Departmental Council of Loire
departmental legislature in France
The Departmental Council of Loire (French: Conseil départemental de la Loire, Arpitan: Consèly Dèpartamentâla de Lêre) is the deliberative assembly of the French department of Loire. It consists of 42 members (departmental councilors) elected for a 6-years term and its headquarters are in Saint-Étienne, capital of the department.
Executive
President
The president of the departmental council is Georges Ziegler (LR), departmental councilor elected from the canton of Saint-Étienne-1 on 16 October 2017 (re-elected in 2021).
List of successive presidents
1902-1917 : Gabriel Réal
1917-1919 : Jean Morel
1919-1921 : Albert Boël
1921-1931 : Antoine Durafour
1931-1934 : Fernand Merlin
1934-1940 : Jean Neyret
1945-1949 : Aimé Malécot
1949-1979 : Antoine Pinay
1979-1994 : Lucien Neuwirth
1994-2008 : Pascal Clément
2008-2017 : Bernard Bonne
2017-Incumbent : Georges Ziegler
Vice-presidents
Composition
The Departemental Council consists of 42 councillors (conseillers départementaux) who come from the 21 cantons of Loire. They are elected for a 6-years term.
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