The politics of

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takes place in a framework of a presidential

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, whereby the President of Regional Council is the

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, and of a pluriform

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is vested in the regional council.

Executive

The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council.

Current composition

* Alain Rousset ( PS): President * Jean-Louis Carrère ( PS): 1st Vice President * Françoise Cartron ( PS): 2nd Vice President * Georges Labazée ( PS): 3rd Vice President * Jean-Pierre Dufour (

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): 4th Vice President * Michel Moyrand ( PS): 5th Vice President * Jean Guérard ( PS): 6th Vice President * Alain Anziani ( PS): 7th Vice President * François Deluga ( PS): 8th Vice President * Anne-Marie Cocula ( DVG): 9th Vice President * Rose-Marie Schmitt (

): 10th Vice President * Henri Houdebert ( PS): 11th Vice President * François Maïtia ( PS): 12th Vice President * Béatrice Gendreau ( PS): 13th Vice President * Jean Lissar (

): 14th Vice President * Stéphane Delpeyrat ( PS): 15th Vice President

List of presidents

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Aquitaine (''Conseil régional d'Aquitaine'') is composed of 85 councillors, elected by

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in a

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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

with a 5% threshold. The council is elected for a six-year term.

Current composition

Elections

Other elections

In the 2007 legislative election, the PS won 16 seats, the UMP won 7, and the

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won two. In addition, the

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won one seat, as did the Greens.

References

External links

Aquitaine Region
{{Politics of French regions