Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhône
The Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhône (French: Conseil départemental des Bouches-du-Rhône; Occitan: Conselh Departamental dei Bocas de Ròse), sometimes abbreviated "CD 13" (in reference to Bouches-du-Rhône's INSEE and postal number), is the deliberative assembly of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône. It consists of 58 members, known as departmental councillors, from 29 cantons. Its headquarters are in Marseille, the department's prefecture.[1][2]
Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhône | |
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![]() Logo of the Council | |
| Leadership | |
| Meeting place | |
| Hôtel du département des Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille | |
| Website | |
| www | |
Fully renewed on 20 and 27 June 2021, the departmental council has been chaired since 2 April 2015 by Martine Vassal of The Republicans.
Composition

| Distribution of seats (as of 2021)[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Acronym | Seats | Group | |
| Majority (44 seats) | ||||
| The Republicans | LR | 24 | Provence united | |
| Miscellaneous right | DVD | 3 | ||
| Democratic Movement | MoDem | 1 | ||
| Union of Democrats and Independents | UDI | 1 | ||
| Agir | Agir | 1 | ||
| Ecology Generation | GE | 1 | ||
| Radical Party of the Left | PRG | 1 | ||
| Miscellaneous left | DVG | 4 | Miscellaneous left | |
| Miscellaneous centre | DVC | 4 | Miscellaneous centre | |
| La République En Marche! | LREM | 4 | La République En Marche | |
| Opposition (14 seats) | ||||
| Socialist Party | PS | 8 | Left-wing union, environmentalist and citizen | |
| Republican and Socialist Left | GRS | 1 | ||
| Europe Ecology – The Greens | EELV | 1 | ||
| French Communist Party | PCF | 2 | Communist Party | |
| National Rally | RN | 2 | National Rally | |
Executive
Presidents
| Period | Identity | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 1953 | Félix Gouin | SFIO | |
| 1953 | 1955 | Max Juvenal | SFIO | |
| 1955 | 1957 | Vincent Delpuech | PR | |
| 1957 | 1961 | Jean Masse | PS | |
| 1961 | 1964 | Jean Graille | PS | |
| 1964 | 1967 | Victor Savine | PS | |
| 1967 | 1989 | Louis Philibert | PS | |
| 1989 | 1998 | Lucien Weygand | PS | |
| 1998 | 1998 | Francois Bernardini | PS | |
| 1998 | 2014 | Jean-Noel Guérini | PS | |
| 2014 | 2015 | LFD13 | ||
| 2015 | 2021 | Martine Vassal | LR | |
| 2021 | Incumbent | LR | ||
Vice presidents
The President of the Departmental Council is assisted by 15 vice presidents chosen from among the departmental councillors.[lower-alpha 1] Each of them has a delegation of authority.
| Order | Name[5] | Party[6] | Canton[7] | Delegation (in charge of)[8] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Danièle Milon | UCD | La Ciotat | Tourism | |
| 2nd | Gérard Gazay | UCD | Aubagne | Economic development, employment and professional integration | |
| 3rd | Valérie Guarino | UCD | Marignane | People with disabilities and at the Departmental House of Handicapped People | |
| 4th | Lucien Limousin | UCD | Châteaurenard | Agriculture and territories outside Metropolitan France | |
| 5th | Marie-Pierre Callet | UCD | Salon-de-Provence-1 | Roads | |
| 6th | Éric Le Dissès | UCD | Marignane | Ports, airports and Étang de Berre | |
| 7th | Sabine Bernasconi | UCD | Marseille-12 | Elderly people | |
| 8th | Lionel Royer-Perreaut | UCD | Marseille-10 | International relations and outreach of Marseille | |
| 9th | Véronique Miquelly | UCD | Allauch | Human resources and general administration | |
| 10th | Didier Réault | UCD | Marseille-9 | Agenda 21, solutions based on nature and major risks | |
| 11th | Laure-Agnès Caradec | UCD | Marseille-9 | Regional planning, structuring facilities and transport financing | |
| 12th | Yves Moraine | UCD | Marseille-12 | Finance and veterans | |
| 13th | Nicole Joulia | DVG | Istres | Culture | |
| 14th | Thierry Santelli | UCD | Marseille-8 | Sports, Handisport, Health Sport and the Promotion of Women's Sport | |
| 15th | Nora Preziosi | UCD | Marseille-5 | City Policy and the New Urban Renewal Program | |
Councillors' scarf

The departmental councilors of Bouches-du-Rhône wear a tricolor: yellow, white and blue scarf. Unlike the scarf of parliamentarians and elected municipal officials, the wearing of the departmental scarf is not sanctioned by an official text.
Notes and references
Notes
- This number of vice-presidents varies in each council from four to fifteen, but may not exceed 30% of the membership of the board.[4]
References
- "Conseil départemental - Bouches-du-Rhône - Annuaire | service-public.fr". lannuaire.service-public.fr. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- "L'assemblée et les élus". www.departement13.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- "Qui sont les conseillers qui siègeront au sein du conseil départemental des Bouches-du-Rhône ?". Made in Marseille (in French). 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- "Le président du conseil départemental" (in French).
- "Département des Bouches-du-Rhône : découvrez la liste des 15 nouveaux vice-présidents". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- "Résultats Bouches-du-Rhône : élections régionales et départementales 2021". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- "Les élus du Département". www.departement13.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- "Les délégations des 15 vice-présidents du Département des Bouches-du-Rhône". Gomet (in French). 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
