against the Capital punishment or for the introduction of the right of access to water for all, wants to resist economic oppression and international policy and to help to build an interdependent and peaceful world. You also, you have your place at our sides. Let us conjugate together these two verbs with the future. ”

At the time of the referendum on the European constitutional text project, in 2005, she is opposed to part of her family by officially giving an opinion for “not”, thus putting will have it of her former husband in the balance. She takes party for Ségolène Royal with the presidential election of 2007.

His/her older sister, Christine Gouze, known as Christine Gouze-Renal (1914-2002), producing of cinema, was married, of 1959 with its death, with the actor Roger Hanin.

Danielle Mitterrand had three wire, Pascal, died in low age, Jean-Christophe and Gilbert Mitterrand.

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