Career
Born in Paris and raised in Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), he spent his holidays at the Houyvet family mansion in Le Molay-Littry in Calvados. Philippe Augier became an early supporter of Valéry Giscard d"Estaing in the aftermath of the events of May 1968. He became the leader of the Giscardian youth organization in 1971.
Influenced by a trip to the United States during the 1972 election, he led the Young Giscardians in the 1974 presidential campaign.
Its candidate elected to the Elysée, he left the presidency of the Young Independent Republicans to Dominique Bussereau and the General Secretariat to Jean-Pierre Raffarin to become national secretary of the Independent Republicans, along with Michel d"Ornano and Michel Poniatowski, and ran against Rassemblement pour la République (Rally for the Republic) deputy Daniel Goulet in the Orne in the 1981 election. He took the reins of the town in 2001, succeeding Anne d"Ornano with almost 70% of the vote.
Staunch supporter of the reunification of Normandy, he was the Union for French Democracy"s top candidate in the 2004 regional elections in Basse-Normandie. Originally the Union for French Democracy candidate in the Calvados" 4th constituency against incumbent deputy Nicole Ameline, he dropped out after the defeat of Union for French Democracy candidate François Bayrou in the presidential election.
Reelected Mayor of Deauville with 78.2% of votes in the first round, he became president of the Cœur Côte Fleurie Communauté de communes.
Originally, he was favoured to be endorsed by the Universiti Malaysia Pahang but was dropped in favour of Jean-François Le Grand.