Éric Pauget
Member of the National Assembly
for Alpes-Maritimes's 7th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byJean Leonetti
Vice-President of Soyons libres
Assumed office
February 2018
PresidentValérie Pécresse
Personal details
Born (1970-08-18) 18 August 1970
Antibes, France
Political partyThe Republicans (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
Rally for the Republic (1995–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2005)
OccupationBusinessman
Websiteericpauget.fr

Éric Pauget (born 18 August 1970) is a French businessman and politician who has represented the 7th constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the National Assembly since 2017.[1][2] He is a member of The Republicans (LR).

Political career

Pauget held a seat in the Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes from 2001 until his resignation in 2017, first for the canton of Antibes-Biot until 2015, then for the canton of Antibes-3. He held one of the departmental council's vice presidencies from 2015 until 2017 under the presidency of Éric Ciotti.

Since 1995, he has been a municipal councillor of Antibes. 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.[3] In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the French-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]

In 2018, Pauget joined the leadership of Soyons Libres 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.[4]

In the run-up to the Republicans’ 2022 convention, Pauget endorsed Éric Ciotti as the party's chairman.[5]

Political positions

In 2021, Pauget tabled a bill to ban bullfighting in France.[6] A few months later, he sponsored a bill to have prison inmates pay part of the cost of their incarceration.[7]

See also

References

  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. Ashifa Kassam (8 June 2020), 'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean, The Guardian.
  3. 1 2 Éric Pauget, French National Assembly.
  4. Emmanuel Galiero (16 February 2018), Valérie Pécresse irrite un peu plus les wauquiézistesLe Figaro.
  5. Ludovic Vigogne (18 October 2022), Présidence de LR: qui soutient Ciotti, Pradié et Retailleau chez les députés L'Obs.
  6. Anne-Charlotte Dusseaulx (20 January 2021), Eric Pauget, député LR : "Je souhaite l'interdiction de la corrida en France"Le Journal du Dimanche.
  7. "Un député des Alpes-Maritimes souhaite faire payer la prison aux détenus". Nice-Matin (in French). 14 May 2021.
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