Chronology of France under Ve République

This article is a chronology of events which occurred in France under the Fifth Republic (1958 until now).

Years 1950

1958

1959

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January 8th: nomination of Michel Debré at the station of Prime Minister

Years 1960

1960

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January 1st: independence of the Cameroun
January 24th February 1st: week of the barricades in Algiers
April 4th: independence of the Senegal
April 5th: Creation of the Socialist party unified (PSU)
April 27th: independence of the Togo
: independence of the Benign
August 3rd: independence of the Niger
August 5th: independence of the Burkina Faso
August 7th: independence of the Ivory Coast
August 11th: independence of the Chad
August 13rd: independence of the Central African Republic
August 17th: independence of the Congo
September 22nd: independence of the Mali
November 28th: independence of the Mauritania

1961

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January 8th: Referendum on self-determination in Algeria: 75% of yes
October 17th: Algerian manifestiation in Paris, severely repressed

1962

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February 8th: Demonstration in Paris against OAS. 8 dead with the Subway Charonne
March 18th: signature of the Agreements of Evian, prelude to the independence of the Algeria
April 8th: Referendum on the approval of the agreements of Evian
April 14th: nomination of Georges Pompidou at the post of Prime Minister
July 5th: independence of Algeria
August 22nd: Attack of the Petit-Clamart against De Gaulle
October 5th: victory of a motion of censure of the National Assembly against the government of Georges Pompidou
October 10th: Dissolution of the National Assembly
October 11th: Beginning of the Concile Vatican II
October 28th: Referendum on the election by the vote for all of the president of the Republic: 62% of YES
November 18th: first turn of the legislative elections
November 25th: second round. Victoire of UNR

1963

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January 22nd: de Gaulle and Adenauer sign the Traité of the Elysium

1964

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January 27th: recognition of the communist China by the De Gaulle general.

1965

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July: law on the financial autonomy of the married woman, reform of the matrimonial modes
September 10th: Creation of FGDS
December 5th: first turn of the presidential election.
December 19th: second round. Election of Charles de Gaulle for a second mandate of President of the Republic.

1966

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February 2nd: creation of the democratic Center
March 7th: France withdraws integrated command of NATO.

1967

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March 5th: first turn of the legislative elections
March 12th: second round
December 28th: the Loi Neuwirth authorizes the Contraception

1968

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May: events of May 1968
May 30th: dissolution of the National Assembly
June 23rd: first turn of the legislative elections
June 30th: second round. UDR in the majority absolute
July 10th: nomination of Maurice Broods of Murville at the post of Prime Minister

1969

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April 27th: Referendum on the regional reform and of the Senate: victory of the NON
April 28th: shortly after midnight, the Général de Gaulle announces her resignation of the presidency of the République.
June 1st: first turn of the presidential election.
June 15th: second round. Election of Georges Pompidou with the mandate of President of the Republic.
June 20th: nomination of Jacques Chaban-Delmas at the post of Prime Minister
11 - July 13rd: creation of the Socialist party to the congress of Issy-les-Moulineaux

Years 1970

1970

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January 7th: law founding SMIC
November 9th: Died of the General de Gaulle.

1971

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April 5th: Proclamation of the 343 for the legalization of the abortion
June 16th: with the Congress of the PS with Epinay, Mitterrand becomes first secretary

1972

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April 23rd: Referendum on the widening of the EEC
June 26th: common program of government of the Union of the left
July 6th: resignation of Chaban-Delmas and nomination of Pierre Messmer at the post of Prime Minister

1973

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March 4th: first turn of the legislative elections.
March 11th: second round. The majority is renewed
April 18th: creation of the daily newspaper Release by Serge July

1974

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April 2nd: death of Georges Pompidou. Presidential interim of Alain Poher.
May 5th: first turn of the presidential election.
May 19th: second round. Election of Valery Giscard d'Estaing to the mandate of President of the Republic.
May 28th: nomination of Jacques Chirac at the post of Prime Minister
November 19th: law on IVG

1975

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July 6th: independence of the the Comoros

1976

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August 27th: resignation of Jacques Chirac and nomination of Raymond Barre at the post of Prime Minister
December 5th: creation of the RPR

1977

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Appearance of the autonomous Movement.

