Antoine Karam served as the President

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 of the Regional Council (Conseil régional

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) of French Guiana

French Guiana

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, a région d'outre-mer

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of France

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, from 1992 to 2010.

Karam was born to a Lebanese

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 father and a Saint Lucia

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n mother. He is a professor of history and he has been president of the Council since 22 March 1992. As a member of the left-wing Guianese Socialist Party

Guianese Socialist Party

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 (PSG), allied to the French Socialist Party

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 (PS), he is also French Guiana’s single representative in the French Senate

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