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The politics of Aquitaine, 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

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The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council.

### Current composition

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* Alain Rousset (PS): President
* Jean-Louis Carrère (PS): 1st Vice President
* Françoise Cartron (PS): 2nd Vice President
* Georges Labazée (PS): 3rd Vice President
* Jean-Pierre Dufour (Green): 4th Vice President
* Michel Moyrand (PS): 5th Vice President
* Jean Guérard (PS): 6th Vice President
* Alain Anziani (PS): 7th Vice President
* François Deluga (PS): 8th Vice President
* Anne-Marie Cocula (DVG): 9th Vice President
* Rose-Marie Schmitt (Green): 10th Vice President
* Henri Houdebert (PS): 11th Vice President
* François Maïtia (PS): 12th Vice President
* Béatrice Gendreau (PS): 13th Vice President
* Jean Lissar (Green): 14th Vice President
* Stéphane Delpeyrat (PS): 15th Vice President

### List of presidents

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Main article: List of presidents of Aquitaine

Presidents of Aquitaine

President  | Party  | Term
Jacques Chaban-Delmas | UDR | 1974-1979
André Labarrère | PS | 1979-1981
Philippe Madrelle | PS | 1981-1985
Jacques Chaban-Delmas | RPR | 1985-1988
Jean Tavernier | RPR | 1988-1992
Jacques Valade | RPR | 1992-1998
Alain Rousset | PS | 1998-

## Legislative branch

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Main article: Aquitaine Regional Council

The Regional Council of Aquitaine (Conseil régional d'Aquitaine) is composed of 85 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

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Party | seats

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• | Socialist Party | 43
| Union for a Popular Movement | 12
| Union for French Democracy | 9
• | The Greens | 9
| National Front | 7
• | Miscellaneous Left | 4
• | Left Radical Party | 1

## Elections

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Main article: Elections in Aquitaine

### Other elections

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In the 2007 legislative election, the PS won 16 seats, the UMP won 7, and the MoDem won two. In addition, the New Centre won one seat, as did the Greens.[1]

## References

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1. ^ "Election Resources on the Internet: Presidential and Legislative Elections in France - Results Lookup".

## External links

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