2007 in France

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See also: 2006 in France, other events of 2007, 2008 in France.

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Events from the year 2007 in France.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and Literature 4 Sport 5 Births 6 Deaths 6.1 January 6.2 February 6.3 March 6.4 April 6.5 May 6.6 June 6.7 July 6.8 August 6.9 September 6.10 October 6.11 November 6.12 December 7 References

[edit] Incumbents

• President - Nicolas Sarkozy
• Prime Minister - François Fillon
• Interior Minister - Michèle Alliot-Marie
• Finance Minister - Christine Lagarde
• Foreign Minister - Bernard Kouchner

[edit] Events

• 1 March - Airbus announces that it will cease work indefinitely on the A380F freight aircraft.
• 22 April - The first round of the presidential election takes place. ^[1]
• 6 May - Nicolas Sarkozy is elected President, defeating Ségolène Royal with 53% of the vote in the Presidential Election. ^[2]
• 16 May - Sarkozy officially became President after taking over from Jacques Chirac.
• 10 June - The first round of Legislative elections is held.
• 17 June - The second round of Legislative elections is held.
• 24 October-25 October - Grenelle de l'Environnement Conferences.^[3]
• 30 October - Six members of charity organization Zoé's Ark were formally charged by the government of Chad for child abduction. (see 2007 Zoé's Ark controversy)
• 25 November - Riots continue for a second night in Val-d'Oise, following the death of two youths in a motorcycle collision with a police vehicle.
• 6 December - A pipe bomb explodes in a law office in Paris, killing one person.
• 26 December - Six members of the Zoé's Ark group were convicted and sentenced to eight years of forced labour, although they will be able to serve the time in France.

[edit] Arts and Literature

[edit] Sport

• 17 March - France wins the 2007 Six Nations Championship on points difference after a controversial try. ^[4]
• 7 September-20 October - 2007 Rugby World Cup.
• 7 July - Tour de France begins in London.
• 29 July - Tour de France ends, won by Alberto Contador of Spain.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January

• 9 January - Jean-Pierre Vernant, historian and anthropologist (b.1914).
• 11 January - Solveig Dommartin, actress (b.1961).
• 13 January - Henri-Jean Martin, historian of the book and printing (b.1924).
• 15 January - Colette Caillat, professor of Sanskrit and comparative grammar (b.1921).
• 20 January - Éric Aubijoux, motorcycle racer (b.1964).
• 22 January - Abbé Pierre, priest and founder of Emmaus movement (b.1912).
• 24 January - Jean-François Deniau, statesman, diplomat, essayist and novelist (b.1928).
• 26 January - Charles Brunier, convicted murderer and veteran of the First and Second World Wars who claimed to have been the inspiration for Papillon (b.1901).
• 26 January - Jean Ichbiah, computer scientist (b.1940).
• 27 January - Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, philosopher, literary critic, and translator (b.1940).

[edit] February

• 2 February - Gisèle Pascal, actress (b.1921).
• 5 February - Liliane Ackermann, community leader, writer, and lecturer (b.1938).
• 17 February - Jean Duvignaud, novelist and sociologist (b.1921).
• 17 February - Maurice Papon, Vichy government official, prefect of police of Paris (b.1910).

[edit] March

• 1 March - Colette Brosset, actress, writer and choreographer (b.1922).
• 2 March - Henri Troyat, author, biographer, historian and novelist (b.1911).
• 6 March - Jean Baudrillard, philosopher and sociologist (b.1929).
• 6 March - Pierre Moinot, novelist (b.1920).
• 13 March - Nicole Stéphane, actress, producer and director (b.1923).
• 14 March - Lucie Aubrac, World War II Resistance fighter (b.1912).
• 14 March - Roger Beaufrand, Olympic gold medal winning cyclist (b.1908).
• 15 March - Jean Talairach, neurosurgeon (b.1911).

[edit] April

• 9 April - Alain Etchegoyen, philosopher and novelist (b.1951).
• 11 April - Loïc Leferme, free diver (b.1970).
• 12 April - Pierre Probst, cartoonist (b.1913).
• 14 April - René Rémond, historian and political economist (b.1918).
• 17 April - Raymond Kaelbel, international soccer player (b.1932).
• 19 April - Jean-Pierre Cassel, actor (b.1932).
• 30 April - Grégory Lemarchal, singer (b.1983).

[edit] May

• 18 May - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in Physics in 1991 (b.1932).
• 30 May - Jean-Claude Brialy, actor and director (b.1933).
• 30 May - Emmanuel Hostache, bobsledder (b.1975).

[edit] June

• 12 June - Guy de Rothschild, banker (b.1909).
• 26 June - Lucien Hervé, photographer (b.1910).

[edit] July

• 3 July - Claude Pompidou, philanthropist, wife of President of France Georges Pompidou (b.1912).
• 5 July - Régine Crespin, opera singer (b.1927).
• 22 July - Jean Stablinski, racing cyclist (b.1932).
• 29 July - Michel Serrault, actor (b.1928).
• July - François Bruhat, mathematician (b.1929).

[edit] August

• 5 August - Henri Amouroux, historian and journalist (b.1920).
• 5 August - Jean-Marie Lustiger, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paris and Cardinal (b.1926).
• 5 August - Janine Niépce, photographer (b.1921).
• 6 August - Élie de Rothschild, banker (b.1917).
• 10 August - Jean Rédélé, automotive pioneer, pilot and founder of automotive brand Alpine (b.1922).
• 11 August - Maurice Boitel, painter (b.1919).
• 21 August - Caroline Aigle, first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force (b.1974).
• 25 August - Raymond Barre, politician and economist, Prime Minister (b.1924).
• 29 August - Pierre Messmer, Gaullist politician and Prime Minister (b.1916).

[edit] September

• 8 September - Jean-François Bizot, journalist and writer (b.1944).
• 14 September - Jacques Martin, television presenter and producer (b.1933).
• 15 September - Marie-Simone Capony, teacher, fifth-oldest person in the world (b.1894).
• 19 September - Maia Simon, actress (b.1939).
• 22 September - André Gorz, journalist and social philosopher (b.1923).
• 22 September - Marcel Marceau, mime artist (b.1923).
• 28 September - René Desmaison, mountaineer, climber and alpinist (b.1930).

[edit] October

• 1 October - Bernard Delaire, last French naval veteran of the First World War (b.1899).
• 5 October - Alexandra Boulat, photographer (b.1962).
• 13 October - Bob Denard, mercenary (b.1929).
• 14 October - Raymond Pellegrin, actor (b.1925).
• 22 October - Ève Curie, author and writer, daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie (b.1904).
• 24 October - Jules Bigot, soccer player and manager (b.1915).
• 29 October - Christian d'Oriola, Olympic gold medal winning foil fencer (b.1928).

[edit] November

• 3 November - Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham (b.1929).
• 16 November - Pierre Granier-Deferre, film director (b.1927).
• 19 November - André Bettencourt, Resistance fighter, politician and Minister (b.1919).
• 22 November - Maurice Béjart, choreographer who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne (b.1927).
• 28 November - Fred Chichin, musician and songwriter (b.1954).
• 30 November - François-Xavier Ortoli, politician, businessman, Minister and President of the European Commission (b.1925).

[edit] December

• 13 December - Philippe Clay, mime artist, singer and actor (b.1927).
• 13 December - Alain Payet, adult film director (b.1947).
• 15 December - Jean Bottéro, historian (b.1914).
• 16 December - Serge Vinçon, politician (b.1949).
• 22 December - Julien Gracq, writer (b.1910).
• 22 December - Lucien Teisseire, road bicycle racer (b.1919).

[edit] References