Departmental Council of Loire

The Departmental Council of Loire (Conseil départemental de la Loire, Consèly Dèpartamentâla de Lêre) is the deliberative assembly of the French department of Loire. It consists of 42 members (departmental councilors) elected for a 6-years term and its headquarters are in Saint-Étienne, capital of the department.

President
The president of the departmental council is Georges Ziegler (LR), departmental councilor elected from the canton of Saint-Étienne-1 on 16 October 2017 (re-elected in 2021).

List of successive presidents

 * 1902-1917 : Gabriel Réal
 * 1917-1919 : Jean Morel
 * 1919-1921 : Albert Boël
 * 1921-1931 : Antoine Durafour
 * 1931-1934 : Fernand Merlin
 * 1934-1940 : Jean Neyret
 * 1945-1949 : Aimé Malécot
 * 1949-1979 : Antoine Pinay
 * 1979-1994 : Lucien Neuwirth
 * 1994-2008 : Pascal Clément
 * 2008-2017 : Bernard Bonne
 * 2017-Incumbent : Georges Ziegler

Composition
The Departemental Council consists of 42 councillors (conseillers départementaux) who come from the 21 cantons of Loire. They are elected for a 6-years term.