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The Rest Is History

179. French Presidents: 1981-2022 (Part 2)

The Rest Is History

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4.6 • 26.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In the second of two episodes covering France's post-war presidents, Tom and Dominic drill down into the remaining historical statesmen, bringing us right up to the current day. François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande, and Emmanuel Macron - there are some incredible stories... Join The Rest Is History Club (restishistorypod.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community. Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter:  @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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pompadou, we've done destang, all of whom were on the right.

1:07.0

And now we come to the first left-wing president,

1:13.0

from Swameteron, he came to power in 1981.

1:15.3

But Dominic, he did not begin as a left-winger, did he?

1:19.9

No, he didn't actually.

1:20.9

It's funny, because actually Shiragirac who succeeded him began on the left.

1:24.3

And Mitton began on the kind of conservative nationalist Catholic right in the 1930s.

1:30.8

I mean, Mitton on Chir Sheerak about they are two immensely kind of

1:36.8

Vulpine, feline, cynical men who make British politicians, I think looks like

1:42.4

absolute paragons of principle.

1:45.3

So, so Meets and Rant born in 1916

1:48.5

comes from a Catholic conservative family in the southwest in the shant.

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