Philippe Tabarot

Philippe Tabarot
Tabarot in 2025
Minister for Transport
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 December 2024
Prime MinisterFrançois Bayrou
Sébastien Lecornu
Preceded byFrançois Durovray
Senator for Alpes-Maritimes
In office
1 October 2020 – 23 January 2025
Personal details
Born (1970-11-25) 25 November 1970 (age 55)
Cannes, France
PartyLR (since 2015)
Other political
affiliations
PR (until 1997)
DL (1997–2002)
UMP (2002–2015)
RelativesMichèle Tabarot (sister)
EducationUniversity of Nice

Philippe Tabarot (French pronunciation: [filip tabaʁo]; born 25 November 1970) is a French politician who has served as Minister for Transport in the successive governments of Prime Ministers François Bayrou and Sébastien Lecornu since 2024. A member of The Republicans (LR), he was a Senator for Alpes-Maritimes from 2020 to 2025.

Political career

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. He was a candidate for mayor of Cannes in the 2014 municipal elections, finishing second to David Lisnard.

In 2023, Tabarot was appointed secretary for transport in the shadow cabinet of Éric Ciotti.

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.

Personal life

Tabarot is the brother of Michèle Tabarot.

References

  1. ↑ Eric Béziat (27 December 2024), Un suicide et un tollé, les premiers pas délicats de Philippe Tabarot, nouveau ministre des transports Le Monde.
  2. 1 2 "M. Philippe Tabarot" (in French). Senate.
  3. ↑ "Municipales 2014, second tour : David Lisnard (UMP) écrase le copéiste Philippe Tabarot à Cannes". Le Point (in French). 28 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Dans le contre-gouvernement d'Éric Ciotti, Philippe Tabarot chargé du dossier transports". Contexte (in French).
  5. ↑ Dominique Vidalon (13 January 2025), French transport minister subject of financial probe Reuters.
  6. ↑ "Les Tabarot, une saga politico-familiale". L'Express (in French). 27 July 2013.