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== Death == Mitterrand died in Paris on 8 January 1996 at the age of 79 from prostate cancer, a condition he and his doctors had concealed for most of his presidency (see [[#Medical secrecy|section on "Medical secrecy" below]]).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Whitney |first=Craig R. |date=9 January 1996 |title=Francois Mitterrand Dies at 79; Champion of a Unified Europe |journal=The New York Times |page=1 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/09/world/francois-mitterrand-dies-at-79-champion-of-a-unified-europe.html |access-date=10 November 2011 |archive-date=16 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516120427/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/09/world/francois-mitterrand-dies-at-79-champion-of-a-unified-europe.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A few days before his death, he was joined by family members and close friends for a "last meal" that attracted controversy because, in addition to other gourmet dishes, it included the serving of roast [[ortolan bunting]], a small wild songbird that is a protected species whose sale was and remains illegal in France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.denistouret.net/textes/Benamou.html|title=Georges-Marc Benamou|website=www.denistouret.net|access-date=1 January 2011|archive-date=11 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611010546/http://www.denistouret.net/textes/Benamou.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/features/The-Last-Meal-0598|title=The Last Meal|first=Michael|last=Paterniti|date=27 June 2008|website=Esquire|access-date=10 April 2020|archive-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223052343/http://www.esquire.com/features/The-Last-Meal-0598|url-status=live}}</ref> === Funeral === The day of the funeral was declared a [[national day of mourning]].<ref>{{cite web |title=DECRET DU 8 JANVIER 1996 PORTANT DECLARATION DE DEUIL NATIONAL |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000725893 |website=Légifrance |access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref> A requiem mass was held at [[Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre-Dame cathedral]], celebrated by [[Jean-Marie Lustiger|Cardinal Lustiger]] in the presence of [[UN]] Secretary General [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]], [[EU]] President [[Jacques Santer]] and representatives from 171 countries. [[Daniel Tarschys]], [[Secretary General of the Council of Europe]], former [[president of the European Commission]] [[Jacques Delors]] and [[Simone Veil]] were present. [[Jacques Chirac]], [[President of France]], [[Alain Juppé]], [[Prime Minister of France]], former president [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] and former prime ministers [[Édouard Balladur]], [[Jacques Chaban-Delmas]], [[Laurent Fabius]], [[Maurice Couve de Murville]], [[Michel Rocard]], [[Pierre Mauroy]], [[Édith Cresson]] were present.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1996/01/12/cent-soixante-et-onze-pays-representes_3699468_1819218.html|title=Cent soixante et onze pays représentés|newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=12 January 1996|via=Le Monde}}</ref> Sixty-one heads of state were presented.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world-grieves-in-public-and-private-for-mitterand-1.21095|title=World grieves in public and private for {{Sic|Mitterand|hide=y}}|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=8 August 2019|archive-date=28 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328073403/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world-grieves-in-public-and-private-for-mitterand-1.21095|url-status=live}}</ref> François Mitterrand's grave is in [[Jarnac]]. Former leaders and foreign delegations who attended François Mitterrand's funeral included:<ref name="auto"/> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *{{flagicon|Albania}} [[Sali Berisha]], [[President of Albania]] *{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Ahmed Attaf]], [[List of ministers of foreign affairs of Algeria|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Andorra}} [[Marc Forné Molné]], [[Prime Minister of Andorra]] *{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Levon Ter-Petrossian]], [[President of Armenia]] *{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Keating]], [[Prime Minister of Australia]] *{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Gareth Evans (politician)|Gareth Evans]], [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Thomas Klestil]], [[President of Austria]] *{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Heydar Aliyev]], [[President of Azerbaijan]] *{{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa]], [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahrain)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[A. M. Zahiruddin Khan]], former Minister of Industry *{{flagicon|Belarus}} [[Piatro Kravchanka]], former Minister of Foreign Affairs *{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Albert II of Belgium|Albert II]], [[King of the Belgians]] *{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Queen Paola of Belgium|Paola, Queen of the Belgians]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nouveau.europresse.com/Search/ResultMobile/10 | title=Europresse }}</ref> *{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jean-Luc Dehaene]], [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] *{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Elio Di Rupo]], Vice-Prime Minister *{{flagicon|Benin}} [[Nicéphore Soglo]], [[President of Benin]] *{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Yves Gaudeul, Ambassador of France in Bosnia<ref