President of the Regional Council (France)
Political affiliation of officeholders:
Regionalist parties
The following is a list of current presidents of the regional councils of France and the Corsican Assembly.
List[]
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[]
| Region | President | Sex | Party | Party Positioning | Since | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Laurent Wauquiez | 
|
M | LR | Right | 4 January 2016 | |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Marie-Guite Dufay | 
|
F | PS | Left | 4 January 2016
President of the Regional Council of Franche-Comté from 5 January 2008 until 31 December 2015. | |
| Brittany | Loïg Chesnais-Girard | 
|
M | PS | Left | 22 June 2017 | |
| Centre-Val de Loire | François Bonneau | 
|
M | PS | Left | 7 September 2007 | |
| Corsica | Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis
President of the Corsican Assembly |
F | FaC | Regionalist center | 1 July 2021 | ||
| Gilles Simeoni
President of the Executive Council of Corsica |
|
M | FaC | Regionalist center | 17 December 2015 | ||
| Guadeloupe | Ary Chalus | 
|
M | GUSR | Regionalist center | 18 December 2015 | |
| French Guiana | Gabriel Serville
President of the Assembly of French Guiana |
|
M | Péyi G | Regionalist left | 2 July 2021 | |
| Grand Est | Jean Rottner | 
|
M | LR | Right | 20 October 2017 | |
| Hauts-de-France | Xavier Bertrand | 
|
M | LR | Right | 4 January 2016 | |
| Île-de-France | Valérie Pécresse | 
|
F | LR | Right | 18 December 2015 | |
| Martinique |
President of the Assembly of Martinique |
|
M | DVG | Left | 2 July 2021 | |
| Serge Letchimy
President of the |
|
M | PPM | Regionalist left | 2 July 2021 | ||
| Mayotte | Ben Issa Ousséni
President of the Departmental Council of Mayotte |
|
M | LR | Right | 1 July 2021 | |
| Normandy | Hervé Morin | 
|
M | LC | Right | 4 January 2016 | |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Alain Rousset | 
|
M | PS | Left | 4 January 2016
Président of the Regional Council of Aquitaine from 20 March 1998 until 31 December 2015. | |
| Occitanie | Carole Delga | 
|
F | PS | Left | 4 January 2016 | |
| Pays de la Loire | Christelle Morançais |
|
F | LR | Right | 19 October 2017 | |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | Renaud Muselier | 
|
M | DVD | Right | 15 May 2017 | |
| Réunion | Huguette Bello | 
|
F | PLR | Left | 2 July 2021 | |
Summary[]
By party[]
| Party | Number of presidents | |
|---|---|---|
| Left | PLR | 1 |
| PS | 5 | |
| DVG | 1 | |
| Total left | 7 | |
| Right | LC | 1 |
| DVD | 1 | |
| LR | 6 | |
| Total droite | 8 | |
| Regionalist | Péyi G | 1 |
| PPM | 1 | |
| GUSR | 1 | |
| FaC | 2 | |
| Total régionalistes | 5 | |
By sex[]
| Sex | Number of presidents |
|---|---|
| Male | 14 |
| Female | 6 |
Historic presidents[]
Current regions[]
Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LR | Laurent Wauquiez | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Brittany[]
| 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 | 2012—2015 | ||
| PS | Jean-Yves Le Drian | 2015—2017 | |
| PS | Loïg Chesnais-Girard | Since 2017 | |
Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Marie-Guite Dufay | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RI | 1974—1976 | ||
| UDF | Pierre Sudreau | 1976—1979 | |
| UDF | 1979—1983 | ||
| UDF | 1983—1985 | ||
| UDF | 1985—1998 | ||
| UDF | 1998 | ||
| RPR | 1998 | ||
| PS | Michel Sapin | 1998—2000 | |
| PS | Jean Germain | 2000 | |
| PS | 2000—2004 | ||
| PS | Michel Sapin | 2004—2007 | |
| PS | Jean Germain | 2007 | |
| PS | François Bonneau | Since 2007 | |
Regional Council of Grand Est[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LR | Philippe Richert | 2016—2017 | |
| UDI | 2017 | ||
| LR | Jean Rottner | Since 2017 | |
Regional Council of Guadeloupe[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FGPS | 1975—1980 | ||
