President of the Regional Council (France)
Appearance
The following is a list of current presidents of the regional councils of France and the Corsican Assembly.
List
[edit]Since 2011, the Departmental Council of Mayotte has simultaneously exercised the competencies of a regional council.
Since 2015, the Regional Council of Martinique and the Regional Council of French Guiana have been merged with their respective departmental councils to form a single territorial structure of governance.
List
[edit]Summary
[edit]By party
[edit]Party | Number of presidents | |
---|---|---|
Left | PLR | 1 |
PS | 5 | |
DVG | 1 | |
Total left | 7 | |
Right | LC | 1 |
DVD | 1 | |
LR | 6 | |
Total right | 8 | |
Regionalist | Péyi G | 1 |
PPM | 1 | |
GUSR | 1 | |
FaC | 2 | |
Total regionalists | 5 |
By sex
[edit]Sex | Number of presidents |
---|---|
Male | 14 |
Female | 6 |
Historic presidents
[edit]Current regions
[edit]Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
LR | Laurent Wauquiez | Since 2016 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
CD | René Pleven | 1974–1976 | |
CD, UDF | André Colin | 1976–1978 | |
UDF | Raymond Marcellin | 1978–1986 | |
RPR | Yvon Bourges | 1986–1998 | |
UMP | Josselin de Rohan | 1998–2004 | |
PS | Jean-Yves Le Drian | 2004–2012 | |
PS | Pierrick Massiot | 2012–2015 | |
PS | Jean-Yves Le Drian | 2015–2017 | |
PS | Loïg Chesnais-Girard | Since 2017 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
PS | Marie-Guite Dufay | Since 2016 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
RI | Raymond Boisdé | 1974–1976 | |
UDF | Pierre Sudreau | 1976–1979 | |
UDF | Jean Delaneau | 1979–1983 | |
UDF | Daniel Bernardet | 1983–1985 | |
UDF | Maurice Dousset | 1985–1998 | |
UDF | Bernard Harang | 1998 | |
RPR | Lydie Gerbaud | 1998 | |
PS | Michel Sapin | 1998–2000 | |
PS | Jean Germain | 2000 | |
PS | Alain Rafesthain | 2000–2004 | |
PS | Michel Sapin | 2004–2007 | |
PS | Jean Germain | 2007 | |
PS | François Bonneau | Since 2007 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
LR | Philippe Richert | 2016–2017 | |
UDI | Jean-Luc Bohl | 2017 | |
LR | Jean Rottner | Since 2017 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
FGPS | Pierre Mathieu | 1975–1980 | |
FGPS | Robert Pentier | 1980–1981 | |
UDF | Marcel Esdras | 1981–1982 | |
PCG | Marcel Gargar | 1982–1983 | |
RPR | José Moustache | 1983–1986 | |
FGPS | Félix Proto | 1986–1992 | |
RPR, UMP | Lucette Michaux-Chevry | 1992–2004 | |
FGPS | Victorin Lurel | 2004–2012 | |
FGPS | Josette Borel-Lincertin | 2012–2014 | |
FGPS | Victorin Lurel | 2014–2015 | |
GUSR | Ary Chalus | Since 2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
LR | Xavier Bertrand | Since 2016 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
RPR | Michel Giraud | 1976–1988 | |
RPR | Pierre-Charles Krieg | 1988–1992 | |
RPR | Michel Giraud | 1992–1998 | |
PS | Jean-Paul Huchon | 1998–2015 | |
LR-SL | Valérie Pécresse | Since 2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
LC | Hervé Morin | Since 2016 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
PS | Alain Rousset | Since 2016 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
PS | Carole Delga | Since 2016 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
RPR | Vincent Ansquer | 1974 | |
RPR | Olivier Guichard | 1974–1998 | |
RPR | François Fillon | 1998–2002 | |
UMP | Jean-Luc Harousseau | 2002–2004 | |
PS | Jacques Auxiette | 2004–2015 | |
LR | Bruno Retailleau | 2015–2017 | |
LR | Christelle Morançais | Since 2017 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
PS | Gaston Defferre | 1974–1981 | |
PS | Michel Pezet | 1981–1986 | |
UDF | Jean-Claude Gaudin | 1986–1998 | |
PS | Michel Vauzelle | 1998–2015 | |
LR | Christian Estrosi | 2015–2017 | |
LR, DVD | Renaud Muselier | Since 2017 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
UDF | Marcel Cerneau | 1973–1978 | |
RPR | Yves Barau | 1978–1983 | |
PCR | Mario Hoarau | 1983–1986 | |
UDF | Pierre Lagourgue | 1986–1992 | |
