FTP, name this predecessor of Fran?is Mitterand, president of France from 1974 to 1981.
During his term, he took time out to discuss St.-Exup?y on a television show.  Serving as a finance minister under de Gaulle and Pompidou, he's often pushed for unity between Chirac's RPR and his own UDF, and he's been mentioned, along with Edouard Balladur, as UDF candidate in the upcoming elections.  A member of a noble family who entered the National Assembly at age 29, he served four years in the European Parliament.  FTP, name this predecessor of Fran?is Mitterand, president of France from 1974 to 1981.
During his term, he took time out to discuss St.-Exup?y on a television show.  
Valery Giscard D'Estaing