The president of the Departmental Council of Corrèze (French: Président du conseil départemental de la Corrèze), until 2015 the president of the General Council of Corrèze (Président du conseil général de la Corrèze), prepares and supervises the spending of the budget and the decisions voted by the departmental councillors. The officeholder, who is in charge of financial management and heads the department's administration, has been Midi Corrézien's Pascal Coste of The Republicans since 2015.
Tasks and duties The president has numerous functions: convening and chairing meetings, preparing and carrying out deliberations, signing conventions and acting as legal representative of the institution. If necessary, the president can delegate some of his functions to his vice presidents. The President of the Corrèze Departmental Council is assisted by seven vice presidents entrusted with different missions. Together they form the Bureau, which decides the main outlines of department policy and ensures their implementation.
List of officeholders
President Party Took office Left office Félix Lestang PCF 1945 1946Élie Rouby SFIO, PS 1946 1970 Jacques Chirac UDR, RPR 1970 1979 Georges Debat DVD 1979 1982 Armand Boucheteil PCF 1982 1985 Charles Ceyrac RPR 1985 1992 Jean-Pierre Dupont RPR, UMP 1992 2008 François Hollande PS 2008 2012 Gérard Bonnet PS 2012 2015 Pascal Coste UMP, LR 2015 Incumbent
See also Departmental Council of Corrèze List of presidents of departmental councils (France)
External links (fr) Corrèze Departmental Council Official website