# 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 councilors, from 29 cantons. Its headquarters are in Marseille, the department's prefecture.
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) :
| Party | Acronym | Seats | Group |
| Majority (44 seats) |||||
| The Republicans | LR | 24 | Provence united |
| Miscellaneous right | DVD | 3 | Provence united |
| Democratic Movement | MoDem | 1 | Provence united |
| Union of Democrats and Independents | UDI | 1 | Provence united |
| Agir | Agir | 1 | Provence united |
| Ecology Generation | GE | 1 | Provence united |
| Radical Party of the Left | PRG | 1 | Provence united |
| 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 | Left-wing union, environmentalist and citizen |
| Europe Ecology – The Greens | EELV | 1 | Left-wing union, environmentalist and citizen |
| French Communist Party | PCF | 2 | Communist Party |
| National Rally | RN | 2 | National Rally |

## Executive
### Presidents

| Period | Period | Identity | Party |
| 1913 | 1914 | Louis Pasquet | GD |
| 1914 | 1917 | Joseph Cabassol | PRRRS |
| 1917 | 1918 | Dominique Duverger | SFIO |
| 1918 | 1930 | Louis Pasquet | GD |
| 1931 | 1940 | Léon Bon | SFIO |
| 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 | Jean-Noel Guérini | LFD13 |
| 2015 | 2021 | Martine Vassal | LR |
| 2021 | Incumbent | Martine Vassal | LR |

### Vice presidents

The President of the Departmental Council is assisted by 15 vice presidents chosen from among the departmental councillors. Each of them has a delegation of authority.
| Order | Name | Party | Canton | Delegation (in charge of) |
| 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.