[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 under the Fifth Republic. ... He was twice forced by the loss of a 
parliamentary majority into "cohabitation... [DOC] [TLE] Key figures [PAR] In 1965, he lost the presidential election to de Gaulle but won 32% of the vote. In 
1971 he ... Francois Mitterrand died in Paris on 8th January, 1996. Jacques... [DOC] [TLE] Jacques Chirac - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] Nov 30, 2015 ... He first entered government in 1967 when then-prime minister Georges ... On 
March 20, 1977, Jacques Chirac was elected Mayor of Paris after a drum beating 
conducted field campaign. ... was appointed Prime Minister by President Franois 
Mitterrand. ... Jospin lost to Chirac in the 1995 presidential race. [DOC] [TLE] Chirac, the Old Neo-Gaullist, in the Lead - NYTimes.com [PAR] Mar 23, 1995 ... Jacques Chirac, the Mayor of Paris, who has run for the French presidency and 
lost twice, now looks set ... to become the favorite to succeed President Francois 
Mitterrand, ... By now, Mr. Chirac is greeted by big crowds wherever he goes. ... 
When the conservatives won the parliamentary elections in March... [DOC] [TLE] Francois Hollande | president of France | Britannica.com [PAR] May 24, 2016 ... French politician who was president of France (2012). He ... In 1979, while still a 
student, Hollande joined the Socialist Party, and he worked as an ... special 
assistant on economic affairs in the Mitterrand administration. ... was trounced in 
the 2002 election's first round of voting, and Royal lost to Nicolas... [DOC] [TLE] Franois Mitterrand - President (non-U.S.) - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... Franois Mitterrand served as president of France from 1981 to 1995. Learn more 
... Mitterrand served with the French forces during World War II. In 1971, he ... 
There, he studied law and politics at the University of Paris. Around this ... As a 
result, he lost his Assembly seat in the 1958 election. For many... [DOC] [TLE] Obituary: Francois Mitterrand | The Independent [PAR] Jan 8, 1996 ... There is a superstition in French political circles that no President of the ... hardly 
been re-elected when he was overwhelmed by the catastrophe of 1940. ... 
Francois Mitterrand is said to have hesitated over standing for ... The result was 
that he became the first man in French history to be twice elected to the... [DOC] [TLE] Profile: Jacques Chirac - BBC News - BBC.com [PAR] He served in the French Army during the Franco-Algerian war in 1954. ... Image 
caption Francois Mitterrand handed over to Mr Chirac in 1995 after ... he won the 
presidency itself, having stood and lost in the 1981 and 1988 elections. ... 
Jacques Chirac (L) then Paris mayor and RPR president with RPR member in 
charge... [DOC] [TLE] H.E. Mr Franois Hollande President of the French Republic [PAR] First Secretary of the French Socialist Party (1997-2008) and Mayor of Tulle ... 
During this period, he was also a lecturer at the Paris Institute of Political ... the 
election of Franois Mitterrand as President of the French Republic, Franois ... In 
1993, he lost his seat as a Deputy in the National Assembly and became 
President... [DOC] [TLE] PressReader - The Daily Telegraph: 2016-07-05 - Michel Rocard [PAR] Jul 5, 2016 ... French prime minister who was ruthlessly undermined by his fellow Socialist ... by 
the French president Franois Mitterrand until May 1991 when he was ... power 
and twice, in 1981 and 1988, he deferred to Mitterrand's presidential ... Elected 
mayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine in 1977, Rocard retook his... [DOC] [TLE] Jacques Rene Chirac facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Chirac entered the electoral arena in 1965, when he was elected to the municipal 
council ... In 1977 he was elected the first mayor of Paris

Question: While mayor of Paris, he lost twice to Francois Mitterand in elections for the French presidency
Answer: Jacques Chirac