Free Dom | Camille Sudre | 1992–1993 | |
Free Dom | Margie Sudre | 1993–1998 | |
PCR | Paul Vergès | 1998–2010 | |
UMP, LR, OR | Didier Robert | 2010–2021 | |
PLR | Huguette Bello | Since 2021 |
Collectivities
[edit]Corsica
[edit]Regional Council of Corsica (1974–1982)
[edit]Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
Radical | François Giacobbi | 1974–1979 | |
Radical | Jean Filippi | 1979–1982 |
Corsican Assembly (since 1982)
[edit]Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
MRG | Prosper Alfonsi | 1982–1984 | |
RPR | Jean-Paul de Rocca Serra | 1984–1998 | |
UDF | José Rossi | 1998–2004 | |
UMP | Camille de Rocca Serra | 2004–2010 | |
PCF | Dominique Bucchini | 2010–2015 | |
CL | Jean-Guy Talamoni | 2015–2021 | |
FaC | Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis | Since 2021 |
Executive Council of Corsica (since 1992)
[edit]Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
DVD | Jean Baggioni | 1992–2004 | |
UMP | Ange Santini | 2004–2010 | |
DVG | Paul Giacobbi | 2010–2015 | |
FaC | Gilles Simeoni | Since 2015 |
French Guiana
[edit]Regional Council of French Guiana (1974–2015)
[edit]Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
UDF | Serge Patient | 1974–1980 | |
PSG | Jacques Lony | 1980–1982 | |
PS | Georges Othily | 1982–1992 | |
PSG | Antoine Karam | 1992–2010 | |
DVG | Rodolphe Alexandre | 2010–2015 |
Assembly of French Guiana (since 2015)
[edit]Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
DVG | Rodolphe Alexandre | Since 2015 |
Martinique
[edit]Regional Council of Martinique (1974–2015)
[edit]Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
RPR | Camille Petit | 1974–1983 | |
PPM | Aimé Césaire | 1983–1986 | |
PPM | Camille Darsières | 1986–1992 | |
PCM | Émile Capgras | 1992–1998 | |
MIM | Alfred Marie-Jeanne | 1998–2010 | |
PPM | Serge Letchimy | 2010–2015 |
Assembly of Martinique (since 2015)
[edit]Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
RDM | Claude Lise | 2015–2021 | |
DVG | Lucien Saliber | Since 2021 |
Executive Council of Martinique (since 2015)
[edit]Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
MIM | Alfred Marie-Jeanne | 2015–2021 | |
PPM | Serge Letchimy | Since 2021 |
Mayotte
[edit]Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
UDF | Younoussa Bamana | 1977–1991 | |
DIV | Hamissi Assani | 1991 | |
UDF | Younoussa Bamana | 1991–2004 | |
NÉMA | Saïd Omar Oili | 2004–2008 | |
UMP | Ahmed Attoumani Douchina | 2008–2011 | |
MDM | Daniel Zaïdani | 2011–2015 | |
UMP, LR | Soibahadine Ibrahim Ramadani | 2015–2021 | |
LR | Ben Issa Ousséni | Since 2021 |
Former regions
[edit]Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
UDR | André Bord | 1973–1977 | |
UDF | Pierre Schielé | 1977–1980 | |
UDF | Marcel Rudloff | 1980–1996 | |
UMP | Adrien Zeller | 1996–2009 | |
UMP | André Reichardt | 2009–2010 | |
UMP | Philippe Richert | 2010–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
UDF | Jean Morellon | 1974–1977 | |
RPR | Augustin Chauvet | 1977 | |
PS | Maurice Pourchon | 1977–1986 | |
UDF | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 1986–2004 | |
PS | Pierre-Joël Bonté | 2004–2006 | |
PS | René Souchon | 2006–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
RPR | Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 1974–1979 | |
PS | André Labarrère | 1979–1981 | |
PS | Philippe Madrelle | 1981–1985 | |
RPR | Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 1985–1988 | |
UDF | Jean François-Poncet | 1988 | |
UDF | Jean Tavernier | 1988–1992 | |
RPR | Jacques Valade | 1992–1998 | |
PS | Alain Rousset | 1998–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
RI | Jean Chamant | 1974–1978 | |
UDF | Marcel Lucotte | 1978–1979 | |
PS | Pierre Joxe | 1979–1982 | |
PS | André Billardon | 1982–1983 | |
CDS | Frédéric Lescure | 1983–1985 | |
UDF | Marcel Lucotte | 1985–1989 | |
UDF | Raymond Janot | 1989–1992 | |
UDF | Jean-Pierre Soisson | 1992–1993 | |
RPR | Jean-François Bazin | 1993–1998 | |
UDF | Jean-Pierre Soisson | 1998–2004 | |
