List of Presidents of the Regional Council of Martinique
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List of Presidents of the Regional Council of Martinique.
This is a list of Presidents of the Regional Council
of Martinique
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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 Martinique
Martinique
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
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Name | Entered office | Left office | Party |
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Camille Petit | 1974 | 1983 | UNR, from 1982: RPR 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... |
Aimé Césaire Aimé Césaire Aimé Fernand David Césaire was a French poet, author and politician from Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the négritude movement in Francophone literature".-Student, educator, and poet:... |
1983 | 1988 | PPM Martinican Progressive Party The Martinican Progressive Party is a Martinican political party founded on March 22, 1958 by poet Aimé Césaire. The party favors the autonomy of Martinique within France, unlike the nationalist MIM. The party has one seat in the French National Assembly, Serge Letchimy, deputy from... |
Camille Darsières Camille Darsieres Camille Darsieres was a politician from Martinique who served in the French National Assembly from 1993-1997 .- references :*... |
1988 | 1992 | PPM Martinican Progressive Party The Martinican Progressive Party is a Martinican political party founded on March 22, 1958 by poet Aimé Césaire. The party favors the autonomy of Martinique within France, unlike the nationalist MIM. The party has one seat in the French National Assembly, Serge Letchimy, deputy from... |
Emilé Capgras | 1992 | 1998 | PCM Martinican Communist Party The Martinican Communist Party is a political party in the French département d'outre-mer of Martinique. Georges Erichot is the general secretary of the party.... |
Alfred Marie-Jeanne Alfred Marie-Jeanne Alfred Marie-Jeanne is a French politician in Martinique, a leader in the Martinican Independence Movement since 1978. He served as mayor of the commune of Rivière-Pilote from 1971 to 2000 and served as President of the Regional Council of Martinique from March 20, 1998 to March 2010... |
1998 | Present | MIM Martinican Independence Movement The Martinican Independence Movement or MIM is a left-wing political party in the overseas department of Martinique, founded July 1, 1978 by Alfred Marie-Jeanne with the aim of securing "the decolonization and independence of Martinique"... |