The Departmental Council of Mayotte (french: Conseil départemental de Mayotte) is the local authority overseeing the Department of Mayotte. The legislative branch is composed of the council itself acting as a

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, while the executive is composed of the President of the Council and their Vice-Presidents. The members of the council, known as Departmental Councillors and 26 in number, are directly elected for a 6-year term in single seat

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; half of the seats are renewed every 3 years. Mayotte became an overseas department and an overseas region in 2011, ending its previous unique transitional status of departmental collectivity. Until March 2015 the assembly of a

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was known as a General Council (french: Conseil Général).

Structure

Plenary assembly

The council gathers in assembly at least once per trimester. All debates and archives are public; however, the president or 5 members can ask for a session to be private regarding a certain matter.

Special commissions

In addition to the assembly, there are six commissions whose advice will be seek on the following matters: *Finances & Economic Development *Development, Environment & Living Environment *Health, Social Action & General Administration *Training & Integration *Culture, Youth & Sports *Decentralized Cooperation & Institutional Life If needed, a commission can propose to the assembly an amendment on a project.

Other bodies

The Departmental council also comprises two more councils, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESEM) and the Culture, Environment and Education Council (CCEEM), which are consultative assemblies whose role is to advise the elected assembly and the president on the subjects they represent. The CCEEM is composed of 22 unlected members coming from 4 middle schools of the collectivity, with a renewable term of 6 years.

Presidents of the Council

Presidents of the General Council (1977–2015)

* Younoussa Bamana: 6 July 1977 – March 1991 * Hamissi Assani: March – April 1991 * Younoussa Bamana: 18 April 1991 – 2 April 2004 *

Saïd Omar Oili Saïd Omar Oili (born 20 June 1957) was the president of the General Council of Mayotte Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an ...

: 2 April 2004 – 28 February 2008 *

Ahmed Attoumani Douchina Ahmed Attoumani Douchina (born January 2, 1955) is a Mahoran politician. Douchina served as the President of the Departmental Council of Mayotte between 20 March 2009 and 3 April 2011, when he was succeeded by Daniel Zaïdani Daniel Zaïdani (bo ...

: 20 March 2008 Ahmed Attoumani Douchina élu président du Conseil général de Mayotte
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Daniel Zaïdani Daniel Zaïdani (born 14 May 1975) is a Mayotte politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern ...

: 3 April 2011 – 2 April 2015

Presidents of the Departmental Council (2015–present)

Soibahadine Ibrahim Ramadani Soibahadine Ibrahim Ramadani (; born 5 March 1949) is a French and Mahoran politician and formerly a member of the Senate of France, representing the island of Mayotte. He is a member of The Republicans and before that, its predecessor the Unio ...

: 2 April 2015 – 1 July 2021 *

Ben Issa Ousseni Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ...

: 1 July 2021 – present

References

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Mayotte Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is loc ...

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1977 establishments in Mayotte