President of the Departmental Council of Corrèze
# President of the Departmental Council of Corrèze

The president of the Departmental Council of Corrèze (French: Président du conseil départemental de la Corrèze), until 2015 the president of the General Council of Corrèze (Président du conseil général de la Corrèze), prepares and supervises the spending of the budget and the decisions voted by the departmental councillors. The officeholder, who is in charge of financial management and heads the department's administration, has been Midi Corrézien's Pascal Coste of The Republicans since 2015.

## Tasks and duties

The president 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 Corrèze Departmental Council is assisted by seven vice presidents entrusted with different missions. Together they form the Bureau, which decides the main outlines of department policy and ensures their implementation.

## List of officeholders

| President | Party | Took office | Left office |
| - | - | - | - |
| Félix Lestang | PCF | 1945 | 1946 |
| Élie Rouby | SFIO, PS | 1946 | 1970 |
| Jacques Chirac | UDR, RPR | 1970 | 1979 |
| Georges Debat | DVD | 1979 | 1982 |
| Armand Boucheteil | PCF | 1982 | 1985 |
| Charles Ceyrac | RPR | 1985 | 1992 |
| Jean-Pierre Dupont | RPR, UMP | 1992 | 2008 |
| François Hollande | PS | 2008 | 2012 |
| Gérard Bonnet | PS | 2012 | 2015 |
| Pascal Coste | UMP, LR | 2015 | Incumbent |
