List of presidents of departmental councils (France)
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:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- 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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Women presidents
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| 1970–1982 | Évelyne Baylet | Tarn-et-Garonne | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1982–1985 | Lucette Michaux-Chevry | Guadeloupe | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1985–1994 | Template:Ill | Lozère | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1991–2011 | Anne d'Ornano | Calvados | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1998–2004 | Marisol Touraine | Indre-et-Loire | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2004–2015 | Marie-Françoise Pérol-Dumont | Haute-Vienne | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2004–2017 | Nassimah Dindar | Réunion | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2008–2011 | Template:Ill | Indre-et-Loire | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2008–2011 | Josette Durrieu | Hautes-Pyrénées | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2010–present | Hermeline Malherbe-Laurent | Pyrénées-Orientales | <ref name=":0" /> | ||
| 2011–2015 | Josette Manin | Martinique | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2014–present | Anne Hidalgo | Paris | <ref name=":1" /> |
List of the presidents of the departmental councils
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Since !Ref. |- | style="background:#0066cc"| 01 |Ain |Jean Deguerry |The Republicans |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#00ffff;"| 02 |Aisne |Nicolas Fricoteaux |Union of Democrats and Independents |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#00ffff;"| 03 |Allier |Claude Riboulet |Union of Democrats and Independents |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 04 |Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |Éliane Barreille |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 05 |Hautes-Alpes |Jean-Marie Bernard |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|06 |Alpes-Maritimes |Charles-Ange Ginésy |The Republicans |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 07 |Ardèche |Olivier Amrane |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|08 |Ardennes |Noël Bourgeois |The Republicans |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 09 |Ariège |Christine Téqui |Socialist Party |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"|10 |Aube |Philippe Pichery |Miscellaneous Right |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 11 |Aude |Hélène Sandragné |Socialist Party |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|12 |Aveyron |Arnaud Viala |The Republicans |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 13 |Bouches-du-Rhône |Martine Vassal |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#00ffff;"|14 |Calvados |Jean-Léonce Dupont |Union of Democrats and Independents |2011 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|15 |Cantal |Bruno Faure |The Republicans |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"| 16 |Charente |Philippe Bouty |Miscellaneous Right |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |-{ | style="background:#adc1fd;"|17 |Charente-Maritime |Sylvie Marcilly |Miscellaneous Right |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 18 |Cher |Jacques Fleury |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 19 |Corrèze |Pascal Coste |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#00ffff;"|21 |Côte-d'Or |François Sauvadet |Union of Democrats and Independents |2008 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 22 |Côtes-d'Armor |Christian Coail |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 23 |Creuse |Valérie Simonet |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 24 |Dordogne |Germinal Peiro |Socialist Party |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"| 25 |Doubs |Christine Bouquin |Miscellaneous Right |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 26 |Drôme |Marie-Pierre Mouton |The Republicans |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd";| 27 |Eure |Alexandre Rassaërt |Miscellaneous right |2022 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|28 |Eure-et-Loir |Christophe Le Dorven |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#72A0C1;"| 29 |Finistère |Maël de Calan |Union of the Centre and Right |2021 |<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 30 |Gard |Françoise Laurent-Perrigot |Socialist Party |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 31 |Haute-Garonne |Sébastien Vincini |Socialist Party |2022 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 32 |Gers |Philippe Dupouy |Socialist Party |2022 |<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 33 |Gironde |Jean-Luc Gleyze |Socialist Party |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 34 |Hérault |Kléber Mesquida |Socialist Party |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 35 |Ille-et-Vilaine |Jean-Luc Chenut |Socialist Party |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|36 |Indre |Marc Fleuret |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#72A0C1;"| 37 |Indre-et-Loire |Jean-Gérard Paumier |Union of the Centre and Right |2016 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 38 |Isère |Jean-Pierre Barbier |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"| 39 |Jura |Clément Pernot |Miscellaneous Right |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 40 |Landes |Xavier Fortinon |Socialist Party |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"|41 |Loir-et-Cher |Philippe Gouet |Union of Democrats and Independents |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|42 |Loire |George Ziegler |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|43 |Haute-Loire |Marie-Agnès Petit |The Republicans |2014 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 44 |Loire-Atlantique |Michel Ménard |Socialist Party |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"|45 |Loiret |Marc Gaudet |Miscellaneous right |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ffc0c0;"| 46 |Lot |Serge Rigal |Miscellaneous left |2014 