Council of Paris
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The Council of Paris is the deliberative body responsible for the governing of Paris
, the capital of France
. It possesses simultaneously the powers of a Paris City Council (Conseil municipal) and those of a General Council for the Département de Paris, as defined by the so-called PLM Law (Loi PLM) of 1982 that redefined the governance of Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. Paris is, in effect, the only city in France to be, at one time, a commune (city or town) and a département (county, shire, or state), and this arrangement has been a fact even longer, since the passage of the law of 10 July 1964 which totally reorganized the Paris region.
The mayor of Paris, who presides over the Council of Paris, therefore holds in his hands the powers of mayor and of president of the departmental council. There are presently 163 councillors for Paris.
Although the history of Paris is long, that of its municipal government, in its present form, is less than half a century old. Paris and its environs were always governed directly by the highest French polity
of the time: the Crown before the French Revolution
, and a state-appointed préfet (governing the Seine
département) afterwards. The office of mayor of Paris existed for brief periods during the 18th and 19th centuries, but it was not an institution of government before 1977.
Although Paris has a double role as a commune and as a département, it has a unique method for governing both; the Council of Paris, with the Mayor of Paris as its president, meets either as a municipal council (conseil municipal) or as a departmental council (conseil général) depending on the issue to be debated.
The modern administrative organization of Paris still retains some traces of its previous incarnation as the government of the Seine
département. The Préfecture de Police (which also has authority over the fire brigades of Paris), for example, has still a jurisdiction extending to the petite couronne (small corona or halo) of Paris, the three bordering départements (Seine-Saint-Denis
, Hauts de Seine, and Val de Marne) for some operations such as fire protection and rescue operations, and the Préfecture de Police is still directed by France's national government. Paris has no municipal police force, although it does have its own brigade of traffic wardens.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, the capital of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It possesses simultaneously the powers of a Paris City Council (Conseil municipal) and those of a General Council for the Département de Paris, as defined by the so-called PLM Law (Loi PLM) of 1982 that redefined the governance of Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. Paris is, in effect, the only city in France to be, at one time, a commune (city or town) and a département (county, shire, or state), and this arrangement has been a fact even longer, since the passage of the law of 10 July 1964 which totally reorganized the Paris region.
The mayor of Paris, who presides over the Council of Paris, therefore holds in his hands the powers of mayor and of president of the departmental council. There are presently 163 councillors for Paris.
The 'hybrid' government
Each of the arrondissements of Paris has a directly elected council (conseil d'arrondissement), which, in turn, elects an arrondissement mayor. A selection of members from each arrondissement council form the Council of Paris (Conseil de Paris), the body which elects the mayor of Paris.Although the history of Paris is long, that of its municipal government, in its present form, is less than half a century old. Paris and its environs were always governed directly by the highest French polity
Polity
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of the time: the Crown before the French Revolution
French Revolution
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, and a state-appointed préfet (governing the Seine
Seine (département)
Seine was a département of France encompassing Paris and its immediate suburbs. Its préfecture was Paris and its official number was 75. The Seine département was abolished in 1968 and its territory divided among four new départements....
département) afterwards. The office of mayor of Paris existed for brief periods during the 18th and 19th centuries, but it was not an institution of government before 1977.
Although Paris has a double role as a commune and as a département, it has a unique method for governing both; the Council of Paris, with the Mayor of Paris as its president, meets either as a municipal council (conseil municipal) or as a departmental council (conseil général) depending on the issue to be debated.
The modern administrative organization of Paris still retains some traces of its previous incarnation as the government of the Seine
Seine (département)
Seine was a département of France encompassing Paris and its immediate suburbs. Its préfecture was Paris and its official number was 75. The Seine département was abolished in 1968 and its territory divided among four new départements....
département. The Préfecture de Police (which also has authority over the fire brigades of Paris), for example, has still a jurisdiction extending to the petite couronne (small corona or halo) of Paris, the three bordering départements (Seine-Saint-Denis
Seine-Saint-Denis
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, Hauts de Seine, and Val de Marne) for some operations such as fire protection and rescue operations, and the Préfecture de Police is still directed by France's national government. Paris has no municipal police force, although it does have its own brigade of traffic wardens.
