The General Council of French Guiana ( French: ''Conseil général de la Guyane'') was the deliberative

executive Executive ( exe., exec., execu.) may refer to: Role or title * Executive, a senior management role in an organization ** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators ** Executive dir ...

assembly of the French

Department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...

. (French Guiana was also a

French region France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (french: régions, singular ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collecti ...

, with a Regional Council, the

Regional Council of French Guiana The Regional Council of French Guiana (French: ''Conseil régional de la Guyane'') was the elected regional council of French Guiana. It ceased to exist on 1 January 2016, when it was replaced by the Assembly of French Guiana. The council was co ...

, as well). The General Council was chaired by the

President of the General Council of French Guiana The President of the General Council of French Guiana (French: ''Présidents du conseil général de la Guyane'') presides over the nineteen seat General Council of French Guiana. List of presidents of the General Council References ...

Alain Tien-Liong Alain Tien-Liong (born 21 May 1963) is a French Guianese politician and educator. Biography Tien-Liong was born on 21 May 1963 in Cayenne Tien-Liong was raised in Cayenne's ''village chinois''. Political career Councillor of the Canton of ...

, of the DVG, held the presidency of the General Council from 2008 to the abolition of the department in 2015.

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(French) Former legislatures of Overseas France

Guiana The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word ''Guayanas'' (''Las Guayanas''), is a region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories: * French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France * ...

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