The Departmental Council of Corrèze ( French: ''Conseil départemental de la Corrèze''), formerly the General Council of Corrèze (''Conseil général de la Corrèze'', until 2015), is the departmental council of

Corrèze Corrèze (; ) is a département in France, named after the river Corrèze which runs through it. Although its prefecture is Tulle, its most populated city is Brive-la-Gaillarde. Corrèze is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, on the bo ...

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. It was presided over by

François Hollande François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. Before his presidency, he was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (France), First Secretary of th ...

from 2008 to 2012, who departed from this position when he took office as the

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on 15 May 2012. It includes 38 members, known as departmental councillors (''conseillers départementaux'') or general councillors (''conseillers généraux'') until 2015.

Composition

The assembly of Departmental Council of Correze is made up of a President, seven vice presidents and thirty departmental councillors with the later two groups representing various cantons of the Correze. Two departmental councillors from each canton are elected for six years by a two-round majority vote.

Seats

By party

By political groups

List of presidents

Current membership

* Canton of Argentat : François Bretin ( PCF) * Canton of Ayen : Gérard Bonnet ( PS) * Canton of Beaulieu sur Dordogne : Jacques Descargues ( PS) * Canton of Beynat : Pascal Coste ( UMP) * Canton of Bort Les-Orgues :

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( UMP) *

Canton of Bugeat Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an I ...

: Christophe Petit ( UMP) * Canton of Brive-la-Gaillarde (Centre) : Frédéric Soulier ( UMP) * Canton of Brive-la-Gaillarde (North East) : Claude Nougein ( UMP) * Canton of Brive-la-Gaillarde (North West) : Michel Da Cunha ( PS) * Canton of Brive-la-Gaillarde (South East) : Jean-Claude Chauvignat ( EELV) * Canton of Brive-la-Gaillarde (South West) : Alain Vacher ( PCF) *

Canton of Corrèze Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an I ...

Bernadette Chirac Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac (; née Chodron de Courcel; born 18 May 1933) is a French politician and the widow of the former president Jacques Chirac. She and Chirac met as students at Sciences Po, and were married on 16 March 1956. They ...

( UMP) *

Canton of Donzenac Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an I ...

: Gilbert Fronty ( PS) *

Canton of Eygurande Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an I ...

: Alain Ballay ( PS) *

Canton of Egletons Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an I ...

: Michel Paillassou ( UMP) *

Canton of Juillac Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an I ...

: Jean-Claude Yardin ( PS) *

Canton of Lubersac Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an I ...

: Jean-Pierre Decaie (

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) * Canton of La Roche Canillac :

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( PS) * Canton of Larche : Jean-Jacques Delpech ( UMP) * Canton of Lapleau : Bertrand Chassagnard ( UMP) * Canton of Malemort sur Corrèze : Robert Penalva ( PS) * Canton of Mercoeur : Lucien Delpeuch ( UMP) * Canton of Meymac : Jean-Pierre Audy ( UMP) * Canton of Meyssac : Henri Salvant ( UMP) * Canton of Neuvic : Henri Roy ( DVG) * Canton of Saint Privat : Serge Galliez ( UMP) * Canton of Seilhac : Noël Martinie ( PS) * Canton of Sornac : Pierre Coutaud ( DVG) * Canton of Tulle (South campaign) : Roger Chassagnard ( PS) * Canton of Tulle (North campaign) : Jean-Claude Peyramard ( PS) * Canton of Tulle (South Urban) : Dominique Grador ( PCF) * Canton of Tulle (North Urban) : Pierre Diederichs ( PS) * Canton of Treignac : Daniel Chasseing (

) * Canton of Ussel (East) : Daniel Delpy ( UMP) * Canton of Ussel (West) : Christophe Arfeuillere ( UMP) * Canton of Uzerche : Sophie Dessus ( PS) * Canton of Vigeois :

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( PS)

Last elections

2008 French cantonal elections Cantonal elections to elect half the membership of the general councils of France's 100 departments were held on 9 and 16 March 2008. These elections coincided with the municipal elections, in which the left did well. Electoral system The canto ...

2011 French cantonal elections Cantonal elections to elect half the membership of the general councils of France's 100 departments were held on 20 and 27 March 2011. Electoral system The cantonal elections use a two-round system similar to that employed in the country's legi ...

External links

Corrèze General Council
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Corrèze Departmental Council Corrèze Departmental councils (France)