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| Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhône | |
| Logo Res: | 220px |
| Leader1: | Martine Vassal |
| Leader1 Type: | President |
| Party1: | LR |
| Election1: | 2 April 2015 |
| Session Res: | 220px |
| Meeting Place: | Hôtel du département des Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille |
The Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhône (;), sometimes abbreviated "CD 13" (in reference to Bouches-du-Rhône's INSEE and postal number), is the deliberative assembly of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône. It consists of 58 members, known as departmental councilors, from 29 cantons. Its headquarters are in Marseille, the department's prefecture.[1] [2]
Fully renewed on 20 and 27 June 2021, the departmental council has been chaired since 2 April 2015 by Martine Vassal of The Republicans.
| Distribution of seats (as of 2021)[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Acronym | Seats | Group | ||
| Majority (44 seats) | |||||
| The Republicans | LR | 24 | Provence united | ||
| Miscellaneous right | DVD | 3 | |||
| Democratic Movement | MoDem | 1 | |||
| Union of Democrats and Independents | UDI | 1 | |||
| Agir | Agir | 1 | |||
| Ecology Generation | GE | 1 | |||
| Radical Party of the Left | PRG | 1 | |||
| Miscellaneous left | DVG | 4 | Miscellaneous left | ||
| Miscellaneous centre | DVC | 4 | Miscellaneous centre | ||
| La République En Marche! | LREM | 4 | La République En Marche | ||
| Opposition (14 seats) | |||||
| Socialist Party | PS | 8 | Left-wing union, environmentalist and citizen | ||
| Republican and Socialist Left | GRS | 1 | |||
| Europe Ecology – The Greens | EELV | 1 | |||
| French Communist Party | PCF | 2 | Communist Party | ||
| National Rally | RN | 2 | National Rally | ||
| Period | Identity | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 1914 | Louis Pasquet | GD | |
| 1914 | 1917 | Joseph Cabassol | PRRRS | |
| 1917 | 1918 | Dominique Duverger | SFIO | |
| 1918 | 1930 | Louis Pasquet | GD | |
| 1931 | 1940 | Léon Bon | SFIO | |
| 1945 | 1953 | Félix Gouin | SFIO | |
| 1953 | 1955 | Max Juvenal | SFIO | |
| 1955 | 1957 | Vincent Delpuech | PR | |
| 1957 | 1961 | Jean Masse | PS | |
| 1961 | 1964 | Jean Graille | PS | |
| 1964 | 1967 | Victor Savine | PS | |
| 1967 | 1989 | Louis Philibert | PS | |
| 1989 | 1998 | Lucien Weygand | PS | |
| 1998 | 1998 | Francois Bernardini | PS | |
| 1998 | 2014 | Jean-Noel Guérini | PS | |
| 2014 | 2015 | LFD13 | ||
| 2015 | 2021 | Martine Vassal | LR | |
| 2021 | Incumbent | LR | ||
The President of the Departmental Council is assisted by 15 vice presidents chosen from among the departmental councillors. Each of them has a delegation of authority.
| Order | Name[4] | Party[5] | Canton[6] | Delegation (in charge of)[7] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Danièle Milon | UCD | La Ciotat | Tourism | ||
| 2nd | Gérard Gazay | UCD | Aubagne | Economic development, employment and professional integration | ||
| 3rd | Valérie Guarino | UCD | Marignane | People with disabilities and at the Departmental House of Handicapped People | ||
| 4th | Lucien Limousin | UCD | Châteaurenard | Agriculture and territories outside Metropolitan France | ||
| 5th | Marie-Pierre Callet | UCD | Salon-de-Provence-1 | Roads | ||
| 6th | Éric Le Dissès | UCD | Marignane | Ports, airports and Étang de Berre | ||
| 7th | Sabine Bernasconi | UCD | Marseille-12 | Elderly people | ||
| 8th | Lionel Royer-Perreaut | UCD | Marseille-10 | International relations and outreach of Marseille | ||
| 9th | Véronique Miquelly | UCD | Allauch | Human resources and general administration | ||
| 10th | Didier Réault | UCD | Marseille-9 | Agenda 21, solutions based on nature and major risks | ||
| 11th | Laure-Agnès Caradec | UCD | Marseille-9 | Regional planning, structuring facilities and transport financing | ||
| 12th | Yves Moraine | UCD | Marseille-12 | Finance and veterans | ||
| 13th | Nicole Joulia | DVG | Istres | Culture | ||
| 14th | Thierry Santelli | UCD | Marseille-8 | Sports, Handisport, Health Sport and the Promotion of Women's Sport | ||
| 15th | Nora Preziosi | UCD | Marseille-5 | City Policy and the New Urban Renewal Program | ||
The departmental councilors of Bouches-du-Rhône wear a tricolor: yellow, white and blue scarf. Unlike the scarf of parliamentarians and elected municipal officials, the wearing of the departmental scarf is not sanctioned by an official text.