André Rousselet (1 October 1922 – 29 May 2016) was a French businessman and the founder of Canal Plus, a French premium cable television channel launched in 1984. He also founded the number one taxi company in Paris called Taxis G7. He served as a member of the

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from 1967 to 1968 for Haute-Garonne's 1st constituency from the

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and was a close friend to the late French ex-president

François Mitterrand François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was a French politician and statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France. As a former First ...

. He was also the father of film producer,

Philippe Rousselet Philippe Rousselet (born 7 July 1968) is a French film producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture for the 2021 American film '' CODA'', a remake of the 2014 French film ''La Famille Bélier'', which he had also produced. Selected fi ...

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