Which Happened First?

1981 French presidential election

1981 French presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in France on 26 April 1981, with a second round on 10 May. François Mitterrand defeated incumbent president, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to become the first Socialist president of the Fifth Republic.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. 1979 European Parliament electionJune 1979
  2. 1979 United Kingdom general electionMay 3, 1979
  3. 1980 United States presidential electionNovember 4, 1980
  4. 1980 West German federal electionOctober 5, 1980
  5. 1981 French presidential election (this page)May 10, 1981
  6. 1983 West German federal electionMarch 6, 1983

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