Éric Ciotti

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Éric Ciotti (French pronunciation: [eʁik sjɔti] or [eʁik tʃɔti] , Italian: [ˈtʃɔtti]; born 28 September 1965) is a French politician serving as the Mayor of Nice since 2026. Ciotti has led The Republicans (LR) from 2022 to 2024 and has represented Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency in the National Assembly since the 2007 legislative election. Once a member of The Republicans' right-wing, he was seeking to distance the party from Emmanuel Macron's presidency. He left The Republicans in 2024, and is now the leader of the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR) party and parliamentary group. Ciotti briefly served as First Deputy Mayor of Nice under Mayor Christian Estrosi in 2008, before he assumed the presidency of the Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes from 2008 to 2017. He sought the party's nomination for the 2022 presidential election at its 2021 congress; he unexpectedly placed first in the first round of voting, but was defeated by centre-right candidate Valérie Pécresse in...

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