Philippe Tabarot
{{short description|French politician (born 1970)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Philippe Tabarot
| image = Philippe Tabarot - 2025 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Philippe Tabarot in 2025
| office = Minister for Transport
| primeminister = François Bayrou
| term_start = 23 December 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = François Durovray
| successor =
| office1 = Senator for Alpes-Maritimes
| term_start1 = 1 October 2020
| term_end1 = 23 January 2025
| constituency1 =
| party = Republican Party
(until 1997)
Liberal Democracy
(1997–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement
(2002–2015)
The Republicans
(2015–present)
| otherparty =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|25 November 1970|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Cannes, France
| relatives = Michèle Tabarot (sister)
}}
Philippe Tabarot ({{IPA|fr|filip tabaʁo}}; born 25 November 1970) is a French politician who has served as Minister for Transport in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou since 2024.Eric Béziat (27 December 2024), [https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2024/12/27/un-suicide-et-un-tolle-les-premiers-pas-delicats-de-philippe-tabarot-nouveau-ministre-des-transports_6469467_3234.html Un suicide et un tollé, les premiers pas délicats de Philippe Tabarot, nouveau ministre des transports] Le Monde. A member of The Republicans (LR), he was a Senator for Alpes-Maritimes from 2020 to 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.senat.fr/senateur/tabarot_philippe20136b.html|title=M. Philippe Tabarot|publisher=Senate|language=fr}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/municipales-les-resultats-du-second-tour-a-cannes-28-03-2014-1806789_20.php|title=Municipales 2014, second tour : David Lisnard (UMP) écrase le copéiste Philippe Tabarot à Cannes|work=Le Point|date=28 March 2014|language=fr}}
In 2023, Tabarot was appointed secretary for transport in the shadow cabinet of Éric Ciotti.{{cite web|url=https://www.contexte.com/actualite/transports/dans-le-contre-gouvernement-deric-ciotti-philippe-tabarot-charge-du-dossier-transports_168666.html|title=Dans le contre-gouvernement d'Éric Ciotti, Philippe Tabarot chargé du dossier transports|work=Contexte|language=fr}}
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.Dominique Vidalon (13 January 2025), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-transport-minister-subject-financial-probe-2025-01-13/ French transport minister subject of financial probe] Reuters.
Personal life
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Category:Liberal Democracy (France) politicians
Category:Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Category:The Republicans (France) politicians
Category:French city councillors
Category:French general councillors
Category:Members of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Category:French senators of the Fifth Republic
Category:Senators of Alpes-Maritimes