This article lists events from the
year 2006 in France.
Incumbents
*
President:
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac (, , ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as Ma ...
*
Prime Minister:
Dominique de Villepin
Events
*9 March –
Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis Colbert de Torcy is a secondary school in Sable-sur-Sarthe, France.
Hostage crisis
On 9 March 2006 at 2:30 p.m. . A 33-year-old former high school teacher in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, Sarthe, France, took 23 people, most of them students aged 16–18, ...
: A former teacher takes 23 hostages including 21 students.
*April – France formally charges six defendants of the
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.
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*July – France begins the trial against six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.Axess Vision Technology
Axess Vision Technology is a start-up company and manufacturer of medical devices, mainly endoscopes. It is headquartered in Saint Pierre des Corps, France. It is competing with Ambu and Single Use Surgical Ltd to develop the world first generatio ...
, a medical device manufacturer is founded.
Births
Deaths
January
*16 January – Rebiha Khebtani
Rebiha Khebtani (7 May 1926 – 16 January 2006) was a French Algerian politician who served in the National Assembly of France from 1958 until 1962. A member of the party, she represented the Sétif constituency. Khebtani's position as a Muslim ...
, politician (born 1926).
*27 January – Jean-Christophe Lafaille, mountaineer (born 1965).
February
*9 February – André Strappe
André Strappe (23 February 1928 – 9 February 2006) was a French professional footballer who played as a forward, and later served as a manager.
Club career
Strappe was a player for Lille, Le Havre, and Nantes, and then a player-manager f ...
, international soccer player (born 1928).
*12 February – Henri Guédon
Henri Guédon (born May 22, 1944, in Fort de France in Martinique - died on February 12, 2006, in Paris, France after heart surgery) was a French percussionist from Martinique. His first band was called La Contesta and he organised it when he was ...
, percussionist (born 1944).
*13 February – Ilan Halimi, kidnap and murder victim (b. c1982).
*14 February – Darry Cowl, musician and actor (born 1925).
March
*9 March – Jean Leymarie, art historian
Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...
(born 1919).
*10 March – Jean Hermil
Jean Hermil (24 September 1917 – 10 March 2006) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Viviers, Viviers from 1965 to 1992, following a year and a half as auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Autu ...
, Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers (born 1917).
*22 March – Pierre Clostermann, flying ace, author, engineer and politician (born 1921).
*March – Jean Desclaux
Jean Desclaux (1922 – 24 March 2006) was a French rugby union player and coach who played for US Dax as flanker.
Born in 1922 in Dax, he played and coached club rugby for US Dax only; as a player he served the club from 1947 to 1959 and represe ...
, rugby union coach (born 1922).
April
*5 April – Alain de Boissieu, Army chief-of-staff (born 1914).
*17 April – Jean Bernard, physician and haematologist (born 1907).
*25 April – Roger Duchêne
Roger Duchêne (3 February 1930 – 25 April 2006) was a French biographer specializing in the letters of Madame de Sévigné.
Duchêne became a member of l' Académie de Marseille in 1972, and received the Grand Prize of l'Académie du Vaucluse ...
, biographer (born 1930).
*30 April – Jean-François Revel
Jean-François Revel (born Jean-François Ricard; 19 January 192430 April 2006) was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European prop ...
, politician, journalist, author and philosopher (born 1924).
May
*1 May – Jean-Pierre Hubert
Jean-Pierre Hubert (May 25, 1941 in Strasbourg – May 1, 2006 in Wissembourg) was a science fiction and detective fiction author. He won the Prix Rosny-Aîné several times and has been reviewed by Locus (magazine)
''Locus: The Magazine of T ...
, author (born 1941).
*9 May – Edouard Jaguer, poet and art critic
An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art. Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, and catalogue ...
(born 1924).
*23 May – Philippe Amaury
Philippe Amaury (6 March 1940 – 23 May 2006) was a French media tycoon, and the son of publisher Émilien Amaury.
Éditions Philippe Amaury (EPA), the company he founded, publishes '' Le Parisien, ''a local newspaper in Paris, as well as the na ...
, publishing tycoon and entrepreneur (born 1940).
*24 May – Claude Piéplu, actor (born 1923).
*26 May – Édouard Michelin, businessman (born 1963)Raymond Triboulet
Raymond Triboulet (3 October 1906 – 26 May 2006) was a French politician. He was a leading World War II resistance fighter who helped U.S., Canadian, and British troops invade France, which was then occupied by Nazi Germany.
Biography
Born ...
, resistance fighter and politician (born 1906).
*27 May – Michael Riffaterre, literary critic and theorist (born 1924).
*29 May – Johnny Servoz-Gavin, motor racing driver (born 1942).
June
*5 June – André Mandouze
André Mandouze (10 June 1916 in Bordeaux - 5 June 2006 in Porto-Vecchio), was a French academic and journalist, a Catholic, and an anti-fascist and anti-colonialist activist.
In January 1946, when he was offered a post at the University of Algi ...
, academic and journalist (born 1916).
*6 June – Léon Weil
L̩on Roger Weil (16 July 1896 Р6 June 2006) was one of the last two surviving veterans of the battle of Val-de-Marne in the First World War. He was almost 110 when he died at the Val-de-Gr̢ce military hospital in Paris, France.
Joining th ...
, World War I veteran (born 1896).
*11 June – Rolande Falcinelli, organist, pianist and composer (born 1920).
