List of Presidents of the Regional Council of French Guiana
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List of Presidents of the Regional Council of French Guiana.
This is a list of Presidents of the Regional Council
of French Guiana
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This is a list of Presidents of the Regional Council
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 French Guiana
French Guiana
French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west...
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| Name | Entered office | Left office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serge Patient | 1974 | 1980 | From 1978: UDF 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... |
| Jaques Lony | 1980 | 1982 | |
| Georges Othily Georges Othily Georges Othily is a politician from French Guiana who was elected to the French Senate in 1989.- References :*... |
1982 | 1992 | PSG Guianese Socialist Party The Guianese Socialist Party is a political party in the French overseas région of French Guiana, in South America. The PSG is currently the majority party in the regional council of French Guiana and has one seat in the French National Assembly.... |
| Antoine Karam Antoine Karam Antoine Karam served as the President of the Regional Council of French Guiana, a région d'outre-mer of France, from 1992 to 2010.... |
1992 | Present | PSG Guianese Socialist Party The Guianese Socialist Party is a political party in the French overseas région of French Guiana, in South America. The PSG is currently the majority party in the regional council of French Guiana and has one seat in the French National Assembly.... |