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.
Executive The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council.
List of presidents PeriodIdentityPolitical Party19761988Michel Giraud (1929-2011)RPR19881992Pierre-Charles Krieg (1922-1998)RPR19921998Michel Giraud (1929-2011)RPR19982015Jean-Paul Huchon (1946-)PS2015July 3, 2021Valérie Pécresse (1967-)LR, then SL2021Ongoing (as of July 20, 2021)SL
Legislative branch 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. 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.
Current composition List of political groups in the councilPartyAcronymElectedGroupMajority (125 seats)The RepublicansLR59Île-de-France gathered (102 seats)Miscellaneous rightDVD14Soyons LibresSL11Democratic MovementMoDem8La France AudacieuseLFA2Radical MovementMR2AgirAgir2The CentristsLC1Union of Democrats and EcologistsUDE1Independent Ecological MovementMEI1La France VraimentLFV1Union of Democrats and IndependentsUDI23UDI (23 seats)Opposition (84 seats)Europe Ecology - The GreensEELV11Ecologist pole (18 seats)Génération.sG s5Cap ÉcologieCE1Ecology GenerationGÉ1Socialist PartyPS15Île-de-France in common (18 seats)Radical Party of the LeftPRG1Miscellaneous leftDVG1Les Écolos SolidairesLÉS1La France InsoumiseLFI9LFI and related (17 seats)French Communist PartyPCF7Animalist PartyPA1National RallyRN15RN Ile-de-France (16 seats)L'Avenir FrançaisLAF1La République En Marche!LREM9Presidential majority (15 seats)Democratic movementMoDem4Territories of ProgressTdP1AgirAgir1
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Île-de-France region