Frédéric Mitterrand, former Minister of Culture and tv man, has died | EUROtoday

Published on : 03/21/2024 – 8:39 p.m.Modified : 03/21/2024 – 9:32 p.m.

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Former Minister of Culture and tv man, Frédéric Mitterrand died Thursday March 21 at his Parisian dwelling on the age of 76, after a battle of “several months against an aggressive cancer”, his household introduced to AFP .

Nephew of former president François Mitterrand, minister beneath the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, this man of letters and cinema introduced in April 2023 that he was “sick”, with out saying extra.

Evoking his “immense sadness”, Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute on

“He was an enthusiastic and passionate Minister of Culture, who exercised his functions with panache and talent. He will leave his films, his books, his broadcasts as so many testimonies of his love for art and culture,” a- he added.

“Bad life”

Also a author, Frédéric Mitterrand didn’t hesitate to admit his “bad life”. In 2005, he advised the story of his sexual and paid wanderings in Thailand and the Maghreb.

First praised, the e book then sparked controversy, forcing him to defend himself from any relationship with minors or to advocate little one crime.

Born on August 21, 1947 within the lovely neighborhoods of Paris, Frédéric Mitterrand made a reputation for himself because of tv.

“Stars and Canvases” is the title of the primary present he hosted on the entrance web page from 1981: there he flamboyantly resurrects the celebs, particularly the actresses, and dissects the nice movies.

The man instills his cinephilia within the viewer, captivated by this haunting voice, with its recognizable phrasing.

He left TF1 in 1988 – which grew to become a non-public channel – for Antenne 2 and the general public service.

Support from Jacques Chirac

He additionally appeared on the display screen as a toddler: at 13, he performed Michèle Morgan's son in “Fortunat”, with Bourvil (1960). He additionally went behind the digicam and notably directed “Lettres d'amour en Somalie” (1981), written within the first particular person, and the opera “Madame Butterfly”, filmed in Tunisia (1995).

Despite his title, he refuses to observe within the footsteps of an uncle he admires. In June 1993, he joined the Movement of Left Radicals (MRG). In May 1995, he supported Jacques Chirac, presidential candidate.

Appointed head of the Villa Medici in Rome by President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008, he returned to Paris just a few months later to take over the Ministry of Culture, till the 2012 presidential election, misplaced by the suitable.

In this place, this father of three youngsters notably confronted leisure employees, had the Hadopi legislation adopted and led main tasks, some launched earlier than his arrival: the Mucem in Marseille or the Philharmonie in Paris.

With AFP