Martinique is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It has a land area of 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi) and a population of 364,508 inhabitants as of January 2019. One of the Windward Islands, it is directly north of Saint Lucia, northwest of Barbados and south of Dominica. Martinique is also an Outermost Region (OMR) of the European Union and a special territory of the European Union; the currency in use is the euro. Virtually the entire population speaks both French and Martinican Creole.
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.
Martinique is a Single territorial collectivity of France. Martinique elects one deputy to the national assembly from each of four constituencies. It elects on regional/départemental level a legislature, called the Assembly of Martinique, by proportional representation from each of the national assembly constituencies.
Build the Martinique Country is a political party in the French département d'outre-mer of Martinique. It has one seat in the French National Assembly, held by Josette Manin.
Alfred Marie-Jeanne is a French politician, a leader in the Martinican Independence Movement (MIM) since 1978. He served as mayor of the commune of Rivière-Pilote from 1971 to 2000 and served as President of the Regional Council of Martinique from March 20, 1998 to March 22, 2010. Alfred Marie-Jeanne represented Martinique's 1st constituency in the French National Assembly from 2012 to 2017. He was succeeded in this constituency by Josette Manin.
Chantal Berthelot is a French politician, former member of the French National Assembly representing department of French Guiana.
Pierre-Jean Samot is 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.
The President of the General Council of Martinique was the elected head of the General Council, the assembly that governed the assembly governing the overseas department of France. The President of the General Council held executive powers from March 2, 1982 to 2015.
Fadila Khattabi is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing Côte-d'Or.
Mireille Clapot is a French politician of La République en Marche (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the 1st constituency of the Drôme department.
Véronique Hammerer is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing Gironde's 11th constituency.
Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert is a French politician representing La République En Marche! and Territories of Progress. She was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing Isère's 10th constituency.
Danièle Obono is a Gabonese-French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for Paris's 17th constituency since 2017. She has also been the spokesperson for La France Insoumise.
Valérie Thomas is a French politician who was member of the French National Assembly representing Puy-de-Dôme.
Isabelle Valentin is a French politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since 28 June 2017, representing the 1st constituency of Haute-Loire.
The assembly of Martinique is the deliberative assembly of Martinique, which is a Single territorial collectivity of France. In 2015 it replaced both the Regional and General Councils of Martinique.
Marie-France Lorho is a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 4th constituency of Vaucluse since 2017. A member of the League of the South (LS), she is currently its sole representative in Parliament.
Brigitte Klinkert is a French politician who served as Minister Delegate in charge of Integration attached to the Minister of Labour, Employment and Integration in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022.
Georges Gratiant, was a lawyer and politician from Martinique. He was mayor of Le Lamentin from 1959 to 1989 and president of the General Council from 1946 to 1947.
Mélanie Thomin is a French female politician. A member of the Socialist Party, she was elected a Deputy for Finistère's 6th constituency under the NUPES party label during the 2022 French legislative election.