List of presidents of departmental councils (France)

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In France, the President of the Departmental Council (French: Président du Conseil départemental) is the locally elected head of the departmental council, the assembly governing a department in France. The position is elected by the departmental councillors from among their number. If there is a tie, the councillor senior of age is elected.

As per Articles L1111-1 to L7331-3 of the General code of local and regional authorities, the responsibilities of the President of the Departmental Council include:

Chairing the departmental authorities
Preparing and implementing the council's decisions
Collection of tax revenues
Representing the department in legal cases

History

In 1833, a law was enacted that gave each canton (subdivision of a department) representation of a councillor (Conseiller général).

As a result of the decentralisation of government (Deferre law), the election criteria were redefined in 1982 and the President of the Departmental Council took over executive powers from the centrally-appointed prefect.

Women presidents

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Term

!Name

!Department

!References

|1970–1982

|Évelyne Baylet

|Tarn-et-Garonne

|1982–1985

|Lucette Michaux-Chevry

|Guadeloupe

|1985–1994

|Lozère

|1991–2011

|Anne d'Ornano

|Calvados

|1998–2004

|Marisol Touraine

|Indre-et-Loire

|2004–2015

|Marie-Françoise Pérol-Dumont

|Haute-Vienne

|2004–2017

|Nassimah Dindar

|Réunion

|2008–2011

|Indre-et-Loire

|2008–2011

|Josette Durrieu

|Hautes-Pyrénées

|2010–present

|Hermeline Malherbe-Laurent

|Pyrénées-Orientales

|2014–present

|Anne Hidalgo

|Paris

| style="background:#00ffff;"| 02

|Aisne

|Nicolas Fricoteaux

|Union of Democrats and Independents

|2015

| style="background:#00ffff;"| 03

|Allier

|Claude Riboulet

|Union of Democrats and Independents

|2017

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 04

|Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

|Éliane Barreille

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 05

|Hautes-Alpes

|Jean-Marie Bernard

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"|06

|Alpes-Maritimes

|Charles-Ange Ginésy

|The Republicans

|2017

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 07

|Ardèche

|Olivier Amrane

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"|08

|Ardennes

|Noël Bourgeois

|The Republicans

|2017

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 09

|Ariège

|Christine Téqui

|Socialist Party

|2021

| style="background:#adc1fd;"|10

|Aube

|Philippe Pichery

|Miscellaneous Right

|2017

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 11

|Aude

|Hélène Sandragné

|Socialist Party

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"|12

|Aveyron

|Arnaud Viala

|The Republicans

|2017

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 13

|Bouches-du-Rhône

|Martine Vassal

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#00ffff;"|14

|Calvados

|Jean-Léonce Dupont

|Union of Democrats and Independents

|2011

| style="background:#0066cc;"|15

|Cantal

|Bruno Faure

|The Republicans

|2017

| style="background:#adc1fd;"| 16

|Charente

|Philippe Bouty

|Miscellaneous Right

|2015

|-{

| style="background:#adc1fd;"|17

|Charente-Maritime

|Sylvie Marcilly

|Miscellaneous Right

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 18

|Cher

|Jacques Fleury

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 19

|Corrèze

|Pascal Coste

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#00ffff;"|21

|Côte-d'Or

|François Sauvadet

|Union of Democrats and Independents

|2008

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 22

|Côtes-d'Armor

|Christian Coail

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 23

|Creuse

|Valérie Simonet

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 24

|Dordogne

|Germinal Peiro

|Socialist Party

|2015

| style="background:#adc1fd;"| 25

|Doubs

|Christine Bouquin

|Miscellaneous Right

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 26

|Drôme

|Marie-Pierre Mouton

|The Republicans

|2017

| style="background:#adc1fd";| 27

|Eure

|Alexandre Rassaërt

|Miscellaneous right

|2022

| style="background:#0066cc;"|28

|Eure-et-Loir

|Christophe Le Dorven

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#72A0C1;"| 29

|Finistère

|Maël de Calan

|Union of the Centre and Right

|2021

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 30

|Gard

|Françoise Laurent-Perrigot

|Socialist Party

|2021

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 31

|Haute-Garonne

|Sébastien Vincini

|Socialist Party

|2022

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 32

|Gers

|Philippe Dupouy

|Socialist Party

|2022

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 33

|Gironde

|Jean-Luc Gleyze

|Socialist Party

|2015

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 34

|Hérault

|Kléber Mesquida

|Socialist Party

|2015

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 35

|Ille-et-Vilaine

|Jean-Luc Chenut

|Socialist Party

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"|36

|Indre

|Marc Fleuret

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#72A0C1;"| 37

|Indre-et-Loire

|Jean-Gérard Paumier

|Union of the Centre and Right

|2016

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 38

|Isère

|Jean-Pierre Barbier

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#adc1fd;"| 39

|Jura

|Clément Pernot

|Miscellaneous Right

|2015

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 40

|Landes

|Xavier Fortinon

|Socialist Party

|2017

| style="background:;"|41

|Loir-et-Cher

|Philippe Gouet

|Union of Democrats and Independents

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"|42

|Loire

|George Ziegler

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"|43

|Haute-Loire

|Marie-Agnès Petit

|The Republicans

|2014

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 44

|Loire-Atlantique

