Éric Ciotti

Éric Ciotti (born 28 September 1965) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been serving as the member of the National Assembly for Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency since 2007.[1] He also served as President of the Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes from 2008 to 2017.

Éric Ciotti
Ciotti in 2011
Member of the National Assembly
for Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency
Assumed office
20 June 2007
Preceded byJérôme Rivière
President of the Departmental Council
of Alpes-Maritimes
In office
18 December 2008 – 15 September 2017
Preceded byChristian Estrosi
Succeeded byCharles-Ange Ginésy
Personal details
Born (1965-09-28) 28 September 1965
Nice, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyUnion for a Popular Movement
The Republicans
Alma materSciences Po

Political career

Career in regional politics

Ciotti was elected to the General Council of Alpes-Maritimes in the 2008 cantonal elections for Saint-Martin-Vésubie; he took its presidency the same year, succeeding Christian Estrosi. After the 2015 departmental elections, the Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes replaced the General Council of Alpes-Maritimes. Following the adoption of a new law organising the cumul des mandats, he resigned from the body's presidency in 2017 while keeping his councillor mandate.

Member of the National Assembly

Éric Ciotti was elected to the National Assembly during the 2007 election; he was reelected in 2012 and 2017.

In parliament, Ciotti serves on the Committee on Legal Affairs.[2] In 2019, he successfully added an amendment to an education bill to make it mandatory for classrooms to display both a French and European Union flag in all classrooms.[3]

Political positions

In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, Ciotti endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.[4]

On May 26th, 2020, Ciotti proposed a bill to the National Assembly which would prohibit the dissemination of images depicting functions of the national police, municipal police, military, and customs officers; with a maximum penalty of 15,000 euros and a year in prison for violators.[5] In 2020, he became the parliament’s rapporteur on how the government handled the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[6]

Other activities
  • French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA), Member of the Board of Directors[7]

References
  1. "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  2. Éric Ciotti French National Assembly.
  3. French classrooms to fly national and Europe flags from now on
  4. Ludovic Vigogne (October 11, 2017), La liste des 136 parrains de Laurent Wauquiez L'Opinion.
  5. Une proposition de loi d’Eric Ciotti pour empêcher la diffusion d’images de policiers suscite un tollé Éric Ciotti veut punir les personnes qui filment et diffusent des vidéos de policiers
  6. Chloé Hecketsweiler and Solenn de Royer (June 30, 2020), Eric Ciotti, rapporteur patient et méticuleux de la commission d’enquête sanitaire Le Monde.
  7. Board of Directors French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA).
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