Departmental Council of Haut-Rhin
Departmental legislature in France
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The Departmental Council of Haut-Rhin (French: Conseil départemental du Haut-Rhin, Alsatian: Départementrot vum Owerèlsass, German: Departementsrat von Oberelsaß) was the deliberative assembly of the French department of Haut-Rhin. It included 34 departmental councillors from the 17 cantons of Haut-Rhin.[1] Its headquarters were in Colmar.
Departmental Council of Haut-Rhin | |
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Logo of the Council | |
| History | |
| Disbanded | 1 January 2021 |
| Succeeded by | Assembly of Alsace |
| Leadership | |
Rémy With, DVD | |
| Meeting place | |
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| 100, Avenue d'Alsace, Colmar | |
It was replaced, together with the departmental council of Bas-Rhin, by the assembly of Alsace on January 1, 2021, following the creation of the European Collectivity of Alsace.[2][3] The members of the departmental council of Haut-Rhin kept their mandate within the new assembly of Alsace.
List of presidents
The last president of the Council was Rémy With (DVD) elected in 2020,[4][5] following Brigitte Klinkert's appointment as Minister delegate for Integration.[6]
| Period | Name | Party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 1949 | Charles Édouard Amiot | MRP | [7] | |
| 1949 | 1958 | Georges Bourgeois | RPF | [8] | |
| 1958 | Joseph Wasmer | MRP | [9] | ||
| 1958 | 1973 | Georges Bourgeois | UNR then UDR | [10] | |
| 1973 | 1988 | Henri Goetschy | UDF | [11] | |
| 1988 | 1998 | Jean-Jacques Weber | UDF | ||
| 1998 | 2004 | Constant Goerg | DVD | [12] | |
| 2004 | 2015 | Charles Buttner | UMP | [13] | |
| 2015 | 2017 | Éric Straumann | UMP then LR | [14] | |
| 2017 | Rémy With (interim) | DVD | [15] | ||
| 2017 | 2020 | Brigitte Klinkert | DVD | [16] | |
| 2020 | Rémy With | DVD | [17] | ||
Vice-presidents
The president of the departmental council is assisted by 10 vice-presidents, chosen among the departmental councillors. Each has a delegation of authority.
| Order | Name | Canton (constituency) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brigitte Klinkert | Colmar-2 |
| 2nd | Pierre Bihl | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines |
| 3rd | Josiane Mehlen-Vetter | Kingersheim |
| 4th | Michel Habig | Ensisheim |
| 5th | Bernadette Groff | Brunstatt |
| 6th | Alain Grappe | Guebwiller |
| 7th | Lara Million | Mulhouse-3 |
| 8th | Max Delmond | Saint-Louis |
| 9th | Karine Pagliarulo | Guebwiller |
| 10th | Nicolas Jander | Altkrich |