Alpes-Maritimes is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner,on the Italian border and Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region,it encompasses the French Riviera alongside neighbouring Var. Alpes-Maritimes had a population of 1,094,283 in 2019. Its prefecture is Nice,with Grasse as the sole subprefecture.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,also known as Région Sud,is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France,the far southeastern on the mainland. Its prefecture and largest city is Marseille.
Renaud Muselier is a French physician and politician who has served as President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur since 2017. A former member of The Republicans (LR),he previously was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2019.
Christian Paul Gilbert Estrosi is a French sportsman and politician who has served as Mayor of Nice since 2017,previously holding the office from 2008 to 2016. A former professional motorcyclist,he served as a government minister under Presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy. Estrosi also served as President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur from 2015 to 2017 and First Deputy Mayor of Nice from 2016 until 2017. He is a former member of The Republicans,which he left in 2021 to join Horizons.
Jean-Claude Gaudin is a French politician for The Republicans. He served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1995 to 2020.
Thierry Mariani is a French politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. He previously served as Minister in charge of Transport under the Minister of Ecology,Sustainable development,Transport and Housing from 2010 to 2012. A former member of The Republicans (LR),he has been an Independent since 2019.
Michèle Tabarot is a French politician of the Republicans who currently serves as a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Alpes-Maritimes 9th constituency.
Éric Ciotti is a French politician who has presided over the gaullist The Republicans (LR) party since 2022. He has represented the 1st constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the National Assembly since the 2007 legislative election. He is a member of his party's hard wing,seeking to distance it from Emmanuel Macron's presidency.
The Republicans held a presidential primary election,officially called the open primary of the right and centre,to select a candidate for the 2017 presidential election. It took place on 20 November 2016,with a runoff on 27 November since no candidate obtained at least 50% of the vote in the first round. It was the first time an open primary had been held for The Republicans or its predecessor parties.
Jean-Paul Baréty was a French lawyer and politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1994 to 1997,representing Alpes-Maritimes.
Christophe Castaner is a French politician who served as Minister of the Interior from 16 October 2018 to 6 July 2020 under President Emmanuel Macron. He had been elected in 2017 for a three-year term as chairman of the La République En Marche! party with Macron's support. Castaner was Government Spokesperson under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in 2017 and Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament from 2017 to 2018. He was also Macron's 2017 presidential campaign spokesman.
Marine Brenier-Ohanessian is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2016 to 2022,representing the 5th constituency of the department of Alpes-Maritimes. She is a member of two political center-right parties,Horizons and La France Audacieuse.
Laurence Trastour-Isnart is a French politician representing The Republicans.
The 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election took place on 6 and 13 December to renew the 123 members of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Philippe Pradal is a French politician. He was first deputy mayor of Nice from 2013 to 2016. He served as Mayor of Nice from 2016 to 2017. He supported Nicolas Sarkozy for The Republicans presidential primary in 2016. He received the Knights of the Legion of Honor in July 2017. He is currently a member of the Horizons party.
Julien Aubert is a French politician and civil servant who represented the 5th constituency of the Vaucluse department in the National Assembly from 2012 to 2022. A member of The Republicans (LR) and its predecessor parties,he ran for the party's leadership in the 2019 election,in which he placed second behind Christian Jacob. In 2017,Aubert launched his own political movement and think tank,Oser la France.
Audacious France is a French political party positioned centre-right on the political spectrum.
Martine Vassal is a French politician who has presided over the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis since 2018. A member of The Republicans (LR),she succeeded Jean-Claude Gaudin in office,who resigned to focus on his term as Mayor of Marseille.
Alexandra Borchio Fontimp,born 5 October 1981 in Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes) is a French journalist and a current politician.
Martine Daugreilh is a French politician and essayist. She was Member of Parliament for Alpes-Maritimes's 2nd constituency from 1988 to 1933 and was the first woman elected MP in Nice. Most recently she was responsible for the Mediterranean University Centre.
