Departmental Council of Loire

Departmental legislature in France

Departmental Council of Loire Conseil départemental de la Loire
Logo of the Council
Leadership
President	Georges Ziegler, LR since 16 October 2017
Website
www.loire.fr

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).^[1]^[2]

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

List of vice-presidents of the departmental council (as of 2021)
Order	Name^[1]	Delegation^[3]
1st	Hervé Reynaud	Finance
2nd	Clotilde Robin	Education and colleges
3rd	Jean-Yves Bonnefoy	Youth and sports
4th	Véronique Chaverot	Economic attractiveness and tourism
5th	Jérémie Lacroix	Roads and mobility
6th	Séverine Reynaud	Technology
7th	Eric Lardon	Territorial solidarity
8th	Nadia Semache	Employment
9th	Daniel Fréchet	Water and environment
10th	Chantal Brosse	Agriculture
11th	Julien Luya	Human resources
12th	Corinne Besson-Fayolle	Cultures

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.

References

^ ^a ^b "Georges Ziegler, réélu président du conseil départemental de la Loire - France Bleu". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
^ "Qui va présider le Conseil départemental dans l'Ain, Ardèche, Drôme, Loire et Rhône". France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (in French). 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
^ Goubatian, Dominique (2021-07-16). "Loire. Le président du Département attribue les délégations". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-14.