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Events from the year2017 inFrance.

• President –François Hollande (Socialist, until 14 May),Emmanuel Macron (REM, starting 14 May)
• Prime Minister –Bernard Cazeneuve (Socialist, until 15 May),Édouard Philippe (LR, starting 15 May)

• 11 January – Beginning of the2017 World Men's Handball Championship in France.
• 25 January –Le Canard Enchaîné publishes the first elements of what will become theFillon affair.
• 29 January –
  • TheFrench Socialist Party presidential primary, 2017 is won byBenoît Hamon.
  • France wins the2017 World Men's Handball Championship.
• 30 January – Miss FranceIris Mittenaere wins theMiss Universe 2016 competition held inManila,Philippines.

• 3 February –Louvre machete attack.
• 16 February –Troadec family murders.
• 24 February –42nd César Awards.

• 18 March –2017 Orly Airport attack.
• 19 March – Territorial elections inSaint Barthélemy,Saint-Martin andSaint Pierre and Miquelon.
• 20 March – Beginning of the2017 social unrest in French Guiana.
• 21 March – Resignation of the Minister of the InteriorBruno Le Roux, suspected of fictitious jobs;Matthias Fekl succeeds him.
• 26 March – Territorial elections inWallis and Futuna.

• 8 April – Eight caches of weapons whichETA gave the location to the French authorities are invested by the police.
• 20 April –Shooting of Paris police officers.
• 23 April – In the first round of voting in the2017 French presidential election, no candidate wins an overall majority, therefore the two leading contenders,Emmanuel Macron ofEn Marche! andMarine Le Pen of theNational Front (FN), are forced to compete in asecond round.^[1]

• 7 May –Emmanuel Macron wins the French presidential election decisively.^[2]
• 14 May – The French presidency is transferred fromFrançois Hollande toEmmanuel Macron.
• 15 May –Édouard Philippe is appointedPrime Minister of France by President Macron.^[3]
• 17 May –
  • Formation of theFirst Philippe government.
  • Beginning of the2017 Cannes Film Festival.
• 28 May – Beginning of the2017 French Open.
• 29 May –Renaud Muselier is electedPresident of the Regional Council ofProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

• 6 June – Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe announces government plans for changes for labour legislation.^[4]
• 11 June – First round of voting in the2017 French legislative election.^[5]
• 15 June –Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet is assaulted in Paris.^[6]
• 18 June – Second round of voting in the2017 French legislative election.
• 19 June – Thefirst Philippe government is dissolved, thesecond Philippe government is appointed.
• 22 June –Loïg Chesnais-Girard is electedPresident of the Regional Council ofBrittany.
• 27 June –François de Rugy is electedPresident of the National Assembly.

• 2 July – TheLGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire andLGV Sud Europe Atlantique are opened by President Macron.
• 16 July - Tribute to the 75th anniversary of theVel' d'Hiv Roundup in the presence of PresidentEmmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime MinisterBenyamin Netanyahu.
• 17 July –Georges Képénékian is elected Mayor ofLyon.
• 23 July –
  • The2017 Tour de France concludes in Paris.^[7]
  • Pierre de Villiers resigns asChief of the Defence Staff;François Lecointre is named by President Macron to replace him.
• 30 July –Laurianne Rossi, member of theNational Assembly forHauts-de-Seine's 11th constituency, is assaulted inBagneux, Hauts-de-Seine.^[8]

• 9 August –Levallois-Perret attack.
• 14 August –Sept-Sorts car attack.

• 6 September –Hurricane Irma hitsSaint Barthélémy andSaint Martin.
• 13 September –
  • TheInternational Olympic Committee awardsParis the rights to host for the2024 Summer Olympics.^[9]
  • Beginning of thefête de l'Humanité (3 days).
• 19 September –Hurricane Maria hitsGuadeloupe.
• 24 September –2017 French Senate election.

• 1 October –Marseille stabbing.
• 13 October – Former Minister of CultureAudrey Azoulay is electedUNESCO Director-General.
• 20 October –Jean Rottner is electedPresident of the Regional Council ofGrand Est.

• 24 November –Government reshuffle Édouard Philippe.

• 8 December – National tribute toJean d'Ormesson, died 5 December.
• 10 December –
  • Second voting round of the2017 Corsican territorial election.
  • Laurent Wauquiez iselected President ofThe Republicans party.
• 14 December –Perpignan crash.
• 17 December – Senatorial by-elections inAube,Vienne andYonne.

