Following is a list of senators of Saint Barthélemy, people who have represented the department of

Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy, officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, also known as St. Barts (English) or St. Barth (French), is an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. The island lies about southeast of the island ...

in the

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. The department was created in 2008.

Election

The lone senator from Saint Barthélemy, like all national senators, is elected for a six-year term. The senator is selected through an

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by the twenty-one "great electors" of Saint Barthélemy. The electors are composed of all nineteen members of the

Territorial Council of Saint Barthélemy The Territorial Council of Saint Barthélemy () is the consultative assembly for Saint Barthélemy. The legislature comprises 19 territorial councillors. See also * Territorial Council of Saint Martin The Collectivity of Saint Martin was a F ...

, the incumbent Senator for Saint Barthélemy, and the national deputy of the

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for Saint Barthélemy and Saint-Martin's 1st constituency.

Fifth Republic

Senators for Saint-Barthélemy under the

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were:

References

Sources

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Barthélemy, List of senators of Lists of members of the Senate (France) by department