President of the Regional Council (France)
The following is a list of current presidents of the regional councils of France and the Corsican Assembly.

Socialist Party (PS)
Miscellaneous left (DVG)
The Republicans (LR)
The Centrists (LC)
Miscellaneous right (DVD)
Regionalist parties (REG)
List
Since 2011, the Departmental Council of Mayotte has simultaneously exercised the competencies of a regional council.
Since 2015, the Regional Council of Martinique and the Regional Council of French Guiana have been merged with their respective departmental councils to form a single territorial structure of governance.
List
| Region | President | Sex | Party | Party Positioning | Since | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Laurent Wauquiez | ![]() |
M | LR | Right | 4 January 2016 | |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Marie-Guite Dufay | ![]() |
F | PS | Left | 4 January 2016
President of the Regional Council of Franche-Comté from 5 January 2008 until 31 December 2015. | |
| Brittany | Loïg Chesnais-Girard | ![]() |
M | PS | Left | 22 June 2017 | |
| Centre-Val de Loire | François Bonneau | ![]() |
M | PS | Left | 7 September 2007 | |
| Corsica | Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis
President of the Corsican Assembly |
F | FaC | Regionalist centre | 1 July 2021 | ||
| Gilles Simeoni
President of the Executive Council of Corsica |
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M | FaC | Regionalist centre | 17 December 2015 | ||
| Guadeloupe | Ary Chalus | ![]() |
M | GUSR | Regionalist centre | 18 December 2015 | |
| French Guiana | Gabriel Serville
President of the Assembly of French Guiana |
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M | Péyi G | Regionalist left | 2 July 2021 | |
| Grand Est | Franck Leroy | M | Hor | Right | 30 December 2022 | ||
| Hauts-de-France | Xavier Bertrand | ![]() |
M | LR | Right | 4 January 2016 | |
| Île-de-France | Valérie Pécresse | ![]() |
F | LR | Right | 18 December 2015 | |
| Martinique | Lucien Saliber
President of the Assembly of Martinique |
M | DVG | Left | 2 July 2021 | ||
| Serge Letchimy
President of the Executive Council of Martinique |
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M | PPM | Regionalist left | 2 July 2021 | ||
| Mayotte | Ben Issa Ousséni
President of the Departmental Council of Mayotte |
M | LR | Right | 1 July 2021 | ||
| Normandy | Hervé Morin | ![]() |
M | LC | Right | 4 January 2016 | |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Alain Rousset | ![]() |
M | PS | Left | 4 January 2016
Président of the Regional Council of Aquitaine from 20 March 1998 until 31 December 2015. | |
| Occitania | Carole Delga | ![]() |
F | PS | Left | 4 January 2016 | |
| Pays de la Loire | Christelle Morançais | ![]() |
F | LR | Right | 19 October 2017 | |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | Renaud Muselier | ![]() |
M | DVD | Right | 15 May 2017 | |
| Réunion | Huguette Bello | ![]() |
F | PLR | Left | 2 July 2021 | |
By party
| Party | Number of presidents | |
|---|---|---|
| Left | PLR | 1 |
| PS | 5 | |
| DVG | 1 | |
| Total left | 7 | |
| Right | LC | 1 |
| DVD | 1 | |
| LR | 6 | |
| Total right | 8 | |
| Regionalist | Péyi G | 1 |
| PPM | 1 | |
| GUSR | 1 | |
| FaC | 2 | |
| Total regionalists | 5 | |
By sex
| Sex | Number of presidents |
|---|---|
| Male | 14 |
| Female | 6 |
Historic presidents
Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LR | Laurent Wauquiez | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Brittany
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD | René Pleven | 1974–1976 | |
| CD, UDF | André Colin | 1976–1978 | |
| UDF | Raymond Marcellin | 1978–1986 | |
| RPR | Yvon Bourges | 1986–1998 | |
| UMP | Josselin de Rohan | 1998–2004 | |
| PS | Jean-Yves Le Drian | 2004–2012 | |
| PS | Pierrick Massiot | 2012–2015 | |
| PS | Jean-Yves Le Drian | 2015–2017 | |
