Events in the year

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

–

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...

(

REM Rem or REM may refer to: Music * R.E.M., an American rock band * ''R.E.M.'' (EP), by Green * "R.E.M." (song), by Ariana Grande Organizations * La République En Marche!, a French centrist political party * Reichserziehungsministerium, in Nazi G ...

) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

–

Jean Castex Jean Castex (; born 25 June 1965) is a French politician who was the country's Prime Minister from 3 July 2020 to 16 May 2022. He was a member of The Republicans (LR) until 2020, when he joined La République En Marche! (LREM). Castex served fo ...

(

) until May 16, Élisabeth Borne (

) from May 16 *

Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

– Borne government

Events

Ongoing —

COVID-19 pandemic in France The COVID-19 pandemic in France has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths. The virus was confirmed to have reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in both Europe and France was identified in Bordeaux. Th ...

February

* 14 February -

Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque explosion On 14 February 2022, an explosion caused a fire in Rue Arago in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France, killing eight people and injuring thirty others. Explosion At around 1:30 A.M., on 14 February 20 ...

March

* 9 March - 2022 Corsica unrest * 20 March -

2022 Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election Elections for the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna were held on 20 March 2022 where all 20 seats were up for election. Background The 2017 Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election saw 19 electoral lists sharing the 20 seats of the ...

2022 Saint Barthélemy Territorial Council election Territorial Council elections were held in the French overseas collectivity of Saint Barthélemy on 20 March 2022. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:2022 Saint Barthelemy Territorial Council election Territorial Council election Sain ...

2022 Saint Martin Territorial Council election Territorial Council elections were held in the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin on 20 March 2022. Results Analysis As expected, the elections were hotly contested, with five of the six lists managing to qualify for the second ro ...

2022 Saint Pierre and Miquelon legislative election Territorial Council elections were held in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France, on 20 March 2022. All 19 seats on the Territorial Council of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Territorial Council were u ...

April

* 10 April - The first round of the

2022 French presidential election The 2022 French presidential election was held on 10 and 24 April 2022. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held, in which Emmanuel Macron defeated Marine Le Pen and was re-elected as President of France. Macron, f ...

is held. * 24 April - The second round of the

is held and

incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an official, office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seek ...

president

is reelected, defeating

Marine Le Pen Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician who ran for the French presidency in 2012, 2017, and 2022. A member of the National Rally (RN; previously the National Front, FN), she served as its pre ...

May

* 16 May -

Prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

resigns and president Macron appoints Minister of Labour, Employment and Economic Inclusion Élisabeth Borne to replace him.

June

2022 French legislative election Legislative elections in France were held on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 members of the 16th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. The elections took place following the 2022 French presidential election, which was held in A ...

July

* 12 July onwards -

2022 Gironde wildfires In June through August 2022, parts of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa were affected by wildfires. The bulk of the fires affected Mediterranean Countries, with the main areas affected being Algeria, France, Greece, Portugal and Spain. ...

November

* 3 November - during the government question period,

National Rally The National Rally (french: Rassemblement National, ; RN), until 2018 known as the National Front (french: link=no, Front National, ; FN), is a Far-right politics, far-rightAbridged list of reliable sources that refer to National Rally as fa ...

deputy Grégoire de Fournas interrupts Black deputy Carlos Martens Bilongo's remarks on the situation of migrants on the SOS Méditerranée ship ''

Ocean Viking The ''Ocean Viking'' is a humanitarian ship chartered from July 2019 by the SOS Méditerranée association. The vessel On 21 July 2019 SOS Méditerranée announced a new rescue campaign off the Libyan coast, using a cargo ship, the ''Ocean Viking ...

'', shouting "go back to Africa!" De Fournas's outburst was deemed racist, though it was unclear whether he was referring to Bilongo or the African migrants. The

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

of the National Assembly suspended parliament. De Fournas received a 15-day ban from the National Assembly and had his pay docked. * 5 November -

Jordan Bardella Jordan Bardella (born 13 September 1995) is a French far-right politician who has been the president of the National Rally (RN) since 2022, previously serving as acting president from September 2021 to November 2022 and as vice-president from 20 ...

is elected president of

, ending Le Pen era as president of the party.

