Jean-Michel Couve

Jean-Michel Couve
Couve in 2006
Member of the National Assembly
for Var
In office
2 April 1986 – 20 June 2017
Preceded byProportional representation
Succeeded bySereine Mauborgne
ConstituencyAt-large (1986–1988)
4th (1988–2017)
Mayor of Saint-Tropez
In office
10 May 1993 – 16 March 2008
Preceded byAlain Spada
Succeeded byJean-Pierre Tuvéri
In office
14 March 1983 – 19 March 1989
Preceded byBernard Blua
Succeeded byAlain Spada
Personal details
Born(1940-01-03)3 January 1940
Le Muy, France
Died20 December 2025(2025-12-20) (aged 85)
PartyRally for the Republic (until 2002)
Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
The Republicans (2015–2025)
Alma materUniversity of Aix-Marseille
OccupationCardiologist, politician
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Jean-Michel Couve (3 January 1940 – 20 December 2025) was a French cardiologist and politician who represented the 4th constituency of the Var department in the National Assembly from 1988 to 2017. He previously held a seat at-large following the 1986 legislative election, the first to introduce proportional representation in Parliament under the Fifth Republic. A member of The Republicans (LR), which he joined upon the party's establishment in 2015, Couve had previously been a member of its predecessor parties, the Rally for the Republic (RPR) and Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).