Martinique is an overseas Territorial collectivity of France, with the same political status as regions and departments in mainland France. The administrative centre of Martinique is located in Fort-de-France.
Jean Tiberi is a French politician who was mayor of Paris from 22 May 1995 to 24 March 2001. As of 2007, he was mayor of the 5th arrondissement of Paris and deputy to the French National Assembly from the second district of Paris.
Gaston Flosse is a French Polynesian politician who has been President of French Polynesia on five separate occasions. He is currently a member of the Senate of France and has been a French junior minister under Jacques Chirac. He received sentences for corruption, which are under appeal.
Direct elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo occur for the Presidency, National Assembly, and provincial assemblies. The Senate, and provincial governors are elected indirectly by members of the provincial assemblies.
Hervé Morin is a French politician of the Centrists who has been serving as the first President of the Regional Council of Normandy since January 2016. Under President Nicolas Sarkozy, he was the Minister of Defence.
Jean-Marie Bockel is a French politician who has been serving as President Emmanuel Macron's Personal Envoy for Africa since 2024.
Jean-Pierre Soisson (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃pjɛʁswasɔ̃]; was a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement. He was a deputy in the National Assembly of France for the first district of Yonne for several terms between 1968 and 2012; mayor of Auxerre from 1971 to 1998; President of the Regional Council of Burgundy ; and national minister of youth, labour, public administration and agriculture.
Alain Joyandet is a French politician who was appointed Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony in the government of François Fillon from 18 March 2008 to July 2010. Prior to that, he was CEO of the Société Nouvelle des Éditions Comtoises (SNEC), a publisher of weekly newspapers and journals. He is a journalist by training.
The departmental councils of France are representative assemblies elected by universal suffrage in 98 of the country's 101 departments. Prior to the 2015 French departmental elections they were known as general councils.
Philippe Vigier is a French politician who served as Minister Delegate for the Overseas in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2023 to 2024.
Pierre-Jean Samot was a politician from Martinique. He was Mayor of Le Lamentin from 1989 to 2018. In the 2002 French legislative election he was elected to the National Assembly from Martinique's 3rd constituency. However, his election was invalidated by the Constitutional Council on 27 February 2003 and he was replaced by his substitute Philippe Edmond-Mariette. Samot died on 14 June 2024, at the age of 89.
The 3rd constituency of Martinique is a French legislative constituency in the Martinique département. It consists of the commune of Fort-de-France, the capital of Martinique. In every election of the Fifth Republic, with the exceptions of the 2002 and 2024, it has returned a member of the Martinican Progressive Party.
The 1st constituency of the Yonne is a French legislative constituency in the Yonne département.
The League of the South is a far-right political party in France founded by Jacques Bompard with former members of the National Front in 2010. The party is established in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, particularly in the department of Vaucluse. Orange, the department's second most populated commune, as well as Piolenc, both have League of the South mayors. The party currently has one representative in the National Assembly: Marie-France Lorho, who sits for the 4th constituency of Vaucluse.
Eugène François Germain Casse was a French journalist and agitator who opposed the Catholic Church and the government of the Second French Empire in newspapers and meetings, and was arrested and imprisoned several times for his activities. During the French Third Republic he represented Guadeloupe in the National Assembly from 1873 to 1876, and was then Deputy of Seine from 1876 to 1889. His views gradually moderated from the far left towards a more centrist position. After leaving office he served briefly as Governor of Martinique.
Josette Manin is a French politician on the island of Martinique. She was the last President of the General Council of Martinique, from 31 March 2011 to 31 December 2015, and was the representative of Martinique's 1st constituency in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. She was the first woman to be elected President of the General Council and as a deputy for Martinique in the French National Assembly.
Regional elections were held in France on 20 June and 27 June 2021. At stake were the regional councils in metropolitan and overseas France including the Corsican Assembly, Assembly of French Guiana and Assembly of Martinique, all for a six-year term. The Departmental Council of Mayotte, which also exercises the powers of a region, also participated in this election, because the departmental elections were held at the same time. Eighteen regional presidencies were at stake, with thirteen in mainland France and Corsica, as well as five overseas. Though they do not have legislative autonomy, these territorial collectivities manage sizable budgets. Moreover, regional elections are often perceived as a mid-term opinion poll. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regional and departmental elections were postponed, first to 13 and 20 June 2021 and then to 20 and 27 June 2021.
Andy Kerbrat is a French politician from La France Insoumise.
Michael Bond is a South African politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Democratic Alliance (DA) from 2022 to 2024.
Béatrice Bellay is a French politician in the overseas department of Martinique. Bellay was elected to serve as a member of the National Assembly for Martinique's 3rd constituency in 2024. She has served as leader of the Socialist Federation of Martinique, the Socialist Party's federation in Martinique, since 2018.
