1991 in France

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Events from the year 1991 in France.

Incumbents

16 March – Official launch of the Citroen ZX. It partly replaces the larger BX, which will be completely replaced within the next two years by a larger model.
15 May – Édith Cresson becomes France's first female premier.
29 May – Olympique Marseille lose the European Cup final to Yugoslav champions Red Star Belgrade on penalties after a 0–0 draw in Bari, Italy.^[1]
5 September – Peugeot launches the all-new 106 supermini, designed as a marginally smaller alternative to the eight-year-old 205, which is expected to be phased out after the launch of a larger Peugeot which will replace the 309 in early 1993.^[2]
Pommeau is granted its Appellation d'origine contrôlée.

7 January – Henri Louveau, motor racing driver (born 1910).
24 February – Georges Capdeville, soccer referee (born 1899).
2 March – Serge Gainsbourg, poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director (born 1928).
12 March – Étienne Decroux, actor and mime (born 1898).
25 March – Marcel Lefebvre, Roman Catholic archbishop (born 1905).
29 March – Guy Bourdin, photographer (born 1928).
30 March – Silvia Monfort, actress and theatre director (born 1923).

3 April – Robert Veyron-Lacroix, harpsichordist and pianist (born 1922).
6 April – Louis Joxe, statesman and Minister (born 1901).
26 April – Leo Arnaud, composer of film scores (born 1904).
30 April – André Badonnel, entomologist (born 1898).
30 April – Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget, actress and Princess of Monaco (born 1900).
8 May – Jean Langlais, composer and organist (born 1907).
20 May – Michel Gauquelin, psychologist and statistician (born 1928).
7 June – Antoine Blondin, writer (born 1922).
10 June – Jean Bruller, writer and illustrator (born 1902).
28 June – Jacques Corrèze, businessman and politician (born 1912).
29 June – Henri Lefebvre, sociologist and philosopher (born 1901).

9 November – Yves Montand, actor and singer (born 1921).
15 November – Jacques Morali, music producer (born 1947).
18 November – Claude Cahen, orientalist (born 1909).
26 November – François Billetdoux, playwright and novelist (born 1927).
9 December – Gisèle Lestrange, graphic artist (born 1927).
13 December – André Pieyre de Mandiargues, writer (born 1909).
20 December – Gaston Waringhien, linguist, lexicographer and Esperantist (born 1901).
27 December – Hervé Guibert, writer (born 1955).