François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in French history. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he was the first left-wing politician to be elected President of France under the Fifth Republic.
The National Congress of Brazil is the legislative body of Brazil's federal government. Unlike the state Legislative Assemblies and Municipal Chambers, the Congress is bicameral, composed of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The Congress meets annually in Brasília, from 2 February to 27 July and from 1 August to 22 December.
The Agency for French Education Abroad, or Agency for French Teaching Abroad,, is a national public agency under the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France that assures the quality of schools teaching the French national curriculum outside France. The AEFE has 495 schools in its worldwide network, with French as the primary language of instruction in most schools.
The University of Brasília is a federal public university in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. It was founded in 1960 and has since consistently been named among the top five Brazilian universities and the top twenty universities in South America by Times Higher Education (THE).
The Lycée Pierre Mendès France is a French private lycée in Mutuelleville, Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded in 1956 as an annex of the Lycée Carnot of Tunis, and originally named the "Lycée Francais de Mutuelleville." It was renamed in honor of politician Pierre Mendès-France on the occasion of President François Mitterrand's 1983 visit to Tunisia.
Praça dos Três Poderes is a plaza in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. The name is derived from the presence of the three governmental powers around the plaza: the Executive, represented by the Palácio do Planalto ; the Legislative represented by the Congresso Nacional ; and the Judiciary, represented by the Supremo Tribunal Federal.
French Brazilians refers to Brazilian citizens of full of partial French ancestry or persons born in France who reside in Brazil. Between 1850 and 1965 around 100,000 French people immigrated to Brazil. The country received the second largest number of French immigrants to South America after Argentina (239,000). It is estimated that there are 2 million Brazilians of French descent today.
The Rio Branco Institute is a graduate school of International Relations and diplomatic academy located in Brasília, Brazil. The institute was created on April 18, 1945, as part of the centennial celebration of the birth of the Baron of Rio Branco. The IRBr is run by the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil.
Lycée Français Théodore Monod is a French curriculum international school in Abu Dhabi. It is one of five schools operated by the Association Franco-Libanaise pour l’Éducation et la Culture (AFLEC).
The Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom is a cenotaph in the Brazilian capital Brasília, dedicated to the honour of national heroes. It was conceived during the national shock following the death in 1985 of Tancredo Neves, the first elected civilian president after twenty years of military rule.
The Lycée Français International de Porto is a French international school in Porto, Portugal. Its education ranges from maternelle (preschool) to lycée.
The Lycée français Saint Exupéry is a French international school in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
The Cape Town French School or the François Le Vaillant French School is a French international school in Cape Town, South Africa.
Lycée Pasteur de São Paulo is a French international school located in Chácara Klabin, in Vila Mariana district of São Paulo. The school serves the levels maternelle (preschool) through lycée.
Lycée Molière de Rio de Janeiro is a French international school in Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The school serves maternelle (preschool) through the final year of lycée, terminale. As of 2015 the school has over 750 students.
Lycée Français de Saint Domingue is a French international school in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Lycée français de Bakou is a French international school in Baku, Azerbaijan founded in 2013 in order to provide education for French speaking foreigners and Azerbaijanis who wish to study French. It serves école maternelle and école primaire directly, while collège and lycée are served with CNED. It is affiliated with the Mission Laïque Française (MLF).
Lycée et collège Victor-Duruy is a public high school and sixth-form college/junior and senior high school in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. As of 2012 most of its approximately 2,000 students live in the 7th and 15th arrondissements. Lycée Victor Duruy is also known as one of the greatest French high schools.
