- 2003 in France
"See also:"
2002 in France ,
other events of 2003,2004 in France .----
Events from the year
2003 inFrance .Incumbents
* President -
Jacques Chirac
* Prime Minister -Jean-Pierre Raffarin
* Interior Minister -Dominique de Villepin
* Finance Minister -Nicolas Sarkozy
* Foreign Minister -Michel Barnier Events
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3 March - Speech ofDominique de Villepin ,UNO against war inIraq .
*10 March - PresidentJacques Chirac promises to veto any UN resolution authorising war in Iraq.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=653–656]
*30 May - Last flight ofAir France 'sConcorde betweenParis andNew-York .
*1 June -29th G8 summit inÉvian-les-Bains starts, with tight security and tens of thousands of protesters.
*7 July -Corsica voters reject a referendum for increased autonomy from France by a very narrow margin.
*11 August - A heat wave inParis causes temperatures up to 44°C (112°F).
*24 October - TheConcorde makes its last commercial flight.
*24 December - At the request of theUnited States Embassy inParis , the French Government ordersAir France to cancel several flights between France and the U.S. in response to terrorist concerns.Arts and Literature
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5 July - Tour de France begins.
*6 July - French Grand Prix won byRalf Schumacher ofGermany .
*27 July - Tour de France ends, won byLance Armstrong of theUnited States .Births
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6 August -Prince Pierre of Orléans , grandson ofHenri, comte de Paris, duc de France ,Orleanist claimant to the throne of France.
*24 August -Alexandre Coste , illegitimate son ofAlbert II, Prince of Monaco .Deaths
January to March
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11 January -Maurice Pialat , film director, screenwriter and actor (b.1925).
*19 January -Françoise Giroud , journalist, screenwriter, writer and politician (b.1916).
*30 January -Paul-André Meyer , mathematician (b.1934).
*10 February -Alfred Aston , international soccer player (b.1912).
*20 February -Maurice Blanchot , writer, philosopher, and literary theorist (b.1907).
*22 February -Daniel Toscan du Plantier , film critic.
*24 February -Bernard Loiseau , chef (b.1951).
*28 February -Albert Batteux , international soccer player and manager (b.1919).
*4 March -Sébastien Japrisot , author, screenwriter and film director (b.1931).
*14 March -Jean-Luc Lagardère , engineer and businessman (b.1928).April to June
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7 April -Cecile de Brunhoff , storyteller (b.1903).
*17 April -Jean-Pierre Dogliani , soccer player (b.1942).
*18 April -Jean Drucker , journalist.
*23 April -Fernand Fonssagrives , photographer (b.1910).
*12 May -Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan ,United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (b.1933).
*13 May -Jef Friboulet , painter and sculptor (b.1919).
*23 May -Jean Yanne ,humorist ,actor andfilm director (b.1933).
*25 May -Laurette Séjourné , archeologist and ethnologist (b.1911).
*29 May -Pierre Restany ,art critic and culturalphilosopher (b.1930).
*31 May -Nicolas Barone , cyclist (b.1931).
*7 June -Georges Pichard ,comics artist (b.1920).
*13 June -Guy Lux ,game show host and producer (b.1919).July to September
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4 July -André Claveau , singer (b.1915).
*18 July - Marc Camoletti,playwright (b.1923).
*1 August -Marie Trintignant , actress (b.1962).
*9 August -Jacques Deray , film director (b.1929).
*27 August -Pierre Poujade , politician (b.1920).
*31 August -Pierre Cahuzac , soccer player (b.1927).
*27 September -Jean Lucas , motor racing driver (b.1917).October to December
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15 October -Pierre Chanal , soldier and suspectedserial killer (b.1946).
*16 November -Bettina Goislard ,United Nations worker (b.1974).
*21 October -Jean Hélène , journalist (b.1955).
*22 October -Philippe Ragueneau , journalist and writer (b.1917).
*26 November -Stefan Wul , writer (b.1922).
*6 December -Paul-Louis Halley , billionaire businessman (b.1934).
*26 December -Georges Boudarel , academic and Communist militant (b.1926).
*December -Guy Héraud , politician and lawyer (b.1920).Full date unknown
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Christian Boussus , tennis player (b.1908).
*François Boyer ,screenwriter (b.1920).
*Francine Lancelot , dancer, choreographer and dance historian (b.1929).References
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