Politics of Aquitaine

The politics of Aquitaine, France takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Council is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the regional council.

Executive

The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council.

Current composition

Alain Rousset (PS): President
Jean-Louis Carrère (PS): 1st Vice President
Françoise Cartron (PS): 2nd Vice President
Georges Labazée (PS): 3rd Vice President
Jean-Pierre Dufour (Green): 4th Vice President
Michel Moyrand (PS): 5th Vice President
Jean Guérard (PS): 6th Vice President
Alain Anziani (PS): 7th Vice President
François Deluga (PS): 8th Vice President
Anne-Marie Cocula (DVG): 9th Vice President
Rose-Marie Schmitt (Green): 10th Vice President
Henri Houdebert (PS): 11th Vice President
François Maïtia (PS): 12th Vice President
Béatrice Gendreau (PS): 13th Vice President
Jean Lissar (Green): 14th Vice President
Stéphane Delpeyrat (PS): 15th Vice President

List of presidents

Presidents of Aquitaine
President	Party	Term
Jacques Chaban-Delmas	UDR	1974-1979
André Labarrère	PS	1979-1981
Philippe Madrelle	PS	1981-1985
Jacques Chaban-Delmas	RPR	1985-1988
Jean Tavernier	RPR	1988-1992
Jacques Valade	RPR	1992-1998
Alain Rousset	PS	1998-

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Aquitaine (Conseil régional d'Aquitaine) is composed of 85 councillors, elected by proportional representation in a two-round system. The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The remainder of the seats are allocated through proportional representation with a 5% threshold.

The council is elected for a six-year term.

Current composition

Party		seats
•	Socialist Party	43
	Union for a Popular Movement	12
	Union for French Democracy	9
•	The Greens	9
	National Front	7
•	Miscellaneous Left	4
•	Left Radical Party	1

Elections

Other elections

In the 2007 legislative election, the PS won 16 seats, the UMP won 7, and the MoDem won two. In addition, the New Centre won one seat, as did the Greens.^[1]

References

^ "Election Resources on the Internet: Presidential and Legislative Elections in France - Results Lookup".

External links

Aquitaine Region

[1] "Election Resources on the Internet: Presidential and Legislative Elections in France - Results Lookup".

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