Éric Pauget (; born 18 August 1970) is a French politician who has represented the 7th constituency of the

Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes (; ; ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the France–Italy border, Italian border and Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'A ...

department in the

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since

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. He is a member of The Republicans (LR).

Political career

Pauget held a seat in the Departmental Council of

from

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

until his resignation in 2017, first for the canton of Antibes-Biot until

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, then for the

canton of Antibes-3 The canton of Antibes-3 is an administrative division of the Alpes-Maritimes department, southeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Antibes. It consists of the foll ...

. He held one of the departmental council's vice presidencies from 2015 until 2017 under the presidency of

Éric Ciotti Éric Ciotti ( or , ; born 28 September 1965) is a French politician who led The Republicans (LR) from 2022 to 2024. He has represented Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency in the National Assembly since the 2007 legislative election. Once a m ...

. Since

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, he has been a municipal councillor of

Antibes Antibes (, , ; ) is a seaside city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice; its cape, the Cap d'Antibes, along with Cap Ferrat in Saint-Jean-Ca ...

. He served as a deputy mayor from 2001 to 2017; he was first deputy mayor from 2012.

Political career

In parliament, Pauget serves on the Committee on Economic Affairs.Éric Pauget

French National Assembly The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known ...

. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the French-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group. In 2018, Pauget joined the leadership of

Soyons Libres Soyons Libres (SL) (), also called Libres, ( English: ''Let's be free''), is a French political party that was founded in 2017 by Valérie Pécresse, within The Republicans. History An offshoot of Changer c'est possible (2008) and Action Î ...

as a vice president (while remaining a member of The Republicans), a minor party of which he has been a member since 2017 and where he is in charge of relations with the National Assembly. In the run-up to the Republicans’ 2022 convention, Pauget endorsed

as the party's chairman. In the Republicans' 2025 leadership election, he endorsed

Laurent Wauquiez Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez (; born 12 April 1975) is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes from 2016 to 2024. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 follow ...

to succeed Ciotti as the party's new chair.

Political positions

In 2021, Pauget tabled a bill to ban

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in France. A few months later, he sponsored a bill to have prison inmates pay part of the cost of their incarceration.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pauget, Eric 1970 births Living people People from Antibes Politicians from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Rally for the Republic politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians The Republicans (France) politicians Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French city councillors Departmental councillors (France)

Political career

Political career

Political positions

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