The Departmental Council of Haute-Savoie () is the

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of the

French department In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-s ...

Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is ...

. It consists of 34 members (departmental councilors) from 17 cantons and its headquarters are in

Annecy Annecy ( , ; frp, Èneci or ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed ...

, capital of the department.

Executive

President

The president of the departemental council of Haute-Savoie was Christian Monteil (

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), since 2008. He was re-elected president of the departmental council after the 2015 departmental elections. Following the 2021 departmental elections,

Martial Saddier Martial Saddier (born 15 October 1969 in Bonneville, Haute-Savoie) was member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2021. He represented Haute-Savoie's 3rd constituency The 3rd constituency of the Haute-Savoie (French language, Fre ...

( LR) succeeded him as head of the council.

Vice-presidents (as of 2021)

References

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