Rodolphe Alexandre (born 26 September 1953 in

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 ...

) is a French politician from

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. The former Mayor of Cayenne, he was president of the Guiana Assembly, the deliberative assembly of French Guiana, since its establishment on 1 January 2016, until 2021. He was president of the Regional Council of French Guiana from 26 March 2010, till the Regional Council and

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were replaced by the one body, the Guiana Assembly, on 1 January 2016. Having completed his secondary education at Felix Eboue High School, he obtained a Master of history and geography at the University of Bordeaux III. He joined the

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(PSG) in 1983, when he became chief of staff in the General Council of Guyana (until 1988).

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