List of presidents of departmental councils (France)

In France, the President of the Departmental Council (French: Président du Conseil départemental) is the locally elected head of the departmental council, the assembly governing a department in France. The position is elected by the departmental councillors from among their number. If there is a tie, the councillor senior of age is elected.

As per Articles L1111-1 to L7331-3 of the General code of local and regional authorities, the responsibilities of the President of the Departmental Council include:
 * Chairing the departmental authorities
 * Preparing and implementing the council's decisions
 * Collection of tax revenues
 * Representing the department in legal cases

History
In 1833, a law was enacted that gave each canton (subdivision of a department) representation of a councillor (Conseiller général).

As a result of the decentralisation of government (Deferre law), the election criteria were redefined in 1982 and the President of the Departmental Council took over executive powers from the centrally-appointed prefect.

List of the presidents of the departmental councils
!# !! Département (or collectivity) !! President !! Party !! Since !Ref.
 * style="background:#0066cc"| 01
 * Ain
 * Jean Deguerry
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:#00ffff;"| 02
 * Aisne
 * Nicolas Fricoteaux
 * Union of Democrats and Independents
 * 2015
 * style="background:#00ffff;"| 03
 * Allier
 * Claude Riboulet
 * Union of Democrats and Independents
 * 2017
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 04
 * Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
 * Éliane Barreille
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 05
 * Hautes-Alpes
 * Jean-Marie Bernard
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|06
 * Alpes-Maritimes
 * Charles-Ange Ginésy
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 07
 * Ardèche
 * Olivier Amrane
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|08
 * Ardennes
 * Noël Bourgeois
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 09
 * Ariège
 * Christine Téqui
 * Socialist Party
 * 2021
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"|10
 * Aube
 * Philippe Pichery
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2017
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 11
 * Aude
 * Hélène Sandragné
 * Socialist Party
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|12
 * Aveyron
 * Arnaud Viala
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 13
 * Bouches-du-Rhône
 * Martine Vassal
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#00ffff;"|14
 * Calvados
 * Jean-Léonce Dupont
 * Union of Democrats and Independents
 * 2011
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|15
 * Cantal
 * Bruno Faure
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"| 16
 * Charente
 * Philippe Bouty
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2015
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"|17
 * Charente-Maritime
 * Sylvie Marcilly
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 18
 * Cher
 * Jacques Fleury
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 19
 * Corrèze
 * Pascal Coste
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#00ffff;"|21
 * Côte-d'Or
 * François Sauvadet
 * Union of Democrats and Independents
 * 2008
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 22
 * Côtes-d'Armor
 * Christian Coail
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 23
 * Creuse
 * Valérie Simonet
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 24
 * Dordogne
 * Germinal Peiro
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"| 25
 * Doubs
 * Christine Bouquin
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 26
 * Drôme
 * Marie-Pierre Mouton
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:";| 27
 * Eure
 * Sébastien Lecornu
 * Renaissance
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|28
 * Eure-et-Loir
 * Christophe Le Dorven
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#72A0C1;"| 29
 * Finistère
 * Maël de Calan
 * Union of the Centre and Right
 * 2021
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 30
 * Gard
 * Françoise Laurent-Perrigot
 * Socialist Party
 * 2021
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 31
 * Haute-Garonne
 * Georges Méric
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 32
 * Gers
 * Philippe Dupouy
 * Socialist Party
 * 2022
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 33
 * Gironde
 * Jean-Luc Gleyze
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 34
 * Hérault
 * Kléber Mesquida
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 35
 * Ille-et-Vilaine
 * Jean-Luc Chenut
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|36
 * Indre
 * Marc Fleuret
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#72A0C1;"| 37
 * Indre-et-Loire
 * Jean-Gérard Paumier
 * Union of the Centre and Right
 * 2016
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 38
 * Isère
 * Jean-Pierre Barbier
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"| 39
 * Jura
 * Clément Pernot
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2015
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 40
 * Landes
 * Xavier Fortinon
 * Socialist Party
 * 2017
 * style="background:;"|41
 * Loir-et-Cher
 * Philippe Gouet
 * Union of Democrats and Independents
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|42
 * Loire
