The president of the Franche-Comté Regional Council prepares and supervises the spending of the budget and the decisions voted by the regional councillors. She is in charge of financial management and is head of the regional administration. It is also her role to ensure the direction of the patrimony (for example the secondary schools) and to represent the institution with the national and European organisms.
She has numerous functions: convening and chairing meetings, preparing and carrying out deliberations, signing conventions and acting as legal representative of the institution. If necessary, the president can delegate some of his functions to his vice-presidents.
The president of the regional council is assisted by 10 vice-presidents entrusted with different missions. Together they form the bureau which decides the main outlines of regional policy and ensures their implementation.
| President | Party | Took office | Left office | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edgar Faure | 1974 | 1981 | |||
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Chevènement | PS | 1981 | 1982 | • Minister of Defence • Minister of the Interior • Minister of Education | |
| 3 | Edgar Faure | DL | 1982 | 1988 | ||
| 4 | Pierre Chantelat | UDF-PR | 1988 | 1998 | • Member of French National Assembly | |
| 5 | Jean-François Humbert | 1998 | 2004 | • Member of French Senate | ||
| 6 | Raymond Forni | PS | 2004 | 2008 | • President of the National Assembly of France • Died in office | |
| 7 | Marie-Marguerite Dufay | PS | 2008 | Incumbent | • First Women President | |