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Martinique

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President of the Regional Council Alfred Marie-Jeanne President of the General Council Claude Lise Political parties Elections

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Martinique is not a separate territory but both an overseas region and overseas department of France, with the same government institutions as areas on the French mainland.

The administrative centre is Fort-de-France.

The Prefect of Martinique is Ange Mancini (since 2007).

General Council of Martinique

The general council is composed of 45 seats; whose members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms.

The President of the General Council is Claude Lise (since 22 March 1992)

Miscellaneous left-wing detain 13 seats, the PPM holds 11, the Union for a Popular Movement holds 6, miscellaneous right-wing hold 5, the Communist Party has 3 seats , the Union for French Democracy has 3, there are two socialists and two independents.

Regional Council of Martinique

Main article: Elections in Martinique

The regional council is composed of 41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms.

The President of the Regional Council is Alfred Marie-Jeanne (since March 1998)

Parliamentary representation

Martinique elects 2 seats to the French Senate; indirect elections were last held in September 2004. The Martinican Progressive Party won 1 senator and one other left-wing candidate was elected.

Martinique also elects 4 seats to the French National Assembly, the last elections were held in June 2007. The Union for a Popular Movement elected 1 deputy (Alfred Almont), the Socialist Party elected 1 (Louis-Joseph Manscour), the nationalist Martinican Independence Movement elected 1 (Alfred Marie-Jeanne), and the Martinican Progressive Party also elected 1(Serge Letchimy, mayor of Fort de France).

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