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

[edit] 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	Paul Giacobbi	Left Radical Party	1998
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	André Vallini	Socialist Party	2001
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	Bernard Derosier	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	Didier Arnal	Socialist Party	2008
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 (overseas collect.)	Ahmed Attoumani Douchina	Union for a Popular Movement	2008

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• Présidents elected on 20 March 2008