General councils (France)

The general councils (French: conseil général (sing.), conseils généraux (plur.)) of France are assemblies of the departments. They are elected by universal suffrage.

List of the presidents of the general councils

Number	Départment (or collectivity)	Président	Party	Since
	01	Ain	Rachel Mazuir	Socialist Party	2008
	02	Aisne	Yves Daudigny	Socialist Party	2001
	03	Allier	Jean-Paul Dufregne	French Communist Party	2008
	04	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	Jean-Louis Bianco	Socialist Party	1998
	05	Hautes-Alpes	Jean-Yves Dusserre	Union for a Popular Movement	2008
	06	Alpes-Maritimes	Éric Ciotti	Union for a Popular Movement	2008
	07	Ardèche	Pascal Terrasse	Socialist Party	2006
	08	Ardennes	Benoît Huré	Union for a Popular Movement	2004
	09	Ariège	Augustin Bonrepaux	Socialist Party	2001
	10	Aube	Philippe Adnot	Liberal and Moderate Movement	1990
	11	Aude	Marcel Rainaud	Socialist Party	1998
	12	Aveyron	Jean-Claude Luche	Union for a Popular Movement	2008
	13	Bouches-du-Rhône	Jean-Noël Guérini	Socialist Party	1998
	14	Calvados	Anne d'Ornano	Miscellaneous Right	1991
	15	Cantal	Vincent Descœur	Union for a Popular Movement	2001
	16	Charente	Michel Boutant	Socialist Party	2004
	17	Charente-Maritime	Dominique Bussereau	Union for a Popular Movement	2008
	18	Cher	Alain Rafesthain	Socialist Party	2004
	19	Corrèze	François Hollande	Socialist Party	2008
	2A	Corse-du-Sud	Jean-Jacques Panunzi	Union for a Popular Movement	2006
	2B	Haute-Corse	Joseph Castelli	Left Radical Party	2010
	21	Côte-d'Or	François Sauvadet	New Centre	2008
	22	Côtes-d'Armor	Claudy Lebreton	Socialist Party	1997
	23	Creuse	Jean-Jacques Lozach	Socialist Party	2001
	24	Dordogne	Bernard Cazeau	Socialist Party	1994
	25	Doubs	Claude Jeannerot	Socialist Party	2004
	26	Drôme	Didier Guillaume	Socialist Party	2004
	27	Eure	Jean-Louis Destans	Socialist Party	2001
	28	Eure-et-Loir	Albéric de Montgolfier	Union for a Popular Movement	2001
	29	Finistère	Pierre Maille	Socialist Party	1998
	30	Gard	Damien Alary	Socialist Party	2001
	31	Haute-Garonne	Pierre Izard	Socialist Party	1988
	32	Gers	Philippe Martin	Socialist Party	1998
	33	Gironde	Philippe Madrelle	Socialist Party	1988
	34	Hérault	André Vezinhet	Socialist Party	1998
	35	Ille-et-Vilaine	Jean-Louis Tourenne	Socialist Party	2004
	36	Indre	Louis Pinton	Union for a Popular Movement	1998
	37	Indre-et-Loire	Claude Roiron	Socialist Party	2008
	38	Isère	Alain Cottalorda	Socialist Party	2014
	39	Jura	Jean Raquin	Miscellaneous Right	2008
	40	Landes	Henri Emmanuelli	Socialist Party	1982
	41	Loir-et-Cher	Maurice Leroy	New Centre	2004
	42	Loire	Bernard Bonne	Union for a Popular Movement	2008
	43	Haute-Loire	Gérard Roche	Union for a Popular Movement	2004
	44	Loire-Atlantique	Patrick Mareschal	Socialist Party	2004
	45	Loiret	Éric Doligé	Union for a Popular Movement	1994
	46	Lot	Gérard Miquel	Socialist Party	2004
	47	Lot-et-Garonne	Pierre Camani	Socialist Party	2008
	48	Lozère	Jean-Paul Pourquier	Union for a Popular Movement	2004
	49	Maine-et-Loire	Christophe Béchu	Union for a Popular Movement	2004
	50	Manche	Jean-François Le Grand	Union for a Popular Movement	1998