December

* Singer Lissandro wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia, performing the song "Oh maman!" *

Éric Ciotti Éric Ciotti (, ; born 28 September 1965) is a French politician who has represented the 1st constituency of Alpes-Maritimes in the National Assembly since 2007 and is the president of The Republicans since 2022. Ciotti previously briefly served ...

is elected president of the Republicans. * 23 December -

2022 Paris shooting On 23 December 2022, a mass shooting occurred at three Kurdish locations in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, France. Three people were killed, and three others were wounded in and around a Kurdish cultural center on Rue d'Enghien. Investigato ...

Deaths

January

*1 January ** Roger-Xavier Lantéri, journalist (b. 1930) ** Pierre Parsus, painter and illustrator (b. 1921) **

Jean-Charles Terrassier Jean-Charles Terrassier (1940 – 1 January 2022) was a French psychologist. He specialized in childhood intellectual giftedness and founded the ''Association française dédiée aux enfants intellectuellement précoces'' (ANPEIP). Biography Ter ...

, French psychologist. (b. 1940) *3 January ** Igor Bogdanoff, television presenter and academic fraudster (

Bogdanov affair The Bogdanov affair was an academic dispute regarding the legitimacy of a series of theoretical physics papers written by French twins Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff, Igor and Grichka Bogdanov (alternatively spelled ''Bogdanoff''). The papers were pub ...

) (b. 1942) **

Daniel Colliard Daniel Colliard (; 14 August 1930 – 2 January 2022) was a French politician. He was a member of the French Communist Party (PCF). Life and career Colliard was born to a Catholic family who moved to Le Havre in 1938. During his education, he wa ...

, French politician,

deputy Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spai ...

(1993–1997). (b. 1930) **

Claude Taittinger Claude Taittinger (2 October 1927 – 3 January 2022) was a French businessman. He was longtime director of Taittinger Champagne and was the son of Pierre Taittinger. Life and career Following his studies at the Faculty of Law of Sciences Po, ...

, businessman, director of

Taittinger Taittinger () is a French wine family who are famous producers of Champagne. The estate is currently headed by Vitalie Taittinger, who is the daughter of Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger (born 1953), a member of the consultative committee of the Banq ...

(b. 1927) *5 January –

Anatole Novak Anatole Novak (12 February 1937 – 5 January 2022) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Career Novak won a stage in the 1961 Tour de France, and was the Lanterne rouge (last finishing cyclist) in the 1964 Tour de France. Personal lif ...

, road bicycle racer (b. 1937) *7 January – José Évrard, politician,

(b. 1945)

March

* 17 March –

Jean-Pierre Demailly Jean-Pierre Demailly (25 September 1957 – 17 March 2022) was a French mathematician who worked in complex geometry. He was a professor at Université Grenoble Alpes and a permanent member of the French Academy of Sciences. Early life and edu ...

, mathematician (b. 1957)

May

* 29 May –

Ariel Besse Ariel Besse or Ariel Besse-Atanoux (7 October 1965 – 29 May 2022) was a French actress. Her first film role was a starring part in Bertrand Blier's 1981 film ''Beau Pere'', when she was 15. Besse's parents sued the distributors for the poster ...

, actress (b. 1965)

August

* 11 August –

Jean-Jacques Sempé Jean-Jacques Sempé, usually known as Sempé (; 17 August 1932 – 11 August 2022), was a French cartoonist. He is known for the series of children's books he created with René Goscinny, ''Le Petit Nicolas'', and also for his poster-like illust ...

, cartoonist (''

Le Petit Nicolas ''Le Petit Nicolas'' (Little Nicholas) is a series of French children's books created by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé and it was first published on 30 March 1959. The books depict an idealized version of childhood in 195 ...

'') (b. 1932)

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