The Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (french: Conseil régional de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) is the

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of the

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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

Marie-Guite Dufay Marie-Marguerite Dufay, best known as Marie-Guite Dufay (born 21 May 1949), is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who serves as president of the regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Political career Dufay was first elected ...

of the

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(PS) is the current president of the regional council, elected on 4 January 2016, following the regional elections on 6 and 13 December 2015.

History

The regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté was created by the act on the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections and amending the electoral calendar of 16 January 2015, which went into effect on 1 January 2016 and merged the regional councils of

Burgundy Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The c ...

and

Franche-Comté Franche-Comté (, ; ; Frainc-Comtou: ''Fraintche-Comtè''; frp, Franche-Comtât; also german: Freigrafschaft; es, Franco Condado; all ) is a cultural and historical region of eastern France. It is composed of the modern departments of Doubs, ...

, consisting of 57 and 43 regional councillors, respectively, into a single body with 100 regional councillors, following regional elections on 6 and 13 December 2015.

Seat

On 24 June 2016, the members of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional council voted in favor of a proposal by

, president of the regional council, to designate

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

as the prefecture of the newly unified region and agreed to select the Hôtel de Région at 4 square Castan in

Besançon Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerl ...

as the seat of the regional council. The previous seat of the

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, located at 17 boulevard de la Trémouille in Dijon, became the meeting place of assemblies of the regional council. The plan was approved with 79 votes in favor, 18 votes against, and 3 abstentions.

Election results

2015 regional election

The current regional council was elected in regional elections on 6 and 13 December 2015, with the list of

consisting of the

(PS), the

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(PRG), and

Cap21 The Citizenship, Action, Participation for the 21st Century (french: Citoyenneté, action, participation pour le e siècle) was a minor green liberal political party in France, founded by Corinne Lepage in 1996 as a political reflection club. ...

securing an absolute majority of 51 seats.

Composition

Political groups

The regional council currently consists of four political groups.

Executive

Presidents

On 4 January 2016,

of the

(PS), who presided over the

regional council of Franche-Comté The Regional Council of Franche-Comté was the regional council of Franche-Comté (France). It was chaired by Marie-Marguerite Dufay until its merger to form the Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Seats By department *19 councillo ...

before its merger, was elected president of the regional council. Despite the fact the left held a majority, Dufay was not elected in the first round of the ballot, securing only 49 votes against

Sophie Montel Sophie Montel (born 22 November 1969 in Montbéliard) is a French politician. Member of the Franche-Comté Regional Council and later regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté since 1998. She contested the 2018 Territoire de Belfort's 1st ...

with 24 votes and 27 blank votes (the right having decided not to present a candidate), because two members of the

(PRG) withheld their support for Dufay in the first round in order to secure vice presidencies. She was subsequently elected with 51 votes in a second ballot.

Vice presidents

In addition to the president, the executive of the regional council also includes 15 vice presidents, as well as regional councillors serving as advisers on certain policy areas.

Committees

The regional council includes 5 thematic committees responsible for examining files on policy areas and submitting their deliberations to the vote of the 33-member standing committee or a plenary session.

References

External links

Official website of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
{{in lang, fr Organizations based in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté