List of presidents of the Regional Council of Franche-Comté
The president of the Franche-Comté Regional Council prepares and supervises the spending of the budget and the decisions voted by the regional councillors. She is in charge of financial management and is head of the regional administration. It is also her role to ensure the direction of the patrimony (for example the secondary schools) and to represent the institution with the national and European organisms.
She has numerous functions: convening and chairing meetings, preparing and carrying out deliberations, signing conventions and acting as legal representative of the institution. If necessary, the president can delegate some of his functions to his vice-presidents.
The president of the regional council is assisted by 10 vice-presidents entrusted with different missions. Together they form the bureau which decides the main outlines of regional policy and ensures their implementation.
List of presidents of the Franche-Comté Regional Council
edit| President | Party | Took office | Left office | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edgar Faure | UDR RPR |
1974 | 1981 | • Prime Minister of France • President of the National Assembly of France | |
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Chevènement | 
|
PS | 1981 | 1982 | • Minister of Defence • Minister of the Interior • Minister of Education |
| 3 | Edgar Faure | DL | 1982 | 1988 | • Prime Minister of France • President of the National Assembly of France | |
| 4 | Pierre Chantelat | 
|
UDF-PR | 1988 | 1998 | • Member of French National Assembly |
| 5 | Jean-François Humbert | UDF UMP |
1998 | 2004 | • Member of French Senate | |
| 6 | Raymond Forni | 
|
PS | 2004 | 2008 | • President of the National Assembly of France • Died in office |
| 7 | Marie-Marguerite Dufay | 
|
PS | 2008 | Incumbent | • First Women President |
See also
editExternal links
edit- Franche-Comté Regional Council official website