PS | François Patriat | 2004–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
RPR | Jacques Sourdille | 1974–1981 | |
UDF | Bernard Stasi | 1981–1988 | |
RPR | Jean Kaltenbach | 1988–1998 | |
UDF | Jean-Claude Étienne | 1998–2004 | |
PS | Jean-Paul Bachy | 2004–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
UDR | Edgar Faure | 1974–1981 | |
PS | Jean-Pierre Chevènement | 1981–1982 | |
GD | Edgar Faure | 1982–1988 | |
RPR | Pierre Chantelat | 1988–1998 | |
UDF | Jean-François Humbert | 1998–2004 | |
PS | Raymond Forni | 2004–2008 | |
PS | Marie-Guite Dufay | 2008–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
PS | Francis Vals | 1974 | |
PS | Edgar Tailhades | 1974–1983 | |
PS | Robert Capdeville | 1983–1986 | |
UDF | Jacques Blanc | 1986–2004 | |
PS | Georges Frêche | 2004–2010 | |
PS | Christian Bourquin | 2010–2014 | |
PS | Damien Alary | 2014–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
PS | André Chandernagor | 1974–1981 | |
PS | Louis Longequeue | 1981–1986 | |
PS | Robert Savy | 1986–2004 | |
PS | Jean-Paul Denanot | 2004–2014 | |
PS | Gérard Vandenbroucke | 2014–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
CNIP, FNRI | Jean Vilmain | 1974–1976 | |
RAD, UDF | Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber | 1976–1978 | |
RPR | Pierre Messmer | 1978–1979 | |
RPR | André Madoux | 1979–1982 | |
DVD | Jean-Marie Rausch | 1982–1992 | |
UDF | Gérard Longuet | 1992–2004 | |
PS | Jean-Pierre Masseret | 2004–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
PS | Alain Savary | 1973–1981 | |
PS | Alex Raymond | 1981–1986 | |
UDF | Dominique Baudis | 1986–1988 | |
UDF | Marc Censi | 1988–1998 | |
PS | Martin Malvy | 1998–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
PS | Pierre Mauroy | 1974–1981 | |
PS | Noël Josèphe | 1981–1992 | |
Les Verts | Marie-Christine Blandin | 1992–1998 | |
PS | Michel Delebarre | 1998–2001 | |
PS | Daniel Percheron | 2001–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
RI | Michel d'Ornano | 1974 | |
RI | Léon Jozeau-Marigné | 1974–1978 | |
DVD | Paul German | 1978–1982 | |
UDF | Léon Jozeau-Marigné | 1982–1983 | |
UDF | Michel d'Ornano | 1983–1986 | |
UDF | René Garrec | 1986–2004 | |
PS | Philippe Duron | 2004–2008 | |
PS | Laurent Beauvais | 2008–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
CD | Jean Lecanuet | 1974 | |
RI | André Bettencourt | 1974–1981 | |
PS | Laurent Fabius | 1981–1982 | |
PS | Tony Larue | 1982 | |
RPR | Roger Fossé | 1982–1992 | |
RPR | Antoine Rufenacht | 1992–1998 | |
RPR | Jean-Paul Gauzès | 1998 | |
PS | Alain Le Vern | 1998–2012 | |
PS | Emmanuèle Jeandet-Mengual | 2012–2013 | |
PS | Alain Le Vern | 2013 | |
PS | Emmanuèle Jeandet-Mengual | 2013 | |
PS | Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol | 2013–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
CNIP | Jean Legendre | 1974–1976 | |
UDF | Charles Baur | 1976–1978 | |
DVG | Max Lejeune | 1978–1979 | |
DVD | Jacques Mossion | 1979–1980 | |
PCF | Raymond Maillet | 1980–1981 | |
PS | René Dosière | 1981–1983 | |
PS | Walter Amsallem | 1983–1985 | |
UDF | Charles Baur | 1985–2004 | |
PS | Claude Gewerc | 2004–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
Lucien Grand | 1974–1976 | ||
CNIP | Jacques Fouchier | 1976–1978 | |
RPR | Francis Hardy | 1978–1980 | |
UDF | Fernand Chaussebourg | 1980–1981 | |
Michel Boucher | 1981–1982 | ||
PS | Jacques Santrot | 1982 | |
PS | Raoul Cartraud | 1982–1985 | |
UDF | René Monory | 1985–1986 | |
UDF | Louis Fruchard | 1986–1988 | |
UDF | Jean-Pierre Raffarin | 1988–2002 | |
Dominique de La Martinière | 2002 | ||
UMP | Élisabeth Morin-Chartier | 2002–2004 | |
PS | Ségolène Royal | 2004–2014 | |
PS | Jean-François Macaire | 2014–2015 |
Party | President | In office | |
---|---|---|---|
FNRI, UDF | Paul Ribeyre | 1974–1980 | |
UDF | Michel Durafour | 1980–1981 | |
UDF | Charles Béraudier | 1981–1988 | |
UDF | Charles Millon | 1988–1999 | |
UDF | Anne-Marie Comparini | 1999–2004 | |
PS | Jean-Jack Queyranne | 2004–2015 |