Departmental legislature in France
Departmental Council of Vaucluse
Conseil départemental de Vaucluse |
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Logo of the Council |
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Founded | 25 June 1793[1] |
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President | Dominique Santoni, LR since 1 July 2021 |
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Headquarters of the Vaucluse departmental council in Avignon |
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www.vaucluse.fr |
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]
Composition
Current elected officials
The departmental council includes 34 departmental councilors from the 17 cantons of Vaucluse.[3]
Presidents
List of successive presidents of the departmental council of Vaucluse since 1912
Period
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Name
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Party
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Reference
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1912
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1922
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Achille Maureau
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AD
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[5]
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1922
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1940
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Ulysses Fabre
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PR
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[6]
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1945
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1948
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Gabriel Biron
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PS
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[7]
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1948
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1951
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Charles Martel
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PR
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[8]
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1951
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1970
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Jules Niel
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PR
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1970
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1992
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Jean Garcin
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PS
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[9]
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1992
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1998
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Regis Deroudilhe
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RPR
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1998
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2001
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Jacques Bérard
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RPR
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[10]
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2001
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2015
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Claude Haut
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PS
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[11]
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2015
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2021
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Maurice Chabert
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LR
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[12]
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2021
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In progress
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Dominique Santoni
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LR
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[2]
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Vice-presidents
Organization and competencies
Espaces Départemental des Solidarités
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
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