Politics of Rhône-Alpes

The politics of Rhône-Alpes, France takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Council is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the regional council.

Executive

The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council.

List of Presidents

Presidents of Rhône-Alpes
President	Party	Term
Paul Ribeyre	RI	1974-1980
Michel Durafour	UDF	1980-1981
Charles Béraudier	UDF-CDS	1978-1986
Charles Millon	UDF-PR	1988-1999
Anne-Marie Comparini	UDF	1999-2004
Jean-Jack Queyranne	PS	2004-

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes (Conseil régional de Rhône-Alpes) is composed of 157 councillors, elected by proportional representation in a two-round system. The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The remainder of the seats are allocated through proportional representation with a 5% threshold.

The Council is elected for a six-year term.

Current composition

As of 2009.^[1]

Party		seats
•	Socialist Party	47
	Union for a Popular Movement	24
•	The Greens	20
	National Front	18
•	French Communist Party	15
	MoDem	11
•	Left Radical Party	7
	Radical-UMP	5
	New Centre	5
	Left Party	4
	New Anticapitalist Party[2]	1

Elections

Other elections

In the 2007 legislative election, the UMP won 32 seats, while the opposition PS won 14. The New Centre won one seat, as did the Communist Party. A right-wing independent won one seat in Haute-Savoie.^[3]

References

1. Composition in 2004: PS 45, UMP 27, Greens 22, FN 18, UDF 18, PCF 16, PRG 6, DVG 5
2. Elected as a Communist, defected to the NPA
3. http://www.electionresources.org/fr/deputies.php?election=2007&region=RA

External links

• Rhône-Alpes Region