1988 In France

Events from the year 1988 in France.

Incumbents

* President: François Mitterrand
* Prime Minister: Jacques Chirac (until 10 May), Michel Rocard (starting 10 May)

Events

* 29 March – African National Congress representative Dulcie September assassinated in Paris.
* 22 April–5 May – The Ouvéa cave hostage taking takes place in Ouvéa, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.
* 24 April – Presidential Election held.
* 8 May – Presidential Election held, won by François Mitterrand.
* 5 June – Legislative Election held.
* 12 June – Legislative Election held.
* 26 June – Air France Flight 296 Airbus A320 crashes at an airshow at Mulhouse killing three passengers.
* 26 June – Matignon Accords referendum held.
* 27 June – Gare de Lyon train accident results in 56 deaths.
* 21 July – Renault launches the R19 hatchback range, which replaces the Renault 11 hatchback. A saloon model to replace the Renault 9 is expected soon.
* August – Construction begins on the Euro Disney resort and theme park east of Paris; it is expected to be open within three years.
* 26 August – Mehran Karimi Nasseri, "The terminal man", is stuck in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, where he will continue to reside until 1 August 2006.
* 25 September – Cantonales Elections held.
* 2 October – Cantonales Elections held.
* 28 October – Abortion: 48 hours after announcing it was abandoning RU-486, French manufacturer Roussel Uclaf states that it would resume distribution of the drug, bowing to pressure from the Government of France.

Births

January to March

* 5 January – Pauline, singer and songwriter.
* 16 January – Benoît Richaud, ice dancer.
* 25 January – Tatiana Golovin, tennis player.
* 7 February – Albin Hodža, footballer
* 12 February – Guillaume Borne, soccer player.
* 24 February
** Mathieu Baudry, footballer
** Rodrigue Beaubois, basketball player
* 27 February – Sandy Paillot, soccer player.
* 5 March – Damien Plessis, soccer player.
* 10 March – Kévin Olimpa, soccer player.
* 27 March – Quentin Othon, soccer player.
* 28 March – Mélodie Chataigner, pair skater.
* 31 March – Mickael Charvet, soccer player.

April to June

* 21 April – Ibrahima Traoré, soccer player.
* 4 May – Simon Pontdemé, soccer player.
* 18 May – Paul Baysse, soccer player.
* 12 June – Matthias Lepiller, soccer player.
* 29 June – Adrian Mannarino, tennis player

July to September

* 4 July – Angélique Boyer, actress.
* 11 July – Étienne Capoue, soccer player.
* 14 July – Jérémy Stravius, swimmer
* 8 August – Flavia Bujor, novelist.
* 16 August – Christophe Pourcel, motocross rider.
* 18 August – Wilfried Domoraud, soccer player.
* 19 August – Kévin Monnet-Paquet, soccer player.
* 25 August – Malaury Martin, soccer player.
* 31 August – Rachel Legrain-Trapani, Miss France in 2007.
* 6 September – Jean-Yves Mvoto, soccer player.
* 16 September – Kim Lucine, figure skater.

October to December

* 12 December – Kévin Bru, soccer player.
* 14 December – Nicolas Batum