List of presidents of the Regional Council of Franche-Comté

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The president of the Franche-Comté Regional Council prepares and supervises the spending of the budget and the decisions voted by the regional councillors. She is in charge of financial management and is head of the regional administration. It is also her role to ensure the direction of the patrimony (for example the secondary schools) and to represent the institution with the national and European organisms.

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She has numerous functions: convening and chairing meetings, preparing and carrying out deliberations, signing conventions and acting as legal representative of the institution. If necessary, the president can delegate some of his functions to his vice-presidents.

The president of the regional council is assisted by 10 vice-presidents entrusted with different missions. Together they form the bureau which decides the main outlines of regional policy and ensures their implementation.

List of presidents of the Franche-Comté Regional Council

PresidentPartyTook officeLeft officeNotes
1 Edgar Faure UDR
RPR
19741981Prime Minister of France
President of the National Assembly of France
2 Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevenement - Royal & Zapatero's meeting in Toulouse for the 2007 French presidential election 0513 2007-04-19 cropped.jpg PS 19811982Minister of Defence
Minister of the Interior
Minister of Education
3 Edgar Faure DL 19821988Prime Minister of France
President of the National Assembly of France
4 Pierre Chantelat Sin foto.svg UDF-PR 19881998Member of French National Assembly
5 Jean-François Humbert UDF
UMP
19982004Member of French Senate
6 Raymond Forni Raymondforni.jpeg PS 20042008President of the National Assembly of France
• Died in office
7 Marie-Marguerite Dufay Marie-Guite-Dufay.jpg PS 2008 Incumbent First Women President

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