François Bonneau is a French politician and the incumbent President of the Regional Council

President of the regional council

In Italy, the President of the Regional Council is the Speaker who heads the consiglio regionale of a regione, a state-level territory....

 of the Centre region. He is a member of the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (France)

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...

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He successively served as Vice President of the Montargis

Montargis

Montargis is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. The town is located about south of Paris and east of Orléans in the Gâtinais....

 Agglomeration Community (1989–1995), municipal councillor in Montargis

Montargis

Montargis is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. The town is located about south of Paris and east of Orléans in the Gâtinais....

 (since 2001) and member of the Regional Council since 1998. Following the resignation of President Michel Sapin

Michel Sapin

Michel Sapin is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Indre department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.-Biography:...

 in 2007, he was elected President of the Regional Council

President of the regional council

In Italy, the President of the Regional Council is the Speaker who heads the consiglio regionale of a regione, a state-level territory....

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He will run for a full term in his own right in the 2010 regional elections

French regional elections, 2010

Regional elections were held in France on 14 and 21 March 2010. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 régions, which, though they do not have legislative autonomy, manage sizable budgets....

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