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The Council of Paris (Conseil de 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.
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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 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.
Councillors elected for the 2008-2014 term
- PCF = French Communist Party
- PG = Parti de gauche
- NC = Nouveau Centre (New Center and Independents)
- PS = Parti socialiste
- UMP = Union pour un mouvement populaire
- EELVA = Europe Écologie–The Greens
Name Party Affiliation Arrondissement Berthout, Florence UMP 1st Dagoma, Seybah PS 1st Legaret, Jean-François UMP 1st Boutault, Jacques EELVA 2nd Schapira, Pierre 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 UMP 5th Bertrand, Geneviève Centre et indépendants 6th Lecoq, Jean-Pierre UMP 6th Lévy, Romain PS 6th Dati, Rachida UMP 7th Dauvergne, Emmanuelle UMP 7th Dumont, Michel UMP 7th Namy-Caulier, Martine UMP 7th Pozzo di Borgo, Yves Centre et indépendants 7th Lebel, François UMP 8th Lellouche, Pierre 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 Gaudillère, Bernard PS Lhostis, Alain PC Trostiansky, Olga PS Assouline, Daniel PS Bidard, Hélène PC Bloche, Patrick PS Boistard, Pascale PS Capelle, Liliane PS Ducloux, Philippe PS Errecart, Maïté PS Flam, Mireille PS Sarre, Georges Non inscrit Tissot, Claude-Annick UMP Vauglin, François PS Blumenthal, Michèle PS Charnoz, Sandrine PS Corbière, Alexis PG Missika, Jean-Louis PS Montandon, Valérie UMP Najdovski, Christophe EELVA Rey, Gérard Non inscrit Sautter, Christian PS Taïeb, Karen PS Vieu-Charier, Catherine PC Barthe, Marie-Annick PS Becker, Emmanuelle PC Bros, Jean-Bernard PS Contassot, Yves EELVA Coumet, Jérôme PS Cuignache-Gallois, Edith Centre et indépendants Gontrie, Marie-Pierre PS Julliard, Bruno PS Lang, Anne-Christine PS Le Guen, Jean-Marie PS Moine, Philippe PS Olivier, Annick PS Trémège, Patrick UMP Arrouze, Aline PC Carrère-Gée, Marie-Claire UMP Cherki, Pascal PS Christienne, Odette PS Dutrey, René EELVA Martins, Jean-François Non inscrit (MoDem) Mercier, Étienne[1] PS Polski, Olivia PS Pourtaud, Danièle PS Sanches Ruivo, Hermano PS 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 UMP XVe Dargent, Claude PS XVe Clermont-Tonnerre, Claire UMP XVe Destrem, Alain UMP XVe Goujon, Philippe UMP XVe Hidalgo, Anne PS XVe Lalem, Fatima PS XVe Lamour Jean-François 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 UMP XVIe Dreyfuss, Laurence UMP XVIe Gaboriau, Pierre UMP XVIe Giazzi, Danièle UMP XVIe Goasguen, Claude 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 UMP XVIIe Douvin, Laurence UMP XVIIe Dubus, Jérôme Centre et indépendants XVIIe Dumas, Catherine UMP XVIIe Gachet, Isabelle PS XVIIe Gasnier, Fabienne Centre et indépendants XVIIe Klugman, Patrick PS XVIIe Kuster, Brigitte UMP XVIIe Lepetit, Annick PS XVIIe Stein, Richard UMP XVIIe Bournazel, Pierre-Yves UMP Bouygues, Claudine PS Brossat, Ian PC Caffet, Jean-Pierre PS Decorte, Roxane UMP Delanoë, Bertrand PS El Khomri, Myriam PS Fournier, Danielle EELVA Garel, Sylvain EELVA Goldgrab, Laurence PS Guillot, Didier PS Le Strat, Anne PS Pigeon, Frédérique PS Vaillant, Daniel PS Brossel, Colombe PS XIXe Dagnaud, François PS XIXe Filoche, Léa PS XIXe Giannesini, Jean-Jacques UMP XIXe Jemni, Halima PS XIXe Madec, Roger PS XIXe Markovitch, Daniel PS XIXe Onghena, Anne-Constance UMP XIXe Peninou, Mao PS XIXe Richard, Firmine PS XIXe Stievenard, Gisèle PS XIXe Vuillermoz, Jean PC XIXe Assouline, David PS Bache, Marinette PS Bargeton, Julien PS Baupin, Denis EELVA Benguigui, Yamina PS Bouakkaz, Hamou PS Calandra, Frédérique PS Charzat, Michel EELVA Daspet, Virginie PS Giboudeaux, Fabienne EELVA Lopez, Katia EELVA Mansat, Pierre PC Simonnet, Danielle PG edit] References - ^ Mercier replaces Pierre Castagnou who died 24 February 2009.
See also
- Municipal arrondissements of France
- Paris Fire Brigade
- Prefecture of Police
- Seine (department)
- Seine-et-Oise
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