| Jean-Michel Couve | |
| Office: | Member of the National Assembly for Var |
| Constituency: | At-large (1986–1988) 4th (1988–2017) |
| Term Start: | 2 April 1986 |
| Term End: | 20 June 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Proportional representation |
| Successor: | Sereine Mauborgne |
| Office1: | Mayor of Saint-Tropez |
| Term Start1: | 10 May 1993 |
| Term End1: | 16 March 2008 |
| Term Start2: | 14 March 1983 |
| Term End2: | 19 March 1989 |
| Predecessor1: | Alain Spada |
| Successor1: | Jean-Pierre Tuvéri |
| Predecessor2: | Bernard Blua |
| Successor2: | Alain Spada |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Le Muy, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Alma Mater: | University of Aix-Marseille |
| Occupation: | Cardiologist, politician |
Jean-Michel Couve (born 3 January 1940) is 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.[1] [2] 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).
A native of Le Muy, Var, Couve also served in the Departmental Council of Var for the canton of Saint-Tropez from 1992 to 2001 and as Mayor of Saint-Tropez twice, from 1983 to 1989 and again from 1993 until 2008. He did not run for reelection to Parliament in 2017 but remained from 2014 to 2020 a member of the municipal council of Saint-Tropez, to which he was first elected in 1977.