Councillors elected for the 2008-2014 term
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- NC = Nouveau Centre (New Center and Independents)
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- UMP = Union pour un mouvement populaire
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| Name | Party Affiliation | Arrondissement |
|---|---|---|
| Berthout, Florence | UMP | 1st |
| Dagoma, Seybah | PS | 1st |
| Legaret, Jean-François | UMP | 1st |
| Boutault, Jacques | EELVA | 2nd |
| Schapira, Pierre Pierre Schapira Pierre Lionel Georges Schapira is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France... |
PS | 2nd |
| Wieviorka, Sylvie | PS | 2nd |
| Aidenbaum, Pierre | PS | 3rd |
| Caron-Thibault, Gauthier | PS | 3rd |
| Montacié, Camille | PS | 3rd |
| Bertinotti, Dominique | PS | 4th |
| Girard, Christophe | PS | 4th |
| Roger, Vincent | UMP | 4th |
| Bach, Marie-Chantal | UMP | 5th |
| Cohen-Solal, Lyne | PS | 5th |
| Saint-Étienne, Christian | Centre et indépendants | 5th |
| Tibéri, Jean Jean Tiberi Jean Tiberi is a French politician who was mayor of Paris from May 22, 1995 to March 24, 2001. , he is mayor of the 5th arrondissement of Paris and deputy to the French National Assembly from the second district of Paris.... |
UMP | 5th |
| Bertrand, Geneviève | Centre et indépendants | 6th |
| Lecoq, Jean-Pierre | UMP | 6th |
| Lévy, Romain | PS | 6th |
| Dati, Rachida Rachida Dati Rachida Dati is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament, representing Île-de-France. Before her election, she held the cabinet post of Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice. She was a spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy during the French presidential election of 2007... |
UMP | 7th |
| Dauvergne, Emmanuelle | UMP | 7th |
| Dumont, Michel | UMP | 7th |
| Namy-Caulier, Martine | UMP | 7th |
| Pozzo di Borgo, Yves Yves Pozzo di Borgo Yves Pozzo di Borgo is a member of the Senate of France, representing the city of Paris. He is a member of the Centrist Union. He is of italian origin.-References:*... |
Centre et indépendants | 7th |
| Lebel, François | UMP | 8th |
| Lellouche, Pierre Pierre Lellouche Pierre Lellouche is a French politician and a member of the Union for a Popular Movement party. He is Secretary of State for Foreign Trade under the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, Christine Lagarde. He was also the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly from November 2004 to 17... |
UMP | 8th |
| Merigot de Treigny, Martine | UMP | 8th |
| Bravo, Jacques | PS | 9th |
| Bürkli, Delphine | UMP | 9th |
| Morel, Claire | PS | 9th |
| Véron, Pauline | PS | 9th |
| Asmani, Lynda | Centre et indépendants | 10th |
| Dubarry, Véronique | EELVA | 10th |
| Féraud, Rémi | PS | Xe |
| Gaudillère, Bernard | PS | Xe |
| Lhostis, Alain | PC | Xe |
| Trostiansky, Olga | PS | Xe |
| Assouline, Daniel | PS | XIe |
| Bidard, Hélène | PC | XIe |
| Bloche, Patrick Patrick Bloche Patrick Bloche is a French politician from the Socialist Party.-References:... |
PS | XIe |
| Boistard, Pascale | PS | XIe |
| Capelle, Liliane | PS | XIe |
| Ducloux, Philippe | PS | XIe |
| Errecart, Maïté | PS | XIe |
| Flam, Mireille | PS | XIe |
| Sarre, Georges Georges Sarre Georges Sarre is a French politician and leader of the Citizen and Republican Movement.Sarre was an early supporter of Jean-Pierre Chevènement and François Mitterrand within the new Socialist Party , which he joined at the famous Epinay Congress in 1971... |
Non inscrit | XIe |
| Tissot, Claude-Annick | UMP | XIe |
| Vauglin, François | PS | XIe |
| Blumenthal, Michèle | PS | XIIe |
| Charnoz, Sandrine | PS | XIIe |
| Corbière, Alexis | PG | XIIe |
| Missika, Jean-Louis | PS | XIIe |
| Montandon, Valérie | UMP | XIIe |
| Najdovski, Christophe | EELVA | XIIe |
| Rey, Gérard | Non inscrit | XIIe |
| Sautter, Christian Christian Sautter Christian Sautter is a French politician. He served as Minister for Economics, Finance, and Industry from 1999 to 2000 as part of Lionel Jospin's "Plural Left" government.-External links:*... |
PS | XIIe |
| Taïeb, Karen | PS | XIIe |
| Vieu-Charier, Catherine | PC | XIIe |
| Barthe, Marie-Annick | PS | XIIIe |
| Becker, Emmanuelle | PC | XIIIe |
| Bros, Jean-Bernard | PS | XIIIe |
| Contassot, Yves | EELVA | XIIIe |
| Coumet, Jérôme | PS | XIIIe |
| Cuignache-Gallois, Edith | Centre et indépendants | XIIIe |
| Gontrie, Marie-Pierre | PS | XIIIe |