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 47 |Lot-et-Garonne |Sophie Borderie |Socialist Party |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"|48 |Lozère |Sophie Pantel |Socialist Party |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"|49 |Maine-et-Loire |Florence Dabin |Miscellaneous Right |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"|50 |Manche |Jean Morin |Miscellaneous Right |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"|51 |Marne |Christian Bruyen |Miscellaneous Right |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"|52 |Haute-Marne |Nicolas Lacroix |The Republicans |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"|53 |Mayenne |Olivier Richefou |Centrist Alliance |2014 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 54 |Meurthe-et-Moselle |Chaynesse Khirouni |Socialist Party |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"|55 |Meuse |Jérôme Dumont |Miscellaneous Right |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#72a0c1;"|56 |Morbihan |David Lappartient |Union of the Centre and Right |2021 |<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"| 57 |Moselle |Patrick Weiten |Miscellaneous Right |2011 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 58 |Nièvre |Fabien Bazin |Socialist Party |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 59 |Nord |Christian Poiret |Socialist Party |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 60 |Oise |Nadège Lefebvre |The Republicans |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|61 |Orne |Christophe de Balorre |The Republicans |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 62 |Pas-de-Calais |Jean-Claude Leroy |Socialist Party |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 63 |Puy-de-Dôme |Lionel Chauvin |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff9900;"| 64 |Pyrénées-Atlantiques |Jean-Jacques Lasserre |Democratic Movement |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ffd1dc;"|65 |Hautes-Pyrénées |Michel Pélieu |Radical Party of the Left |2011 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ffc0c0;"| 66 |Pyrénées-Orientales |Hermeline Malherbe-Laurent |Miscellaneous Left |2010 |<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 69 |Rhône |Christophe Guilloteau |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| 69M |Lyon |Bruno Bernard |Europe Ecology - The Greens |2020 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 70 |Haute-Saône |Yves Krattinger |Socialist Party |2001 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| 71 |Saône-et-Loire |André Accary |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|72 |Sarthe |Dominique Le Mèner |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|73 |Savoie |Hervé Gaymard |The Republicans |2008 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|74 |Haute-Savoie |Martial Saddier |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 75 |Paris |Anne Hidalgo |Socialist Party |2014 |<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| 76 |Seine-Maritime |Bertrand Bellanger |Renaissance |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 77 |Seine-et-Marne |Jean-François Parigi |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"|78 |Yvelines |Pierre Bédier |The Republicans |2014 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"| 79 |Deux-Sèvres |Coralie Dénoues |Miscellaneous Right |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"| 80 |Somme |Stéphane Haussoulier |Miscellaneous Right |2020 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 81 |Tarn |Christophe Ramond |Socialist Party |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 82 |Tarn-et-Garonne |Michel Weill |Socialist Party |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|83 |Var |Marc Giraud |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 84 |Vaucluse |Dominique Santoni |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|85 |Vendée |Alain Leboeuf |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#adc1fd;"|86 |Vienne |Alain Pichon |Miscellaneous Right |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 87 |Haute-Vienne |Jean-Claude Leblois |Socialist Party |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|88 |Vosges |François Vannson |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 89 |Yonne |Patrick Gendraud |The Republicans |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 90 |Territoire de Belfort |Florian Bouquet |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 91 |Essonne |François Durovray |The Republicans |2015 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|92 |Hauts-de-Seine |Georges Siffredi |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#ff8080;"| 93 |Seine-Saint-Denis |Stéphane Troussel |Socialist Party |2012 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 94 |Val-de-Marne |Olivier Capitanio |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"| 95 |Val-d’Oise |Marie-Christine Cavecchi |The Republicans |2017 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"|971 |Guadeloupe |Guy Losbar |United Guadeloupe, Socialism and Realities |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"|972 |Martinique |Serge Letchimy |Martinican Progressive Party |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"|973 |Guyane |Alain Tien-Liong |Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement |2008 | |- | style="background:#ffc0c0;"|974 |Réunion |Cyrille Melchior |Miscellaneous Left |2017 |<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"|975 |Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (overseas collectivity) |Bernard Briand |Archipelago Tomorrow |2021 |<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | style="background:#0066cc;"|976 |Mayotte |Ben Issa Ousseni |The Republicans |2021 |<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |}
Allowance
The president of a department council has a maximum allowance of Template:Euro per month, the vice-presidents has a maximum allowance of Template:Euro-725.44, members of the standing committee have maximum allowances of Template:Euro-927.13, and departmental advisors have maximum allowances of Template:Euro-2,626 per month.<ref>Circular of 9 October 2008 setting maximum allowances for local elected 1 October 2008. Government of France.</ref>