Departmental Council of Ariège

The Departmental Council of Ariège (Conseil départemental de l'Ariège, Conselh departamental d'Arièja) is the deliberative assembly of the French department of Ariège. Its headquarters are in Foix.

Composition
The departmental council of Ariège includes 26 departmental councilors elected from the 13 cantons of Ariège.

President
Henri Nayrou succeeded Augustin Bonrepaux (PS), who had been in office since 2001 and had resigned, as the president of the general council of Ariège on November 3, 2014. Following the departmental elections of 2015, Henri Nayrou was elected president of the new departmental council with 17 votes against 7 for Benoît Alvarez (DVG). Nayrou subsequently resigned, and Christine Téqui was elected to replace him on November 8, 2019.

Vice-presidents
In addition to the president, the executive has 6 vice-presidents.