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Regional Council of Lorraine | |
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History | |
Disbanded | 31 December 2015 |
Succeeded by | Regional Council of Grand Est |
Leadership | |
Meeting place | |
Place Gabriel Hocquard, 57000 Metz | |
Website | |
www.lorraine.eu |
The Regional Council of Lorraine (French: Conseil régional de Lorraine, German: Regionalrat von Lothringen) was the deliberative assembly of the former French region of Lorraine until December 31, 2015, following the region's incorporation with Champagne-Ardenne and Alsace to form the new Grand Est region.
It has 73 members and sits in the former abbey of Saint-Clément, in the Pontiffroy district of Metz. The Hôtel de Région is one of the many sites occupied by the Regional Council: boulevard de Trèves (recently renovated military buildings), Sainte-Barbe and Blida for Metz (there is also a site in Nancy).
Its last president was Jean-Pierre Masseret (PS), elected on March 28, 2004.[1][2]
The Regional Council of Lorraine was also a member of the cross-border inter-regional cooperation called Grande Région, or "SaarLorLux".[3]
Period | Name | Party | Other mandates | References | |
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1877 | 1890 | Édouard von Jaunez | Alsace-Lorraine | Mayor of Sarreguemines | [4] |
1974 | 1976 | John Vilmain | CNIP | President of the departmental council of Vosges | [5] |
1976 | 1978 | Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber | PR | Deputy | [6] |
1978 | 1979 | Pierre Messmer | RPR | Former Prime Minister, deputy, mayor of Sarrebourg | [7][8] |
1979 | 1982 | André Madoux | RPR | President of the departmental council of Meuse | [9] |
1982 | 1992 | Jean-Marie Rausch | DVD then DVG | Minister, senator, mayor of Metz, departmental councillor | [10] |
1992 | 2004 | Gérard Longuet | UDF / UMP | President of SaarLorLux, minister, deputy, senator, general councillor | [11] |
2004 | 2015 | Jean-Pierre Masseret | PS | Former minister, senator | [12] |
The President of the Regional Council is assisted by vice-presidents chosen from among the regional councillors. Each of them has a delegation of authority.
Following the list of vice-presidents of the Council from 2010 to 2015:[13]
Majority (46 seats) | |||
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Party | Group name | Elected | |
Socialist Party (PS) | Socialist | 32 | |
Europe Ecology (EE) | Europe Ecologie Lorraine | 9 | |
French Communist Party (PCF) | Communist | 5 | |
Opposition (27 seats) | |||
Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) | Majorité présidentielle-nouveau centre | 17 | |
National Front (FN) | National Front | 6 | |
Independent (not affiliated) | Je suis Lorrain | 3 |