The French overseas collectivities are first-order administrative divisions of France,like the French regions,but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former French overseas colonies and other French overseas entities with a particular status,all of which became COMs by constitutional reform on 28 March 2003. The COMs differ from overseas regions and overseas departments,which have the same status as metropolitan France but are located outside Europe. As integral parts of France,overseas collectivities are represented in the National Assembly,Senate and Economic and Social Council and can vote to elect members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The Pacific COMs use the CFP franc,a currency pegged to the euro,whereas the Atlantic COMs use the euro itself. As of 31 March 2011,there were five COMs:
The Collectivity of Saint Martin,commonly known as simply Saint Martin,is an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies in the Caribbean,on - but not identical with - the island of Saint Martin. Saint Martin is separated from the island of Anguilla by the Anguilla Channel. Its capital is Marigot.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Collectivity of Saint Martin:
Annick Girardin is a French politician of the Radical Party who served as Minister of the Sea in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022),Minister of Overseas France in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe (2017–2020) and Junior Minister for Development and Francophonie in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls (2014–2018). In the National Assembly of France,she represented the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon from 2007 to 2014.
The Collectivity of Saint Martin was a French commune for many years and formed part of Guadeloupe,which is an overseas région and département of France and is therefore in the European Union. In 2003,the population of the French part of the island voted in favour of secession from Guadeloupe in order to form a separate overseas collectivity (COM) of France. On 9 February 2007,the French Parliament passed a bill granting COM status to both the French part of Saint Martin and neighbouring Saint Barthélemy. The new status took effect once the local assembly was elected on 15 February 2007. Saint Martin remains part of the European Union.
Events from the year 2017 in France.
Aline Hanson was a native of Saint Martin,who was noted as a teacher and then became the first woman elected president of the Collectivity of Saint Martin. Hanson began her career in education,working as a teacher,advisor to the French government on developing programs for disadvantaged children and principal of Sandy Ground Elementary School. She entered politics,simultaneously working as a teacher,in the mayoral office of Marigot. Serving on numerous island boards and government entities,in 2007 she ran for a seat on the Territorial Council and was elected as a council member. Two years later,she was promoted to the executive council. In 2012,after winning a seat on the council,she was selected as first vice president. When Richardson was forced from office in 2013,Hanson was elected as the first woman to serve as president of the Overseas Collectivity of St. Martin.
Karine Miot-Richard was a lawyer and politician in Saint Barthélemy. She was the leader of the All United for Saint Barthélemy party and served on the Territorial Council of Saint Barthélemy for 10 years.
Laurent Marcangeli is a French politician. He was mayor of Ajaccio,the capital of Corsica,in 2014 and since 2015 to present. He was a deputy in the National Assembly from 2012 to 2017 and again from 2022,representing Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency. He was a member of the nationwide right-wing parties Rally for the Republic,Union for a Popular Movement and The Republicans before starting his own party "Ajaccio !" in 2018. In 2022,he stood for the party Horizons,part of President Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble Citoyens coalition.
This local electoral calendar for 2022 lists the subnational elections that were and are scheduled to be held in 2022. Referendums,recall and retention elections,and national by-elections are also included. Specific dates are given where these are known.
Events in the year 2022 in France
Territorial Council elections were held in the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin on 20 March 2022.
Louis Mussington is a French politician from Rassemblement Saint-Martinois who is the President-elect of Saint Martin since the 2022 election.
Annick Danièle Petrus is a French Saint Martinois educator and politician. She has served as the Senator for the Collectivity of Saint Martin since October 2020 as a member of the Union for Democracy and The Republicans (LR) parties. Petrus is the first woman to represent Saint Martin's lone seat in the French Senate. Additionally,she has served in the Territorial Council of Saint Martin since 2017.
Micheline Jacques is a French Barthélemois politician. She has served in the French Senate for Saint Barthélemy since 1 October 2020 as a member of The Republicans (LR). Jacques is the first woman to represent Saint Barthélemy in the national Senate since the seat's creation in 2008.
Mikaele Kulimoetoke is a Wallisian politician and member of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna. He was president of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna from 2014 to 2017. He has represented Wallis and Futuna in the Senate of France since 2020.
Daniel Grenon is a French businessman and politician of the National Rally who has been a Member of the National Assembly for Yonne's 1st constituency.
Frantz Gumbs is a French Saint Martinois politician from La République En Marche! and Saint-Martinois Rally. He is Member of Parliament for Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin's 1st constituency after defeating Republicans MP Claire Guion-Firmin in the 2022 French legislative election.
