Departmental Council of Vaucluse

The Departmental Council of Vaucluse (French: Conseil départemental de Vaucluse) is the deliberative assembly of the French department of Vaucluse. The president of the council is Dominique Santoni (LR), since 2021.[2]

Departmental Council of Vaucluse

Conseil départemental de Vaucluse
Logo
Logo of the Council
History
Founded25 June 1793[1]
Leadership
President
Dominique Santoni, LR
since 1 July 2021
Meeting place
Headquarters of the Vaucluse departmental council in Avignon
Website
www.vaucluse.fr

Composition edit

Current elected officials edit

The departmental council includes 34 departmental councilors from the 17 cantons of Vaucluse.[3]

Composition (by party)[4]
Party Acronym Elected
 
Majority (12 seats)
The Republicans LR 10
Radical Party PR 1
Miscellaneous right DVD 1
Left opposition (12 seats)
Socialist Party PS 5
Miscellaneous left DVG 4
Europe Ecology – The Greens EELV 2
French Communist Party PCF 1
Far-right opposition (8 seats)
National Rally RN 6
League of the South LS 2
Others (2 seats)

Presidents edit

List of successive presidents of the departmental council of Vaucluse since 1912
Period Name Party Reference
1912 1922 Achille Maureau AD [5]
1922 1940 Ulysses Fabre PR [6]
1945 1948 Gabriel Biron PS [7]
1948 1951 Charles Martel PR [8]
1951 1970 Jules Niel PR
1970 1992 Jean Garcin PS [9]
1992 1998 Regis Deroudilhe RPR
1998 2001 Jacques Bérard RPR [10]
2001 2015 Claude Haut PS [11]
2015 2021 Maurice Chabert LR [12]
2021 In progress Dominique Santoni LR [2]

Vice-presidents edit

Order Name[13] Party Canton (constituency)[14]
1st Élisabeth Amoros LR Cavaillon
2nd Susanne Bouchet DVD Cheval-Blanc
3rd Pierre Gonzalvez LR L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
4th Christelle Jablonski-Castanier LR Sorgues
5th Thierry Lagneau LR Sorgues
6th Patrick Merle DVD Apt
7th Christian Mounier DVD Cheval-Blanc
8th Corinne Testud-Robert LR Valréas
9th Jean-Baptiste Blanc LR Cavaillon

Organization and competencies edit

Espaces Départemental des Solidarités edit

The Vaucluse departmental council manages 16 Espaces Départemental des Solidarités (EDeS or transl. Departmental Spaces of Solidarity).[15] These EDeS have four essential tasks: prevention of exclusion; maternal and infantile protection (medical, psychological, social and educational prevention for the health of future parents and children, actions for children at risk and prevention of ill-treatment, prevention actions, screening for disabilities in children aged 0 to 6, approval and training of childminders); assistance for the elderly and disabled; and health prevention and health actions.[16]

Decentralized services edit

All the services of the Vaucluse departmental council are relayed to 5 Houses of the Department in the municipalities of Apt, Orange, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Carpentras and Sault where help and information are offered to facilitate the daily life of the inhabitants.

References edit

  1. ^ "Mairie d'Apt - Le Conseil départemental de Vaucluse". www.apt.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  2. ^ a b "Vaucluse : les premiers mots de Dominique Santoni élue présidente du Département". LaProvence.com (in French). 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  3. ^ "Politique. Vaucluse : les élus du Conseil départemental". www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  4. ^ "Départementales 2021 en Vaucluse : la candidate LR, Dominique Santoni nouvelle présidente du département". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  5. ^ "Anciens sénateurs IIIème République : MAUREAU Achille". www.senat.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  6. ^ "Anciens sénateurs IIIème République : FABRE Ulysse". www.senat.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  7. ^ Roux, François (2021-10-16), "BIRON Gabriel, Émile", Le Maitron (in French), Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier, retrieved 2022-01-09
  8. ^ "Charles Martel (président de 1949 à 1951)". FranceArchives (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  9. ^ "Jean Garcin, ancien président socialiste du conseil général du Vaucluse". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2006-09-07. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  10. ^ "Mort de Jacques Bérard". France Bleu (in French). 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  11. ^ "Vaucluse. Territoires de progrès : Claude Haut bientôt en responsabilité ?". www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  12. ^ "Les adieux à la presse de Maurice Chabert, président du conseil départemental de Vaucluse". France Bleu (in French). 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  13. ^ "Annuaire des élus". Vaucluse : Site Internet (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  14. ^ "Départementales en Vaucluse : le vice-président sortant du Conseil départemental Thierry Lagneau (LR) en tête dans le canton de Sorgues". LaProvence.com (in French). 2021-06-20. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  15. ^ "Localiser l'Espaces Départementaux des Solidarités (EDeS) le plus proche de chez vous". Vaucluse : Site Internet (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  16. ^ "Espaces départementaux des solidarités (EDeS)". www.caumont-sur-durance.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-09.