François Duteil (born 21 June 1944) is a French trade unionist and political activist.
Born in Poilley, Manche, Duteil trained as thermal engineer, then undertook compulsory military service in the French Air Force.
In 1965, he began working at the power station in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, joining the National Federation of Energy (FNE) trade union.
[1] Duteil rapidly came to prominence in the union movement, and by the end of 1967 was the head of the power station's union branch, served on the secretariat of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) in Saint-Ouen and the executive committee of the CGT in Seine-Saint-Denis.
He became head of the new CGT Mines-Energy Institute of Social History in 2002, continuing in this post after leaving his remaining trade union positions in 2003.