Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing, also known as simply Giscard or VGE, was President of France from 1974 to 1981.
Giscard d'Estaing in 1975
Giscard d'Estaing in the 1940s
Giscard with US president John F. Kennedy at the White House in 1962
Giscard d'Estaing (right) with US president Jimmy Carter (left) in 1978
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995. He was the longest holder of that position in the history of France and the first left-wing politician to assume the
Mitterrand in 1983
Mitterrand (right) with Philippe Pétain on 15 October 1942
Mitterrand as War Veterans Minister in February 1947