The Departmental Council of Corsica () was the deliberative assembly of the former French department of (1790–1793, 1811–1976), on the island of Corsica.

History In 1833, when the General Council was created, Corsica had only one department, since the merger of the two departments, Liamone and Golo in 1811. On 1st January 1976, by application of the law of May 15, 1975, it was split into two departments: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, resulting in the dissolution of the single general council.

List of presidents The following is a list of presidents of the General Council from 1880 to 1976:

around 1880: Patrice de Corsi 1888-1908: Emmanuel Arène 1908-1919: 1919: Adolphe Landry 1920-1921: Vincent de Moro-Giafferi 1921-1922: Adolphe Landry 1922-1923: 1923-1924: Adolphe Landry 1924-1927: Vincent de Moro-Giafferi 1927-1930: Adolphe Landry 1930-1931: René-François de Casabianca 1931-1937: François Piétri 1937-1938: Adolphe Landry 1938-1940: Camille de Rocca Serra 1945-1951: Paul Giacobbi 1951-1953: 1953-1956: Jean Augustin Seta 1956-1959: 1959-1976:

See also Corsican Assembly, est. 1982, is again since 2018 the only deliberative assembly on the island after merging with the former departmental councils of Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse.

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