Jean-Louis Tourenne | |
Office: | Member of the French Senate for Ille-et-Vilaine |
Term Start: | 1 October 2014 |
Office2: | President of the general council of Ille-et-Vilaine |
Term Start2: | 2004 |
Term End2: | 2015 |
Predecessor2: | Marie-Joseph Bissonnier |
Successor2: | Jean-Luc Chenut |
Birth Date: | 25 August 1944 |
Birth Place: | La Mézière, France |
Nationality: | French |
Party: | Socialist Party |
Profession: | Teacher |
Jean-Louis Tourenne (born 1944 in La Mézière) is a French politician and the former President of the general council of Ille-et-Vilaine. He is a member of the Socialist Party.
He became the first PS President of the general council of Ille-et-Vilaine since 1848 following the 2004 French cantonal elections, when the left gained the department from the right. He was reelected in 2011.[1]