13 March 20th: election local: success of the Union of the left. Jacques Chirac elected Mayor of Paris
June 27th: independence of Djibouti
September 23rd: Rupture of the Union of the left

1978

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February: creation of the UDF.
March 12th: first turn of the legislative elections.
March 19th: second round. Victoire of the majority.

1979

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Appearance of the group Direct action.

Years 1980

1980

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May: movement studied against the Imbert decree aiming at limiting the inscription from abroad in the French universities
July 30th: independence of the Vanuatu

1981

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April 26th: first turn of the presidential election.
May 10th: second round. Election of François Mitterrand with the mandate of President of the Republic.
May 22nd:

Nomination of Pierre Mauroy at the post of Prime Minister
Dissolution of the National Assembly

June 14th: first turn of the legislative elections
June 21st: second round

1982

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1983

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1984

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July 17th: nomination of Laurent Fabius at the post of Prime Minister

1985

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1986

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March 16th: legislative elections (single turn)
March 20th: nomination of Jacques Chirac at the post of Prime Minister

1987

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1988

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April 24th: first turn of the presidential election.
May 8th: second round. Election of François Mitterrand for a second mandate of President of the Republic.
May 10th: nomination of Michel Rocard at the post of Prime Minister
May 14th: dissolution of the National Assembly
June 5th: first turn of the legislative elections
June 12th: second round
November 3rd: Referendum on New Caledonia

1989

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Years 1990

1990

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1991

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May 15th: nomination of Edith Cresson at the post of Prime Minister

1992

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April 2nd: nomination of Pierre Bérégovoy at the post of Prime Minister
September 20th: Referendum on the approval of the treaty of Maastricht

1993

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March 21st: first turn of the legislative elections
March 28th: second round
March 29th: nomination of Edouard Balladur at the post of Prime Minister

1994

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Mars: movement against the professional Contract of insertion (CIP)

1995

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April 23rd: first turn of the presidential election.
May 7th: second round. Election of Jacques Chirac to the mandate of President of the Republic.
May 17th: nomination of Alain Juppe at the post of Prime Minister

1996

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Appearance of the movement of Without-papers .

1997

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April 21st: dissolution of the National Assembly
May 25th: first turn of the legislative elections
1 {{er}} June: second round
June 2nd: nomination of Lionel Jospin at the post of Prime Minister

1998

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July 12th: victory of the team of France at the time of the world 98.

1999

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Years 2000

2000

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September 24th: Referendum on the reduction of the presidential mandate: yes carries it with 73,21% of the votes cast but with 69,81% of abstention.

2001

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September 21st: explosion of factory AZF in Toulouse.

2002

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April 21st: first turn of the presidential election: Jacques Chirac and Jean-Marie Le Pen arrives at the head. This new configuration starts during two weeks of big demonstrations against the Front National.
May 5th: second round. Election of Jacques Chirac for a second mandate of President of the Republic.
May 6th: nomination of Jean-Pierre Raffarin at the post of Prime Minister
June 9th: first turn of the legislative elections
June 16th: second round: victory of the new right party resulting in particular from RPR: UMP.

2003

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A heat wave makes approximately 15.000 dead in August.

2004

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2005

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January 1st: coming into effect of the Law on family name
May 29th: French Referendum on the treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe: not gains with 54,68% from the votes cast and 30,66% of abstention.
May 31st: nomination of Dominique de Villepin at the post of Prime Minister

2006

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March-April: massive rejection by the employees and the students of the law on the equal opportunity (CPE).

2007

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April 3rd: TGV French beats its own world records, 574.8km/h on a section of the Paris-Strasbourg line.
May 6th: second round of the presidential election. Nicolas Sarkozy carries it vis-a-vis Ségolène Royal with 53%.

2008

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See too

France since 1945
French history
Chronology of France under IVe Republic (1946-1958)
20th century
History

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