name="auto1"/> *{{flagicon|Botswana}} [[Mompati Merafhe]], [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Botswana)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José Sarney]], former [[president of Brazil]] and [[President of the Federal Senate (Brazil)|President of the Senate]] *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Zhelyu Zhelev]], [[President of Bulgaria]] *{{flagicon|Burundi}} [[Vénérand Bakevyumusaya]], Minister of Foreign Affairs *{{flagicon|Cambodia}} [[Norodom Sihanouk]], [[Monarchy of Cambodia|King of Cambodia]] *{{flagicon|Cambodia}} [[Norodom Monineath|Norodom Monineath, Queen of Cambodia]] *{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Roméo LeBlanc]], [[Governor General of Canada]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite web | url=https://nouveau.europresse.com/Search/ResultMobile/0 | title=Europresse }}</ref> *{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Sheila Copps]], [[Deputy Prime Minister of Canada|Deputy Prime Minister]]<ref name="auto2">{{cite web | url=https://nouveau.europresse.com/Search/ResultMobile/22 | title=Europresse }}</ref> *{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Brian Mulroney]], former [[Prime Minister of Canada]] *{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Jacques Parizeau]], [[Premier of Quebec]] *{{flagicon|Canada}} [[André Ouellet]], [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]<ref name="auto1"/> *{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Louise Beaudoin]], [[Ministry of Culture and Communications (Quebec)|Minister of Culture and Communications of Quebec]]<ref name="auto2"/> *{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Benoît Bouchard]], Ambassador of Canada to France<ref name="auto2"/> *{{flagicon|Canada}} Claude Roquet, Delegate General of Quebec<ref name="auto2"/> *{{flagicon|Central African Republic}} [[Ange-Félix Patassé]], [[President of the Central African Republic]] *{{flagicon|Chad}} [[Idriss Déby]], [[President of Chad]] *{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux]], [[President of the Senate of Chile]] *{{flagicon|China}} [[Qian Qichen]], [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China|Vice Premier]] *{{flagicon|Congo}} [[Pascal Lissouba]], [[President of Congo]] *{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Franjo Tuđman]], [[President of Croatia]] *{{flagicon|Cuba}} [[Fidel Castro]], [[President of Cuba]] *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Glafcos Clerides]], [[President of Cyprus]] *{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Václav Havel]], [[President of the Czech Republic]] *{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Margrethe II]], [[Queen of Denmark]] *{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Prince Henrik of Denmark]] *{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]], [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] *{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hosni Mubarak]], [[President of Egypt]] *{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Lennart Meri]], [[President of Estonia]] *{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Martti Ahtisaari]], [[President of Finland]] *{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Milan Milutinović]] [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Gabon}} [[Omar Bongo]], [[President of Gabon]] *{{flagicon|Gambia}} Sana B. Sabaly, [[Vice-President of the Gambia]] *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Roman Herzog]], [[President of Germany]] *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Helmut Kohl]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oskar Lafontaine]], [[Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany|Leader of the Social Democratic Party]] *{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Constantinos Stephanopoulos]], [[President of Greece]] *{{flagicon|Guinea}} Kozo Zoumanigui, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Guinea)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Guinea-Bissau}} [[João Bernardo Vieira]], [[President of Guinea-Bissau]] *{{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]], [[President of Haïti]] *{{flagicon|Holy See}} Bishop [[Jean-Louis Tauran]], [[Section for Relations with States|Secretary for Relations with States]] *{{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Carlos Roberto Reina]], [[President of Honduras]] *{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Árpád Göncz]], [[President of Hungary]] *{{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Vigdis Finnbogadottir]], [[President of Iceland]] *{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Ali Akbar Velayati]], [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[John Bruton]], [[Prime Minister of Ireland]] *{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Ezer Weizman]], [[President of Israel]] *{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Shimon Peres]], [[Prime Minister of Israel]] *{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Oscar Luigi Scalfaro]], [[President of Italy]] *{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Henri Konan Bédié]], [[President of Ivory Coast]] *{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Noboru Takeshita]], former [[Prime Minister of Japan]] *{{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Hassan of Jordan|Hassan, Crown Prince of Jordan]] *{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]], [[Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Kazakhstan)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Guntis Ulmanis]], [[President of Latvia]] *{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Elias Hrawi]], [[President of Lebanon]] *{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[Momolu