| Julliard, Bruno Bruno Julliard Bruno Julliard is the former chairman of the UNEF, the main student union in France. He studies public law at the University of Lyon.... |
PS | XIIIe |
| Lang, Anne-Christine | PS | XIIIe |
| Le Guen, Jean-Marie Jean-Marie Le Guen Jean-Marie Le Guen is a doctor, public health expert, and member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the city of Paris, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.-Biography:... |
PS | XIIIe |
| Moine, Philippe | PS | XIIIe |
| Olivier, Annick | PS | XIIIe |
| Trémège, Patrick | UMP | XIIIe |
| Arrouze, Aline | PC | XIVe |
| Carrère-Gée, Marie-Claire | UMP | XIVe |
| Cherki, Pascal | PS | XIVe |
| Christienne, Odette | PS | XIVe |
| Dutrey, René | EELVA | XIVe |
| Martins, Jean-François | Non inscrit (MoDem Modem A modem is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data... ) |
XIVe |
| Mercier, Étienne | PS | XIVe |
| Polski, Olivia | PS | XIVe |
| Pourtaud, Danièle | PS | XIVe |
| Sanches Ruivo, Hermano | PS | XIVe |
| Alayrac, Gilles | PS | XVe |
| Bruno, Catherine | Centre et indépendants | XVe |
| Charon, Pierre | UMP | XVe |
| Cherioux de Soultrait, Joëlle | UMP | XVe |
| Courtois, Daniel-Georges | UMP | XVe |
| D'Aboville, Gérard Gérard d'Aboville Gérard d'Aboville is the first man to row across two oceans solo: the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. He crossed the Atlantic in 1980, travelling from Cape Cod to Brittany... |
UMP | XVe |
| Dargent, Claude | PS | XVe |
| Clermont-Tonnerre, Claire | UMP | XVe |
| Destrem, Alain | UMP | XVe |
| Goujon, Philippe Philippe Goujon Philippe Goujon is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the city of Paris, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.-References:... |
UMP | XVe |
| Hidalgo, Anne Anne Hidalgo Anne Hidalgo is a French politician of Spanish descent, member of the French Socialist Party since 1994. Former national secretary for culture and media, after having been responsible for providing training, she is currently the first deputy mayor of Paris, under Bertrand Delanoë... |
PS | XVe |
| Lalem, Fatima | PS | XVe |
| Lamour Jean-François Jean-François Lamour Jean-François Lamour is a former French fencer and current French politician and cabinet minister. A top fencer, he was a gold medallist at the 1984 Olympics and 1988 Olympics and a bronze medal winner at the 1992 Olympics in the men's individual sabre. He was also world champion in 1987... |
UMP | XVe |
| Macé de Lepinay, Hélène | UMP | XVe |
| Menguy, Jean-Baptiste | UMP | XVe |
| Poirault-Gauvin | UMP | XVe |
| Tachene, Anne | Centre et Indépendants | XVe |
| Alphand, David | UMP | XVIe |
| Auriacombe, Pierre | UMP | XVIe |
| Boulay-Esperonnier | UMP | XVIe |
| Debré, Bernard Bernard Debré Bernard Debré is French urologist at Hôpital Cochin in Paris and a member of the National Assembly of France. He's one of the representants of the city of Paris, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He is a son of Michel Debré and twin-brother of Jean-Louis Debré.-References:... |
UMP | XVIe |
| Dreyfuss, Laurence | UMP | XVIe |
| Gaboriau, Pierre | UMP | XVIe |
| Giazzi, Danièle | UMP | XVIe |
| Goasguen, Claude Claude Goasguen Claude Goasguen is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the city of Paris, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.-Biography:... |
UMP | XVIe |
| Harel, Marie-Laure | UMP | XVIe |
| Helard, Éric | Centre et indépendants | XVIe |
| Hoffenberg, Valérie | UMP | XVIe |
| Mano, Jean-Yves | PS | XVIe |
| Sachs, Valérie | Centre et indépendants | XVIe |
| Benessiano, Hervé | UMP | XVIIe |
| Berthault, Jean-Didier | UMP | XVIIe |
| Coudert, Thierry | UMP | XVIIe |
| Panafieu, Françoise Françoise de Panafieu Françoise de Panafieu is a French politician, member of the Union for a Popular Movement party and mayor of the XVIIe arrondissement of Paris. She was a member of the French Cabinet as tourism minister in 1995 and she has been an MP for Paris since 2002... |
UMP | XVIIe |
| Douvin, Laurence | UMP | XVIIe |
| Dubus, Jérôme | Centre et indépendants | XVIIe |
| Dumas, Catherine Catherine Dumas Catherine Dumas is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. She represents Paris and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party.-References:*... |
UMP | XVIIe |
| Gachet, Isabelle | PS | XVIIe |
| Gasnier, Fabienne | Centre et indépendants | XVIIe |
| Klugman, Patrick | PS | XVIIe |
| Kuster, Brigitte | UMP | XVIIe |