| FGPS | 1980—1981 | ||
| UDF | Marcel Esdras | 1981—1982 | |
| PCG | Marcel Gargar | 1982—1983 | |
| RPR | José Moustache | 1983—1986 | |
| FGPS | 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 | |
Regional Council of Hauts-de-France[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LR | Xavier Bertrand | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Île-de-France[]
| 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 | |
Regional Council of Normandy[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LC | Hervé Morin | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Alain Rousset | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Occitanie[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Carole Delga | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Pays de la Loire[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RPR | 1974 | ||
| RPR | Olivier Guichard | 1974—1998 | |
| RPR | François Fillon | 1998—2002 | |
| UMP | 2002—2004 | ||
| PS | Jacques Auxiette | 2004—2015 | |
| LR | Bruno Retailleau | 2015—2017 | |
| LR | Christelle Morançais | Since 2017 | |
Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[]
| 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 | |
Regional Council of Réunion[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | 1973—1978 | ||
| RPR | 1978—1983 | ||
| PCR | 1983—1986 | ||
| UDF | 1986—1992 | ||
| 1992—1993 | |||
| Margie Sudre | 1993—1998 | ||
| PCR | Paul Vergès | 1998—2010 | |
| UMP, LR, OR | Didier Robert | 2010—2021 | |
| PLR | Huguette Bello | Since 2021 | |
Collectivities[]
Corsica[]
Regional Council of Corsica (1974—1982)[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | 1974—1979 | ||
| Radical | Jean Filippi | 1979—1982 | |
Corsican Assembly (since 1982)[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRG | 1982—1984 | ||
| RPR | 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)[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DVD | 1992—2004 | ||
| UMP | 2004—2010 | ||
| DVG | Paul Giacobbi | 2010—2015 | |
| FaC | Gilles Simeoni | Since 2015 | |
French Guiana[]
Regional Council of French Guiana (1974—2015)[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | 1974—1980 | ||
| PSG | 1980—1982 | ||
| PS | Georges Othily | 1982—1992 | |
| PSG | Antoine Karam | 1992—2010 | |
| DVG | Rodolphe Alexandre | 2010—2015 | |
Assembly of French Guiana (since 2015)[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DVG | Rodolphe Alexandre | Since 2015 | |
Martinique[]
Regional Council of Martinique (1974—2015)[]
| 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)[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RDM | Claude Lise | 2015—2021 | |
| DVG | Since 2021 | ||
(since 2015)[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIM | Alfred Marie-Jeanne | 2015—2021 | |
| PPM | Serge Letchimy | Since 2021 | |
Mayotte[]
Departmental Council of Mayotte[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | Younoussa Bamana | 1977—1991 | |
| DIV | Hamissi Assani | 1991 | |
| UDF | Younoussa Bamana | 1991—2004 | |
| Saïd Omar Oili | 2004—2008 | ||
| UMP | Ahmed Attoumani Douchina | 2008—2011 | |
| MDM | Daniel Zaïdani | 2011—2015 | |
| UMP, LR | Soibahadine Ibrahim Ramadani | 2015—2021 | |
| LR | Since 2021 | ||
Former regions[]
Regional Council of Alsace[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDR | André Bord | 1973—1977 | |
| UDF | 1977—1980 | ||
| UDF | 1980—1996 | ||
| UMP | Adrien Zeller | 1996—2009 | |
| UMP | 2009—2010 | ||
| UMP | Philippe Richert | 2010—2015 | |
Regional Council of Auvergne[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | 1974—1977 | ||
| RPR | 1977 | ||
| PS | 1977—1986 | ||
| UDF | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 1986—2004 | |
| PS | 2004—2006 | ||
