Regional Council of Pays de la Loire

Regional Council of Pays de la Loire

Conseil régional des Pays de la Loire
Logo of the Pays de la Loire region
Type
Type
Leadership
President
Christelle Morançais, LR
since 19 October 2017
Structure
Seats93
Political groups
Majority (57)
  •   The Republicans (43)
  •   Union of Democrats and Independents (14)

Opposition (36)

Meeting place
Hôtel de Région, Nantes

The Regional Council of Pays de la Loire is the deliberative assembly of the French region of Pays de la Loire. The regional council is made up of 93 regional councilors elected for a period of six years by direct universal suffrage and chaired by Christelle Morançais (LR) since 2017. It sits in Nantes, at the Hôtel de Région.

The seats in this region are divided by department:[1]

Current Regional Council

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The current council was elected in June 2021 for a term of office until 2028.

Composition

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Distribution of seats in the council (by list)[2][3]
Party List Led by Seats obtained
LR Union of the right and the center Christelle Morançais 57
LC
UDI
DVD
PS Union of Ecologists and the Left Matthieu Orphelin 24
PCF
PP
EELV
LFI
DVG
EXD National Rally and allies Hervé Juvin 7
RN
LREM Union of Centre François de Rugy 5
MoDem

Following the installation session of the July 2, 2021, the regional council is chaired by Christelle Morançais.[4]

Vice-presidents

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List of vice-presidents[5]
Order Name
1st Antoine Chéreau
2nd Franck Louvrier
3rd Lydie Bernard
4th Isabelle Leroy
5th André Martin
6th Laurent Dejoie
7th Roch Brancour
8th Philippe Henry
9th Sandra Impériale
10th Eric Grelier
11th Claire Hugues
12th Jean-Luc Catanzaro
13th Constance Nebbula
14th Samia Soultani-Vigneron
15th Barbara Nourry

Former compositions[6]

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Presidents

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President Party Term
Vincent Ansquer RPR 1974
Olivier Guichard RPR 1974 - 1998
Francois Fillon RPR 1998 - 2002
Jean-Luc Harousseau UMP 2002 - 2004
Jacques Auxiette PS 2004 - 2015
Bruno Retailleau LR 2015 - 2017
Christelle Morançais LR 2017-

From 1986 to 1992

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The president of the regional council was Olivier Guichard (RPR).

From 1992 to 1998

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The president of the regional council was Olivier Guichard (UPF).

From 1998 to 2004

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  • 50 of the Union of the Right
  • 32 of the Union of the Left
  • 7 of the Extreme Right
  • 3 of the CPNT
  • 1 of the Extreme Left

The president of the regional council was François Fillon (RPR) until 2002 (resigned following his appointment to the government), then Jean-Luc Harousseau (UMP).

From 2004 to 2010

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  • Group of Socialists and Radical and Miscellaneous Left: 39 elected
  • Group of the Union of Loire Valley: 26 elected
  • Group of The Greens: 13 elected
  • Group of Communists: 8 elected
  • Group of Centrists: 7 elected

The president was Jacques Auxiette (PS).

From 2010 to 2015

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  • Group of Socialists and Radical and Miscellaneous Left: 38 elected
  • Group of Union of Pays de la Loire: 19 elected
  • Group of The Greens: 17 elected
  • Group of Communists: 5 elected
  • Centrist Alliance Group: 4 elected
  • Group Movement for France: 4 elected
  • Ecology Solidarity Group: 3 elected
  • New Center Group: 3 elected

The president was Jacques Auxiette.

From 2015 to 2021

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  • Group of Republicans and Related: 37 elected
  • Socialist, Ecologist, Radical and Republican Group: 17 elected
  • Union of the Group of Centrists: 17 elected
  • National Front Group - Navy Blue Rally: 8 elected (13 at the start of their term of office)
  • Ecologist and Citizen Group: 6 elected
  • Alliance Group for the Pays de la Loire: 5 elected
  • LREM: 3 elected

The president of the Council was Bruno Retailleau.

References

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  1. ^ "Le Conseil régional des Pays-de-la-Loire". www.ecouflant.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  2. ^ "Pays de la Loire. Ils sont élus au conseil régional, et maintenant?". Ouest France (in French). 28 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Élections régionales en Pays de la Loire : Christelle Morançais l'emporte largement". France Bleu (in French). 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  4. ^ "Christelle Morançais réélue Présidente de la Région des Pays de la Loire | Région Pays de la Loire". www.paysdelaloire.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  5. ^ "Pays de la Loire. Les quinze vice-présidents du conseil régional sont élus". Ouest France (in French). 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Élections régionales Pays de la Loire". www.france-politique.fr. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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