The Guianese Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste guyanais, PSG) is a political party in the

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'' overseas région'' of

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label= French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas ...

, in

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History

It was founded in 1956 by Justin Catayée, beforehand the founder of the Guianese federation of the

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(SFIO). It is a separate party, not to be confused with the departmental federation of the

French Socialist Party The Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste , PS) is a French centre-left and social-democratic political party. It holds pro-European views. The PS was for decades the largest party of the "French Left" and used to be one of the two major po ...

. For instance, the PSG endorsed the overseas list of

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, not the PS one, in the 2004 European elections. The PSG candidate Gabriel Serville won one of the two parliamentary seats for French Guiana at the French National Assembly in 2012, the second one was held in 2007-2017 by a non-PSG deputy,

Chantal Berthelot Chantal Berthelot is a French politician, former member of the French National Assembly representing department of French Guiana. Biography Early life In 1993, Chantal Berthelot founded an agricultural union, the Regional Farmers Group of Guya ...

, endorsed by various parties, among whom the PSG. The PSG was until 2010 a major party in the regional council of French Guiana, when it fell from 17 seats to one out of 31. It controls since then only the

Cayenne Cayenne (; ; gcr, Kayenn) is the capital city of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast. The city's m ...

municipality. The PSG didn't compete as such for the December 2015 first Guianese Assembly elections after the merger of the department and the region, and the coalition list it supported, headed by deputy Chantal Berthelot from another left-wing party, got only 8.49% and was eliminated at the first round.

Rodolphe Alexandre Rodolphe Alexandre (born 26 September 1953 in Cayenne) is a French politician from French Guiana. The former Mayor of Cayenne, he was president of the Guiana Assembly, the deliberative assembly of French Guiana, since its establishment on 1 Janu ...

, then PSG first alderman in Cayenne, was excluded from the party in January 2008 for presenting a list against the incumbent PSG mayor. He won the 2008 municipal election and became mayor, then won the 2010 regional elections and became president of the Regional Council, likewise for the 2015 Guianese Assembly.

Electoral results

French legislative elections

French Guiana sends two deputies in Paris since 1988, beforehand only one. The electoral districts borders were considerably modified before the 2012 elections.

Guianese Assembly elections

For the first elections to the Guianese Assembly in December 2015, the PSG did not compete as such but on a common list ''Cultiver la Guyane'' led by the deputy

of the party To the Left in Guiana (AGEG). The list got 8.49% of the votes in the first round, under the 10% threshold needed to access to the second round.Official results of the December 2015 Guianese Assembly elections
''Interior Ministry website'' Only two lists could compete for the second round and both their leaders refused any merger with lists that had got between 5% and 10% for the first round, thus eliminating from the new assembly the PSG, but also all the other parties hitherto represented in one or both previous councils: AGEG,

Walwari Walwari () is a political party in the French overseas department and region of French Guiana, founded in 1992 by Christiane Taubira and her husband Roland Delannon.Christiane Taubira Christiane Marie Taubira (; born 2 February 1952) is a French politician who served as Minister of Justice of France in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls under President François Hollande from 2012 until ...

's party), MDES and LR.La région Guyane - Les résultats du second tour des élections régionales
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Regional elections

Office holders

Deputies

Single electoral district * Justin Catayée (1958–1962) *

Léopold Héder Léopold Héder (born August 16, 1918, in Cayenne, French Guiana, and died June 9, 1978, in Cambo-les-Bains, France) was a socialist politician from French Guiana who served in the French National Assembly from 1962 to 1967 and in the French Senate ...

(1962–1967) *

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(1981–1986) Two districts *

(District 1, 1986–1993) * Gabriel Serville (District 1, 2012–2017)

General councillors

French Guiana had a General Council like any other French department from 1946 until January 1, 2016 when it was replaced by the Guianese Assembly. The 19 general councillors were elected for six years but elections took place every three years for half of the cantons.

Mayors of Cayenne

(March 1965 – June 1978) *Gérard Holder (June 1978 – June 1995) *Jean-Claude Lafontaine (June 1995 – March 2008) *

Marie-Laure Phinéra-Horth Marie-Laure Phinera-Horth (born 28 June 1957) is a French politician, who was the first woman from French Guiana to be appointed to the French Senate in 2020. Prior to her role as a senator, she was mayor of Cayenne from 2010. Biography Phinéra ...

(April 2010 – 2020)

Other mayors

There are 22 municipalities in French Guiana, eleven of whom had at least once since 1971 a PSG mayor, seven, including Cayenne, still had one after the 2014 municipal elections. *Serge Adelson, mayor of

Saint-Élie Saint-Élie is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France in South America. In 1930, Saint-Élie became capital of the Inini territory. From 1953 onward, the commune was called Centre. In 1969, it was renamed to Sa ...

(1971–1983), then of

Macouria Macouria is a commune of French Guiana located midway between Cayenne and Kourou, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The seat of the commune is the settlement of Tonate, and so the commune is also known unoffi ...

(1983–2012) *

, mayor of Sinnamary (1977–1996) *Paul Dolianki, mayor of

Apatou Apatou is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. Apatou is home to Maroons of the Aluku, Paramacca, Ndyuka, and Saramaka tribes. History The town of Apatou was founded in 1882 as Moutendé ...

(2008–) *Georges Elfort, mayor of Saint-Georges (1994–1998, 2014–) *Jean-Marcel Ganty, mayor of Remire-Montjoly (2007–) *Paul Martin, mayor of

Grand-Santi Grand-Santi is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. Most of the inhabitants are Ndyuka Maroons and Surinamese immigrants. History The commune was originally called Grand-Santi-Pa ...

(2001–) * Georges Patient, mayor of

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(1989–), senator since 2008 *Paul Suitman, mayor of Camopi (1985–1992) * Gabriel Serville, mayor of Matoury (2014–), deputy since 2012 * Raymond Tarcy, mayor of

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (; gcr, Senloran di Maronni) is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is one of the three sub-prefectures of French Guiana and the sea ...

(1971–1983)

Notes

References

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