Éric Pauget
Éric Pauget is a French politician who has represented the 7th constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the National Assembly since 2017. He is a member of The Republicans.
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. 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 as a vice president, 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 Éric Ciotti as the party's chairman. In the Republicans' 2025 leadership election, he endorsed Laurent Wauquiez to succeed Ciotti as the party's new chair.