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The Alsace Regional Council is the Conseil régional

Conseil régional

A Regional Council is the elected assembly of a region of France.-History:Regional councils were created by law on 5 July 1972. Originally they were simply consultative bodies consisting of the region's parliamentary representatives plus an equal number of members nominated by the departments and...

of Alsace

Alsace

Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

(France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

). It is chaired by Philippe Richert

Philippe Richert

Philippe Richert is a French politician and Minister for Local authorities under the Minister of Interior, Overseas, Local authorities and Immigration since 14 November 2010. He was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Bas-Rhin department. He is a member of the Union for a Popular...

. It includes 47 members.

By party

Party		seats
•	Union for a Popular Movement Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...	18
	Socialist Party Socialist Party (France) The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...	8
	National Front	8
•	Union for French Democracy Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...	7
	The Greens The Greens (France) The Greens were a Green political party to the centre-left of the political spectrum in France. They had officially been in existence since 1984, but their spiritual roots could be traced as far back as René Dumont’s candidacy for the presidency in 1974...	4
•	Miscellaneous Right	2

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes (Round One)	% (Round One)	Votes (Round Two)	% (Round Two)
Adrien Zeller Adrien Zeller Adrien Zeller , was the president of the regional council of Alsace from 1996 until 2009. He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He was State Secretary of the Social Security in the second Jacques Chirac government from 1986 to 1988... (incumbent)	UMP Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...	225,193	34.06%	299,353	43.56%
Jacques Bigot	PS Socialist Party (France) The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement... -Verts The Greens (France) The Greens were a Green political party to the centre-left of the political spectrum in France. They had officially been in existence since 1984, but their spiritual roots could be traced as far back as René Dumont’s candidacy for the presidency in 1974...	133,038	20.12%	236,709	34.44%
Patrick Binder Patrick Binder Patrick Binder is a French and Alsatian politician. He is chief accountant and member of the National Front since 1989. He has been elected at the Alsace Regional Council since March 1998 and at the Municipal council of Mulhouse since March 2008...	FN	122,860	18.58%	151,187	22.00%
Robert Spieler	Alsace d'abord Alsace d'abord Alsace d'abord is a political party seeking autonomy for Alsace in France.The party is considered to be a far-right party by most observers, due to its strong stance against immigration, its opposition to Turkish entry into the European Union and its affirmation of an Alsatian national identity...	62,253	9.42%	-	-
Antoine Waechter	MEI Independent Ecological Movement The Independent Ecological Movement is a political party in France founded by Antoine Waechter, former presidential candidate of The Greens in 1994. The MEI hoped to replaced the Greens as the major green party, but due to the Green's electoral deals with larger parties, it failed to do so...	48.949	7.40%	-	-
Alfred Wahl	PCF French Communist Party The French Communist Party is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism.Although its electoral support has declined in recent decades, the PCF retains a large membership, behind only that of the Union for a Popular Movement , and considerable influence in French... -PRG Left Radical Party The Radical Party of the Left is a minor social-liberal, and in opposition to its common understanding of its name, a moderate centre-left political party in France advocating radicalism, secularism to its french extend known as laïcité, progressivism, pro-Europeanism, individual freedom and... -MRC Citizen and Republican Movement The Citizen and Republican Movement is a political party in France. The party replaced, in 2002, the Citizens' Movement founded by Jean-Pierre Chevènement, who left the Socialist Party in 1993 due to his opposition to the Persian Gulf War and to the Maastricht Treaty...	24,692	3.73%	-	-
Patrick Merck	Divers	23,540	3.56%	-	-
Françoise Ruch	LCR Revolutionary Communist League (France) See Revolutionary Communist League for the other Ligue communiste révolutionnaire.The Revolutionary Communist League was a French democratic revolutionary socialist political party. It was the French section of the Fourth International... /LO Workers' Struggle Lutte Ouvrière is the usual name under which the Union Communiste , a French Trotskyist political party, is known, after the name of its weekly paper. Arlette Laguiller has been its spokeswoman since 1973 and has run in each presidential election, but Robert Barcia was its founder and central...	20,004	3.03%	-	-
Pascale Grauss	Federalist Party Federalist Party (France) The Federalist Party is a French European federalist political party, founded in 1995 by Jean-Philippe Allenbach and whose main leader is currently Yves Gernigon....	578	0.09%	-	-
Total		661,107	100,00%	687,249	100,00%

1998

Party		seats
	National Front	13
•	Union for French Democracy Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...	9
	Socialist Party Socialist Party (France) The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...	8
•	Rally for the Republic Rally for the Republic The Rally for the Republic , was a French right-wing political party. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic , it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism...	7
•	Miscellaneous Right	3
	Alsace d'Abord Alsace d'abord Alsace d'abord is a political party seeking autonomy for Alsace in France.The party is considered to be a far-right party by most observers, due to its strong stance against immigration, its opposition to Turkish entry into the European Union and its affirmation of an Alsatian national identity...	3
	Women of Alsace	2
	Independent Ecological Movement Independent Ecological Movement The Independent Ecological Movement is a political party in France founded by Antoine Waechter, former presidential candidate of The Greens in 1994. The MEI hoped to replaced the Greens as the major green party, but due to the Green's electoral deals with larger parties, it failed to do so...	1
	The Greens The Greens (France) The Greens were a Green political party to the centre-left of the political spectrum in France. They had officially been in existence since 1984, but their spiritual roots could be traced as far back as René Dumont’s candidacy for the presidency in 1974...	1

1992

Party		seats
•	Rally for the Republic Rally for the Republic The Rally for the Republic , was a French right-wing political party. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic , it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism... -Union for French Democracy Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...	20
	National Front	9
	The Greens The Greens (France) The Greens were a Green political party to the centre-left of the political spectrum in France. They had officially been in existence since 1984, but their spiritual roots could be traced as far back as René Dumont’s candidacy for the presidency in 1974...	6
	Socialist Party Socialist Party (France) The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...	6
	Alsace d'Abord Alsace d'abord Alsace d'abord is a political party seeking autonomy for Alsace in France.The party is considered to be a far-right party by most observers, due to its strong stance against immigration, its opposition to Turkish entry into the European Union and its affirmation of an Alsatian national identity...	2
	Women of Alsace	1
	Ecology Generation	3

1986

Party		seats
•	Rally for the Republic Rally for the Republic The Rally for the Republic , was a French right-wing political party. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic , it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism... -Union for French Democracy Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...	27
	Socialist Party Socialist Party (France) The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...	11
	National Front	7
	The Greens The Greens (France) The Greens were a Green political party to the centre-left of the political spectrum in France. They had officially been in existence since 1984, but their spiritual roots could be traced as far back as René Dumont’s candidacy for the presidency in 1974...	2

Past Presidents

André Bord (1974-1976)
Pierre Schiélé (1976-1980)
Marcel Rudloff (1980-1996)
Adrien Zeller
Adrien Zeller
Adrien Zeller , was the president of the regional council of Alsace from 1996 until 2009. He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He was State Secretary of the Social Security in the second Jacques Chirac government from 1986 to 1988...

(1996-2009)
André Reichardt (2009-2010)
Philippe Richert
Philippe Richert
Philippe Richert is a French politician and Minister for Local authorities under the Minister of Interior, Overseas, Local authorities and Immigration since 14 November 2010. He was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Bas-Rhin department. He is a member of the Union for a Popular...

(2010-?)

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