Jean-Christophe Mitterrand
Jean-Christophe Mitterrand | |
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| Born | 19 December 1946 |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | Papamadit |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, businessman |
| Known for | Angolagate |
| Parent(s) | François Mitterrand Danielle Gouze |
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Jean-Christophe Mitterrand (born 19 December 1946) is the son of former French president François Mitterrand. He was an advisor to his father on African affairs from 1986 to 1992,[1] and earned the nickname Papamadit (which translates as "Daddy-told-me") in Africa.
Life and career
Mitterrand was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine. He was a press correspondent for the Agence France Presse in 1975 in Mauritania.[1]
Angolagate
Jean-Christophe Mitterrand was freed three weeks later, on 11 January 2001, after his mother, Danielle Mitterrand, managed to post a bail 5 million francs (€762,000).[1][2] However, he was indicted again on July 4, 2001, on charges of "complicity of arms traffic" by the magistrates Philippe Courroye and Isabelle Prévost-Desprez, following a complaint filed in January 2001 by the Socialist Minister of Defence Alain Richard.[3] Jean-Christophe Mitterrand was again indicted on 17 October 2001, for corruption by investigative judge Courroye, suspected of having received US$300,000 from the Brenco in payment of councils to Falcone. On the eve of this new indictment, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand filed a complaint against Judge Courroye accusing him of having made a "false" document in July 2000 (because Courroye had put the date of 3 July for an ordinance drafted on 5 July)—but this manoeuver did not stop the procedure.[2] On 13 January 2006, the Court of Appeal of Paris confirmed the initial sentence. On 27 October 2006, the Court of Cassation rejected Mitterrand's appeal, and confirmed his 30-month prison sentence on probation, along with a €600,000 fine for tax evasion (fraude fiscale) because of €600,000 received from Falcone but not declared to the Fisc tax administration.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jean-Christophe Mitterrand joue les victimes, RFI, 16 September 2004 (in French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jean-Christophe Mitterrand libéré Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, L'Express, 15 January 2001 (in French)
- ↑ Chronology of the Angolagate Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, L'Express, 16 October 2002 (in French)