Andorra lived four decades ago an exceptional day with the visit of Francois Mitterrandthen president of the French Republic and French co-prince. His presence in principalityon September 26, 1986, coincided with a meeting with Joan Martí Alanisepiscopal co-prince. The ephemeris stands out especially because that was the first occasion in which the two co-princes coincided physically in Andorra. Mitterrand he was also arriving there for the first time in his capacity as co-prince of France, in a visit that had a unique character within the institutional history of the country.
The day made it possible to visualize on Andorran territory the particularity of the co-principality system, with the joint presence of the two figures who exercise the maximum institutional representation of the Principality. The meeting between Mitterrand i Martin Alanis it was thus linked to an unusual moment in the country’s contemporary history.