Sirleaf]], [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Liberia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} [[Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein]] *{{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} [[Otmar Hasler]], [[Prime Minister of Liechtenstein]] *{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Algirdas Brazauskas]], [[President of Lithuania]] *{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] *{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium|Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]] *{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[Jean-Claude Juncker]], [[Prime Minister of Luxembourg]] *{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} [[Branko Crvenkovski]], [[Prime Minister of North Macedonia|Prime Minister of Macedonia]] *{{flagicon|Mali}} [[Alpha Oumar Konaré]], [[President of Mali]] *{{flagicon|Malta}} [[Ugo Mifsud Bonnici]], [[President of Malta]] *{{flagicon|Mauritania}} [[Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna]], [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mauritania)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Mauritius}} [[Cassam Uteem]], [[President of Mauritius]] *{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[José Ángel Gurría]], [[Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)|Secretary of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Monaco}} [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco]] *{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Sidi Mohammed, Crown Prince of Morocco]] *{{flagicon|Namibia}} [[Sam Nujoma]], [[President of Namibia]] *{{flagicon|NATO}} [[Javier Solana]], [[Secretary General of NATO]] *{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]], [[Monarchy of the Netherlands|Queen of the Netherlands]] *{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Wim Kok]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] *{{flagicon|Niger}} [[Mahamane Ousmane]], [[President of Niger]] *{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Gro Harlem Bruntland]], [[Prime Minister of Norway]] *{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah]], [[Foreign Ministry (Oman)|Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Aftab Shaban Mirani]], [[Minister of Defence (Pakistan)|Minister of Defence]] *{{flagicon|Palestine}} [[Yasser Arafat]], [[President of the State of Palestine]] *{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Luis María Ramírez Boettner]], [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Paraguay)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Corazon Aquino]], former [[president of the Philippines]] *{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]], [[President of Poland]] *{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[António Guterres]], [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] *{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]], [[Emir of Qatar]] *{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Ion Iliescu]], [[President of Romania]] *{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Boris Yeltsin]], [[President of Russia]] *{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Naina Yeltsina]], [[First Lady of Russia]] *{{flagicon|San Marino}} Jean-Bernard Mérimée, Ambassador of San Marino to France *{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf]], [[Ministry of Finance (Saudi Arabia)|Minister of Finance]] *{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Abdou Diouf]], [[President of Senegal]] *{{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Michal Kováč]], [[President of Slovakia]] *{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Janez Drnovšek]], [[Prime Minister of Slovenia]] *{{flagicon|Somalia}} [[Ali Mahdi Muhammad]], [[President of Somalia]] *{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo]], [[Minister of International Relations and Cooperation|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|South Korea}} Gong Ro-myung, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (South Korea)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Juan Carlos I]], [[King of Spain]] *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Queen Sofía of Spain|Sofia, Queen of Spain]] *{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Felipe González]], [[Prime Minister of Spain]] *{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Lakshman Kadirgamar]], [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Carl XVI Gustaf]], [[King of Sweden]] *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Adolf Ogi]], former [[president of the Swiss Confederation]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.admin.ch/cp/f/1996Jan10.123550.5126@idz.bfi.admin.ch.html|title=Le CF Ogi assistera à l'hommage solennel qui sera rendu au président M|website=www.admin.ch}}</ref> *{{flagicon|Togo}} [[Gnassingbé Eyadema]], [[President of Togo]] *{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Süleyman Demirel]], [[President of Turkey]] *{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Leonid Kuchma]], [[President of Ukraine]] *{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]], [[President of the United Arab Emirates]] *{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Charles III of the United Kingdom|Charles, Prince of Wales]] *{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[John Major]], [[Prime Minister of United Kingdom]] *{{flagicon|United States}} [[Al Gore]], [[Vice President of the United States]] *{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Álvaro Ramos Trigo]], [[List of ministers of foreign relations of Uruguay|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Ali Abdallah Saleh]], [[President of Yemen]] *{{flagicon|Zambia}} [[Godfrey Miyanda]], [[Vice-President of Zambia]] {{div col end}}
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