Maxime Brunerie (born 21 May 1977) is a French convicted criminal and former neo-Nazi activist, known for his 14 July 2002 assassination attempt on Jacques Chirac, while he was still the President of France, during the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.

[5][6] Diagnosed with lymphoma in 1998 and undergoing chemotherapy, Brunerie found a propaganda sticker of the neo-Nazi French and European Nationalist Party (PNFE); he became a member of the group between June and November 1998, when he left the "agonising party" to join the Groupe Union Défense, renamed Unité Radicale early that year.

[7] On 14 July 2002, 25-year-old Brunerie attempted to assassinate President Jacques Chirac by firearm during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

On the day before the attempt, Brunerie left a message on the Combat 18 guestbook saying "Watch the Tv This Sunday, i will be the star... Death to zog,88!"

[11] According to police, the shot was very wide and the shooter's inexperience and lack of preparation made a successful assassination attempt unlikely.

The court eventually found the defendant guilty of attempted murder, judging that his mental responsibility, though diminished, was not abolished.