Laurent Beauvais (born 24 June 1952) is a French politician of the Socialist Party who served as President of the Regional Council of Lower Normandy.

[1] Born in Nogent-le-Rotrou, Eure-et-Loir, Beauvais grew up in Évreux then Mortrée near Argentan (Orne).

Beauvais joined the Socialist Party at age 21 and he was elected to the Mortrée municipal council in 1977.

Elected opposition regional councillor in 1998, elected to lead the Communauté de communes of Argentan in 2001, he finally became vice-president of the Lower Normandy Regional Council; responsible for Education, Higher Education and Research under Socialist President Philippe Duron.

Following Philippe Duron's election as Mayor of Caen, Beauvais succeeded him as President of the Regional Council.