Mayor of Nice, President of the Nice Metropole, Deputy President of the Provence Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region (France), Vice-President of Efus

In 1983, Christian Estrosi was elected Municipal Councillor of Nice, in charge of the delegation of sports. In 1985, he was elected General Councillor of Alpes-Maritimes. In 1988, he was elected Deputy of the 5th district of Alpes-Maritimes.

After this initial stage of his career, in 1992 Christian Estrosi became the first Vice-President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) Regional Council, serving Jean-Claude Gaudin.  Re-elected as member of parliament in 1993 and 1997, he was also elected General Councillor of the district of Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée, gaining more than 80% of the vote.

On 2 June 2005, Christian Estrosi became a member of the government of Dominique de Villepin as Deputy Minister of Territorial Planning, under the Minister of the Interior, Nicolas Sarkozy. After the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as President of France, Christian Estrosi was re-elected Deputy of the 5th district of Alpes-Maritimes, and, on 19  June 2007, was named State Secretary in charge of overseas territories by the Presidency. On 18  March 2008, he resigned his duties as State Secretary in charge of overseas territories to focus on Nice and its citizens. 

He was elected mayor of Nice on 21 March 2008, President of Côte d’Azur on 18 April and member of parliament on 26 May 2008. From June 2009 to November 2010, he took on a new mission by joining the government of François Fillon as Minister of Industry to the Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment.

On 14 December 2010, Christian Estrosi returned to the National Assembly as MP for the Alpes Maritimes constituency, while still Mayor of Nice and President of Nice Côte d’Azur.

On 9 January 2012, he became the President of Nice Côte d’Azur Metropole, the first ‘métropole’ established in France.

On 30 March 2014, he was re-elected Mayor of Nice, and on 11 April 2014, President of te Nice Côte d’Azur Metropole. He also became the first Vice-President of the Association of Urban Communities in France (ACUF according to the French acronym). 

On the 18 December 2015, he was elected President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region.

At the beginning of 2016, he became the second Vice-President of the French Urban Association (a fusion of ACYF and AMGVF).

On 8 May 2017, Christian Estrosi resigned as President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, and was re-elected as Mayor of Nice on 15 May 2017 in order to focus on Nice and its citizens following the attack on 14 July 2016. 

Toutefois, Christian Estrosi reste très impliqué dans l’exécutif régional, en étant élu Président délégué de la Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur en charge de la coordination des politiques régionales, de la culture et des grands événements.

However, Christian Estrosi remains very involved in regional executive matters as Deputy President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, where he in charge of the coordination of regional policies, culture and large events. 

On 3 July 2020, he was re- elected for the third time in Nice and on 10 July elected as President of Nice Côte d’Azur Metropole.