Philippe Tabarot (French pronunciation: [filip tabaʁo]; born 25 November 1970) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been serving as Minister of Transport in the government of François Bayrou since 2024.
[2] Tabarot previously served as vice president of the Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes, as vice president of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and as a member of the municipal council of Cannes.
[2] He was a candidate for mayor of Cannes in the 2014 municipal elections, finishing second to David Lisnard.
[3] In 2023, Tabarot was appointed secretary for transport in the shadow cabinet of Éric Ciotti.
[4] In early 2025, France’s national financial prosecutor PNF opened a preliminary probe into Tabarot over suspicions of misappropriation of public funds between 2018 and 2020.