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See also: 2001 in France, other events of 2002, 2003 in France.

Events from the year 2002 in France.

Incumbents

Events

• 1 January - the Euro replaces the French franc as France's currency.
• 6 March - France agrees to return the remains of Saartjie Baartman to South Africa.
• 21 April - first round of the presidential election: Jacques Chirac and Jean-Marie le Pen poll the most votes. Two weeks of demonstrations against the National Front follow.
• 5 May - second round of the presidential election. Jacques Chirac returns for a second term as President of the French Republic.
• 6 May - nomination of Jean-Pierre Raffarin for the post of Prime Minister.
• 9 June - first round of the legislative elections
• 16 June - second round of legislative elections.
• 14 July - During Bastille Day celebrations, Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed.

Arts and literature

Sport

• 6 July - Tour de France begins.
• 21 July - French Grand Prix won by Michael Schumacher of Germany.
• 28 July - Tour de France ends, won by Lance Armstrong of the United States.

Births

Deaths

January to March

• 11 January - Henri Verneuil, playwright and filmmaker (b.1920).
• 13 January - Pierre Joubert, illustrator (b.1910).
• 23 January - Pierre Bourdieu, sociologist (b.1930).
• 23 January - Maurice Limat, science fiction author (b.1914).
• 14 February - Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, member of the French Resistance and president of ATD Quart Monde (b.1920).
• 21 February - Georges Vedel, public law professor (b.1910).
• 12 March - Louis-Marie Billé, cardinal (b.1938).
• 22 March - Marcel Hansenne, middle distance runner (b.1917).

April to June

• 19 April - Jean-Pierre Destrumelle, soccer player and manager (b.1941).
• 22 May - Niki de Saint Phalle, sculptor, painter and filmmaker (b.1930).
• 25 May - Michel Jobert, politician (b.1921).
• 29 May - François Ovide, guitarist (b.1952).
• 12 June - Jean de Beaumont, sport shooter (b.1904).
• 29 June - François Périer, actor (b.1919).
• 30 June - Claude Berge, mathematician (b.1926).
• 30 June - Roger Lévêque, cyclist (b.1920).

July to September

• 2 July - Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, organist and composer (b.1908).
• 3 July - Michel Henry, philosopher and novelist (b.1922).
• 31 July - Claude Rifat, biologist, psychonaut, political activist, writer and researcher.
• 2 August - Jean-Pierre Yvaral, artist (b.1934).
• 6 August - Jean Sauvagnargues, politician and Minister (b.1915).
• 8 September - Henri Rol-Tanguy, communist and leader in the French Resistance (b.1908).

October to December

• 12 October - Audrey Mestre, free-diver (b.1974).
• 25 October - René Thom, mathematician (b.1923).
• 26 October - Jacques Massu, General (b.1908).
• 31 October - Lionel Poilâne, boulanger and entrepreneur (b. c1945).
• 31 October - Raymond Savignac, graphic artist (b.1907).
• 10 November - Michel Boisrond, film director and writer (b.1921).
• 23 November - Maritie Carpentier, television producer (b.1922).
• 29 November - Daniel Gélin, actor, director and screenwriter (b.1921).

Full date unknown

• Bernard Destremau, tennis player (b.1917).
• Jacques Poirier, painter (b.1928).
• Pauline Trigère, fashion designer (b.1909).

References