The ex-minister of French culture and television man Frédéric Mitterrand died Thursday March 21, 2024 after a fight of “several months against aggressive cancer”. He was 76 years old.
Nephew of former president François Mitterrand, minister under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, this man of letters and cinema had announced in April 2023 to be “sick”, without saying more.
“Also a writer, Frédéric Mitterrand did not hesitate to confess his” bad life “. He thus made the story in 2005 of his sexual and priced wanderings in Thailand and in the Maghreb ”, writes France 24.
A great friend of Tunisia, Mitterrand had made several official and tourist visits to our country. He has greatly contributed to the strengthening of relations between the two countries.
Moreover, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs deplored its death in a statement made public on its Facebook page. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians abroad has learned with emotion the death of Frédéric Mitterrand, faithful and sincere friend of Tunisia and Tunisians,” it was written.
“With his departure, Tuniso-Française friendship loses a personality that has contributed a lot to the strengthening of the links between the two countries. The disappeared, with his talent as a recognized storyteller, made known to a large audience the richness of the history of Tunisia and its heritage, “it was also communicated.