The politics of Île-de-France, France takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Council is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the regional council.
The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council.
Period | Identity | Political Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | 1988 |
Michel Giraud
[1]
(1929-2011) |
RPR | |
1988 | 1992 |
Pierre-Charles Krieg
[2]
(1922-1998) |
RPR | |
1992 | 1998 |
Michel Giraud
[1]
(1929-2011) |
RPR | |
1998 | 2015 |
Jean-Paul Huchon
[3]
(1946-) |
PS | |
2015 | July 3, 2021 |
Valérie Pécresse
[4]
(1967-) |
LR, then SL | |
2021 | Ongoing
(as of July 20, 2021) |
SL |
The Regional Council of Île-de-France (Conseil régional d'Île-de-France) is composed of 209 councillors, elected by proportional representation in a two-round system. [5] The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The remainder of the seats are allocated through proportional representation with a 5% threshold.
The Council is elected for a six-year term.