2024 in France
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Events in the year 2024 in France.
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Emmanuel Macron (REM)
- Prime Minister:
- Élisabeth Borne (REM) (until 9 January)
- Gabriel Attal onwards
- President of the French Senate: Gérard Larcher
Events[edit]
- 2024 France floods
- 9 January – Gabriel Attal becomes the youngest and first openly gay Prime Minister of France.[1]
Predicted and scheduled events[edit]
- 21 February: Entry of Missak Manouchian and Mélinée Manouchian into the Panthéon[2]
- 6 June: Commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings[3]
- 26 July – 11 August: 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[4]
- 28 August – 8 September: 2024 Summer Paralympics[5]
Holidays[edit]
Source:[6]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 29 March - Good Friday†
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - International Workers' Day
- 8 May - Victory Day
- 9 May - Ascension Day
- 19 May - Whit Sunday
- 20 May - Whit Monday
- 14 July – Bastille Day
- 15 August - Assumption Day
- 1 November - All Saints' Day
- 11 November - Armistice Day
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day†
†Good Friday and St Stephen's Day are observed in Alsace and Moselle only
Art and entertainment[edit]
- List of 2024 box office number-one films in France
- List of French films of 2024
- List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Deaths[edit]
January[edit]
- 2 January: Daniel Revenu, 81, fencer, Olympic champion (1968) and five-time bronze medalist.[7]
- 3 January:
- René Metge, 82, rally driver.[8]
- Bernard Ducuing, 73, footballer (Red Star, Reims, Montpellier).[9]
- Frédéric Bluche, 72, legal historian.[10]
- 4 January: Raymond Elena, 92, racing cyclist.[11]
- 5 January:
- Jean-Marie Rausch, 94, politician, senator (1974–1988, 1992–2001) and mayor of Metz (1971–2008).[12]
- Bernard Malgrange, 95, mathematician (Malgrange–Ehrenpreis theorem, Malgrange preparation theorem), member of the French Academy of Sciences.[13]
- 8 January: Guy Bonnet, 78, author, composer and singer.[14]
- 9 January: Thierry Desmarest, 78, businessman (TotalEnergies).[15]
- 10 January: Louis Le Pensec, 87, politician, minister of agriculture (1997–1998) and senator (1998–2008).[16]
- 11 January: Laurence Badie, 95, actress (The Virtuous Scoundrel, Woman Times Seven, Bankers Also Have Souls) and comedian.[17]
See also[edit]
Country overviews[edit]
- History of France
- History of modern France
- Outline of France
- Government of France
- Politics of France
- Years in France
- Timeline of France history
References[edit]
- ^ "Gabriel Attal: Macron's pick for PM is France's youngest at 34". 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ "Missak Manouchian, héros de la Résistance d'origine arménienne, va faire son entrée au Panthéon" [Missak Manouchian, hero of the Resistance of Armenian origin, will enter the Panthéon]. Le Monde (in French). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "1944 – 2024: 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY AND THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY". Normandy Tourism. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "New Paris 2024 slogan "Games wide open" welcomed by IOC President". International Paralympic Committee. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "THE PARALYMPIC GAMES OF PARIS 2024". Paris 2024. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "France Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Décès de Daniel Revenu, champion olympique de fleuret par équipe aux JO 1968". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Le pilote automobile René Metge, triple vainqueur du Dakar, est mort". Franceinfo (in French). 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
- ^ "Mort de Bernard Ducuing : l'ancien joueur du Montpellier Hérault Sport Club est décédé à l'âge de 73 ans". midilibre.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "In memoriam – Frédéric Bluche – Association des Historiens des Facultés de Droit" (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Cyclisme. Ancien coureur professionnel, Raymond Elena nous a quittés". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Moselle. Jean-Marie Rausch, l'ancien maire de Metz, est décédé : ses obsèques célébrées ce mercredi". www.republicain-lorrain.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ "Décès de Bernard Malgrange | Société Mathématique de France". smf.emath.fr. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "VIDÉOS - Le chanteur et compositeur avignonnais Guy Bonnet est décédé - France Bleu". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Thierry Desmarest, ancien PDG de Total, est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ GRIESINGER, Béatrice (2024-01-10). "Louis Le Pensec, figure politique du Finistère et ancien ministre de la Mer, est décédé". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Mort de la comédienne Laurence Badie". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
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