The Regional Council of Lorraine (, ) was the deliberative assembly of the former French region of Lorraine until December 31, 2015, following the region's incorporation with Champagne-Ardenne and Alsace to form the new Grand Est region.
It has 73 members and sits in the former abbey of Saint-Clément, in the Pontiffroy district of Metz. The Hôtel de Région is one of the many sites occupied by the Regional Council: boulevard de Trèves (recently renovated military buildings), Sainte-Barbe and Blida for Metz (there is also a site in Nancy).
Its last president was Jean-Pierre Masseret (PS), elected on March 28, 2004.
The Regional Council of Lorraine was also a member of the cross-border inter-regional cooperation called Grande Région, or "SaarLorLux".
Presidents of the regional council +List of successive presidentsPeriodNamePartyOther mandatesReferences18771890Édouard von JaunezAlsace-LorraineMayor of Sarreguemines19741976John VilmainCNIPPresident of the departmental council of Vosges19761978Jean-Jacques Servan-SchreiberPRDeputy19781979Pierre MessmerRPRFormer Prime Minister, deputy, mayor of Sarrebourg19791982André MadouxRPRPresident of the departmental council of Meuse19821992Jean-Marie RauschDVD then DVGMinister, senator, mayor of Metz, departmental councillor19922004Gérard LonguetUDF / UMPPresident of SaarLorLux, minister, deputy, senator, general councillor20042015Jean-Pierre MasseretPSFormer minister, senator
Vice-presidents The President of the Regional Council is assisted by vice-presidents chosen from among the regional councillors. Each of them has a delegation of authority.
Following the list of vice-presidents of the Council from 2010 to 2015: 1st Vice-Phairman: Jean-Yves Le Deaut 2nd Vice-President: Laurence Demonet 3rd Vice-President: Daniel Beguin 4th Vice-President: Lovely Chretien 5th Vice-President: Patrick Abate 6th Vice-President: Paola Zanetti 7th Vice-President: Jean-Pierre Liouville 8th Vice-President: Jacqueline Fontaine 9th Vice-President: Christian Franqueville 10th Vice-President: Rachel Thomas 11th Vice-President: Patrick Hatzig 12th Vice-President: Josiane Madelaine 13th Vice-President: Michel Obiegala 14th Vice-President: Angèle Dufflo 15th Vice-President: Thibaut Villemin
Composition +Composition by party (2010-2015)Majority (46 seats)PartyGroup nameElectedSocialist Party (PS)Socialist32Europe Ecology (EE)Europe Ecologie Lorraine9French Communist Party (PCF)Communist5Opposition (27 seats)Union for a Popular Movement (UMP)Majorité présidentielle-nouveau centre17National Front (FN)National Front6Independent (not affiliated)Je suis Lorrain3
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