Philippe Tabarot
Philippe Tabarot | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Tabarot in 2025 | |
| Minister for Transport | |
| Assumed office 23 December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | François Bayrou |
| Preceded by | François Durovray |
| Senator for Alpes-Maritimes | |
| In office 1 October 2020 – 23 January 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 November 1970 Cannes, France |
| Political party | Republican Party (until 1997) Liberal Democracy (1997–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–present) |
| Relatives | Michèle Tabarot (sister) |
Philippe Tabarot (French pronunciation: [filip tabaʁo]; born 25 November 1970) is a French politician who has served as Minister for Transport in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou since 2024.[1] A member of The Republicans (LR), he was a Senator for Alpes-Maritimes from 2020 to 2025.[2]
Political career
[edit]Tabarot previously served as vice president of the Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes, as vice president of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and as a member of the municipal council of Cannes.[2] He was a candidate for mayor of Cannes in the 2014 municipal elections, finishing second to David Lisnard.[3]
In 2023, Tabarot was appointed secretary for transport in the shadow cabinet of Éric Ciotti.[4]
In early 2025, France’s national financial prosecutor PNF opened a preliminary probe into Tabarot over suspicions of misappropriation of public funds between 2018 and 2020.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Tabarot is the brother of Michèle Tabarot.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Eric Béziat (27 December 2024), Un suicide et un tollé, les premiers pas délicats de Philippe Tabarot, nouveau ministre des transports Le Monde.
- ^ a b "M. Philippe Tabarot" (in French). Senate.
- ^ "Municipales 2014, second tour : David Lisnard (UMP) écrase le copéiste Philippe Tabarot à Cannes". Le Point (in French). 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Dans le contre-gouvernement d'Éric Ciotti, Philippe Tabarot chargé du dossier transports". Contexte (in French).
- ^ Dominique Vidalon (13 January 2025), French transport minister subject of financial probe Reuters.
- ^ "Les Tabarot, une saga politico-familiale". L'Express (in French). 27 July 2013.