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.
The Union for a Popular Movement was a liberal-conservative political party in France,largely inspired by the Gaullist tradition. During its existence,the UMP was one of the two major parties in French politics along with the Socialist Party (PS). The UMP was formed in 2002 as a merger of several centre-right parties under the leadership of President Jacques Chirac. In May 2015,the party was succeeded by The Republicans.
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.
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.
Gérard Longuet is a French conservative politician who has served as a member of the Senate from 2001 to 2011 and again since 2012,representing Meuse. He served as Minister of Defense in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from February 2011 until May 2012.
Bruno Gilles is a French politician who represented the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Senate from 2008 to 2020. A former member of The Republicans,he joined Horizons in 2021. Gilles previously served as the member of the National Assembly for the 5th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône from 2002 to 2007.
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 right-wing,seeking to distance it from Emmanuel Macron's presidency.
Jérôme Rivière is a French politician,lawyer and entrepreneur who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. A member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) until 2007,he was a member of the National Rally (RN),previously known as the National Front (FN),from 2017 until 2022,when he announced his support for Éric Zemmour in the 2022 presidential election and was appointed vice chairman of Zemmour's newly-founded Reconquête party.
The 2012 leadership election of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP),a political party in France was held on 18 November 2012. It renewed the leadership structures of the UMP following Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat in the 2012 presidential election and the party's defeat in the subsequent legislative election. The disputed results led to the first open crisis in the UMP since its creation in 2002.
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.
Dominique Estrosi Sassone is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the French Senate since 2014,representing the department of 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.
Sophie Cluzel is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as the Secretary of State in charge of People with Disabilities in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2017 to 2022.
Laurence Trastour-Isnart is a French politician representing The Republicans.
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.
The Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is the deliberative assembly of the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The regional council is made up of 123 regional councillors elected for 6 years by direct universal suffrage. It has been chaired by Renaud Muselier,formerly of The Republicans,since 2017.
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.
Charles Ange Ginésy is a French politician. He is an operator of ski lifts and a hotelier. He serves as the Les Républicains party president of the departmental council of Alpes-Maritimes,as well as the first deputy mayor of Péone and the president of the Alpes d'Azur community of municipalities.
