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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 [1] to 2015.
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Émile Maurice | 1970 | April 1992 | ||
| Claude Lise | April 1992 | 31 March, 2011 | ||
| Josette Manin | 31 March, 2011 | 31 December, 2015 | First woman to hold the presidency of the General Council |
Josette Manin was the last president of the general council as the French government, in December 2015, merged the regional and general councils for the island into one assembly with the formation of the territorial collective of Martinique. [2]
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.
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions, of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France, while the other five are overseas regions.
Claude Lise is a French politician from Martinique. He is a Doctor, and was first elected to public office on September 24, 1995. He is the President of the Assembly of Martinique, which replaced both the Regional and General Councils of Martinique at the end of 2015.
A territorial collectivity is a chartered subdivision of France, with recognized governing authority. It is the generic name for any subdivision with an elective form of local government and local regulatory authority. The nature of a French territorial collectivity is set forth in Article 72 of the French Constitution of 1958, which provides for local autonomy within limits prescribed by law.
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.
The Martinican Independence Movement or MIM is a left-wing political party in the overseas department of Martinique, founded July 1, 1978 by Alfred Marie-Jeanne with the aim of securing "the decolonization and independence of Martinique". Its secretary is the deputy and president of the Regional Council of Martinique. It has one seat in the French National Assembly.
Build the Martinique Country is a left-wing political party in the French département d'outre-mer of Martinique. It has one seat in the French National Assembly, held by Josette Manin.
The following is a list of the 45 former cantons of the Martinique department, an overseas department of France, sorted by arrondissement. The cantons were abolished in 2015, when the Assembly of Martinique replaced the General Council of Martinique and the Regional Council of Martinique.
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.
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.
Serge Letchimy is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the island of Martinique's 3rd constituency since June 2007, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group. Letchimy is a member of the Martinican Progressive Party (PPM), or Parti progressiste martiniquais. He was the successor of Aimé Césaire as Mayor of Fort de France from 2001 to 2010 and was the final President of the Regional Council of Martinique from 26 March 2010 until its replacement by the Assembly of Martinique in December 2015.
Josette is a feminine given name. It may refer to:
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 has been a representative of Martinique's 1st constituency in the National Assembly since 21 June 2017. She was the first woman to be elected President of the General Council and as a deputy for Martinique in the French National Assembly.
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.
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