1989 in France

Incumbents

• President: François Mitterrand
• Prime Minister: Michel Rocard

  Events

• January – Two women, Nathalie Menigon and Joelle Aubron, are found guilty of murdering Renault owner Georges Besse, who was shot dead in Paris November 1986. They are both sentenced to life imprisonment, as are Jean-Marc Rouillan and Georges Cipriani who are found guilty of being accomplices.
• 12 March – Municipal Elections held.
• 19 March – Municipal Elections held.
• 29 March – The glass pyramids, designed by Chinese-American artist I.M. Pei, are unveiled at the entrance the Louvre in Paris.
• 23 May – Citroën launches the all-new XM executive car, a replacement for the 15-year-old CX.
• 15 June – European Parliament Election held.
• 14 July – France celebrates the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution.
• 14 July – 15th G7 summit at the Grande Arche in Paris begins.
• 16 July – 15th G7 summit ends.
• 19 September – UTA Flight 772 broke up over the Sahara Desert following an explosion. 156 passengers and 14 crew were killed.
• November – The Citroën XM is voted European Car of the Year.

  Births

• 2 January – Romain Dedola, footballer
• 8 January – Dominique Malonga, soccer player.
• 10 February – Kévin Aubeneau, soccer player.
• 26 February – Gabriel Obertan, soccer player.
• 6 April – Djamel Bakar, soccer player.
• 8 May – Nora Arnezeder, actress
• 3 June – Anthony Taugourdeau, soccer player.
• 8 June - Amaury Vassili, operatic tenor
• 18 June - Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang, soccer player.
• 3 July – Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik, soccer player.
• 18 July – Yohan Mollo, footballer
• 3 August – Jules Bianchi, Formula One driver
• 16 August – Moussa Sissoko, soccer player.
• 8 October – Armand Traoré, soccer player.
• 10 November – Parfait Mandanda, soccer player.
• 17 December – André Ayew, soccer player.

  Deaths

January to March

• 5 February – André Cheuva, soccer player.
• 6 February – André Cayatte, filmmaker.
• 7 February – Gilbert Simondon, philosopher.
• 17 February – Guy Laroche, fashion designer.
• 21 February – Alex Thépot, international soccer player.
• 8 March – Robert Lacoste, politician.
• 15 March – Valérie Quennessen, actress.
• 29 March – Bernard Blier, actor.
• 29 March – Fernand Gambiez, General and military historian.

  April to June

• 6 April – Henri Cadiou, painter and lithographer.
• 15 April – Charles Vanel, film director and actor.
• 30 April – Pierre Lewden, athlete.
• 25 May – Jean Despeaux, boxer, Olympic gold-medallist.
• 22 June – Henri Sauguet, composer.

  July to September

• 2 July – Jean Painlevé, film director.
• 5 July – Jean Leguay, civil servant, accomplice of the Deportation of Jews from France.
• 6 July – Jean Bouise, actor.
• 17 July – Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil, lover and later wife of Samuel Beckett.
• 20 July – Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, French Resistance leader.
• 4 September – Georges Simenon, writer.
• 8 September – Vincent Badie, lawyer and politician.

  October to December

• 14 November – Rémi Laurent, actor.
• 23 November – Armand Salacrou, dramatist.
• 31 December – Lilly Daché, milliner and fashion designer.

  Full date unknown

• Bernard-Marie Koltès, playwright and director.
• Jean-Etienne Marie, composer.
• André Muffang, chess master.
• Jean-Louis Verdier, mathematician.

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