David Habib (born 16 March 1961) is a French politician who has served as a member of the National Assembly for Pyrénées-Atlantiques's 3rd constituency since 2002.
In March 2014, he announced his candidacy for mayor of Pau at the head of a united electoral list of major left-wing parties.
[13] Habib was again re-elected in the 2017 legislative elections and was one of three deputies from the Socialist group to vote yes on a motion of confidence in the Second Philippe government.
coalition did not run a candidate against him in his re-election race and Habib returned to the National Assembly with 66.55% of the vote in the second round against Jean-François Baby of NUPES, who won 33.45%.
[18] Habib sits on the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee, for which he served as vice-president from 2 October 2020 to 8 July 2021.
[7][20] He is also vice-president of the Israel Friendship Group and was one of the only Socialist signatories of a letter to President Nicolas Sarkozy opposing potential French recognition of the State of Palestine.