 * George Ziegler
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|43
 * Haute-Loire
 * Marie-Agnès Petit
 * The Republicans
 * 2014
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 44
 * Loire-Atlantique
 * Michel Ménard
 * Socialist Party
 * 2021
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"|45
 * Loiret
 * Marc Gaudet
 * Miscellaneous right
 * 2017
 * style="background:#ffc0c0;"| 46
 * Lot
 * Serge Rigal
 * Miscellaneous left
 * 2014
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 47
 * Lot-et-Garonne
 * Sophie Borderie
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#ff8080;"|48
 * Lozère
 * Sophie Pantel
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"|49
 * Maine-et-Loire
 * Florence Dabin
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2021
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"|50
 * Manche
 * Jean Morin
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2021
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"|51
 * Marne
 * Christian Bruyen
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2017
 * style="background:;"|52
 * Haute-Marne
 * Nicolas Lacroix
 * The Republicans
 * 1998
 * style="background:;"|53
 * Mayenne
 * Olivier Richefou
 * Centrist Alliance
 * 2014
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 54
 * Meurthe-et-Moselle
 * Chaynesse Khirouni
 * Socialist Party
 * 2021
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"|55
 * Meuse
 * Jérôme Dumont
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2021
 * style="background:#72a0c1;"|56
 * Morbihan
 * David Lappartient
 * Union of the Centre and Right
 * 2021
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"| 57
 * Moselle
 * Patrick Weiten
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2011
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 58
 * Nièvre
 * Fabien Bazin
 * Socialist Party
 * 2021
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 59
 * Nord
 * Christian Poiret
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 60
 * Oise
 * Nadège Lefebvre
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|61
 * Orne
 * Christophe de Balorre
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 62
 * Pas-de-Calais
 * Jean-Claude Leroy
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 63
 * Puy-de-Dôme
 * Lionel Chauvin
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#ff9900;"| 64
 * Pyrénées-Atlantiques
 * Jean-Jacques Lasserre
 * Democratic Movement
 * 2015
 * style="background:#ffd1dc;"|65
 * Hautes-Pyrénées
 * Michel Pélieu
 * Radical Party of the Left
 * 2011
 * style="background:#ffc0c0;"| 66
 * Pyrénées-Orientales
 * Hermeline Malherbe-Laurent
 * Miscellaneous Left
 * 2010
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 69
 * Rhône
 * Christophe Guilloteau
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:;"| 69M
 * Lyon
 * Bruno Bernard
 * Europe Ecology - The Greens
 * 2020
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 70
 * Haute-Saône
 * Yves Krattinger
 * Socialist Party
 * 2001
 * style="background:;"| 71
 * Saône-et-Loire
 * André Accary
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|72
 * Sarthe
 * Dominique Le Mèner
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|73
 * Savoie
 * Hervé Gaymard
 * The Republicans
 * 2008
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|74
 * Haute-Savoie
 * Martial Saddier
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 75
 * Paris
 * Anne Hidalgo
 * Socialist Party
 * 2014
 * style="background:;"| 76
 * Seine-Maritime
 * Bertrand Bellanger
 * Renaissance
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 77
 * Seine-et-Marne
 * Jean-François Parigi
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:;"|78
 * Yvelines
 * Pierre Bédier
 * The Republicans
 * 2014
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"| 79
 * Deux-Sèvres
 * Coralie Dénoues
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2021
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"| 80
 * Somme
 * Stéphane Haussoulier
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2020
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 81
 * Tarn
 * Christophe Ramond
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 82
 * Tarn-et-Garonne
 * Michel Weill
 * Socialist Party
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|83
 * Var
 * Marc Giraud
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 84
 * Vaucluse
 * Dominique Santoni
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|85
 * Vendée
 * Alain Leboeuf
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"|86
 * Vienne
 * Alain Pichon
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2021
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 87
 * Haute-Vienne
 * Jean-Claude Leblois
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|88
 * Vosges
 * François Vannson
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 89
 * Yonne
 * Patrick Gendraud
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 90
 * Territoire de Belfort
 * Florian Bouquet
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 91
 * Essonne
 * François Durovray
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|92
 * Hauts-de-Seine
 * Georges Siffredi
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 93
 * Seine-Saint-Denis
 * Stéphane Troussel
 * Socialist Party
 * 2012
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 94
 * Val-de-Marne
 * Olivier Capitanio