| PS | Loïg Chesnais-Girard | Since 2017 | |
Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Marie-Guite Dufay | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RI | Raymond Boisdé | 1974–1976 | |
| UDF | Pierre Sudreau | 1976–1979 | |
| UDF | Jean Delaneau | 1979–1983 | |
| UDF | Daniel Bernardet | 1983–1985 | |
| UDF | Maurice Dousset | 1985–1998 | |
| UDF | Bernard Harang | 1998 | |
| RPR | Lydie Gerbaud | 1998 | |
| PS | Michel Sapin | 1998–2000 | |
| PS | Jean Germain | 2000 | |
| PS | Alain Rafesthain | 2000–2004 | |
| PS | Michel Sapin | 2004–2007 | |
| PS | Jean Germain | 2007 | |
| PS | François Bonneau | Since 2007 | |
Regional Council of Grand Est
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LR | Philippe Richert | 2016–2017 | |
| UDI | Jean-Luc Bohl | 2017 | |
| LR | Jean Rottner | Since 2017 | |
Regional Council of Guadeloupe
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FGPS | Pierre Mathieu | 1975–1980 | |
| FGPS | Robert Pentier | 1980–1981 | |
| UDF | Marcel Esdras | 1981–1982 | |
| PCG | Marcel Gargar | 1982–1983 | |
| RPR | José Moustache | 1983–1986 | |
| FGPS | Félix Proto | 1986–1992 | |
| RPR, UMP | Lucette Michaux-Chevry | 1992–2004 | |
| FGPS | Victorin Lurel | 2004–2012 | |
| FGPS | Josette Borel-Lincertin | 2012–2014 | |
| FGPS | Victorin Lurel | 2014–2015 | |
| GUSR | Ary Chalus | Since 2015 | |
Regional Council of Hauts-de-France
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LR | Xavier Bertrand | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Île-de-France
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RPR | Michel Giraud | 1976–1988 | |
| RPR | Pierre-Charles Krieg | 1988–1992 | |
| RPR | Michel Giraud | 1992–1998 | |
| PS | Jean-Paul Huchon | 1998–2015 | |
| LR-SL | Valérie Pécresse | Since 2015 | |
Regional Council of Normandy
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LC | Hervé Morin | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Alain Rousset | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Occitania
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Carole Delga | Since 2016 | |
Regional Council of Pays de la Loire
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RPR | Vincent Ansquer | 1974 | |
| RPR | Olivier Guichard | 1974–1998 | |
| RPR | François Fillon | 1998–2002 | |
| UMP | Jean-Luc Harousseau | 2002–2004 | |
| PS | Jacques Auxiette | 2004–2015 | |
| LR | Bruno Retailleau | 2015–2017 | |
| LR | Christelle Morançais | Since 2017 | |
Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Gaston Defferre | 1974–1981 | |
| PS | Michel Pezet | 1981–1986 | |
| UDF | Jean-Claude Gaudin | 1986–1998 | |
| PS | Michel Vauzelle | 1998–2015 | |
| LR | Christian Estrosi | 2015–2017 | |
| LR, DVD | Renaud Muselier | Since 2017 | |
Regional Council of Réunion
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | Marcel Cerneau | 1973–1978 | |
| RPR | Yves Barau | 1978–1983 | |
| PCR | Mario Hoarau | 1983–1986 | |
| UDF | Pierre Lagourgue | 1986–1992 | |
| Free Dom | Camille Sudre | 1992–1993 | |
| Free Dom | Margie Sudre | 1993–1998 | |
| PCR | Paul Vergès | 1998–2010 | |
| UMP, LR, OR | Didier Robert | 2010–2021 | |
| PLR | Huguette Bello | Since 2021 | |
Regional Council of Corsica (1974–1982)
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | François Giacobbi | 1974–1979 | |
| Radical | Jean Filippi | 1979–1982 | |
Corsican Assembly (since 1982)
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRG | Prosper Alfonsi | 1982–1984 | |
| RPR | Jean-Paul de Rocca Serra | 1984–1998 | |
| UDF | José Rossi | 1998–2004 | |
| UMP | Camille de Rocca Serra | 2004–2010 | |
| PCF | Dominique Bucchini | 2010–2015 | |
| CL | Jean-Guy Talamoni | 2015–2021 | |
| FaC | Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis | Since 2021 | |
Executive Council of Corsica (since 1992)
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DVD | Jean Baggioni | 1992–2004 | |
| UMP | Ange Santini | 2004–2010 | |
