2024 in France

• President: Emmanuel Macron (REM)
• Prime Minister:
  • Élisabeth Borne (REM) (until 9 January)
  • Gabriel Attal onwards
• President of the French Senate: Gérard Larcher

• 2024 France floods
• 9 January – Gabriel Attal becomes the youngest and first openly gay Prime Minister of France.^[1]
• 18 January – 2024 French farmers' protests are held against French and EU government agricultural policy.^[2][3]
• 23 January – A woman is killed while her husband and their daughter, all FNSEA members, are injured after a car crashes into a roadblock in Pamiers, France, at the 2024 French farmers' protests, a protest for better pay and against excessive regulation.^[4]
• 26 January – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron celebrate India's Republic Day togethe, with Macron being the Chief Guest at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi.^[5]
• 28 January – Protesters advocating for sustainable food throw soup at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre. The painting is protected by bulletproof glass and was not damaged.^[6]
• 10 February – France's EDF shuts down two nuclear reactors due to a fire at the Chinon Nuclear Power Plant.^[7]
• 21 February – Entry of Missak Manouchian and Mélinée Manouchian into the Panthéon.^[8]
• 19 April – A man threatens to blow himself up near the Iranian Embassy in Paris, being later arrested.^[9]
• 22 April – Kendji Girac, the winner of the 2014 series of The Voice: la plus belle voix, is shot in Biscarrosse.^[10]
• 24 April – The union representing air traffic controllers in France cancels a planned 24-hour strike on Thursday, although a majority of flights had already been cancelled.^[11]

Predicted and scheduled events

• 6 June – Commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.^[12]
• 26 July – 11 August: 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[13]
• 28 August – 8 September: 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[14]

Source:^[15]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 29 March – Good Friday†
• 31 March – Easter
• 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

• 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

January

• 2 January: Daniel Revenu, 81, fencer, Olympic champion (1968) and five-time bronze medalist.^[16]
• 3 January:
  • René Metge, 82, rally driver.^[17]
  • Bernard Ducuing, 73, footballer (Red Star, Reims, Montpellier).^[18]
  • Frédéric Bluche, 72, legal historian.^[19]
• 4 January: Raymond Elena, 92, racing cyclist.^[20]
• 5 January:
  • Jean-Marie Rausch, 94, politician, senator (1974–1988, 1992–2001) and mayor of Metz (1971–2008).^[21]
  • Bernard Malgrange, 95, mathematician (Malgrange–Ehrenpreis theorem, Malgrange preparation theorem), member of the French Academy of Sciences.^[22]
• 8 January: Guy Bonnet, 78, author, composer and singer.^[23]
• 9 January:
  • Thierry Desmarest, 78, businessman (TotalEnergies).^[24]
  • Jean Céa, 91, mathematician.^[25]
• 10 January: Louis Le Pensec, 87, politician, minister of agriculture (1997–1998) and senator (1998–2008).^[26]
• 11 January:
  • Laurence Badie, 95, actress (The Virtuous Scoundrel, Woman Times Seven, Bankers Also Have Souls) and comedian.^[27]
  • Guy Janvier, 75, politician, member of the general council of Hauts-de-Seine (2004–2015).^[28]
  • Jean-Luc Laurent, 66, politician, MP (2012–2017) and mayor of Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (1995–2016, since 2020).^[29]
• 13 January:
  • Jean-Jacques Bénètière, 84, politician, member of parliament (1981–1986).^[30]
  • Bruno Ducol, 74, pianist and composer.^[31]
• 14 January: Christophe Boesch, 72, French-Swiss primatologist.^[32]
• 18 January: Slim Pezin, 78, guitarist, arranger and conductor.^[33]
• 22 January: Pierre Chassigneux, 82, businessman and government official, president of SANEF (2003–2011).^[34]
• 23 January: Jean Petit, 74, football player (Monaco, national team) and manager.^[35]
• 26 January:
  • Michel Hausser, 96, jazz vibraphonist.^[36]
  • Jean Vaillant, 91, Olympic long-distance runner (1964).^[37]
• 27 January: Pierre Montlaur, 60, rugby union player (SU Agen, national team).^[38]
• 29 January:
  • Louis Colombani, 92, politician, deputy (1988–1997).^[39]
  • Séverine Foulon, 50, athlete.^[40]
  • Iskandar Safa, 68, Lebanese-born French shipbuilding industry executive.^[41]
• 30 January: Jean-François Cordet, 73, government official, director of OFPRA (2007–2012).^[42]

February

• 1 February:
  • Michel Jazy, 87, middle-distance runner, Olympic silver medallist (1960).^[43]
  • Gilbert Millet, 93, doctor and politician, three-time deputy, mayor of Alès (1985–1989).^[44]
• 2 February: Pierre Raffin, 85, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Metz (1987–2013).^[45]
• 5 February:
  • Brigitte Bout, 83, senator
  • Jean Malaurie, 101, anthropologist and explorer.^[46]
• 13 February : Alain Dorval, 77, French voice actor, he dubbed Sylvester Stallone, from 1976 to 2024

March

• 23 March: Daniel Beretta, 77, French voice actor and singer, he dubbed Arnold Schwarzenegger from 1987 to 2021.

April

• 25 April: Laurent Cantet, 63, film director (Time Out, The Class).^[47]

Country overviews

• History of France
• History of modern France
• Outline of France
• Government of France
• Politics of France
• Years in France
• Timeline of France history

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