David Taupiac studied aeronautical design engineering at Toulouse-III-Paul-Sabatier University, from 1995 to 1998.
An aeronautical engineer by profession, he obtained permission from the ethics officer of the French National Assembly to continue working as a consultant in the sector after his election, on condition that he did not work for companies eligible for state aid or contracts.
In the 2022 legislative elections, he distanced himself from the NUPES agreement, underlining fundamental disagreements with LFI.
[2] He was elected deputy for the second Gers constituency on June 19, 2022, as a dissident Socialist Party candidate, with 62.98% of the vote against his rival Maëva Bourcier from La République en marche.
According to Le Monde, this opposition to the ban on private jet flights could constitute a conflict of interest, as David Taupiac will be working until 2019 for a company specializing in private jet flights.