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Events on Tuesday 10 May 1988 1
1986 – 1988Prime Minister (cohabitation)Under MitterrandAfter the right wins the 1986 legislative elections, Socialist President François Mitterrand appoints Chirac Prime Minister — the first "cohabitation" of the Fifth Republic, with power shared across the political divide.