Politics of Aquitaine
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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[edit]
The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council.
Current composition[edit]
- 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[edit]
| Presidents of Aquitaine | |||
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| 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[edit]
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[edit]
| Party | seats | |
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| • | 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[edit]
Other elections[edit]
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[edit]
External links[edit]
 Politics of French regions | |
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