Pierre Bédier
Pierre Bédier (born 30 September 1957 in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes) is a former member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207. Since 2014, he is President of the Departmental Council of Yvelines. In 2009 Bedier was convicted of corruption.

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President Of The Departmental Council
In France, the President of the Departmental Council ( French: ''Président du Conseil départemental'') is the locally elected head of the departmental council, the assembly governing a department in France. The position is elected by the departmental councilors from among their number. If there is a tie, the senior councilor is elected. As per Articles L1111-1 to L7331-3 of the General code of local and regional authorities, the responsibilities of the President of the Departmental Council include: * Chairing the departmental authorities * Preparing and implementing the council's decisions * Collection of tax revenues * Representing the ''département'' in legal cases History In 1833, a law was enacted that gave each canton (subdivision of a department) representation of a councillor (''Conseiller général''). As a result of the decentralisation of government ( Deferre law), the election criteria were redefined in 1982 and the President of the Departmental Council took ove ...
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