Jean-Christophe Mitterrand 165594 216511282 2008-06-01T23:50:16Z CohesionBot 5503687 Repairing link to disambiguation page : Corruption '''Jean-Christophe Mitterrand''' (born [[December 19]], [[1946]] in [[Boulogne-Billancourt]]) is the son of [[François Mitterrand]], a former [[France|French]] president. He was an advisor to his father on [[Africa]]n affairs from 1986 to 1992 <ref name=RFI> [http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/057/article_30518.asp Jean-Christophe Mitterrand joue les victimes], ''[[Radio France Internationale|RFI]]'', 16 September 2004 {{fr icon}}</ref>, and earned the [[nickname]] ''Papamadit'' (which translates as "Papa-told-me") in Africa. == Life == Jean-Christophe Mitterrand was a press correspondent for the [[Agence France Presse]] in 1975 in [[Mauritania]] <ref name=RFI/>. == Angolagate == {{see|Angolagate}} In the 1990s he, along with Russian businessman [[Arcadi Gaydamak]], were implicated in [[Angolagate]] [[arms dealing]] scandal. He was indicted in 1993 by the [[French justice]] in this case, suspected of having used his influence to help the arms-dealer [[Pierre Falcone]] sell Russian weapons to [[José Eduardo dos Santos]]'s government. On 22 December 2000, he was imprisoned in the [[Santé prison]] in Paris, on orders of the magistrate [[Philippe Courroye]], on charges of "complicity of arms traffic, ''trafic d'influence'' [i.e. [[Political corruption|corruption]] ] and ''trafic d'influence aggravé''." He was suspected of having received important sums of money in 1993 and 1994 for his role as an intermediary in this contract, and has recognized having received US$ 1,8 million (13 million Francs) from the [[Brenco]] on a [[Swiss bank account]] &mdash; although he denied any participation to an arms deal. He was freed three weeks later, on 11 January 2001, after that her mother, [[Danielle Mitterrand]], managed to pay a caution of 5 million francs (762,000 euros <ref name=RFI/>) <ref name=Express> [http://www.lexpress.fr/info/france/dossier/falcone/dossier.asp?ida=418626 Jean-Christophe Mitterrand libéré], ''[[L'Express]]'', 15 January 2001 {{fr icon}}</ref>. However, he was indicted again on 4 July 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 [[French Socialist Party|Socialist]] [[Minister of Defence (France)|Minister of Defence]] [[Alain Richard]] <ref name=Chrono> [http://www.lexpress.fr/info/france/dossier/falcone/dossier.asp?ida=418627 Chronology of the Angolagate], ''[[L'Express]]'', 16 October 2002 {{fr icon}}</ref>. He was again indicted on 17 October, 2001 for corruption by the [[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, he himself had filed a complaint against Courroye accusing of 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) &mdash; but this manoeuver did not succeed in cancelling the procedure <ref name=Express/>. According to a financial expertise transmitted in May 2004 to the judge Courroye, Pierre Falcone paid Jean-Christophe Mitterrand 2,2 million euros. On 13 January, 2006, the [[Court of Appeal]] of Paris confirmed the initial sentence. On 27 October, 2006, the [[Court of Cassation]] rejected Jean-Christophe Mitterrand's appeal, and confirmed his a 30 months prison sentence on [[probation]], along with a euros 600,000 fine for [[tax evasion]] (''fraude fiscale'') &mdash; because of 600,000 euros received from Falcone but not declared to the [[Fisc]] tax administration <ref name=RFI/>. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitterrand, Jean-Christophe}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:Angolagate]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Hauts-de-Seine]] [[de:Jean-Christophe Mitterrand]] [[fr:Jean-Christophe Mitterrand]]