[DOC] [TLE] French presidential election, 1981 - Wikipedia [PAR] The French presidential election of 1981 took place on 10 May 1981, giving the 
presidency of France to Franois Mitterrand, the first Socialist president of ... By 
April 1981, however, his support on the left had dropped dramatically (7% and 1
% of ... As author Penniman points out, in a shrewd move, the left gained "
strength... [DOC] [TLE] Franois Mitterrand - Wikipedia [PAR] Franois Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was a French statesman who was 
President of France from 1981 to 1995. He was the longest-serving French 
President and, as leader of the Socialist Party, the first figure from the left elected 
President ... Elected President in the May 1981 presidential election, he was re-
elected in... [DOC] [TLE] Analysis: How French Socialism Built - and Destroyed - the ... [PAR] Sep 9, 2016 ... Center-left parties are in trouble across Europe, and the French Socialist Party is 
no exception. ... With a presidential election looming early next year, the 38-year-
old ... In 1981, Mitterrand was the first leftist to win the presidency since the ... by a 
left-wing government, began to move capital out of the country... [DOC] [TLE] Francois Mitterrand | president of France | Britannica.com [PAR] After his election as first secretary of the Socialist Party in 1971, Mitterrand began 
a ... in 1974, his strategy of making the Socialist Party the majority party of the left 
... Socialist victory of May 10, 1981, when he defeated the incumbent president, ... 
to avoid German economic domination of France by binding both countries into... [DOC] [TLE] The Many Lives of Franois Mitterrand | Jacobin [PAR] Aug 19, 2015 ... Still, the role of the French Socialist Party stands out for a different reason ... And 
yet the future president had moved progressively leftward over the course of ... as 
more left-wing forces gained traction in country after country  a dynamic ..... 
Between Mitterrand's election in 1981 and his U-turn in 1983, the... [DOC] [TLE] Franois Mitterrand - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] As President, Mitterand moved away from socialist policies, towards a more 
centrist position. He was .... On May 19, 1974, as common candidate of the Left, 
Franois Mitterrand ... In the French Presidential Election of 1981, he became the 
first socialist .... Recalling that France was the country making the most important 
effort... [DOC] [TLE] The main political parties in France - About-France.com [PAR] Click here for French Presidential election 2012 ... held by political parties of the 
left in many other countries, an d in recent French ... strongly patriarchal and 
nationalistic; but the Gaullism of the UMP has moved well ... This was the ticket 
on which Franois Mitterrand was elected in 1981 as the first Socialist President 
of the... [DOC] [TLE] Former French president Mitterand dies - UPI Archives - UPI.com [PAR] Jan 8, 1996 ... Former Socialist President Francois Mitterrand, who ended decades of ... 'Mr. 
Mitterrand has written an important page in the history of our country,' Chirac said
. ... political force, finally triumphing in 1981 when he was elected president. ... As 
France's first Socialist president in 28 years, Mitterrand moved to... [DOC] [TLE] Franois Mitterrand Facts - Biography - YourDictionary [PAR] In 1981 he was elected president of France and served for 14 yearslonger than 
... as the candidate of the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (FGDS), 
.... European Parliament elections of June 17, 1984, Mitterrand began to move... [DOC] [TLE] with socialist theory discredited, french left looks for a 'new frontier' [PAR] Dec 26, 1984 ... But they agree that socialism, as it has been experienced in France, has created 
a ... and political influence disproportionate to the country's financial or military 
power. ... far in describing what has gone wrong since they came to power in 
1981. ... To a President whose vocabulary has moved to words like... [DOC] [TLE] Franois Mitterrand - President (non-U.S.) - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... Franois Mitterrand served as president of France from 1981 to

Question: In 1981 France moved to the left & elected this Socialist president of the country
Answer: Francois Mitterrand