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Regional government and politics
The Regional Council is the legislative body of the region. Its seat is in Paris, at 33 rue Barbet-de-Jouy in the 7th arrondissement. On 15 December 2015, a list of candidates of the Union of the Right, a coalition of centrist and right-wing parties, led by Valérie Pécresse, narrowly won the regional election, defeating the Union of the Left, a coalition of socialists and ecologists. The socialists had governed the region for the preceding seventeen years.
Since 2016 the regional council has 121 members from the Union of the Right, 66 from the Union of the Left and 22 from the far-right National Front.Holders of the executive office
Delegates General for the District of the Paris Region
1961–1969: Paul Delouvrier (civil servant) – Very influential term. Responsible for the creation of the RER express subway network in the Île-de-France and beyond.
1969–1975: Maurice Doublet (civil servant)
1975–1976: Lucien Lanier (civil servant)
Presidents of the Regional Council of Île-de-France
1976–1988: Michel Giraud (RPR politician) – (1st time)
1988–1992: Pierre-Charles Krieg (RPR politician)
1992–1998: Michel Giraud (RPR politician) – (2nd time)
1998-2015: Jean-Paul Huchon (PS)
2016– Valérie Pécresse (Union of the Centre-Right)
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