Éric Ciotti


Éric Ciotti is a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency since 2007. A member of The Republicans, he also served as President of the Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes from 2008 to 2017.

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. 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.

Political positions

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

Other activities