Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the former Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand, who died on Thursday, saluting a man who “lived a thousand existences, all woven with a common thread: culture for everyone”.
“He leaves behind him a big void”
“His legendary ‘Good evening!’ we will miss them,” the head of state wrote on For his part, Gabriel Attal saluted the memory of a “man in love with everything that directly or indirectly touched on culture”. “A man who had an insatiable thirst for learning and a constant project to do,” he added, believing that France was losing “a total man of culture.”
“Minister, man of letters, culture and the media, he leaves behind a great void after a life made of political passion and love of cinema,” said the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun. -Pivet. His counterpart in the Senate, Gérard Larcher, paid tribute to the “former minister with multiple cultural hats and unique voice of television”.
“He was a great Minister of Culture, whose passion marked our country. His contribution to art and politics transcends divisions,” declared the head of the Republicans, Eric Ciotti. Nephew of a socialist, Frédéric Mitterrand had for a time been in the Movement of Left Radicals (MRG), a center-left party, before supporting Jacques Chirac in 1995, during the presidential election.