| PS | René Souchon | 2006—2015 | |
Regional Council of Aquitaine[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RPR | Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 1974—1979 | |
| PS | 1979—1981 | ||
| PS | Philippe Madrelle | 1981—1985 | |
| RPR | Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 1985—1988 | |
| UDF | Jean François-Poncet | 1988 | |
| UDF | Jean Tavernier | 1988—1992 | |
| RPR | 1992—1998 | ||
| PS | Alain Rousset | 1998—2015 | |
Regional Council of Burgundy[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RI | Jean Chamant | 1974—1978 | |
| UDF | 1978—1979 | ||
| PS | Pierre Joxe | 1979—1982 | |
| PS | André Billardon | 1982—1983 | |
| CDS | Frédéric Lescure | 1983—1985 | |
| UDF | 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 | |
Regional Council of Champagne-Ardenne[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RPR | 1974—1981 | ||
| UDF | Bernard Stasi | 1981—1988 | |
| RPR | Jean Kaltenbach | 1988—1998 | |
| UDF | Jean-Claude Étienne | 1998—2004 | |
| PS | Jean-Paul Bachy | 2004—2015 | |
Regional Council of Franche-Comté[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDR | Edgar Faure | 1974—1981 | |
| PS | Jean-Pierre Chevènement | 1981—1982 | |
| GD | Edgar Faure | 1982—1988 | |
| RPR | 1988—1998 | ||
| UDF | Jean-François Humbert | 1998—2004 | |
| PS | Raymond Forni | 2004—2008 | |
| PS | Marie-Guite Dufay | 2008—2015 | |
Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | 1974 | ||
| PS | 1974—1983 | ||
| PS | 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 | 1974—1981 | ||
| PS | Louis Longequeue | 1981—1986 | |
| PS | 1986—2004 | ||
| PS | Jean-Paul Denanot | 2004—2014 | |
| PS | 2014—2015 | ||
Regional Council of Lorraine[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNIP, FNRI | 1974—1976 | ||
| RAD, UDF | Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber | 1976—1978 | |
| RPR | Pierre Messmer | 1978—1979 | |
| RPR | 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 | 1981—1986 | ||
| UDF | Dominique Baudis | 1986—1988 | |
| UDF | 1988—1998 | ||
| PS | Martin Malvy | 1998—2015 | |
[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Pierre Mauroy | 1974—1981 | |
| PS | 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 | 1974—1978 | ||
| DVD | 1978—1982 | ||
| UDF | 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 | 1982 | ||
| RPR | 1982—1992 | ||
| RPR | Antoine Rufenacht | 1992—1998 | |
| RPR | Jean-Paul Gauzès | 1998 | |
| PS | Alain Le Vern | 1998—2012 | |
| PS | 2012—2013 | ||
| PS | Alain Le Vern | 2013 | |
| PS | 2013 | ||
| PS | Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol | 2013—2015 | |
Regional Council of Picardy[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNIP | 1974—1976 | ||
| UDF | Charles Baur | 1976—1978 | |
| DVG | 1978—1979 | ||
| DVD | 1979—1980 | ||
| PCF | 1980—1981 | ||
| PS | René Dosière | 1981—1983 | |
| PS | 1983—1985 | ||
| UDF | Charles Baur | 1985—2004 | |
| PS | Claude Gewerc | 2004—2015 | |
Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974—1976 | |||
| CNIP | 1976—1978 | ||
| RPR | Francis Hardy | 1978—1980 | |
| UDF | 1980—1981 | ||
| 1981—1982 | |||
| PS | 1982 | ||
| PS | 1982—1985 | ||
| UDF | René Monory | 1985—1986 | |
| UDF | 1986—1988 | ||
| UDF | Jean-Pierre Raffarin | 1988—2002 | |
| 2002 | |||
| UMP | Élisabeth Morin-Chartier | 2002—2004 | |
| PS | Ségolène Royal | 2004—2014 | |
| PS | 2014—2015 | ||
Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes[]
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FNRI, UDF | Paul Ribeyre | 1974—1980 | |
| UDF | Michel Durafour | 1980—1981 | |
| UDF | 1981—1988 | ||
| UDF | Charles Millon | 1988—1999 | |
| UDF | Anne-Marie Comparini | 1999—2004 | |
| PS | Jean-Jack Queyranne | 2004—2015 | |
See also[]
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