Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...

is an overseas

Territorial collectivity A territorial collectivity (french: collectivité territoriale, previously '), or territorial authority, is a chartered subdivision of France with recognized governing authority. It is the generic name for any subdivision (subnational entity) wit ...

of France, with the same political status as regions and departments in mainland France. The administrative centre of Martinique is located in

Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the ...

. During the referendum of 24 January 2010, the residents of Martinique approved by 68.4% the creation of a new and unique territorial collectivity which is governed by the section 73 of the

French Constitution The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic , and it replaced the Constitution of the Fourth Republic of 1946 with the exception of the preamble per a Constitu ...

. The territorial collectivity of Martinique replaces and exercises all the related power and duties of the department's General Council and the Regional Council. ''Gran Sanblé pou ba peyi an chans'', a coalition of the

Martinican Independence Movement The Martinican Independence Movement or MIM (french: Mouvement Indépendantiste Martiniquais; Martinican Creole: ''Mouvman endépandantis matinitjé'' or ''Mouvman endépandantis matiniké'') is a left-wing political party in the overseas departme ...

and right-wing parties, led by

Alfred Marie-Jeanne Alfred Marie-Jeanne (; born November 15, 1936 in Rivière-Pilote, Martinique) is a French politician, a leader in the Martinican Independence Movement (MIM) since 1978. He served as mayor of the commune of Rivière-Pilote from 1971 to 2000 and s ...

defeated ', a coalition of left-wing parties, led by

Serge Letchimy Serge Letchimy (; born 13 January 1953) is the President of the Executive Council of Martinique and former member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the island of Martinique's 3rd constituency since June 2007, and is a member of ...

, winning 33 seats out of 51 seats of the new

Territorial Collectivity A territorial collectivity (french: collectivité territoriale, previously '), or territorial authority, is a chartered subdivision of France with recognized governing authority. It is the generic name for any subdivision (subnational entity) wit ...

assembly Assembly may refer to: Organisations and meetings * Deliberative assembly, a gathering of members who use parliamentary procedure for making decisions * General assembly, an official meeting of the members of an organization or of their representa ...

during the election held on December 13, 2015 in Martinique. On December 18, 2015 Alfred Marie-Jeanne was elected the first president of the Executive Council of the

of Martinique.

Assembly of Martinique

The Assembly of the Territorial Collectivity of Martinique is composed of 51 members elected by proportional representation in two rounds with each list having an equal number of male and female candidates. The term of the Assembly is 6 years. The current president of the assembly is

Claude Lise Claude Lise (born 31 January 1941 in Fort-de-France) is a French politician from Martinique. He is a Doctor, and was first elected to public office on 24 September 1995. He is the President of the Assembly of Martinique, which replaced both the Re ...

General Council of Martinique

The

General Council General council may refer to: In education: * General Council (Scottish university), an advisory body to each of the ancient universities of Scotland * General Council of the University of St Andrews, the corporate body of all graduates and senio ...

of Martinique was composed of 45 seats whose members were elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms. The last President of the General Council was

Josette Manin Josette Manin (born 16 March 1950, Le Lamentin) is a French politician on the island of Martinique. She was the last President of the General Council of Martinique, from 31 March 2011 to 31 December 2015, and was the representative of Martinique' ...

Regional Council of Martinique

The Regional Council was composed of 41 seats whose members were elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms. The last President of the Regional Council was Serge Letchimy.

Parliamentary representation

:''Notable representatives may be found in :Martiniquais politicians''

French Senate, 2 seats

Martinique elects 2 seats to the

French Senate The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly (France), National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 34 ...

; indirect elections were last held in September 2004. The

Martinican Progressive Party The Martinican Progressive Party (french: Parti progressiste martiniquais, PPM) is a democratic socialist political party in Martinique. It was founded on March 22, 1958 by poet Aimé Césaire after breaking off from the French Communist Party. Th ...

won 1 senator and one other left-wing candidate was elected.

French National Assembly, 4 seats

Martinique also elects 4 seats to the

French National Assembly The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...

, the last elections were held in June 2007. The

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Social ...

elected 1 deputy (Alfred Almont), the

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elected 1 (Louis-Joseph Manscour), the nationalist

elected 1 (Alfred Marie-Jeanne), and the

also elected 1 (Serge Letchimy, mayor of

Fort de France Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the Caribbean. History ...

Judicial system

In Martinique, the French system of justice is in force with there being two lower courts (''tribunaux d’instance''), one higher court (''tribunal de grande instance''), one administrative court, and a commercial court. The Court of Appeal at Fort-de-France also has jurisdiction over other countries such as French Guiana. With regard to the legal profession, it is known that women have been practicing law since 1945 when Andrée Pierre-Rose Bocaly became an attorney. She would be followed by Marcelle Yang-ting, Marie-Thérèse Yoyo-Likao, and Marie-Alice André-Jaccoulet (1969) in sequence.

References

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