Departmental Council of Loire
Departmental legislature in France
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The Departmental Council of Loire (French: Conseil départemental de la Loire, Arpitan: Consèly Dèpartamentâla de Lêre) is the deliberative assembly of the French department of Loire. It consists of 42 members (departmental councilors) elected for a 6-years term and its headquarters are in Saint-Étienne, capital of the department.
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Executive
President
The president of the departmental council is Georges Ziegler (LR), departmental councilor elected from the canton of Saint-Étienne-1 on 16 October 2017 (re-elected in 2021).[1][2]
List of successive presidents
- 1902-1917 : Gabriel Réal
- 1917-1919 : Jean Morel
- 1919-1921 : Albert Boël
- 1921-1931 : Antoine Durafour
- 1931-1934 : Fernand Merlin
- 1934-1940 : Jean Neyret
- 1945-1949 : Aimé Malécot
- 1949-1979 : Antoine Pinay
- 1979-1994 : Lucien Neuwirth
- 1994-2008 : Pascal Clément
- 2008-2017 : Bernard Bonne
- 2017-Incumbent : Georges Ziegler
Vice-presidents
| Order | Name[1] | Delegation[3] |
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| 1st | Hervé Reynaud | Finance |
| 2nd | Clotilde Robin | Education and colleges |
| 3rd | Jean-Yves Bonnefoy | Youth and sports |
| 4th | Véronique Chaverot | Economic attractiveness and tourism |
| 5th | Jérémie Lacroix | Roads and mobility |
| 6th | Séverine Reynaud | Technology |
| 7th | Eric Lardon | Territorial solidarity |
| 8th | Nadia Semache | Employment |
| 9th | Daniel Fréchet | Water and environment |
| 10th | Chantal Brosse | Agriculture |
| 11th | Julien Luya | Human resources |
| 12th | Corinne Besson-Fayolle | Cultures |
Composition
The Departemental Council consists of 42 councillors (conseillers départementaux) who come from the 21 cantons of Loire. They are elected for a 6-years term.