The politics of
Brittany
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,
France
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takes place in a framework of a
presidential
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representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Council is the
head of government
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, and of a pluriform
multi-party system.
Legislative power is vested in the regional council.
Executive
The executive of the region is led by the
President of the regional council
The following is a list of current presidents of the regional councils of France and the Corsican Assembly.
List
Since 2011, the Departmental Council of Mayotte has simultaneously exercised the competencies of a regional council.
Since 2015, t ...
.
List of presidents
Legislative branch
The Regional Council of Brittany (''Conseil régional de Bretagne'', ''Kuzul Rannvroel Breizh'') is composed of 83 councillors, elected by
proportional representation
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in a
two-round system
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. The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The remainder of the seats are allocated through
proportional representation
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with a 5%
threshold
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.
The Council is elected for a six-year term.
Current composition
Elections
Other elections
In the
2007 legislative election, 13
Socialists
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were elected. The
UMP won 11 seats. One centrist affiliated with the
MoDem (now
New Centre) was elected. One PS dissident,
Marcel Rogemont was also elected.
References
External links
Bretagne Region
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