|Michel Ménard

|Socialist Party

|2021

| style="background:#adc1fd;"|45

|Loiret

|Marc Gaudet

|Miscellaneous right

|2017

| style="background:#ffc0c0;"| 46

|Lot

|Serge Rigal

|Miscellaneous left

|2014

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 47

|Lot-et-Garonne

|Sophie Borderie

|Socialist Party

|2015

| style="background:#ff8080;"|48

|Lozère

|Sophie Pantel

|Socialist Party

|2015

| style="background:#adc1fd;"|49

|Maine-et-Loire

|Florence Dabin

|Miscellaneous Right

|2021

| style="background:#adc1fd;"|50

|Manche

|Jean Morin

|Miscellaneous Right

|2021

| style="background:#adc1fd;"|51

|Marne

|Christian Bruyen

|Miscellaneous Right

|2017

| style="background:;"|52

|Haute-Marne

|Nicolas Lacroix

|The Republicans

|2017

| style="background:;"|53

|Mayenne

|Olivier Richefou

|Centrist Alliance

|2014

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 54

|Meurthe-et-Moselle

|Chaynesse Khirouni

|Socialist Party

|2021

| style="background:#adc1fd;"|55

|Meuse

|Jérôme Dumont

|Miscellaneous Right

|2021

| style="background:#72a0c1;"|56

|Morbihan

|David Lappartient

|Union of the Centre and Right

|2021

| style="background:#adc1fd;"| 57

|Moselle

|Patrick Weiten

|Miscellaneous Right

|2011

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 58

|Nièvre

|Fabien Bazin

|Socialist Party

|2021

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 59

|Nord

|Christian Poiret

|Socialist Party

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 60

|Oise

|Nadège Lefebvre

|The Republicans

|2017

| style="background:#0066cc;"|61

|Orne

|Christophe de Balorre

|The Republicans

|2017

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 62

|Pas-de-Calais

|Jean-Claude Leroy

|Socialist Party

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 63

|Puy-de-Dôme

|Lionel Chauvin

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#ff9900;"| 64

|Pyrénées-Atlantiques

|Jean-Jacques Lasserre

|Democratic Movement

|2015

| style="background:#ffd1dc;"|65

|Hautes-Pyrénées

|Michel Pélieu

|Radical Party of the Left

|2011

| style="background:#ffc0c0;"| 66

|Pyrénées-Orientales

|Hermeline Malherbe-Laurent

|Miscellaneous Left

|2010

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 69

|Rhône

|Christophe Guilloteau

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:;"| 69M

|Lyon

|Bruno Bernard

|Europe Ecology - The Greens

|2020

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 70

|Haute-Saône

|Yves Krattinger

|Socialist Party

|2001

| style="background:;"| 71

|Saône-et-Loire

|André Accary

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"|72

|Sarthe

|Dominique Le Mèner

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"|73

|Savoie

|Hervé Gaymard

|The Republicans

|2008

| style="background:#0066cc;"|74

|Haute-Savoie

|Martial Saddier

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 75

|Paris

|Anne Hidalgo

|Socialist Party

|2014

| style="background:;"| 76

|Seine-Maritime

|Bertrand Bellanger

|Renaissance

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 77

|Seine-et-Marne

|Jean-François Parigi

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:;"|78

|Yvelines

|Pierre Bédier

|The Republicans

|2014

| style="background:#adc1fd;"| 79

|Deux-Sèvres

|Coralie Dénoues

|Miscellaneous Right

|2021

| style="background:#adc1fd;"| 80

|Somme

|Stéphane Haussoulier

|Miscellaneous Right

|2020

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 81

|Tarn

|Christophe Ramond

|Socialist Party

|2015

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 82

|Tarn-et-Garonne

|Michel Weill

|Socialist Party

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"|83

|Var

|Marc Giraud

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 84

|Vaucluse

|Dominique Santoni

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"|85

|Vendée

|Alain Leboeuf

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#adc1fd;"|86

|Vienne

|Alain Pichon

|Miscellaneous Right

|2021

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 87

|Haute-Vienne

|Jean-Claude Leblois

|Socialist Party

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"|88

|Vosges

|François Vannson

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 89

|Yonne

|Patrick Gendraud

|The Republicans

|2017

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 90

|Territoire de Belfort

|Florian Bouquet

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 91

|Essonne

|François Durovray

|The Republicans

|2015

| style="background:#0066cc;"|92

|Hauts-de-Seine

|Georges Siffredi

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#ff8080;"| 93

|Seine-Saint-Denis

|Stéphane Troussel

|Socialist Party

|2012

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 94

|Val-de-Marne

|Olivier Capitanio

|The Republicans

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"| 95

|Val-d’Oise

|Marie-Christine Cavecchi

|The Republicans

|2017

| style="background:;"|971

|Guadeloupe

|Guy Losbar

|United Guadeloupe, Socialism and Realities

|2021

| style="background:;"|972

|Martinique

|Serge Letchimy

|Martinican Progressive Party

|2021

| style="background:;"|973

|Guyane

|Alain Tien-Liong

|Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement

|2008

| style="background:#ffc0c0;"|974

|Réunion

|Cyrille Melchior

|Miscellaneous Left

|2017

| style="background:;"|975

|Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (overseas collectivity)

|Bernard Briand

|Archipelago Tomorrow

|2021

| style="background:#0066cc;"|976

|Mayotte

|Ben Issa Ousseni

|The Republicans

|2021

Allowance

The president of a department council has a maximum allowance of per month, the vice-presidents has a maximum allowance of -725.44, members of the standing committee have maximum allowances of -927.13, and departmental advisors have maximum allowances of -2,626 per month.

References

External links

General Description of French Local Government.
CIA World Factbook
Guide to Women Leaders
French Departments