“Azur to become Mayor of Nice again, succeeding his former first deputy, Philippe Pradal. Estrosi is still managing the region as one of Regional Council President Renaud Muselier”
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Christian Estrosi
Christian Paul Gilbert Estrosi is a French sportsman and former politician. He was the Mayor of Nice from 2008 to 2026. A former professional motorcyclist, he served as a government minister under Presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy. Estrosi also served as President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur from 2015 to 2017 and First Deputy Mayor of Nice from 2016 until 2017…
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politics · French sportsman and politician (born 1955) · politician · motorcycle racer · minister · mayor · also Christian Estrosi, Christian Paul Gilbert Estrosi, Estrosi
Born 1 July 1955 · Q749029
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2026· 1 entry
2021· 2 entries
Estrosi left The Republicans to join Édouard Philippe's Horizons party, after Toulon Mayor Hubert Falco
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Hung the Israeli flag outside the city hall in Nice after supporting a ban on pro-Palestine protests
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2020· 4 entries
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2020).
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Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2020).
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Career landmark: Mayor of Nice (2020–2026).
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Career landmark: municipal councillor of Nice (2020–2026).
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2017· 3 entries
Estrosi distanced himself from his earlier decision to vote in favour of an unsuccessful 1988 bill on the reinstatement of the death penalty
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Estrosi filed a defamation suit against Marine Le Pen for accusing him of being in league with Islamist militants; as a consequence, the European Parliament lifted Le Pen's immunity from prosecution
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Career landmark: Mayor of Nice (2017–2020).
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2016· 2 entries
San Diego Union-Tribune: Christian Estrosi, president of the region, says the truck in Nice was loaded with arms and grenades
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Threatened to sue people who distributed photographs of an incident in which Nice police ordered a Muslim woman to remove her burkini, saying that circulating the photographs would "provoke defamatory remarks and thre
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2015· 1 entry
Career landmark: conseiller régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (2015).
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2014· 3 entries
Career landmark: Mayor of Nice (2014–2016).
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Career landmark: municipal councillor of Nice (2014–2020).
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Led a group supporting Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's leader
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2013· 1 entry
Rejected a plan to build a mosque funded by a businessman from Saudi Arabia in Nice
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2012· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (2012–2016).
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2011).
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2010· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (2010–2012).
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2008· 2 entries
Career landmark: Mayor of Nice (2008–2014).
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (2008–2009).
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2007· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (2007–2007).
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2003· 1 entry
Career landmark: president of the general council (2003–2008).
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2002· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (2002–2005).
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1997–2002).
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1993· 2 entries
Briefly served as the MP for the department's 2nd constituency but his election was ruled invalid
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1993–1993).
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1988· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1988–1993).
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1979· 1 entry
With a fourth place at the 1979 250cc Spanish Grand Prix
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-07-01.
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