Shunned by the Barnier team, the region will this time be represented within the government formation which will surround François Bayrou. The Prime Minister chose the senator from the Alpes-Maritimes Philippe Tabarot for the post of deputy minister responsible for transport: a 54-year-old from Cannes, who is taking a new step here. Fed up with Riviera politics, a pure product of the right, he traced his path step by step, UMP then LR, from the municipal council of the city of Festivals – where he joined at the age of 28 – to the gold of the Luxembourg Palace .
Two failures in front of Cannes town hall
Elected in the hemicycle of the Alpes-Maritimes Departmental Council in 2001, before seizing a vice-presidency seven years later, Philippe Tabarot will also fight to sit in the chair of the mayor of Cannes on two occasions (notably against its current councilor and president of the powerful association of mayors of France, David Lisnard) but without success. Brother of Michèle Tabarot, mayor of the neighboring town of Le Cannet and MP, the Cannes resident will expand his scope in 2015, by being awarded the vice-presidency of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Paca) region with the portfolio of… transport.
“A very high expectation in the region”
“Our discussions have always been of good quality, he understands the problems, without tongue in cheek.“, note from Fnaut, a federation of transport user associations, its secretary general in the region, Jean-Michel Pascal. “Local elected official with great knowledge of political life, senator recognized in his area of expertise: transport“, congratulated him on social networks Renaud Muselier, current president (Ren) of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, as soon as his appointment within the government was made official.
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