2006 in France

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This article lists events from the year 2006 in France.

Incumbents

• President: Jacques Chirac
• Prime Minister: Dominique de Villepin

Events

• 9 March – Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis: A former teacher takes 23 hostages including 21 students. ^[1]
• April – France formally charges six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp. ^[2]
• July – France begins the trial against six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp. ^[2]
• 11 October – A train crash at Zoufftgen kills six people. ^[3]
• 16 November – Franco–Italian–Spanish Middle East Peace Plan is announced.
• Full date unknown:
  • Axess Vision Technology, a medical device manufacturer is founded. ^[4]

Births

Main article: births in 2006

Further information: Category:2006 births

Deaths

January

• 16 January – Rebiha Khebtani, politician (born 1926).
• 27 January – Jean-Christophe Lafaille, mountaineer (born 1965).

February

• 9 February – André Strappe, international soccer player (born 1928).
• 12 February – Henri Guédon, 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 (born 1919).
• 10 March – Jean Hermil, Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers (born 1917).
• 22 March – Pierre Clostermann, flying ace, author, engineer and politician (born 1921).
• March – Jean Desclaux, 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, biographer (born 1930).
• 30 April – Jean-François Revel, politician, journalist, author and philosopher (born 1924).

May

• 1 May – Jean-Pierre Hubert, author (born 1941).
• 9 May – Edouard Jaguer, poet and art critic (born 1924).
• 23 May – Philippe Amaury, publishing tycoon and entrepreneur (born 1940).
• 24 May – Claude Piéplu, actor (born 1923).
• 26 May – Édouard Michelin, businessman (born 1963) ^[5]
• 26 May – Raymond Triboulet, 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, academic and journalist (born 1916).
• 6 June – Léon Weil, World War I veteran (born 1896).
• 11 June – Rolande Falcinelli, organist, pianist and composer (born 1920).
• 15 June – Raymond Devos, humorist, comedian and clown (born 1922).
• 19 June – René Renou, wine expert (born 1952).
• 20 June – Raymond Daudel, theoretical and quantum chemist (born 1920).
• 21 June – Jacques Lanzmann, 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, economist and historian (born 1913).
• 20 July – Gérard Oury, actor, writer and producer (born 1919).
• 29 July – Pierre Vidal-Naquet, historian (born 1930).

August

• 2 August – Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont, 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, European civil servant (born 1946).
• 26 August – Marie-Dominique Philippe, Dominican philosopher and theologian (born 1912).

September

• 3 September – Françoise Claustre, archaeologist, (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, 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, France's oldest man on record (born 1894).
• 11 November – Anicée Alvina, singer and actress (born 1953).
• 12 November – Alphonse Halimi, boxer (born 1932).
• 14 November – Gustave Choquet, 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 (born 1928).

References

1. "Ex-teacher seizes French students", BBC News Online
2. France judge postpones terrorism verdict for former Guantanamo detainees
3. "Luxembourg takes rail crash blame". BBC News. 15 October 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2006.
4. Brosky, John (2009). "Three EU companies vying to launch single use endoscope". Medical Device Daily. 13.
5. "Édouard Michelin, 42, Tire Executive, Is Dead". The New York Times . Associated Press. 27 May 2006. p. A14. Retrieved 11 May 2008.