This section needs to beupdated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(October 2017)

• 1 January –Robert Vallée, 94, mathematician^[10]
• 2 January
  • René Ballet, 88, journalist and author^[11]
  • François Chérèque, 60, trade unionist (leukemia)^[12]
• 4 January –Georges Prêtre, 92, orchestral and opera conductor^[13]
• 10 January –Claude Lebey, 93, food critic^[14]
• 11 January
  • Pierre Arpaillange, 92, author, senior judge and politician,Minister of Justice (1988–1990)^[15]
  • Robert Pierre Sarrabère, 90, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofAire and Dax (1978–2002)^[16]
• 16 January –Roland Glavany, 94, army general^[17]
• 18 January –Hubert Lucot, 81, author^[18]
• 19 January –Thibaut Cuisset, 58, photographer^[19]
• 26 January –Anne-Marie Colchen, 91, track and field athlete and basketball player, European high jump champion (1946)^[20]
• 31 January –Annie Saumont, 89, author and translator^[21]
• 6 February –Roger Walkowiak, 89, racing cyclist, Tour de France winner (1956)^[22]
• 9 February –André Salvat, 96, Army colonel^[23]
• 12 February –Albert Malbois, 101, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofÉvry-Corbeil-Essonnes (1966–1977)^[24]
• 13 February –Raymond Dugrand, 92, geographer^[25]
• 14 February –Adrien Duvillard, 82, Olympic skier^[26]
• 26 February –Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard, 89, Olympic runner^[27]
• 1 March –Pierre Guénin, 90, journalist, magazine publisher and gay rights activist^[28]
• 3 March –Raymond Kopa, 85, international footballer^[29]
• 4 March –Jean-Christophe Averty, 88, television and radio director^[30]
• 16 March –Youcef Touati, 27, French-born Algerian football player (traffic collision)^[31]
• 20 March –Louis Frémaux, 95, conductor^[32]
• 21 March –Henri Emmanuelli, 71, politician, President ofNational Assembly (1993–1994)^[33]
• 23 March –Serge Doubrovsky, 88, author^[34]
• 28 March –Jean-Pierre Cave, 65, politician^[35]
• 31 March –Évelyne Sullerot, 92, feminist^[36]
• 2 April –Michèle Rosier, 86, fashion designer, film director, documentary maker and screenwriter^[37]
• 3 April –Michel Arrivé, 80, linguist and novelist^[38]
• 4 April
  • Raymond Reisser, 85, racing cyclist^[39]
  • Fernand Tardy, 97, soldier, politician, and author^[40]
• 1 May –Pierre Gaspard-Huit, 99, film director and screenwriter^[41]
• 4 May
  • Victor Lanoux, 80, actor^[42]
  • Ruwen Ogien, 67, French philosopher^[43]
• 5 May –Corinne Erhel, 50, politician, member of theNational Assembly (heart attack)
• 8 May –Cécile DeWitt-Morette, 94, mathematician and physicist^[44]
• 9 May –Arthur Moulin, 92, politician, member of theNational Assembly (1958–1973) andSenate (1983–1992)^[45]
• 10 May –Colette Guillaumin, 83, feminist^[46]
• 12 May –Louis Boyer, 95, politician,Senator forLoiret (1974–2001) and Mayor ofGien (1959–1995)^[47]
• 13 May
  • Alain Colmerauer, 76, computer scientist^[48]
  • Alain Defossé, 60, novelist and translator^[49]
  • Manuel Pradal, 53, film director and screenwriter^[50]
• 15 May –François Fortassin, 77,Senator^[51]
• 16 May
  • Bernard Bosson, 69, politician, Minister ofTransport,Tourism andPublic Works (1993–1995)^[52]
  • Alain Casabona, 66, author^[53]
• 20 May –Albert Bouvet, 87, racing cyclist^[54]
• 25 May –Jean-Paul Chifflet, 67, banker, Director General ofCrédit Agricole 2010–2015 (fall from tractor)^[55]
• 5 July –Pierre Henry, 89, composer
• 31 July -Jérôme Golmard, 43, tennis player.
• 5 December -
  • Johnny Hallyday, 74, rock star.^[56]
  • Jean d'Ormesson, 92, author, member of theAcadémie française.^[57]

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