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 95
 * Val-d’Oise
 * Marie-Christine Cavecchi
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:;"|971
 * Guadeloupe
 * Guy Losbar
 * United Guadeloupe, Socialism and Realities
 * 2021
 * style="background:;"|972
 * Martinique
 * Serge Letchimy
 * Martinican Progressive Party
 * 2021
 * style="background:;"|973
 * Guyane
 * Alain Tien-Liong
 * Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement
 * 2008
 * style="background:#ffc0c0;"|974
 * Réunion
 * Cyrille Melchior
 * Miscellaneous Left
 * 2017
 * style="background:;"|975
 * Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (overseas collectivity)
 * Bernard Briand
 * Archipelago Tomorrow
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|976
 * Mayotte
 * Ben Issa Ousseni
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * }
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|74
 * Haute-Savoie
 * Martial Saddier
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 75
 * Paris
 * Anne Hidalgo
 * Socialist Party
 * 2014
 * style="background:;"| 76
 * Seine-Maritime
 * Bertrand Bellanger
 * Renaissance
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 77
 * Seine-et-Marne
 * Jean-François Parigi
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:;"|78
 * Yvelines
 * Pierre Bédier
 * The Republicans
 * 2014
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"| 79
 * Deux-Sèvres
 * Coralie Dénoues
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2021
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"| 80
 * Somme
 * Stéphane Haussoulier
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2020
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 81
 * Tarn
 * Christophe Ramond
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 82
 * Tarn-et-Garonne
 * Michel Weill
 * Socialist Party
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|83
 * Var
 * Marc Giraud
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 84
 * Vaucluse
 * Dominique Santoni
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|85
 * Vendée
 * Alain Leboeuf
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#adc1fd;"|86
 * Vienne
 * Alain Pichon
 * Miscellaneous Right
 * 2021
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 87
 * Haute-Vienne
 * Jean-Claude Leblois
 * Socialist Party
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|88
 * Vosges
 * François Vannson
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 89
 * Yonne
 * Patrick Gendraud
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 90
 * Territoire de Belfort
 * Florian Bouquet
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 91
 * Essonne
 * François Durovray
 * The Republicans
 * 2015
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|92
 * Hauts-de-Seine
 * Georges Siffredi
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#ff8080;"| 93
 * Seine-Saint-Denis
 * Stéphane Troussel
 * Socialist Party
 * 2012
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 94
 * Val-de-Marne
 * Olivier Capitanio
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 95
 * Val-d’Oise
 * Marie-Christine Cavecchi
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:;"|971
 * Guadeloupe
 * Guy Losbar
 * United Guadeloupe, Socialism and Realities
 * 2021
 * style="background:;"|972
 * Martinique
 * Serge Letchimy
 * Martinican Progressive Party
 * 2021
 * style="background:;"|973
 * Guyane
 * Alain Tien-Liong
 * Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement
 * 2008
 * style="background:#ffc0c0;"|974
 * Réunion
 * Cyrille Melchior
 * Miscellaneous Left
 * 2017
 * style="background:;"|975
 * Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (overseas collectivity)
 * Bernard Briand
 * Archipelago Tomorrow
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|976
 * Mayotte
 * Ben Issa Ousseni
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * }
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 94
 * Val-de-Marne
 * Olivier Capitanio
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"| 95
 * Val-d’Oise
 * Marie-Christine Cavecchi
 * The Republicans
 * 2017
 * style="background:;"|971
 * Guadeloupe
 * Guy Losbar
 * United Guadeloupe, Socialism and Realities
 * 2021
 * style="background:;"|972
 * Martinique
 * Serge Letchimy
 * Martinican Progressive Party
 * 2021
 * style="background:;"|973
 * Guyane
 * Alain Tien-Liong
 * Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement
 * 2008
 * style="background:#ffc0c0;"|974
 * Réunion
 * Cyrille Melchior
 * Miscellaneous Left
 * 2017
 * style="background:;"|975
 * Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (overseas collectivity)
 * Bernard Briand
 * Archipelago Tomorrow
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|976
 * Mayotte
 * Ben Issa Ousseni
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * }
 * style="background:;"|975
 * Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (overseas collectivity)
 * Bernard Briand
 * Archipelago Tomorrow
 * 2021
 * style="background:#0066cc;"|976
 * Mayotte
 * Ben Issa Ousseni
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * }
 * Ben Issa Ousseni
 * The Republicans
 * 2021
 * }
 * }

Allowance
The president of a department council has a maximum allowance of €5441 per month, the vice-presidents has a maximum allowance of €128.83-725.44, members of the standing committee have maximum allowances of €672.65-927.13, and departmental advisors have maximum allowances of €1501-2,626 per month.