| DVG | Paul Giacobbi | 2010–2015 | |
| FaC | Gilles Simeoni | Since 2015 | |
Regional Council of French Guiana (1974–2015)
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | Serge Patient | 1974–1980 | |
| PSG | Jacques Lony | 1980–1982 | |
| PS | Georges Othily | 1982–1992 | |
| PSG | Antoine Karam | 1992–2010 | |
| DVG | Rodolphe Alexandre | 2010–2015 | |
Assembly of French Guiana (since 2015)
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DVG | Rodolphe Alexandre | Since 2015 | |
Regional Council of Martinique (1974–2015)
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RPR | Camille Petit | 1974–1983 | |
| PPM | Aimé Césaire | 1983–1986 | |
| PPM | Camille Darsières | 1986–1992 | |
| PCM | Émile Capgras | 1992–1998 | |
| MIM | Alfred Marie-Jeanne | 1998–2010 | |
| PPM | Serge Letchimy | 2010–2015 | |
Assembly of Martinique (since 2015)
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RDM | Claude Lise | 2015–2021 | |
| DVG | Lucien Saliber | Since 2021 | |
Executive Council of Martinique (since 2015)
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIM | Alfred Marie-Jeanne | 2015–2021 | |
| PPM | Serge Letchimy | Since 2021 | |
Departmental Council of Mayotte
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | Younoussa Bamana | 1977–1991 | |
| DIV | Hamissi Assani | 1991 | |
| UDF | Younoussa Bamana | 1991–2004 | |
| NÉMA | Saïd Omar Oili | 2004–2008 | |
| UMP | Ahmed Attoumani Douchina | 2008–2011 | |
| MDM | Daniel Zaïdani | 2011–2015 | |
| UMP, LR | Soibahadine Ibrahim Ramadani | 2015–2021 | |
| LR | Ben Issa Ousséni | Since 2021 | |
Regional Council of Alsace
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDR | André Bord | 1973–1977 | |
| UDF | Pierre Schielé | 1977–1980 | |
| UDF | Marcel Rudloff | 1980–1996 | |
| UMP | Adrien Zeller | 1996–2009 | |
| UMP | André Reichardt | 2009–2010 | |
| UMP | Philippe Richert | 2010–2015 | |
Regional Council of Auvergne
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | Jean Morellon | 1974–1977 | |
| RPR | Augustin Chauvet | 1977 | |
| PS | Maurice Pourchon | 1977–1986 | |
| UDF | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 1986–2004 | |
| PS | Pierre-Joël Bonté | 2004–2006 | |
| PS | René Souchon | 2006–2015 | |
Regional Council of Aquitaine
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RPR | Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 1974–1979 | |
| PS | André Labarrère | 1979–1981 | |
| PS | Philippe Madrelle | 1981–1985 | |
| RPR | Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 1985–1988 | |
| UDF | Jean François-Poncet | 1988 | |
| UDF | Jean Tavernier | 1988–1992 | |
| RPR | Jacques Valade | 1992–1998 | |
| PS | Alain Rousset | 1998–2015 | |
Regional Council of Burgundy
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RI | Jean Chamant | 1974–1978 | |
| UDF | Marcel Lucotte | 1978–1979 | |
| PS | Pierre Joxe | 1979–1982 | |
| PS | André Billardon | 1982–1983 | |
| CDS | Frédéric Lescure | 1983–1985 | |
| UDF | Marcel Lucotte | 1985–1989 | |
| UDF | Raymond Janot | 1989–1992 | |
| UDF | Jean-Pierre Soisson | 1992–1993 | |
| RPR | Jean-François Bazin | 1993–1998 | |
| UDF | Jean-Pierre Soisson | 1998–2004 | |
| PS | François Patriat | 2004–2015 | |
Regional Council of Champagne-Ardenne
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RPR | Jacques Sourdille | 1974–1981 | |
| UDF | Bernard Stasi | 1981–1988 | |
| RPR | Jean Kaltenbach | 1988–1998 | |
| UDF | Jean-Claude Étienne | 1998–2004 | |
| PS | Jean-Paul Bachy | 2004–2015 | |
Regional Council of Franche-Comté
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDR | Edgar Faure | 1974–1981 | |
| PS | Jean-Pierre Chevènement | 1981–1982 | |
| GD | Edgar Faure | 1982–1988 | |
| RPR | Pierre Chantelat | 1988–1998 | |
| UDF | Jean-François Humbert | 1998–2004 | |
| PS | Raymond Forni | 2004–2008 | |
| PS | Marie-Guite Dufay | 2008–2015 | |
Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Francis Vals | 1974 | |
| PS | Edgar Tailhades | 1974–1983 | |
| PS | Robert Capdeville | 1983–1986 | |
| UDF | Jacques Blanc | 1986–2004 | |
| PS | Georges Frêche | 2004–2010 | |
| PS | Christian Bourquin | 2010–2014 | |
| PS | Damien Alary | 2014–2015 | |
Regional Council of Limousin
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | André Chandernagor | 1974–1981 | |
| PS | Louis Longequeue | 1981–1986 | |
| PS | Robert Savy | 1986–2004 | |
| PS | Jean-Paul Denanot | 2004–2014 | |
| PS | Gérard Vandenbroucke | 2014–2015 | |
Regional Council of Lorraine
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNIP, FNRI | Jean Vilmain | 1974–1976 | |
| RAD, UDF | Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber | 1976–1978 | |
| RPR | Pierre Messmer | 1978–1979 | |
| RPR | André Madoux | 1979–1982 | |
| DVD | Jean-Marie Rausch | 1982–1992 | |
| UDF | Gérard Longuet | 1992–2004 | |
| PS | Jean-Pierre Masseret | 2004–2015 | |
Regional Council of Midi-Pyrénées
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Alain Savary | 1973–1981 | |
| PS | Alex Raymond | 1981–1986 | |
| UDF | Dominique Baudis | 1986–1988 | |
| UDF | Marc Censi | 1988–1998 | |
| PS | Martin Malvy | 1998–2015 | |
Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Pierre Mauroy | 1974–1981 | |
| PS | Noël Josèphe | 1981–1992 | |
| Les Verts | Marie-Christine Blandin | 1992–1998 | |
| PS | Michel Delebarre | 1998–2001 | |
| PS | Daniel Percheron | 2001–2015 | |
Regional Council of Basse-Normandy
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RI | Michel d'Ornano | 1974 | |
| RI | Léon Jozeau-Marigné | 1974–1978 | |
| DVD | Paul German | 1978–1982 | |
| UDF | Léon Jozeau-Marigné | 1982–1983 | |
| UDF | Michel d'Ornano | 1983–1986 | |
| UDF | René Garrec | 1986–2004 | |
| PS | Philippe Duron | 2004–2008 | |
| PS | Laurent Beauvais | 2008–2015 | |
Regional Council of Haute-Normandy
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD | Jean Lecanuet | 1974 | |
| RI | André Bettencourt | 1974–1981 | |
| PS | Laurent Fabius | 1981–1982 | |
| PS | Tony Larue | 1982 | |
| RPR | Roger Fossé | 1982–1992 | |
| RPR | Antoine Rufenacht | 1992–1998 | |
| RPR | Jean-Paul Gauzès | 1998 | |
| PS | Alain Le Vern | 1998–2012 | |
| PS | Emmanuèle Jeandet-Mengual | 2012–2013 | |
| PS | Alain Le Vern | 2013 | |
| PS | Emmanuèle Jeandet-Mengual | 2013 | |
| PS | Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol | 2013–2015 | |
Regional Council of Picardy
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNIP | Jean Legendre | 1974–1976 | |
| UDF | Charles Baur | 1976–1978 | |
| DVG | Max Lejeune | 1978–1979 | |
| DVD | Jacques Mossion | 1979–1980 | |
| PCF | Raymond Maillet | 1980–1981 | |
| PS | René Dosière | 1981–1983 | |
| PS | Walter Amsallem | 1983–1985 | |
| UDF | Charles Baur | 1985–2004 | |
| PS | Claude Gewerc | 2004–2015 | |
Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucien Grand | 1974–1976 | ||
| CNIP | Jacques Fouchier | 1976–1978 | |
| RPR | Francis Hardy | 1978–1980 | |
| UDF | Fernand Chaussebourg | 1980–1981 | |
| Michel Boucher | 1981–1982 | ||
| PS | Jacques Santrot | 1982 | |
| PS | Raoul Cartraud | 1982–1985 | |
| UDF | René Monory | 1985–1986 | |
| UDF | Louis Fruchard | 1986–1988 | |
| UDF | Jean-Pierre Raffarin | 1988–2002 | |
| Dominique de La Martinière | 2002 | ||
| UMP | Élisabeth Morin-Chartier | 2002–2004 | |
| PS | Ségolène Royal | 2004–2014 | |
| PS | Jean-François Macaire | 2014–2015 | |
Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes
| Party | President | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FNRI, UDF | Paul Ribeyre | 1974–1980 | |
| UDF | Michel Durafour | 1980–1981 | |
| UDF | Charles Béraudier | 1981–1988 | |
| UDF | Charles Millon | 1988–1999 | |
| UDF | Anne-Marie Comparini | 1999–2004 | |
| PS | Jean-Jack Queyranne | 2004–2015 | |
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