	51	Marne	René-Paul Savary	Union for a Popular Movement	2003
	52	Haute-Marne	Bruno Sido	Union for a Popular Movement	1998
	53	Mayenne	Jean Arthuis	Miscellaneous Centre	1992
	54	Meurthe-et-Moselle	Michel Dinet	Socialist Party	1998
	55	Meuse	Christian Namy	Miscellaneous Right	2004
	56	Morbihan	Joseph-François Kerguéris	Democratic Movement	2004
	57	Moselle	Philippe Leroy	Union for a Popular Movement	1992
	58	Nièvre	Marcel Charmant	Socialist Party	2001
	59	Nord	Patrick Kanner	Socialist Party	1998
	60	Oise	Yves Rome	Socialist Party	2004
	61	Orne	Alain Lambert	Union for a Popular Movement	2007
	62	Pas-de-Calais	Dominique Dupilet	Socialist Party	2004
	63	Puy-de-Dôme	Jean-Yves Gouttebel	Socialist Party	2004
	64	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Jean Castaings	Union for a Popular Movement	2008
	65	Hautes-Pyrénées	Josette Durrieu	Socialist Party	2008
	66	Pyrénées-Orientales	Christian Bourquin	Socialist Party	1998
	67	Bas-Rhin	Guy-Dominique Kennel	Union for a Popular Movement	2008
	68	Haut-Rhin	Charles Buttner	Union for a Popular Movement	2004
	69	Rhône	Michel Mercier	Miscellaneous Centre	1990
	70	Haute-Saône	Yves Krattinger	Socialist Party	2002
	71	Saône-et-Loire	Arnaud Montebourg	Socialist Party	2008
	72	Sarthe	Roland du Luart	Union for a Popular Movement	1998
	73	Savoie	Hervé Gaymard	Union for a Popular Movement	2008
	74	Haute-Savoie	Christian Monteil	Miscellaneous Right	2008
	75	Paris	Bertrand Delanoë	Socialist Party	2001
	76	Seine-Maritime	Didier Marie	Socialist Party	2004
	77	Seine-et-Marne	Vincent Eblé	Socialist Party	2004
	78	Yvelines	Pierre Bédier	Union for a Popular Movement	2005
	79	Deux-Sèvres	Éric Gautier	Socialist Party	2008
	80	Somme	Christian Manable	Socialist Party	2008
	81	Tarn	Thierry Carcenac	Socialist Party	1991
	82	Tarn-et-Garonne	Jean-Michel Baylet	Left Radical Party	1986
	83	Var	Horace Lanfranchi	Union for a Popular Movement	2002
	84	Vaucluse	Claude Haut	Socialist Party	2001
	85	Vendée	Philippe de Villiers	Movement for France	1988
	86	Vienne	Claude Bertaud	Union for a Popular Movement	2008
	87	Haute-Vienne	Marie-Françoise Pérol-Dumont	Socialist Party	2004
	88	Vosges	Christian Poncelet	Union for a Popular Movement	1976
	89	Yonne	Jean-Marie Rolland	Union for a Popular Movement	2008
	90	Territoire de Belfort	Yves Ackermann	Socialist Party	2004
	91	Essonne	Michel Berson	Socialist Party	1998
	92	Hauts-de-Seine	Patrick Devedjian	Union for a Popular Movement	2007
	93	Seine-Saint-Denis	Claude Bartolone	Socialist Party	2008
	94	Val-de-Marne	Christian Favier	French Communist Party	2001
	95	Val-d’Oise	Arnaud Bazin	Union for a Popular Movement	2011
	971	Guadeloupe	Jacques Gillot	United Guadeloupe, Socialism and Realities	2001
	972	Martinique	Claude Lise	Martinican Democratic Rally	1992
	973	Guyane	Alain Tien-Liong	Miscellaneous Left	2008
	974	Réunion	Nassimah Dindar	Union for a Popular Movement	2004
	975	Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (overseas collect.)	Stéphane Artano	Archipelago Tomorrow	2006
	976	Mayotte	Ahmed Attoumani Douchina	Union for a Popular Movement	2008

See also

• President of the General Council
• Regional Council (France)

External links

• Présidents elected on 20 March 2008