*15 June – Raymond Devos
Raymond Devos (; 9 November 1922 – 15 June 2006) was a Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour.
Early life
Devos was born in Mouscron, Belgium, close to the Frenc ...
, humorist, comedian and clown (born 1922).
*19 June – René Renou
Ren̩ Bernard Renou (16 June 1952 Р19 June 2006) was president of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO) at the time of his death and was "one of the most influential men in French winemaking.".
Renou argued that France's ...
, wine expert (born 1952).
*20 June – , theoretical and quantum chemist
Quantum chemistry, also called molecular quantum mechanics, is a branch of physical chemistry focused on the application of quantum mechanics to chemical systems, particularly towards the quantum-mechanical calculation of electronic contributio ...
(born 1920).
*21 June – Jacques Lanzmann
Jacques Lanzmann (4 May 1927 – 21 June 2006) was a French journalist, writer and lyricist. He is best known as a novelist and for his songwriting partnership with Jacques Dutronc.
Early life
Lanzmann spent the early part of his life in Auverg ...
, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer (born 1927).
July
*3 July – Francis Cammaerts, Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent (born 1916).
*8 July – Catherine Leroy, photojournalist and photographer (born 1945).
*20 July – Charles Bettelheim
Charles Bettelheim (20 November 1913 – 20 July 2006) was a French Marxian economist and historian, founder of the Center for the Study of Modes of Industrialization (CEMI : ''Centre pour l'Étude des Modes d'Industrialisation'') at thEHESS eco ...
, economist and historian (born 1913).
*20 July – Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer.
Life and career
Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish orig ...
, actor, writer and producer (born 1919).
*29 July – Pierre Vidal-Naquet, historian (born 1930).
August
*2 August – Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont
Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont (14 May 1914 – 2 August 2006) was a militant communist who took part in the French Resistance during the Second World War, and a French politician. Along with General Leclerc and Henri Rol-Tanguy, he accepted the surr ...
, militant communist, resistance fighter and politician (born 1914).
*10 August – Olivier Lecerf, businessman and racehorse owner (b. c1928).
*17 August – Bernard Rapp, film director and television news presenter (born 1945).
*26 August – François Lamoureux
François Lamoureux (17 December 1946 – 26 August 2006) was a French civil servant who worked on European integration as part of the Delors Commission.
Career
Educated at the Lycée Buffon and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, Lamoure ...
, European civil servant (born 1946).
*26 August – Marie-Dominique Philippe, Dominican philosopher and theologian (born 1912).
September
*3 September – Françoise Claustre
Fran̤oise Claustre (8 February 1937 Р3 September 2006), was a French archaeologist.
Life and career
Claustre was taken hostage by a group of Chadian rebels, led by Hissène Habré, on 20 April 1974, at Bardaï, in the Tibesti Mountai ...
, archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
, (born 1937).
*9 September – Gérard Brach, film director and screenwriter (born 1927).
*11 September – Solange Fernex, pacifist activist and politician (born 1934).
*20 September – Henri Jayer
Henri Jayer (1922 – 20 September 2006) was a French vintner who is credited with introducing important innovations to Burgundian winemaking. He was particularly known for the quality of his Pinot noir.M. Frank "Burgundy Loses Master Winemake ...
, vintner (born 1922).
*30 September – André Schwarz-Bart, novelist (born 1928).
October
*6 October – Claude Luter, jazz clarinetist (born 1923).
*9 October – Coccinelle, transsexual actress and entertainer (born 1931).
*9 October – Danièle Huillet, filmmaker (born 1936).
*12 October – Eugène Martin, motor racing driver (born 1915).
*17 October – Daniel Emilfork, actor (born 1924).
*28 October – Tina Aumont, actress (born 1946).
November
*2 November – Adrien Douady, mathematician (born 1935).
*3 November – Paul Mauriat, musical director (born 1925).
*7 November – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, journalist and politician (born 1924).
*10 November – Maurice Floquet
Maurice Noël Floquet (25 December 1894 – 10 November 2006) was, aged 111 and 320 days, France's oldest man on record and was one of the last surviving French veterans of World War I. He is also France's longest-lived soldier of all time.
...
, France's oldest man on record (born 1894).
*11 November – Anicée Alvina
Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche (born Anicée Shahmanesh or Anicee Schahmane ( fa, انیسه شاهمنش; 28 January 1953 – 11 November 2006) was a French singer and actress.
Early life and career
Alvina was born at Boulog ...
, singer and actress (born 1953).
*12 November – Alphonse Halimi
Alphonse Halimi (February 18, 1932 – November 12, 2006) was a French boxer. He took the World Bantamweight Championship on April 1, 1957, in Paris, and the European Bantamweight Championship three years later.
Early life
He was born in Constan ...
, boxer (born 1932).
*14 November – Gustave Choquet
Gustave Choquet (; 1 March 1915 – 14 November 2006) was a French mathematician.
Choquet was born in Solesmes, Nord. His contributions include work in functional analysis, potential theory, topology and measure theory. He is known for creati ...
, mathematician (born 1915).
*14 November – Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, journalist, essayist and novelist (born 1929).
*23 November – Philippe Noiret, actor (born 1930).
December
*1 December – Claude Jade, actress (born 1948).
*27 December – Pierre Delanoë, songwriter/lyricist (born 1918).
Full date unknown
* Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel, psychoanalyst
PsychoanalysisFrom Greek language, Greek: + . is a set of Theory, theories and Therapy, therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a bo ...
(born 1928).
References
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2000s in France