| Lepetit, Annick Annick Lepetit Annick Lepetit is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the city of Paris, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.-References:... |
PS | XVIIe |
| Stein, Richard | UMP | XVIIe |
| Bournazel, Pierre-Yves | UMP | XVIIIe |
| Bouygues, Claudine | PS | XVIIIe |
| Brossat, Ian | PC | XVIIIe |
| Caffet, Jean-Pierre Jean-Pierre Caffet Jean-Pierre Caffet is a member of the Senate of France, representing the city of Paris. He is a member of the Socialist Party.-References:*... |
PS | XVIIIe |
| Decorte, Roxane | UMP | XVIIIe |
| Delanoë, Bertrand Bertrand Delanoë Bertrand Delanoë is a French politician, and has been the mayor of Paris since 2001. He is member of the Socialist Party . Delanoë was born in Tunis, Tunisia to a French-Tunisian father and a French mother... |
PS | XVIIIe |
| El Khomri, Myriam | PS | XVIIIe |
| Fournier, Danielle | EELVA | XVIIIe |
| Garel, Sylvain Sylvain Garel Sylvain Garel is a Paris city councillor, co-President of the French Green Party, who tried unsuccessfully to snatch the 2008 Olympic torch from athlete Stephane Diagana's hands. January 29, 2009, at a reception for the Chinese New Year at the Paris city hall, he submitted a memorandum requesting... |
EELVA | XVIIIe |
| Goldgrab, Laurence | PS | XVIIIe |
| Guillot, Didier | PS | XVIIIe |
| Le Strat, Anne | PS | XVIIIe |
| Pigeon, Frédérique | PS | XVIIIe |
| Vaillant, Daniel Daniel Vaillant Daniel Vaillant is a French Socialist politician.-Biography:Close to Lionel Jospin, Vaillant held several ministerial portfolios in his cabinets: Minister of the Relations with Parliament from 1997 to 2000 and Interior Minister from 2000 to 2002... |
PS | XVIIIe |
| Brossel, Colombe | PS | XIXe |
| Dagnaud, François | PS | XIXe |
| Filoche, Léa | PS | XIXe |
| Giannesini, Jean-Jacques | UMP | XIXe |
| Jemni, Halima | PS | XIXe |
| Madec, Roger Roger Madec Roger Madec is a member of the Senate of France, representing the city of Paris. He is a member of the Socialist Party.-References:*... |
PS | XIXe |
| Markovitch, Daniel | PS | XIXe |
| Onghena, Anne-Constance | UMP | XIXe |
| Peninou, Mao | PS | XIXe |
| Richard, Firmine Firmine Richard Firmine Richard is a Guadeloupean actress based in mainland France. Her film credits include 8 Women and Hunting and Gathering.... |
PS | XIXe |
| Stievenard, Gisèle | PS | XIXe |
| Vuillermoz, Jean | PC | XIXe |
| Assouline, David David Assouline David Assouline is a member of the Senate of France, representing the city of Paris. First elected to the Senate on 26 September 2004, he is a member of the Socialist Party... |
PS | XXe |
| Bache, Marinette | PS | XXe |
| Bargeton, Julien | PS | XXe |
| Baupin, Denis Denis Baupin Denis Baupin is a French political figure, born in Cherbourg on 2 June 1962. He is presently Deputy Mayor of the City of Paris, where, as an elected member of the city council, he represents France’s Green Party.... |
EELVA | XXe |
| Benguigui, Yamina Yamina Benguigui Yamina Benguigui is a French-Algerian film director. She is known for her films on gender issues in the North African immigrant community in France.-Life:... |
PS | XXe |
| Bouakkaz, Hamou | PS | XXe |
| Calandra, Frédérique | PS | XXe |
| Charzat, Michel | EELVA | XXe |
| Daspet, Virginie | PS | XXe |
| Giboudeaux, Fabienne | EELVA | XXe |
| Lopez, Katia | EELVA | XXe |
| Mansat, Pierre | PC | XXe |
| Simonnet, Danielle | PG | XXe |
See also
- Municipal arrondissements of FranceMunicipal arrondissements of FranceThe municipal arrondissement is a subdivision of the commune, used in the three largest cities: Paris, Lyon and Marseille. It functions as an even lower administrative division, with its own mayor...
- Paris Fire BrigadeParis Fire BrigadeThe Paris Fire Brigade , is a French Army unit which serves as the fire service for Paris and certain sites of national strategic importance....
- Prefecture of PolicePrefecture of PoliceThe Prefecture of Police , headed by the Prefect of Police , is an agency of the Government of France which provides the police force for the city of Paris and the surrounding three suburban départements of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne...
- Seine (department)
- Seine-et-OiseSeine-et-OiseSeine-et-Oise was a département of France encompassing the western, northern, and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris. Its préfecture was Versailles and its official number was 78. Seine-et-Oise was abolished in 1968....